Other crimes, which is certainly, it would appearfrom reports, that might be a possibility. would appear from reports, that might be a possibility. would appear from reports, that might be a possibility. danny, thank ou ve might be a possibility. danny, thank you very much might be a possibility. danny, thank you very much indeed, might be a possibility. danny, thank you very much indeed, danny - might be a possibility. danny, thank you very much indeed, danny shaw. might be a possibility. danny, thank. you very much indeed, danny shaw. a former bbc correspondent and now an independent crime and justice commentator. now that the legal part of this particular proceeding has concluded, lucy letby has been sentenced and she has been told the judge has handed her a whole life order in the case of each of those crimes she has been convicted of. there are really two key themes moving forward. one that holiday maker was talking about, the convicted murderers can choose not to be in court
Sir keir starmer, has responded too. well, my thoughts are with the victims families and the anger and frustration that i know they feel at fact that she won t face justice in the way that she should. when i was director of public prosecutions, i saw for myselfjust how important it is for families to see the defendant in the dock being sentenced, an integral part of the way that we do justice in this country. now, this isn t the first case, we ve had other cases. the 0livia case up in liverpool, and other cases where this has happened. i think that we should change the law. we ve made an open offer to the government, if they come forward with the proposal to change the law, we will support it. i think they reallyjust need now to get on with it, so thatjustice can be seen to be done. that is the labour leader keir starmer. danny sure is a former bbc correspondent who has covered many
Country is about. at the end of the day there are certain steps you can take, absolutely there are steps you can take, where conditions and punishments would be applied to someone who refuses to come to court, but there is a limit as to what you can do. court, but there is a limit as to what you can do. danny sure, thank ou ve what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much for what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much forjoining what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much forjoining us. - what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much forjoining us. if- what you can do. danny sure, thank you very much forjoining us. if you | you very much forjoining us. if you have been affected by aspects of this case, information and support is available via the bbc s action line. you can find it online or via the bbc news app. let s talk to the conservative mp and formerjustice secretary, robert buckland. we were just discussing
Sentence is passed. taste they spent time in prison after the sentence is passed. sentence is passed. we discussed this with our sentence is passed. we discussed this with our previous sentence is passed. we discussed this with our previous guest, - sentence is passed. we discussed | this with our previous guest, danny sure. you have offered some suggestions about how this could work, including, perhaps having a video link into the sale of the defendant. this would be rather than forcibly bringing them into court. yes, and indeed video links are used everyday in our courts for defendants who are in prison, rather than bringing them all the way into court for a short hearing. some sentences are passed where defendants are on video link. this is new, but i think danny s point about whether people like letby, who have got a whole life sentence, should have a disadvantage when it comes to parole applications, i think that has merit there, or in letby s case, a transfer from high categ