Dragging criminals like Lucy Letby into court could ‘make it all about the defendant,’ says former Justice Secretary, Sir Robert Buckland.Source: BBC Breakfast
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00:00 You've got to put yourself in the shoes of the dock officers and security operatives.
00:05 Some people are saying drag her into court.
00:07 My worry about that is that you make it all about the defendant once again and they become,
00:12 if you like, in control of events, which I think would be wholly wrong.
00:16 I think clearly it's important that we make sure we facilitate as many defendants as possible
00:23 coming to face up to the consequences of their crimes.
00:26 My suggestion was for sound and pictures to be beamed into the cell where she was so that
00:33 she had no choice, nowhere to hide and would have to hear at the very least the statements
00:40 of the judge and indeed the statements of the victims.