'EVIL' FAMILY KILLER FORCED TO HEAR HIS FATE

AN evil killer who slaughtered his family and planned "the biggest massacre in the 21st century" was ordered to hear his fate in court.

- By Michael Knowles Home Affairs Editor

Twisted Nicholas Prosper, 19, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after being stopped from cowering in his cell by common-sense judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.

She told him: “It is not your choice. You have to face the consequences of your actions, to hear the court’s sentence passed in public and it is important for those who loved your victims to see you sentenced." Prosper used a shotgun to kill his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, and siblings Kyle, 16, and Giselle, 13, and planned to shoot more than 30 pupils at a primary school.

The teenager, who had a "disturbing fixation with violence and obsessive brutality" was told he will serve at least 49 years in jail.

He avoided a whole-life order due to mental health conditions.

Mrs Cheema-Grubb said: "You intended to unleash disaster on the community of Luton.

"Your plans were intelligent, calculating and selfish. Your ambition was notoriety." She paid tribute to Prosper's family, saying "their deaths are almost certain to have saved the lives of many children", as it was a neighbour who called police after hearing a loud disturbance.

The judge's decision to force the convicted killer into the dock has added to pressure to ensure this happens in every murder trial.