The proposed change in legislation will give judges 'greater confidence to hand out whole-life orders without a risk of challenge in the Courts of Appeal', according to ministers.
Wayne Couzens, the former Met Police officer who kidnapped, raped and strangled Sarah Everard as she walked home in south London in 2021, wasSentencing him, Lord Justice Fulford said the seriousness of Couzens' crimes and the"misuse of a police officer's role" was so"exceptionally high" that they merited a whole-life tarriff.Rishi Sunak commented:"I have shared the public's horror at the cruelty of crimes we have seen recently.
"By bringing in mandatory whole life orders for the heinous criminals who commit the most horrific types of murder, we will make sure they never walk free."Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed MP said Labour would not take"any lessons from this soft on crime Tory government".
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