Paul McManus Jailed For Life For Brutal Murder

The family of a woman savagely murdered in her home have called for repeat offenders be locked up until they die.

Izzy Sanders' brother James Dougall and sister Lindsay called for serial offenders like Paul McManus like their sister's killer Paul McManus to be locked up until they die.

They announced outside the High Court at Livingston that they planned to lobby MSPs to change judges' sentencing powers so that "life means life".

The campaign was revealed minutes after Judge Lord Armstrong sentenced McManus to a minimum of 26 years detention for murdering 54-year-old churchgoer Ms Sanders and attempting to murder her partner Norman Busby, 85, in Glasgow.

McManus, 20, had been released from his latest of many sentences of detention just weeks before bursting into the couple's Crookston home in the middle of the night armed with two knives.

He stabbed Mr Busby twice in the chest before repeatedly knifing Ms Sanders 37 times and inflicting 24 further injuries on her.

He was said to have never attended school, to have lived a chaotic lifestyle plagued by drink and drugs and to have chosen his victims at random because he knew they were elderly and unable to defend themselves.

Mr Dougall said: "We would like to acknowledge Lord Armstrong who, given current judicial protocol, has imposed as severe a sentence as likely in this case.

"However, we strongly believe that for violent reoffenders who flagrantly disregard the rehabilitation offered and opportunity given to them through early release who then go on to commit a violent murder, that the Scots Judiciary should be given the option and the guidance to impose a whole of life sentence. "We will be petitioning the Scottish Parliament to urge the Government to consider this opinion."

Mr Dougall said further details would be released in the near future on the "Wee Izzy" tribute page on FaceBook dedicated to Ms Sanders' memory.