Sentenced to die behind bars: Britain’s most notorious serial killers, rapists and baby murderers like Lucy Letby, Wayne Couzens and Rose West serving whole life orders
The article profiles Simon Levy and other offenders serving whole-life orders in Britain, a sentence reserved for the gravest crimes and intended to keep them in prison for the rest of their lives.
– Simon Levy was given a whole-life term after murdering two women and raping another.
– Rose West received ten life sentences and a whole-life order for murders committed with her husband, Fred West.
– Michael Adebolajo received a whole-life order for the 2013 murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
– Jamie Varley was convicted over the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey.
– The Government said in December it would broaden whole-life orders to cover some revenge killings of police and prison officers.
- Simon Levy joined Britain’s whole-life prisoner list.
- Whole-life orders are reserved for the most serious crimes.
- Ministers proposed extending their use after Lenny Scott’s murder.