There are provisions to allow that. there is a particular imperative here, where you have got, notjust thejudge handing down the sentence and explaining to the world at large, but in cases like this, the victims themselves, either giving evidence or having statements read, about the impact of the offending upon their lives. that is what letby refused to allow to happen today in her presence. that has been described as cowardly, i think it is, but i think it is really a slap in the face to those families. that is why we should be doing everything we can to make sure that, in cases like this, as the lord chancellor says, the defendant should find the sentencing words ringing in their ears when they spend time in prison after the sentence is passed. we discussed this with our previous guest, danny shaw. you have offered some suggestions about how this could work, including, perhaps having a video link into the sale of the a video link into the cell of the
Government back. i was just i wasjust reading, sir robert buckland suggested that use of live tv link for serious cases. what do you think would be the reception to a suggestion like that, as now, a law change is being discussed? it is certainl a law change is being discussed? it 3 certainly a possibility. the judge certainly a possibility. thejudge said today that the sentencing remarks, the parents of the victims will be made available to lucy letby, but she can t be compelled to read them. equally, if you had a recording or a link shown in herself, she can t be compelled to watch or listen to it. that is the reality of it. we don t live in a country where we hold people down on a bed or chair and force them to listen to something or to watch something. that is just not what our
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
Sentencing? the but she doesn t have to turn up for sentencing? sentencing? the law does allow trials to go sentencing? the law does allow trials to go on sentencing? the law does allow trials to go on in sentencing? the law does allow trials to go on in the sentencing? the law does allow trials to go on in the absence i sentencing? the law does allow trials to go on in the absence of sentencing? the law does allow. trials to go on in the absence of a defendant who refuses to come up from the cell. sometimes defendants are manipulative and think that by not coming into the dock, they can hold things up and prevent the case from taking place. there are provisions to allay that. there is a particular imperative here, where you have got, notjust thejudge handing down the sentence and explaining to the world at large, but in cases like this, the victims themselves, either giving evidence or having statements read, about the impact of the offending upon their lives. that is what le