When someone refuses to face the court, it can feel as if the scales have tipped away from fairness, away from the people ...

The law is finally being changed to compel criminals to attend sentencing hearings, following numerous scandals and ...

For the first time, judges will be able to hand down prison punishments for criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing hearing under new measures in the Victims and Courts Bill.

Minister Davies-Jones said: I would like to thank the remarkable families of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Jan Mustafa, Sabina Nessa and Zara Aleena and countless others ... are at the heart of criminal ...

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said: “I would like to thank the remarkable families of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Jan Mustafa, Sabina Nessa and Zara Aleena and countless others who have campaigned ...

Vile criminals who refuse to face justice will be punished with up to ... Farah Naz, the aunt of murdered law graduate Zara Aleena, has also called for a change in the law, having said she wanted ...

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said: “I would like to thank the remarkable families of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Jan Mustafa, Sabina Nessa and Zara Aleena and countless others who have campaigned ...