I welcome the Government taking forward my referral of the sentence for murderer Nicholas Prosper. These were the most heinous crimes deserving of the most severe penalty a court can give.
Prosper murdered his mother Juliana Falcon, and his siblings Giselle (13) and Kyle (16), in a brutal attack in their family home. Despite this, the judge declined to impose a whole life order — meaning Prosper could one day be released.
Following widespread concern, I wrote to the Attorney General asking for the sentence to be reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. The Solicitor General has now confirmed that the case is being referred.
This was a horrific crime. The original sentence failed to reflect its seriousness and left many people rightly outraged.
There’s a clear gap between what most law-abiding people consider justice and what is too often delivered in court. The idea that someone who commits an act like this could eventually walk free is incomprehensible to many.
The Court of Appeal now has the opportunity to put this right. The victims — and the public — deserve nothing less.
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