'Life will mean life': Prime Minister announces mandatory whole life-terms for the 'most horrific' murderers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKillers who commit the 'most horrific murders' will face life behind bars with no chance of being released under new plans announced by Rishi Sunak.
The Government aims to change the law so that judges are required to impose whole-life orders on the most depraved killers, except in extremely limited circumstances.
Whole-life orders are the most severe penalty available in the country's criminal justice system. The law change will also for the first time make this the default sentence for any sexually-motivated murders.
Downing Street said this could have applied to the recent cases of Zara Aleena and Sabina Nessa. Sex attacker Jordan McSweeney was jailed for life with a minimum term of 38 years for murdering law graduate Ms Aleena as she walked home in east London. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Sexual predator Koci Selamaj was jailed for at least 36 years for murdering primary school teacher Ms Nessa in south-east London.
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