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Lucy Connolly

Asked by Lewis CockingConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 54435

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received representations on the sentencing of Lucy Connolly.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sentencing decisions in individual cases are entirely a matter for the independent judiciary, based on the facts of the case before them. It would not be appropriate for Government Ministers to comment on individual cases.

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