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The Latest Breaking News from Jordan McSweeney

Zara Aleena’s killer’s sentence reduction bid ‘has reignited family’s agony’

The victim’s aunt, Farah Naz, said it was ‘beyond belief’ that Jordan McSweeney had ‘the audacity to appeal’.

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena’s killer storms out of sentence appeal hearing as he’d ‘heard enough’

Jordan McSweeney walked out of own bid to reduce minimum term of his sentence

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena's killer walks out of his own appeal bid for a shorter prison sentence

Jordan McSweeney has appealed for a shorter sentence for the murder of Zara Aleena

Evening Standard

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Zara Aleena’s murder was ‘opportunistic’, appeal court told

Jordan McSweeney appeared at the start of proceedings at the Court of Appeal on Friday via videolink.

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena's killer Jordan McSweeney to challenge prison sentence at Court of Appeal

Zara Aleena was killed as she walked home from a night out early on June 26 2022

Evening Standard

Zara Aleena’s killer in Court of Appeal bid to reduce prison sentence

Jordan McSweeney, who refused to attend his sentencing hearing, was previously handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years.

The Independent UK

Jury to consider if police could have done more to stop Zara Aleena’s killer

A second pre-inquest review has been held into the 35-year-old’s death.

The Independent UK

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Inspectors urge independent review into ‘struggling’ Probation Service

The Chief Inspector of Probation’s annual report found ‘chronic staff shortages’ and ‘unmanageable workloads’.

The Independent UK

Ministers plan to expand whole-life sentences for ‘most horrific’ murderers

Currently rare prison orders with little chance of parole would become default for worst offenders under MoJ proposals

The Guardian - UK

The cowardly killers who refused to face their victims’ families in court

Lucy Letby was branded a coward for refusing to appear for her sentencing

The Independent UK

Hundreds of mourners gather for vigil to honour Zara Aleena

Crowds wore white and carried pictures of Ms Aleena.

The Independent UK

Prison worker ‘suspended for kissing Zara Aleena’s killer’

Woman was reportedly arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Evening Standard

Child killer Thomas Cashman and the cowards who refused to go to court face justice

Cashman wasn't in the dock to be sentenced for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Manchester Evening News

Murdered teacher Sabina Nessa's sister joins calls to force killers to attend court

Labour former home secretary David Blunkett is among those urging change after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murderer Thomas Cashman refused to leave his cell to face the the nine-year-old’s family

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Liverpool Echo

Law change promised after Thomas Cashman refused to face Olivia's family

Thomas Cashman arrived at Manchester Crown Court but refused to leave his cell

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab comes under fire for failing to force criminals to be in dock for sentence

The Justice Secretary is under pressure to act after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murderer refused to leave his cell and face the tragic nine-year-old’s family

The Independent UK

Raab promises to act on ‘spineless’ killers who dodge sentence hearings

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab vowed to act after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s killer refused to face the murdered nine-year-old’s family in court.

The Independent UK

Raab urged to fast track law to force criminals to attend sentencing after nine-year-old’s killer refused

Thomas Cashman refused to attend court saying the case had become a ‘circus’

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The Independent UK

Raab urged to fast-track plans to force criminals to attend sentencing hearing

Farah Naz made the comments after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s killer, Thomas Cashman, refused to face the youngster’s family in court.

The Guardian - UK

Raab urged to fast-track plans to force criminals to attend sentencing

Aunt of murdered lawyer Zara Aleena says criminals should receive longer sentences if they refuse to face families or victims

Daily Mirror

Tragic faces of women killed at hands of men as experts declare health emergency

International Women's Day: Counting Dead Women has so far tallied at least 107 deaths by men or where a man is a primary suspect for 2022 - but there are at least 16 women who haven't been officially counted yet

The Guardian - UK

A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us?

Joanna Simpson’s family are right to be worried – too many violent offenders slip through the cracks of a service that is there to keep us safe, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Offenders could be forced to attend sentencing after Zara Aleena case

Dominic Raab considering allowing judges to increase sentences of convicts who refuse to appear

Evening Standard

Zara Aleena’s family wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing

The Independent UK

Family of Zara Aleena wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing.

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