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ITV News
19-05-2025
- ITV News
Nigel Malt: Dad who ran over daughter in drunken rage in west Norfolk dies in prison
A father who murdered his own daughter by drunkenly running her over in his car has died in prison. Nigel Malt was "consumed with anger" over a family break-up when he reversed into 19-year-old Lauren Malt in West Winch in Norfolk on 23 January 2022. After reversing into her he then drove over her body a second time, claiming in court that he thought she was a wheelie bin. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said on its website that an investigation was taking place following Malt's death at the age of 47 on 29 April at HMP Gartree in Leicestershire. No cause of death has yet been confirmed. After being found guilty of murder, Malt was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years at Norwich Crown Court, though the sentence was then extended to a minimum of 22 years after being referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The trial had heard that Malt had been arguing with his daughter and threatened her boyfriend with a crowbar. "Having knocked her to the ground he then reversed his car over her," prosecutor Andrew Jackson said. "He stopped, then he drove the car forward again over her body. These actions killed Lauren Malt, and later examination of her body revealed bruising, lacerations and crushing injuries to her head, torso, arms and legs." After hitting his daughter in his car, Malt put her body in the passenger side of his Mercedes and drove to the shop where the girl's mother, his estranged wife Karen Malt, worked. Ms Malt was then taken to a hospital in King's Lynn where she was pronounced dead. His lawyer said Malt had been drinking and that what happened had been an accident. The trial was told that Malt had been estranged from his wife and children and was living separately at a different address at the time.
The Independent
16-04-2025
- The Independent
Triple killer's 49-year jail term referred to Court of Appeal
The 49-year jail term handed to triple murderer Nicholas Prosper will be reviewed by the Court of Appeal after shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan claimed it was unduly lenient. Prosper was jailed for life with the specified minimum term at Luton Crown Court in March, after admitting killing his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, and siblings Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, along with weapons charges. The violence-obsessed 19-year-old was also plotting a mass shooting at his former primary school in Luton, Bedfordshire, purely with the aim of gaining notoriety. Passing sentence, High Court judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Luton Crown Court that her duty to the public was met with the 49-year minimum term, rather than using 'the sentence of last resort' and jailing him for the rest of his life. Conservative shadow justice minister Dr Mullan referred the sentence to the Attorney General's Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on the day Prosper was jailed. The scheme allows any member of the public to ask for certain crown court sentences to be reviewed, and if necessary the case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. On Wednesday, an Attorney General Office's spokesman confirmed the Solicitor General has referred Prosper's sentence to the Court of Appeal. 'It will be argued that Prosper ought to have been given a whole life order,' the spokesman said. 'It is now for the court to decide whether to increase the sentence.' Rules were changed in 2022 to allow younger defendants aged 18 to 20 to receive whole-life orders in exceptional circumstances, but none of the orders imposed since then have been on criminals in that age bracket. The judge said that for defendants over the age of 21, whole-life orders can be considered in cases involving two or more murders with a significant degree of premeditation or planning, or where one child is killed with similar pre-planning. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said: 'The court may arrive at a whole-life order in the case of an 18 to 20-year-old only if it considers that the seriousness of the combination of offences is exceptionally high, even by the standard of offences which would normally result in a whole-life order. 'This is described accurately as an enhanced exceptionality requirement. 'Despite the gravity of your crimes, it is the explicit joint submission of counsel that a lengthy, finite term will be a sufficiently severe penalty, and this is not such an exceptionally serious case of the utmost gravity where the sentence of last resort must be imposed on an offender who was 18 at the time and is 19 today.' While Prosper was 'indisputably a very dangerous young man', the risk to the public was met with a life sentence, she said. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told the court she would not impose a whole-life order because Prosper was stopped from carrying out the school shooting, having murdered his family earlier than he intended after his mother woke up. He also pleaded guilty as soon as the charges were put to him after psychiatric reports had been completed, and he was 18 at the time of his crimes which is at the lowest end of the age bracket for whole-life terms. Dr Mullan said at the time: 'What exactly does someone have to do in this country to be sent away for life? This was the most serious of crimes – including the murder of two children. 'What is the point of making provision for whole-life orders if they aren't used in cases like this? It makes a mockery of the justice system and is an insult to the victims. 'This is the latest in a series of cases that demonstrate too often there is a gap between what the majority of law-abiding members of the public would see as justice and what the judicial system delivers. 'It was particularly galling to read the judge give to describe as mitigation for the murderer the fact that they didn't succeed in a plan to kill even more people. What kind of logic is that?'
