one of the things lady chiefjustice baroness carr said chief justice baroness carr said this chiefjusticekey factor in this case was not whether or not a penal element was required, i ascending him to prison for punishment. the key issue was to strengthen the link between the offender's impairment in the offending in question, and here, at the time of the assault, the offender was in the grip of a severe psychotic episode. in that context the judges psychotic episode. in that context thejudges ruled psychotic episode. in that context the judges ruled the judge psychotic episode. in that context thejudges ruled thejudge in nottingham had not been in error when he decided the best form of protecting the public was this indefinite hospital order because of the risk that if he was sent back to prison, he could possibly have come off with medicine and posed a great danger to others. i think this has been quite a complex case, also subject to a degree of misunderstanding. the court of appealjudge was clear today that thejudge got it appealjudge was clear today that the judge got it right.— the

. >> so that is baroness carr.ady chief justice to give her a formal title, passing their judgement on the valdo calocane case. remember barnaby weber ? grace o'malley kumar, weber? grace o'malley kumar, both aged 19, stabbed to death. she went to help her friend and was killed as a result. and the van driver, ian coates, who was 65, he because of that sentence they wanted they appealed. the attorney general got involved because they thought they should because they thought they should be a whole life sentence for him because of course he's detained in hospital and they can't be whole life sentence within, within a prison is what they wanted. >> they did interesting . they're >> they did interesting. they're listening to baroness carr talking about the fact that there was no evidence of substance abuse. yeah, that came as a bit of a surprise to say that there was no evidence of any sort of mental illness before 2019, and that actually this acute psychotic episode of untreatable paranoid schizophrenia is what led to

baroness carr said there was no error made when that original sentence was delivered . in other news, the delivered. in other news, the rate of unemployment is at its highest level for nearly a year, while wage growth is unchanged at 6. there were 26,000 fewer job vacancies in the three months to april, while job vacancies in the three months to april , while the months to april, while the number of people in work dropped by 85,000. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, struck an optimistic tone earlier, saying that wages are outstripping inflation. but it could be an unhelpful sign for those hoping for a cut in interest rates. work and pensions secretary mel stride says britain's jobs, though, remain resilient. >> unemployment is 40% down on the level it was in 2010. economic inactivity overall is below the average of the oecd, the g7 and the european union and below the level in france, italy and the united states. and of course, what we've also seen is real wages growing for the 10th consecutive month, real wage growth, which is really important, i think, in terms of giving p

now, speaking earlier on in the court, baroness carr explained the reason behind the ruling . reasonoach adopted by the judge. the sentences imposed were not arguably unduly lenient. leave to refer the sentence as is refused . it is impossible to refused. it is impossible to read of the circumstances of this offending without the greatest possible sympathy for the victims of these terrible attacks , and their families and attacks, and their families and their friends. >> now, baroness carr, explaining that during the trial, all of the experts agreed that at the time of the attacks, calocane had been in the grip of a severe psychiatric episode, and she said that the court simply could not ignore that medical evidence and that the judge in his trial had been entitled to conclude that a penal element was therefore unnecessary . she also stressed unnecessary. she also stressed that it unnecessary. she also stressed thatitis unnecessary. she also stressed that it is believed that it's very unlikely that calocane will ever leave the psychiatric hospital where he is now. as we know , though

lady chiefjustice baroness carr was one of the three senior judges that ruled that the sentence handedit and it was not unduly lenient. let's listen back to her decision. fiur back to her decision. our conclusion. _ back to her decision. our conclusion. there - back to her decision. our conclusion. there was i back to her decision. our conclusion. there was no back to her decision. oi" conclusion. there was no error in the approach adopted by the judge. the sentences imposed were not arguably unduly lenient. leave to refer the sentences is refused. it is impossible to read of the circumstances of this offending without the greatest possible sympathy for the victims of these terrible attacks, and their families and theirfriends. the terrible attacks, and their families and their friends. the victim terrible attacks, and their families and theirfriends. the victim impact statements paint a graphic picture of the appalling effects of the offender's conduct. had the offender not suffered the mental condition that he did, the sentencing judge would doubtless have been considering a whole lif