statements and she will not be present for the judges sentencing remarks either. that has been referred to by the families and some of their statements and i want to bring one of them, to give you a sense of how distressing that element of things is where the families involved. this is the mother of baby and baby f who was speaking in court this morning addressing remarks that she should have been there to hear it, she said the trial felt like a platform for lucy to relive her crimes, even in these final days of the trial she has tried to control things. the disrespect she has shown the families and the court showed what type of person she is. we have attended court day in and day out yet she decides she has had an and stayed in her so, just one final act of wickedness from a coward. let s discuss that with the conservative mp sir bob neill who is the chairman of thejustice mp sir bob neill who is the chairman of the justice select committee mp sir bob neill who is the chairman of the
that those children had been murdered by lucy letby and having to sit through this court process. the parents of baby a, a baby boy who was murdered by lucy letby, and baby b, a girl she attempted to murder said, you thought it was your right to pray god with our children s lives, you thought you could enter our lives and turned upside down, but you will never win. we hope you live a very long life and spent every day suffering from what you have done, and one that really stood out to me was the statement from the mother of baby, baby c. she made the statement in person in the courtroom and was crying in the witness box but she said, in the dark days after my baby s that i would open his memory box. i used to wear his hand and footprints around my neck, until either third when lucy letby was arrested ifelt either third when lucy letby was arrested i felt so conflicted. she took those hand and footprints. we have heard from several of the parents in their victim impact statements about
the answer that families need, and ensures we can learn the lessons from what happened, is conducted transparently, and happens as quickly as possible so that is the inquiry we will set up and make sure we deliver on those objectives. on that inquiry should we have a judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important thing for the inquiry to do is make sure families get the answers they need, that it is possible for us to learn the lessons from what happened, everything conducted transparently and to happen as quickly as possible. those are the objectives that we want for the inquiry and we will make sure it is set up to deliver on those aims. let s talk to our home editor mark easton. that was the prime minister rishi sunak being asked about the variety of different dishes that have arisen from this trial, but let s begin with the one we started talking about where lucy letby has not appeared in court. this has happened multiple times, just in recent weeks and months, the real
taken, and sometimes even formal steps are taken, what and sometimes even formal steps are taken, what we don t yet have is any kind of taken, what we don t yet have is any kind of formal structure to check that progress is being made. i do wonder that progress is being made. i do wonder whether with this inquiry, whether wonder whether with this inquiry, whether it wonder whether with this inquiry, whether it is a statutory public inquiry whether it is a statutory public inquiry or whether it is a statutory public inquiry or not, one of the aspects of people inquiry or not, one of the aspects of people will want to look at is how we of people will want to look at is how we can make sure inquiries of this kind, how we can make sure inquiries of this kind, of how we can make sure inquiries of this kind, of which there have been many this kind, of which there have been many over this kind, of which there have been many over the years, actually does achieve many ove
from them. lucy letby was the person who was responsible for that. of course, one of the real things which will continue to be talked about after that sentencing hearing today was the fact that it lucy letby exercised her right not to appear in court and while she was in the courtroom, in the court building, she is remaining in the holding cells and she was not taken into the dock. she will again not appear for those sentencing remarks. this is the latest in a number of high profile sentencing hearings in which convicted murderers have refused to appear in the dock. they include the sentencing in the case of 35 year old sara lena, she was an aspiring lawyer, attacked while she was walking home from a bar in east london, and her aunt said the sentencing was the murderer s opportunity to be human and face his actions. his absence, she said, was actions. his absence, she said, was a slap in the face. then there was a