All news on the topic: Life sentence

The perk, which is believed to be given for good behaviour, means Letby can hide from other lags whenever she wants and lock herself in her room which has an ensuite shower, TV and phone

Dylan Bragger was killed in Skelmersdale, Lancashire by Felipe Figueiredo who savagely knifed the 15-year-old to death on a bridge above a motorway before chasing his cousin

More than 60 calls were made to professionals by people who were concerned about Alfie's welfare in the years leading up to his death, it has been revealed.

Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor

Kenneth Smith is set to be executed by the state of Alabama using a controversial method of nitrogen gas, which has never been used before, after his lawyers failed to stop the "cruel" death sentence

The boy told investigators that after they left the woodland trail, he punched her, hit her with a heavy stick and strangled her until she died, then sexually assaulted her body

Shanda Vander Ark, 44, was on trial for torturing her disabled 15-year-old son Timothy Ferguson to death, subjecting him to nine-hour ice baths and forcing him to eat bread soaked in hot sauce

Royal Navy Rating Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen drinking at a pub in Gibraltar after the ship the 18-year-old was serving on, HMS Illustrious, docked

Sam Atkins has received 18 years in prison for murdering his ex-partner's close mate who'd tried to protect her after the now-convicted killer became violent after being dumped

Brandon Price declared "you didn't think we'd do it, we've f*****g done it" as he 'jumped up and down with excitement' just moments after he stabbed 18 year old Jack Norton to death in Wednesbury, West Midlands

Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Connor, in 2004, and his case was the inspiration behind the 2014 film Gone Girl

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man is said to have visited evil paedophile Josef Fritzl in prison in Austria claiming his mother had an affair with the monster in the past and he was his son

Jason Moore spent last week in solitary confinement for his own protection after a bounty was allegedly put on his head - the former professional gambler's family say it's not the first time

Depraved father Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter Elisabeth captive in a sex dungeon for 24 years, could be released from prison after being categorized as 'no longer' a threat to the public

Josef Fritzl is eligible for parole this year and a court psychiatrist says he is 'harmless' . The 88-year-old kept his daughter Elisabeth locked in a cellar for 24 years as his sex slave

Veterinarian Alberto Fioletti, 31, of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, has been jailed for 15 years for stabbing mother-of-two Stephanie Hodgkinson, 34, to death at her seaside home in Bournemouth

Robert O’Brien and Andrew Kelly were found guilty of killing 14-year-old Caroline Glachan more than 27 years ago in August 1996 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month

Reed Wischhusen made his own arsenal of weapons and explosives and had a list of targets, including a school and his area's police headquarters in Portishead, Somerset

Bodyworn camera from the moment Alfie Phillip's mum Sian Hedges of Hernhill, Kent, is arrested by police after her son was pronounced dead has been released

Reeva Steenkamp's mother June appeared on Wednesday's episode of ITV's Good Morning Britain in her first UK TV interview since Oscar Pistorius' release from jail

Julia Rawson who was described as the "life and soul of the party" by her loved ones, was violently killed, her body dismembered and dumped in undergrowth in Dudley Port, Tipton

James O'Rourke has appeared before the High Court numerous times after he was locked up for the murder of Neil Carney, and recently admitted he killed again while behind bars

Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which caused her to make up illnesses like leukemia, genetic disorders, epilepsy and other harrowing conditions she forced Gypsy to pretend she had

Jordan McSweeney, who brutally murdered Zara Aleena in 2022 after a sickening nine minute attack, was allegedly caught having sex with a female prison officer at HMP Belmarsh

32-year-old Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was jailed for eight years for her part in the murder of Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, thanked well-wishers for their support and said she was “finally free”