Whole life orders are the most severe punishment available in the UK criminal justice system for those who commit the most serious crimes. If handed such a sentence, Wayne Couzens will join a string ...

Dangerous offenders who commit the most heinous murders will face life behind bars with no chance of being released under new plans announced by Rishi Sunak. The Government aims to change the law so ...

Reform UK would introduce mandatory “whole life” orders for child rapists, the party’s head of policy has said. Offenders convicted of the crime would never become eligible for parole, according to ...

Prisoners serving whole life sentences would be prevented from marrying under new Government plans. It comes amid anger over a bid by Levi Bellfield to challenge a decision blocking the serial killer ...

A woman who raped and murdered 12 year-old Lola Daviet in Paris has been handed a rare whole-life sentence in a case that has shocked France. Dahbia Benkired, aged 27, must spend at least 30 years in ...

Trigger warning: This article contains references to sexual assault, violence, and death, as do many of its outbound links. In September 2021, Wayne Couzens was sentenced to a whole-life order for the ...