Jeremy Kyle and Isabel Oakeshott discuss the use of mental health as an excuse for heinous crimes. Jeremy expressed concern that the perpetrator of a recent murder in Nottingham will be sent to a high-security mental health facility for life, which he believes sends the wrong message to the public. Isabel agreed that mental health should be taken into account, but also acknowledged the need to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks have said they “face their own life sentence” of ensuring Valdo Calocane “is never released” after the Court of Appeal ruled his sentence was not “unduly lenient”. The relatives of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates reiterated their calls for a public inquiry into the attacks in Nottingham last June, with the mother of Mr Webber claiming that Calocane should become “the next Ian Brady and Fred West” by never being released from custody. Click here for more from Talk
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