How sentencing works
Prison terms for the killers of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
The killers of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes were sentenced on Friday. Mr Justice Wall published his sentencing remarks shortly afterwards. Why, then, have they been so badly misrepresented, misreported and misunderstood?
This is what the judge said to Emma Tustin, partner of the boy’s father:
Emma Tustin, I must sentence you for …
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