Society’s most depraved killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released, under tough plans announced by Alex.
Making sure that life means life, judges will be required to hand down mandatory whole life orders to those who commit the most horrific types of murder except in extremely limited circumstances..
For the first time, whole life orders will also be the default sentence for any sexually motivated murders.
Alex said:
"A whole life order will now be the expectation for murderers where the killing involves sexual or sadistic conduct.
"This important law change will ensure that the worst of the worst can now expect to spend the rest of their lives in prison."