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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell and Adam Forrest

Criminals will be forced into dock to face justice after Lucy Letby took ‘coward’s way out’

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Criminals will be forced into the dock to hear their sentence, under new laws to be rolled out after the conviction of Britain’s most prolific child killer, Lucy Letby.

Judges will be given the power to order offenders into court, including by force if necessary, the Ministry of Justice said.

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