{"id":117281,"date":"2023-08-30T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=117281"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:00:19","slug":"criminals-refusing-to-attend-sentencing-like-lucy-letby-will-be-forced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/criminals-refusing-to-attend-sentencing-like-lucy-letby-will-be-forced\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminals refusing to attend sentencing like Lucy Letby will be forced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing in court like baby killing nurse Lucy Letby will now \u201cbe forced\u201d to do so under new legislation.<\/p>\n

The country was united in disgust when Letby refused to turn up to court to hear that she was going to spend the rest of her life rotting in prison for murdering seven babies while working at a hospital.<\/p>\n

And further anger ensued when it emerged that judges were unable to do anything to make criminals such as Letby appear.<\/p>\n

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But that is now changing, the Ministry of Justice has announced.<\/p>\n

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New powers will be given to judges to make an order demanding criminals attend sentencings, and they will also allow custody officers to use \u201creasonable force\u201d to carry out the instructions, Sky News reports.<\/p>\n

The decision of whether or not to use the power will remain solely with the judge, and how that order is carried out will be at the discretion of prison staff and custody officers.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: \u201cIt is unacceptable that some of the country's most horrendous criminals have refused to face their victims in court.<\/p>\n

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