Conservatives pledge major overhaul of homicide laws that will see minimum sentences for murders increase to 25 years and longer jail terms for domestic abusers

Rishi Sunak will promise a major overhaul of murder laws, which will impose longer sentences for domestic abusers and could lead to an American system of first-degree and second-degree murder.

The minimum sentences for murders that occur at home will increase from 15 to 25 years Conservative Partythe manifesto will say.

The Prime Minister will also promise a review of the current distinction between manslaughter and murder, which could lead to more killers being convicted of the more serious forms of murder. crime.

The steps would affect issues similar to the previous ones British Airways pilot Robert Brown who killed his estranged wife Joanna Simpson in 2010.

The major changes to murder laws would be the biggest since hanging for murder was abolished in 1969. Pictured: A prisoner at HMP Wandsworth

The minimum sentences for murders that occur at home will be increased from 15 to 25 years. Pictured: HM Prison Belmarsh

Mrs Simpson, 46, was beaten to death with a claw hammer in 2010 at their formal marital home in Ascot, Berks, while their two children cowered in a playroom.

She had filed for divorce after years of cruelty.

Brown was acquitted of murder by a jury in 2011 after previously admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, and was jailed for 26 years.

Attorney General Alex Chalk has previously spoken of how deeply affected he was by Ms Simpson’s case and the campaign by her mother and friends to keep Brown behind bars.

The Tory proposals, first reported by the Times, come after concerns over the manslaughter conviction of Valdo Calocane, who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham last year.

The 32-year-old admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was given an indefinite hospital order instead of prison.

Dr. Sanjoy Kumar – the father of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, who was killed by Calocane – said treating such cases as second-degree murder would be a “seismic, important change.”

The Prime Minister will also promise to review the current distinction between manslaughter and murder

The major changes to murder laws would be the biggest since hanging for murder was abolished in 1969.

Under previous recommendations, the newly created category of “premeditated murder” would apply to those who commit intentional murder and continue to receive an automatic life sentence.

The new charge of “second-degree murder” would apply in cases where an offender intended to cause serious injury, or where he had a partial defense to the more serious crime.

A key Conservative Party source said: ‘The murder of three innocent people by Valdo Calocane horrified the nation and the sentence he received completely failed to get him the punishment he deserved.

‘That is why we will review the murder conviction to give the public reassurance that vicious criminals like him can be put behind bars.’