PM’s spokesman confirms commitment to UN children’s rights convention after calls for Southport attacker never to be released. International law prevents life sentences for under-18s, despite calls for change after the Southport killings.

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Sir Keir Starmer rules out whole-life orders for teenagers

Though the Southport killer will likely die behind bars, critics have claimed the punishment is not severe enough

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Keir Starmer rules out whole life sentence for Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

The Criminal Justice Bill, which contained the measures, did not pass through Parliament before the General Election.

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Keir Starmer won't change law to give teenage killers whole life orders

SIR Keir Starmer won’t change a law stopping the Southport killer being slapped with a lifetime sentence, No10 confirmed yesterday. Despite public outcry, a spokesperson for the PM said the issue is “not something we are looking at”. Sir Keir Starmer won’t change a law stopping the Southport killer being slapped with a lifetime sentence� 2025 PA Media, All Rights Reserved GettyDespite public outcry, a spokesperson for the PM said the issue is “n…

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Keir Starmer WON'T change law that lets Southport killer avoid a life sentence

PM’s spokesman confirms commitment to UN children’s rights convention after calls for Southport attacker never to be released

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Starmer rules out whole life sentence for Southport killer

Keir Starmer has ruled out a whole-life order for Southport killer Axel Rudakubana due to international law.

Keir Starmer rules out whole-life order for Southport killer Axel Rudakubana due to international law

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Keir Starmer WON'T change law that helped Southport killer avoid a life sentence

By BY RYAN HOOPER, JASON GROVES AND RICHARD MARSDEN Published: 18:30 EST, 24 January 2025 | Updated: 23:06 EST, 24 January 2025 
Labour last night faced calls to take control of the UK’s justice system after international rules stopped the Southport killer from being locked up for the rest of his life. Pressure mounted on the Government after No 10 refused to consider overwriting or ignoring a United Nations convention, which prevents anyone und…

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Pressure mounts on Labour to abandon UN law on young murderers that prevented child killer Axel Rudakubana from being jailed for life

Axel Rudakubana did not get a whole-life sentence because international law has prevented it, a Cabinet minister has suggested.Defence Secretary John Healey suggested a UN convention on children’s rights stops Britain from being able to impose unlimited sentences on under-18s.Rudakubana could not be given a whole-life sentence because he was 17 at the time he murdered three girls at a dance class in Southport in July last year.Though he will lik…

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International law stops whole-life sentence for Rudakubana, minister says

International law prevents life sentences for under-18s, despite calls for change after the Southport killings

Starmer rules out whole life sentence for Southport killer

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