The new justice secretary was urged to put cameras in prison cells so cowardly killers like Thomas Cashman cannot hide from their victims' families.
Conservative MP Sir Robert Buckland yesterday urged newly appointed justice secretary Alex Chalk to take action to punish convicted criminals who refuse to attend sentencing hearings. Sir Robert, a former justice secretary himself, said Mr Chalk should consider putting cameras in cells "so there's nowhere to hide" as grieving families tell the court about the impact of their vile crimes.
The ECHO recently launched its campaign calling for an urgent change in the law to force killers to face their victims' families. Cowardly drug dealer Thomas Cashman refused to leave his cell when he was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years for murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Dovecot.
