Tag: Criminal justice
Lucy Letby’s Lawyers to Reveal Evidence Undermining Conviction – Live Stream
Legal Team to Reveal Evidence Undermining Lucy Letby's ConvictionLucy Letby, the former NHS neo-natal nurse serving 15 whole-life terms for the murder of seven newborn babies and the attempted murder of seven others, is...
Specialist Courts Proposed to Break Addictions of Prolific Offenders in England and Wales
Specialist Courts Proposed to Break Addictions of Prolific Offenders in England and WalesIn a groundbreaking move to tackle the root causes of crime, specialist courts aimed at breaking the addictions of prolific offenders are...
Court denies appeal to reduce sentence of Brianna Ghey’s killer based on ‘immaturity’
The Court of Appeal has recently made a decision regarding the appeal to reduce the sentence of one of the teenagers involved in the tragic murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. Eddie Ratcliffe, who was...
Accusations fly as Tugendhat challenges Starmer on prison capacity – UK politics update
Tom Tugendhat, a Conservative leadership hopeful, has accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of falsely claiming that prisons were full and needing to introduce an early release scheme. Tugendhat argues that there are enough prison...
24-Hour Courts to Combat Far-Right Violence
Courts will now be open 24 hours a day to address the rise in far-right violence across the UK. Following emergency talks between ministers and senior judiciary members, plans are underway to combat the...
Prison Officer Admits Misconduct for Inmate Relationship: Wandsworth Scandal
A prison officer named Linda De Sousa Abreu, aged 30 from Fulham, south-west London, has admitted to misconduct after engaging in a sexual relationship with an inmate in a cell. The scandal came to...