Rupert Lowe, Great Yarmouth's independent MP, spoke at Prime Minister's Questions in favour of bringing back capital punishment, 60 years after the last person was executed in Britain.

The businessman said the method of execution is "irrelevant" but that when guilt is "undeniable", he believes child murderers, rapists and other "criminals of the worst kind" should be put to death.

Rupert Lowe sat in front of a mural in Great Yarmouth (Image: Rupert Lowe)

During the PMQs, Mr Lowe, who continues to stand as an independent having been expelled from Reform, said: “Every week, we hear of a brutal murder, rape or stabbing, far too often perpetrated by someone who should not be in our country to begin with.

“Does the prime minister agree that for cases where the guilt is so undeniable, the crime so monstrous, the evil so irredeemable, the reintroduction of the death penalty for both foreign and domestic criminals should be put to the........

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