nine year old school garg 0livia pratt korbel who was shot by a masked gunman inside her home in liverpool, her mother said the fact that the family had to relive the pain of 0livia s death but the offender could choose to opt out of the sentencing was in her words kick in the teeth. then it was 28 year old sabina nessa who was murdered in a park in south east london. she was a primary school teacher and her older sister called the murderer who refused to appear a coward. this is something which of course has really attracted a lot of public attention because the whole point of a trial in front of a jury of one s peers, the point of sentencing victim impact statements, sentencing victim impact statements, sentencing remarks, when you hear later on thejudge mr sentencing remarks, when you hear later on the judge mrjustice goss address those sentencing remarks he will speak as if lucy letby was in the dock to hear them but she won t be and that means there has been
screaming you bring up an offender kicking and screaming up into the courtroom, use whatever screaming up into the courtroom, use whatever force necessary, what happens whatever force necessary, what happens is all eyes move from the victims happens is all eyes move from the victims in happens is all eyes move from the victims in the court onto the offender victims in the court onto the offender. we saw this in the lee righy offender. we saw this in the lee rigby trial. his killers kicked off in the rigby trial. his killers kicked off in the dock and a judge in the end had to in the dock and a judge in the end had to say in the dock and a judge in the end had to say we are disrupting proceedings and had them taken back down to proceedings and had them taken back down to the self. i think there is a concern down to the self. i think there is a concern here is that if you actually force concern here is that if you actually force people to be in the dock, it could f
letby has refused to appear in the dock at manchester crown court where bereaved families have been making harrowing statements describing the impact of the murders on their lives. letby has been convicted of the murder of seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the countess of chester hospital. a short while ago the prime minister rishi sunak said it was cowardly for the perpetrators of horrendous crimes not to face their victims. we can go straight to manchester crown court. anna foster is there for us now. as you say, lucy letby has not appeared in the dock this morning. she is here at manchester crown court. she was brought here from prison as she has been every day throughout this long running trial, almost ten months, believed to be the longest running murder trial in uk history, but once again she will
in the dock in court number seven to hear the sentencing remarks that will be passed in the same way she was not in the dock to hear the victim impact statements this morning and she was not in the dock at the conclusion of her trial to hear there was verdicts that were passed down at the end of last week. you will be able to see and watch though sentencing remarks here on bbc news. this is something quite new because for many years there were not cameras in the courtroom is but it is something that has been tried now in a small weight where certain court cases and trials, we do get to see the inner workings of the courtroom and in this case with this trial it was decided the judges statements, his remarks, sentencing remarks and his statements would be broadcast. you will see on your screen the judge, mrjustice goss, and his
remain in the holding cells and she has not been in the dock of court number seven this morning to hear some of the harrowing, deeply distressing victim impact statements which form part of the sentencing hearing. this was the moment for the parents of those babies who lucy letby either murdered or attempted to murder at the countess of chester hospital, their chance to really say what they wanted to say about what this had done to them. many of them gave evidence during this process but giving evidence is very much of actually answering questions from the lawyers in court, but on this occasion in these last few hours they have been able to spend time and really puts the emotion of the ordeal that i have been through into these statements that have been in some cases delivered by the parents themselves and in some cases read out by legal counsel in the court to some of the jury members who were involved in this long running trial, the families have filled the public gallery of court nu