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Whole-life prison terms move hailed

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December 17, 2025

THE parents of a murdered former prison officer have hailed the expansion of whole-life orders so that more killers die behind bars.

- BY MICHAEL KNOWLES

Justice Secretary David Lammy yesterday said the scope for the sentences, which state a prisoner can never be released from jail, will be widened to include offenders convicted of killing former police, prison or probation officers.

Father-of-three Lenny Scott, 33, who was no longer with the Prison Service, was shot last February in Skelmersdale, Lancs, by convicted drugs offender Elias Morgan, 35.

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