David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack
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David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack
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Killers who target police, prison and probation officers will be punished with whole life jail sentences, the government has announced.
Damien Bendall is already serving a life sentence for the murders of his pregnant partner and three children
Elias Morgan had threatened to harm his victim’s family before killing him years later
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Father-of-three Lenny Scott shot six times in revenge killing in Lancashire
