Alex has vowed to change the law to ensure serious offenders can be forced to attend their sentencing after child murderer Lucy Letby refused to appear in the dock.
Alex said:
"Nothing could even begin to undo the damage that Lucy Letby has done. Justice has been served, but it was an insult to the families of her victims that Letby failed to appear in the dock to hear her sentence handed down. She took the coward’s approach, insulting her victims one last time by robbing their families of the chance to look her in the eye as the judge decided her fate.
"Cases like these made me even more determined to make sure the worst offenders attend court to face justice. That’s why were are looking at options to change the law at the earliest opportunity to ensure that in the silence that follows the clang of the prison gate, society’s condemnation will be ringing in the prisoner’s ears."