Tice calls for justice watchdog to act when petitioners say sentences too harsh

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice outside HMP Peterborough following his visit to Lucy Connolly this week (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

The miscarriage of justice watchdog should get new powers to review sentences, where petitioners fear they are too harsh or too soft, Richard Tice has said.

The Reform UK deputy leader successfully introduced his Criminal Cases Review (Public Petition) Bill to the Commons on Wednesday, which he named “Lucy’s Bill”, after the jailed social media user Lucy Connolly.