All news on the topic: Life sentence

Lindsay Sandiford may dodge a firing squad thanks to a change in the law in Indonesia wher she has been held since 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into the country

Lisa Ellwood, 40, stabbed her husband Ryan Ellwood in the chest in their Wakefield, West Yorkshire, home and has now been sentenced after being found guilty

In August 2022, Joseph Nee ran into the house in Dovecot, Liverpool where Olivia lived with her mother as he was trying to escape gunman Thomas Cashman - today he appeared in court on drug charges

Two years ago Valentin Lazar was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years and six months after he admitted murdering Maria Rawlings. Today he returned to the Old Bailey to admit rape

The mother of brutally murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has revealed that she has met the parent of killer Scarlett Jenkinson, and says she has no anger or hatred for her daughter's murderers

For Joan Lawrence Mother's Day is always the hardest day of the year - bringing back memories of her daughter's disappearance in 2009 - but now Joan wants to make sure Claudia's empty home is put to good use

Amie Harwick wanted to protect women, but in the end she was the one in danger

Just weeks after coming face to face with her daughter Brianna's teenage killers, Esther Ghey has stepped back into the classroom in a quest to make children kinder

Steven Barker was jailed in 2009 for causing the horrific death of toddler Peter Connelly but advocates are furious he could be released from prison on parole in a matter months

Iain Packer, 51, has been convicted of killing Emma Caldwell, 27, in Lanarkshire in 2005. The sex worker's death had been one of Scotland's most high-profile unsolved murders

Nathan Costello brutally knifed his former friend Taylor Black to death in a frenzied attack in Stockton-on-Tees - Taylor's mother has spoken out four years after the murder

Sister of murdered Cherylee Shennan, Chiyvonne is backing the Mirror’s Justice For Our Daughters campaign, calling for tougher sentences for domestic killers

Shakira Spencer was starved and battered to death by Ashana Studholme, Shaun Pendlebury and Lisa Richardson, who were all jailed for life for murder at the Old Bailey on Friday

A Philadelphia inmate was exonerated after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit — new evidence was presented that all but proved his innocence

Marcus Osborne, who murdered Katie Higton and her new partner Steven Harnett in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was today sentenced to life in jail for the killings

Joshua Jacques left a “bloodbath” when he attacked Samantha Drummonds, her mother, her grandmother and her grandmother’s partner in their home in Bermondsey, south east London

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Marcus Osborne was jailed for life on Friday after he murdered Katie Higton and new partner Steven Harnett in a merciless, depraved attack at her home in Huddersfield

Connor Chapman was jailed for life for murdering innocent 26-year-old Elle Edwards, shot multiple times in a gang-related attack outside a Wirral pub on Christmas Eve 2022

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has hit out at Sky News for referring to a transgender murderer as a woman, after the outlet covered the news that Scarlet Blake had been sentenced to life in prison

Transgender killer Scarlet Blake, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years, will be housed in a men's prison where an expert claims she will receive special privileges as a 'vulnerable prisoner'

The serial killer Fred West was known to carry out works across Gloucester and it is claimed that he may have had access to a network of tunnels in order to aid his crimes

Shanda Vander Ark, 44, and her son Paul Ferguson, 21, from Michigan, US, tortured Timothy, 15, with a nine hour ice bath before his death - they both retched during their trials

Cat killer Scarlet Blake - who was inspired by Netflix documentary - has been sent to an all-male prison and her own lawyer warned no parole board will ever set her free

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONENT Scarlet Blake was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 24 years behind bars for murdering Jorge Martin Carreno in Oxford in July 2021

Netflix's true crime documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer has been at the top of the most-watched list for two weeks and fans are urging others to watch it