Lucy Letby’s sentencing should be played in her cell if she refuses to attend court, former minister says as killer nurse faces a whole-life order and victims’ families prepare to make devastating impact statements

[ad_1] Killer nurse Lucy Letby’s sentencing should be played in her cell if she does not attend court regardless of her wishes, former justice secretary Robert Buckland has said.  He said the 33-year-old should have to listen to the victim statements from the families of the babies she murdered. ‘She needs to hear the victim’s personal statements, as impact statements that will really bring home I think, to the wider world, the appalling devastating impact of…

"Lucy Letby’s sentencing should be played in her cell if she refuses to attend court, former minister says as killer nurse faces a whole-life order and victims’ families prepare to make devastating impact statements"

How Pakistanis banded together to help flood victims | Floods News

[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan – It was a distress call for help from a stranded friend in Pakistan’s southern Balochistan province that planted a seed in the mind of Anum Khalid, a 23-year-old student of architectural engineering at Multan city’s Bahauddin Zakariya University. Khalid recalls her friend calling her in July and telling her of the devastation caused by the record floods in Lasbela, a city in Balochistan. During the conversation, she mentioned she was suffering from…

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No mourners at burial of 50 victims of Nigeria refinery fire

[ad_1] OWERRI, Nigeria (AP) — Mourners were nowhere to be seen as gravediggers in Nigeria’s southeast town of Ohaji-Egbema used shovels to place the unidentifiable charred remains of dozens who died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery into three mass graves. The bodies had started to decompose after not being claimed by family members at the open water-logged space days after the explosion killed at least 110 people. “Most corpses here cannot be…

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