Murder sentencing review announced in wake of Nottingham attacks

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Murder sentencing review announced in wake of Nottingham attacks

The government has announced plans to review the way killers are sentenced in the wake of the Nottingham attacks.

Valdo Calocane stabbed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023 and was convicted of manslaughter, rather than murder, due to his paranoid schizophrenia.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will also bring forward measures that mean judges will have to consider tougher jail terms for murders involving strangulation or when the killing is connected to the end of a relationship.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/murder-sentencing-review-announced-in-wake-of-nottingham-attacks-13267886

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Date: December 6, 2024