Child serial killer Lucy Letby has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal, officials have confirmed.
30.08.2023 - 12:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Criminals could soon be ordered to face their sentencing hearing in court — including being brought before a judge by force — under proposed new laws.
The plans have been confirmed by the government, which will allow judges to compel an offender to sit in the dock. Those who still refuse to do so could also face an extra two years in jail if they ignore a judge’s order and continue to refuse to attend court, with such penalties applying in cases where the maximum sentence is life imprisonment.
The reforms will allow dock officers to use "reasonable force" to get criminals into court. They can also appear from prison via video link.
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The changes have been brought in after two notable killers — murdering baby nurse Lucy Letby and Thomas Cashman, who shot nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel dead in Liverpool — refused to go before the court to learn their fate. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said earlier this year that ministers were committed to changing the law to force criminals to be sentenced in person after Cashman and the killers of Zara Aleena and Sabina Nessa refused to stand in the dock.
It comes after Letby also refused to appear for her sentencing earlier this month. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described it as “unacceptable” that some criminals have refused to face their victims.
Child serial killer Lucy Letby has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal, officials have confirmed.
The prison where Lucy Letby is thought to be serving her life sentence has been home to a number of deadly women. It has not been confirmed where Letby has been sent for her life-long sentence.
Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison after killing seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Evil child serial killer Lucy Letby is set to die behind bars after fooling her friends and family into believing she was just an ordinary young woman.
Baby killer Lucky Letby's old life has been demolished with her parents uprooted, cats made homeless and house sold.
A doctor who helped catch killer nurse Lucy Letby said she came to a shocking conclusion after being handed a dossier of evidence. Dr Sandie Bohin was called as an expert witness during Letby's trial, which ended with her being found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Baby killer Lucy Letby was handed a whole life order this week after murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working as an NHS nurse. The 33-year-old refused to face her victims’ families in court as they read out harrowing statements telling how she ripped their lives apart.
British production company ITN has won the rights to make a documentary digging deep into the investigation by police that brought the UK’s worst child killer Lucy Letby to justice.
Baby killer Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in jail after being sentenced to a whole life order for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more. The evil nurse will never return to the three-bedroom house where she lived during her heinous crimes.
Police officers searching the Chester home of serial killer Lucy Letby discovered a very detailed and disturbing ‘glimpse into her psyche’.
An hour long documentary detailing the investigation into serial child killer Lucy Letby has been released by the police team who brought her to justice.
Lucy Letby's doting parents 'hated' one decision she made years before her evil murders, it has been revealed.
The parents of a premature baby who survived evil killer Lucy Letby have told how they found the murder nurse by their daughter's cot as alarms sounded.
Families who lost loved ones in the Manchester Arena bombing have joined growing calls for the most serious criminals to be forced to attend sentencing hearings.
Killer nurse Lucy Letby is to be handed the victim impact statements that were read out during sentencing after refusing to appear in court on Monday (August 21).
Serial baby killer Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars after receiving the UK's most severe punishment for her crimes.
After being arrested at her home over five years ago, Lucy Letby has finally been put behind bars for the rest of her life. The nurse was found guilty of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder last week, for the series of horrific crimes she committed at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.
The flag above Manchester Crown Court is flying at half mast this afternoon as a mark of respect to the victims of Lucy Letby. It comes as the neonatal nurse is set to be taken from the court building to begin spending the rest of her life in prison.
The mum of a baby murdered by Lucy Letby has told a court how the evil nurse only had one word for the parents of the seven babies she killed.
Lucy Letby has become one of few female murderers in the UK to receive a whole life sentence - meaning they will never be released from prison.