Lack of victims’ rights in new Bill ‘outrageous’, says Barnaby Webber’s mother

Emma Webber described the Bill as ‘a betrayal of every victim’ (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The mother of Nottingham attack victim Barnaby Webber has criticised new legislation that could leave victims of mentally disordered offenders without certain legal rights as “utterly outrageous”.

The Victims and Courts Bill, which is currently passing through the Commons, will give victims no statutory right to be told about decisions affecting the detention, leave or discharge of their offenders with its current provisions, according to national charity Hundred Families.