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Sentence of Luton triple killer Nicholas Prosper, who murdered his family, referred to Court of Appeal
The sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper, 19, who killed his family and was planning a school shooting in Luton, has been referred to the Court of Appeal. The referral has been made under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday. Prosper pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in February. Their bodies were found at their flat in the town in September last year. He was sentenced to 49 years in prison in March. During sentencing, when explaining why he opted against handing out a whole-life order, the judge said: "A minimum term does not in any way equate to the value of the life of a murder victim, still less three such victims." Prosper, 19, planned to carry out a mass shooting at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, where he and his siblings had been pupils, he admitted to police. Read more: The Solicitor General has referred Prosper's sentence to the Court of Appeal where "it will be argued that Prosper ought to have been given a whole life order," a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said. Defendants aged 18 to 20 have been liable to receive whole-life orders in exceptional circumstances since rules were changed in 2022. But none of the orders imposed since then have been on criminals in that age bracket. The judge said that for defendants over the age of 21, whole-life orders can be considered in cases involving two or more murders with a significant degree of premeditation or planning, or where one child is killed with similar pre-planning. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said: "The court may arrive at a whole-life order in the case of an 18 to 20-year-old only if it considers that the seriousness of the combination of offences is exceptionally high, even by the standard of offences which would normally result in a whole-life order. "This is described accurately as an enhanced exceptionality requirement. "Despite the gravity of your crimes, it is the explicit joint submission of counsel that a lengthy, finite term will be a sufficiently severe penalty, and this is not such an exceptionally serious case of the utmost gravity where the sentence of last resort must be imposed on an offender who was 18 at the time and is 19 today." While Prosper was "indisputably a very dangerous young man", the risk to the public was met with a life sentence, she said. Justice Cheema-Grubb told the court she would not impose a whole-life order because Prosper was stopped from carrying out the school shooting, having murdered his family earlier than he intended after his mother woke up. The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme allows any member of the public to ask for certain crown court sentences to be reviewed, and if necessary, the case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. He also pleaded guilty as soon as the charges were put to him after psychiatric reports had been completed, and he was 18 at the time of his crimes which is at the lowest end of the age bracket for whole-life terms. Conservative shadow justice minister Dr Kieran Mullan, who referred the sentence to the Attorney General's Office under the scheme on the day Prosper was jailed, said at the time that not handing down a whole-life sentence "makes a mockery of the justice system and is an insult to the victims". At his trial, jurors heard Prosper's aim was to be known as "the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century". Police believe he killed his family when his mother found a shotgun he had bought using a fake certificate and confronted him. His scheme was eventually foiled by officers who spotted him in the street immediately after the murders and arrested him. The loaded shotgun was found hidden in bushes nearby, along with more than 30 cartridges. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app. You can also follow us on WhatsApp and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the latest news.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Triple killer's 49-year jail term referred to Court of Appeal
The 49-year jail term handed to triple murderer Nicholas Prosper will be reviewed by the Court of Appeal after shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan claimed it was unduly lenient. Prosper was jailed for life with the specified minimum term at Luton Crown Court in March, after admitting killing his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, and siblings Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, along with weapons charges. The violence-obsessed 19-year-old was also plotting a mass shooting at his former primary school in Luton, Bedfordshire, purely with the aim of gaining notoriety. Passing sentence, High Court judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Luton Crown Court that her duty to the public was met with the 49-year minimum term, rather than using 'the sentence of last resort' and jailing him for the rest of his life. Conservative shadow justice minister Dr Mullan referred the sentence to the Attorney General's Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on the day Prosper was jailed. The scheme allows any member of the public to ask for certain crown court sentences to be reviewed, and if necessary the case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. On Wednesday, an Attorney General Office's spokesman confirmed the Solicitor General has referred Prosper's sentence to the Court of Appeal. 'It will be argued that Prosper ought to have been given a whole life order,' the spokesman said. 'It is now for the court to decide whether to increase the sentence.' Rules were changed in 2022 to allow younger defendants aged 18 to 20 to receive whole-life orders in exceptional circumstances, but none of the orders imposed since then have been on criminals in that age bracket. The judge said that for defendants over the age of 21, whole-life orders can be considered in cases involving two or more murders with a significant degree of premeditation or planning, or where one child is killed with similar pre-planning. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said: 'The court may arrive at a whole-life order in the case of an 18 to 20-year-old only if it considers that the seriousness of the combination of offences is exceptionally high, even by the standard of offences which would normally result in a whole-life order. 'This is described accurately as an enhanced exceptionality requirement. 'Despite the gravity of your crimes, it is the explicit joint submission of counsel that a lengthy, finite term will be a sufficiently severe penalty, and this is not such an exceptionally serious case of the utmost gravity where the sentence of last resort must be imposed on an offender who was 18 at the time and is 19 today.' While Prosper was 'indisputably a very dangerous young man', the risk to the public was met with a life sentence, she said. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told the court she would not impose a whole-life order because Prosper was stopped from carrying out the school shooting, having murdered his family earlier than he intended after his mother woke up. He also pleaded guilty as soon as the charges were put to him after psychiatric reports had been completed, and he was 18 at the time of his crimes which is at the lowest end of the age bracket for whole-life terms. Dr Mullan said at the time: 'What exactly does someone have to do in this country to be sent away for life? This was the most serious of crimes – including the murder of two children. 'What is the point of making provision for whole-life orders if they aren't used in cases like this? It makes a mockery of the justice system and is an insult to the victims. 'This is the latest in a series of cases that demonstrate too often there is a gap between what the majority of law-abiding members of the public would see as justice and what the judicial system delivers. 'It was particularly galling to read the judge give to describe as mitigation for the murderer the fact that they didn't succeed in a plan to kill even more people. What kind of logic is that?'
Sky News
16-04-2025
- Sky News
Sentence of Luton triple killer Nicholas Prosper, who murdered his family, referred to Court of Appeal
The sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper, 19, who killed his family and was planning a school shooting in Luton, has been referred to the Court of Appeal. The referral has been made under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office said. Prosper pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in February. Their bodies were found at their flat in the town in September last year. He was sentenced to 49 years in prison in March. During sentencing, when explaining why he opted against handing out a whole-life order, the judge said: "A minimum term does not in any way equate to the value of the life of a murder victim, still less three such victims." The 19-year-old planned to carry out a mass shooting at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, where Prosper and his siblings had been pupils, he admitted to police. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
