regular life sentence with the prospect of release on licence. Jim Sturman QC said he had shown

Wayne Couzens does not deserve to die behind bars because he showed remorse and “ did not play the system ” after murdering Sarah Everard, his lawyer has said at a hearing to decide whether Britain’s most notorious killers should spend their lives in prison. The former Metropolitan Police officer is one of five murderers challenging their lengthy sentences in the Court of Appeal, including the killers of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, and Ian Stewart, who murdered his wife and then his fian

but in our respectful submission, the court should think long and hard and step back from a whole-life order in this case.” Tom Little QC, representing the Attorney General’s Office( AGO) and Crown Prosecution Service, said Couzens’ offending was of the “ utmost seriousness ”, adding: “ His criminality was, as found by the judge, a fundamental attack in reality on our democratic way of life.” “ A police officer is in a uniquely powerful position, ” Mr Little said.Mr Little said the sentencing ju

Elena Couzens, 38, said: “ I keep asking, ‘Why?... I’m constantly asking myself, where did I miss the signs?... How on earth could this have happened?...

Five notorious killers including Sarah Everard’s murderer and a father who smothered his own baby daughter are having their sentences reviewed by senior judges.... Triple killer Jordan Monaghan and double murder Ian Stewart are also having their jail terms looked at again.... Shocking videos, shown during Tustin and Hughes’ trial, documented how weak young Arthur had been in the few days leading up to his death....