just in the last few minutes, lucy letby has been returned to prison. she has been in court here today as she has been the last several days, but she refused to appear in the dock for the conclusion of that trial, and we are told she will also refuse to appear in the dock on monday when she will be sentenced by mrjustice goss, when she will receive what will likely be a lengthy custodial sentence. we are bringing you reaction and all of the background to this case here on bbc news. we are hearing statements coming in all the time. there is one i want to bring you from dame ruth may, the chief nursing 0fficerfor england, and she says, lucy letby committed appalling crimes that were a terrible betrayal of the trust placed in her, and our thoughts are with the families affected who have experienced pain and suffering more than we can imagine. colleagues across the service have been shocked and sickened to learn what she did. action is beyond belief to the nurses and staff who were working
associated press washington bureau chief, host of way too early and msnbc political analyst jonathan lemire. talk to us about what happens in georgia. makes sense a president could not pardon a state conviction, explain why the governor can t in this case either. well, in georgia, there is a pardon and parole board. now, you know, the governor probably has some level of influence because he has a role in appointing members of the board. but there is not a direct pardon from the governor in georgia. that s why you have been hearing statements that the governorgova little bit remove and i m sure he s probably not mad about the way the law is written. because as we know, he and trump have had a pretty sizable falling out, but he s really avoided engaging directly with this case. he s avoided having direct
supreme court s ability of declaring government actions unreasonable. it s just one aspect of benjamin netanyahu s judicial overhaul package, but if it passes, it would be the first part of the legislation to pass the three votes needed in parliament, and for many of these protesters here, they feel that if the supreme court cannot declare government actions unreasonable, then it would pretty much give free rein for benjamin netanyahu and any government in the future to take whatever action they want. and that s why these people have come out, reservists in the israeli air force have now signed a petition saying that they will not serve, if this legislation passes. now, that could have some serious implications for israel s military preparedness, for israel s security, and that s why we re hearing statements from people like the defense minister who say they are working bind the scenes to try and allay these concerns. there are some reports even in israeli media that he s trying to fin
whereabouts of the wagner group chief, yevgeny prigozhin. we been hearing statements from other people about him possibly moving to belarus but we have heard nothing from the man himself over what he is planning to do. and recently, the leader of belarus said he was not in that country. it belarus said he was not in that count . . , , , ~ ., country. it really seems like a situation where country. it really seems like a situation where the country. it really seems like a situation where the more - country. it really seems like a situation where the more we | country. it really seems like a - situation where the more we know, the less we understand. the future of wagner group, obviously that the general has, maybe been fired as part of the negotiations with yevgeny prigozhin, but also it is
very striking was this a trial took 3.5 very striking was this a trial took 55 weeks. very striking was this a trial took 3.5 weeks, but it only took the jury less than 3.5 weeks, but it only took the jury less than four hours to reach their verdicts less than four hours to reach their verdicts. they had a number of different verdicts. they had a number of different verdicts they had to come to, but different verdicts they had to come to, but it took them less than four hours to, but it took them less than four hours i to, but it took them less than four hours. i think that tells you something about the weight of evidence, the wealth of material, the fact evidence, the wealth of material, the fact the jury clearly were absolutely convinced about their verdicts absolutely convinced about their verdicts and conor chaplin s gilt. sometimes i have covered cases that have gone sometimes i have covered cases that have gone on for three weeks or so connor have gone on for th