Sexually Motivated or Sadistic Murderers to Die in Prison Under Planned Law Change

Ministers announced plans to tweak the law to ensure the worst types of murderers will never get out of prison.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to Hayes Village, a new housing development under construction by Barratt Homes in Hayes, west London, on July 27, 2023. Pete Cziborra/PA

Ministers have announced plans to tweak the law on Saturday to make sure the worst types of murderers will never get out of prison.

Judges already have the discretionary power to hand out whole life orders to the most serious cases of murder so they would never be eligible for parole.