supposed to be there. they are supposed to be hearing about the ordeal that they have put their victims through. a lot of it is for thejudge, becausejudges in english law work through a particular set of sentencing guidelines. thejudge, for example on those counts of murder, murderand english for example on those counts of murder, murder and english law, for example on those counts of murder, murderand english law, and it is specifically english law here, in a case of murder there is a mandatory life sentence. of course, that can take various forms. it can be as little as 15 years, or as much as 25, we know that the prosecution have already asked for something called a whole life order. what that means is in the case of lucy letby and other notorious criminals, notorious killers like, her, whole life would mean she would never be released from prison. she would be handed a certain number of life sentences, but a handed a certain number of life sentences, buta minimum handed a
leaves the club. and more than 20 million americans are under flood warnings, as storm hilary brings torrential rain to southern california. hello. this is bbc news. i m in a foster, live outside manchester crown court, where in the last few hours the nurse lucy letby has been told that she will spend the rest of her life in prison. letby did not appear in the dock for the sentencing remarks by thejudge today. she was brought here to court but she chose to stay in the holding cells and not to face the families of her victims, who read out a series of distressing impact statements. they talked in great detail, emotional detail, about the births of their premature, often very six babies very sick babies. they talked about the deaths of those babies, what we know now was the moments of their murder i lucy letby, and in some cases, the attempted murder of other babies. some of the families chose to read out those victim impact statements in person, others had been read out by
united agree he won t play for the club again after charges against him including attempted rape are dropped. as the british museum hits the headlines in greece the bbc is told police started investigating missing artefacts as far back as january. and sadly football s not coming home but the lionesses are, after their world cup final defeat to spain. and coming up on bbc news, wales coach warren gatland names his squad for the rugby world cup next month, with jac morgan and dewi lake coca ptains. good evening. the serial killer lucy letby will never be released from prison after the judge at manchester crown court jailed her for life for each of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more at the countess of chester hospital over a period ofjust over 12 months. the 33 year old former nurse refused to appear in court today, prompting the mother of two of her victims to describe it as a final act of wickedness from a coward . the courtroom today was t
ones lucy letby will spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies. at court she refused to come out of her cell to hear the sentence or to hear the harrowing impact her crimes had on the victim s families. millions of americans face floods and high winds after southern california is hit by the first tropical storm in 80 years. scientists in london develop an artificial intelligence tool that can reveal exactly how much an unhealthy lifestyle can prematurely age your heart. we ll see how it works. and the spanish fa president apologises for kissing a player after spain s world cup win. here in the uk, a judge has ruled that the child killer lucy letby will never be released from prison. the 33 year old former nurse was jailed for life for each of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six more. letby refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing the mother of two of her victims describing letby s refusal as a final act of wickedness f