Face the judge

No it wasn't aimed at you specifically, the violent undercurrent to some posts is something else, matchsticks in eyes was quite special. She's been convicted of a heinous crime and she will be looking over her shoulder for the rest of her life and because prison is a dangerous environment.

I thought the point of a sentence was so they had to endure years of punishment, not take a cowards way out.

Exactly it's loss of freedom and no choice in anything, that's the punishment. Prisons aren't hotels they are noisy, dirty, and dangerous.

Yes. And women's prisons have many acutely distressed people in them. She's certainly not going to a holiday camp.

Thankfully we live in a civilised country where torture went out with the ark.
Some posters on here would have made brilliant ss officers in the camps with their sadistic and warped views!
Letby committed one of the worst crimes imaginable and god alone knows what suffering those poor parents are enduring, but demanding Letby is present for sentencing, tortured or beaten to death isn't going to bring those poor babies back, nor ease the suffering of the families.

I dont understand all this constant blood baying and all this "justice is served, justice should be severed" stuff. This is like the 10th thread i have seen on the same topic.

She was convicted and given a whole life order. She's never getting out of prison. The world is now protected from Lucy Letby which is the whole point of prison.

I honestly dont know what violence towards her is meant to achieve. It sure wont bring those babies back or heal their families pain. There is no way to force her to go to court for sentencing and tbh she shouldn't have to because legally you don't have to and Letby, as abhorrent as what she did is, has the same legal rights as every body else and that is as it should be.

There is no reaction she can give that will satisfy people to see.

It won't make her feel remorse. She doesn't care. She won't cry or rend her clothing. She probably wouldn't kick or scream either, but if she did, she'd get the attention and cause the disruption that she wants. She might even taunt the families.

In all likelihood, she just wouldn't show any reaction at all.

Whenever there is a high profile criminal case involving children in the news we see this kind of performative outrage on MN, and on social media in general. It becomes almost competitive, who can be the most upset and angry. Remember Arthur Labinjo- Hughes? Terrible tragedy but people on here went so over the top...posters claiming they were being physically sick and couldn't sleep for days, describing themselves as "traumatised" when it had absolutely nothing to do with them. And of course we had similar calls for the death penalty or torture to be brought back. The posters baying for blood always insist they are doing so out of sympathy for the victims and their families, when of course they haven't got the first clue what the families actually want or need.

What LL did was, of course, despicable and I'm glad she's going to spend the rest of her life behind bars. But people calling for her to be bound and gagged and carried to her sentencing aren't thinking of her victims or families, they want maximum drama.

I just don’t get how somebody who has committed such crimes can be so emotionless? Surely even if they don’t show it, they must feel some sort of empathy or regret? Do they truly not realise the magnitude of what they’ve done / feel that they’ve done nothing wrong?

It wouldn't help my torment & suffering if she turned up or not.

You don't though. She sound a bit unhinged.

There was footage of the prison van arriving at court so presumably she was there but stayed in the cells. That being the case surely the answer is to video link into the cell. Even a one way one where they can't see or hear her but she has to listen to what's being said

She didn't refuse to attend because she can't stand the guilt and remorse. She has none of either. She refused to attend because she didn't want to be seen while it was happening, and possibly to show her disrespect for everything.

Nothing anyone can do will make her feel guilt or remorse. No point in trying. Just get her out of society and into lifelong imprisonment where she belongs.

You sound scary.

Oh so this kind of baying mob justice is allowed, but if you post a thread questioning the integrity of the conviction , partly to see if there are others who share similar concerns, and partly in an attempt to open up a debate / promote a spirit of accountable justice, you are called a troll and the thread is immediately deleted by mumsnet HQ. I see.

What would that achieve?
She knows her sentence, as she will be living it.
The victim impact statements are for the judge, not to make the defendant feel bad (and in this case, I don't think it would make her feel bad anyway).