{"id":98243,"date":"2023-08-21T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-didnt-lucy-letby-appear-in-court-to-hear-her-whole-life-sentence-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:01:19","slug":"why-didnt-lucy-letby-appear-in-court-to-hear-her-whole-life-sentence-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-didnt-lucy-letby-appear-in-court-to-hear-her-whole-life-sentence-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why didn\u2019t Lucy Letby appear in court to hear her whole life sentence? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/a9eN02UM-F8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why didn\u2019t Lucy Letby appear in court to hear her whole life sentence? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9eN02UM-F8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will spend her whole life behind bars for murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six more.<\/p>\n<p>She refused to be in court for her sentencing \u00a0&#8211; so families were unable to face Letby as they read out their impact statements about the death of their children to an empty dock.<\/p>\n<p>The government is now looking into legislation that would compel a defendant to attend their sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will spend her whole life behind bars for murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six more. 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