Olivia Pratt Korbel was 9 years old when she was shot and killed by Thomas Cashman, a drug dealer who chased a rival into her home in Liverpool in 2022 and opened fire.
Cashman was jailed for more than 40 years, but he refused to appear in the dock, provoking a national outcry. The case prompted the change in the law, that means a judge can now add two years to the jail term given to serious offenders who refuse to attend sentencing.
Olivia’s mother Cheryl Korbel and her aunt Antonia Elverson join Matt Barbet on The UK Tonight.
Full story ➡️ https://news.sky.com/story/killers-who-refuse-to-attend-sentencing-will-face-new-penalties-under-government-plan-13601975
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