![]() IS fanatic Ali Harbi Ali was given a whole-life order in April after he stabbed Conservative MP David Amess over 20 times during a constituency surgery meeting. MyLondon have taken a look back at some of the worst killers who are currently locked behind bars: Ali Harbi AliĪli Harbi Ali has been jailed for life for the murder of MP Sir David Amess (Image: PA Media) Other notorious killers who have died within prison walls after being handed a whole-life sentence include child-murderer Ian Brady, serial killer Harold Shipman and Dennis Nilsen. Those three convicted criminals are the latest to be handed whole-life orders, which used to be determined by Home Secretaries before the responsibility was passed to criminal judges. READ MORE: Man, 23, who died after brutal street attack named and pictured for first time Meanwhile, Russell was described as “exceptionally dangerous and manipulative” after he raped and murdered a pregnant woman before killing a mother and her son. In his trial at the Old Bailey earlier this year, Ali showed no remorse for knifing the Conservative MP at a constituency surgery, telling the court that he did so in retaliation for airstrikes on Syria. This drastic sentence, meaning a prisoner cannot apply for parole, is the only reserved for the most serious offenders who have committed murder.Īs of December 31, 2021, there were just 61 dangerous criminals serving whole life orders, a number that has increased with the imprisonment of Ali Harbi Ali for murdering MP David Amess, triple-murderer Anthony Russell and wife killer Ian Stewart. Killers who commit the most horrendous crimes in the UK are punished through a whole-life term order, meaning that they will never be released from prison.
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