Cowardly child killer Thomas Cashman refused to enter Manchester Crown Court to be sentenced for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. It meant the drug dealer wasn't in the dock on Monday, April 3, to face Olivia's family and hear Justice Amanda Yip hand down his sentence of life with a minimum of 42 years in jail.
It also meant he didn't hear victim personal statements read by members of Olivia's family or the words of Justice Yip. The murderer's non-appearance in court was branded a 'disgrace' by Labour's shadow justice secretary Steve Reed, who has previously called for new laws to make sure this cannot happen.
Read more:
