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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dominic McGrath

Warning over proposed law forcing offenders to attend sentencing

PA Wire

Ministers have been warned that plans to give judges the power to order offenders to attend sentencing hearings could prove harder to implement in practice.

Some victims and campaigners, including the mother of shooting victim Olivia Pratt-Korbel, hailed a Government promise of new legislation to force serious offenders to attend their sentencing.

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