Overview

• Linda Westcarr wrote to the Prime Minister calling the justice system a “systemic collapse” and asking for an urgent meeting that includes the Lord Chancellor, the Home Secretary and the Victims Commissioner.
• She is seeking an independent review of the Crown Prosecution Service decision to accept a plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility in the killing of her daughter, Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche.
• Judge Freya Newbery ruled that Gogoa Lois Tape suffered undiagnosed schizophrenia with paranoid and persecutory delusions that substantially impaired his judgment, imposing an indefinite hospital order.
• The family says hospital detention leaves them uncertain about if or when Tape could be granted release, raising concerns about transparency and public protection.
• The CPS said it accepted the pleas after reviewing expert evidence that agreed Tape was substantially impaired by schizophrenia, stated he remains criminally responsible, and noted prosecutors have met the family several times.