‘The jail sentences given to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ killers were too lenient, the attorney general says.
The boy’s stepmother Emma Tustin was jailed for at least 29 years for his murder and Arthur’s father Thomas Hughes got 21 years for manslaughter.’
The step-mother’s sentence seems largely in line with those handed out for similar crimes I’ve read about (the murderers of Daniel Pelka got life with a minimum of 30 years each, for example) but on the other hand, the guidelines for a whole life order include “the murder of a child… with a sexual or sadistic motivation.” If this case wasn’t sadistic, then I’m not sure what would be.
I’m not usually a “let them rot/throw away the key” sort, but having read the details of this I can confidently say the thought of her ever getting out makes me feel genuinely uneasy.
She literally loathed, tortured and killed a toddler because she saw him as an irritation in a relationship. And enjoyed doing it. Thats about the most succinct summary of what happened here.
Some people are just too broken to be allowed in normal society and this is one of them.
Sadly, just because a review has been ordered doesn’t mean that anything will necessarily change.
It genuinely disturbs me how much I want them to physically suffer.
But I suppose a sentence review can’t hurt – though were their sentences particularly lenient compared to other cases?
I know a guy who recently got a life sentence with a 30 year minimum for beating a drug dealer to death (robbing him/collecting a debt). Doesn’t feel very equitable.
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‘The jail sentences given to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ killers were too lenient, the attorney general says.
The boy’s stepmother Emma Tustin was jailed for at least 29 years for his murder and Arthur’s father Thomas Hughes got 21 years for manslaughter.’
The step-mother’s sentence seems largely in line with those handed out for similar crimes I’ve read about (the murderers of Daniel Pelka got life with a minimum of 30 years each, for example) but on the other hand, the guidelines for a whole life order include “the murder of a child… with a sexual or sadistic motivation.” If this case wasn’t sadistic, then I’m not sure what would be.
I’m not usually a “let them rot/throw away the key” sort, but having read the details of this I can confidently say the thought of her ever getting out makes me feel genuinely uneasy.
She literally loathed, tortured and killed a toddler because she saw him as an irritation in a relationship. And enjoyed doing it. Thats about the most succinct summary of what happened here.
Some people are just too broken to be allowed in normal society and this is one of them.
Sadly, just because a review has been ordered doesn’t mean that anything will necessarily change.
It genuinely disturbs me how much I want them to physically suffer.
But I suppose a sentence review can’t hurt – though were their sentences particularly lenient compared to other cases?
I know a guy who recently got a life sentence with a 30 year minimum for beating a drug dealer to death (robbing him/collecting a debt). Doesn’t feel very equitable.