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
and a dangerous and volatile situation. and a further risk that those individuals might face some kind of le-al individuals might face some kind of legal action if they go beyond what they are legal action if they go beyond what they are legally empowered to do. other they are legally empowered to do. other people have suggested perhaps the court other people have suggested perhaps the court proceedings could be broadcast into the holding cell or into a broadcast into the holding cell or into a prison cell so that the prisoner into a prison cell so that the prisoner is forced to at least hear what prisoner is forced to at least hear what is prisoner is forced to at least hear what is going on in the courtroom. i understand what is going on in the courtroom. i understand technically that is not straightforward, court feeds are obviously straightforward, court feeds are obviously tightly controlled and it is hot obviously tightly controlled and it is not easy to try an
yes, lucy letby s refusal to listen to the statements from her victims families represents a disrespect for their feelings, families represents a disrespect for theirfeelings, which families represents a disrespect for their feelings, which clearly demands a response, a political response, and all the major political parties are agreed something needs to be done. but what? ajudge already something needs to be done. but what? a judge already has the power to require an offender to attend the dock, prison officers already have the power to use reasonable force to make that happen. what the judge cannot do is ask them to use whatever force is necessary. that is because you can imagine you could create a very volatile, dangerous situation for custody officers and they themselves actually might become liable for legal action if they overstep their powers during they overstep their powers during the course of that. then dragging an offender kicking and screaming into the dock, you can imagi