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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’

The Independent UK

More male staff could help with offenders, says England and Wales probation chief

Kim Thornden-Edwards says it may be good to tackle issues of masculinity and power from a male perspective

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

Cashman should not be allowed to hide from justice – Dominic Raab

The murderer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel refused to appear in the dock for his sentencing.

The Independent UK

Silence as MP Jess Phillips reads names of 108 women killed by men in UK - full list

The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding marked International Women's Day by reading a list of all the women who were killed where the primary suspect or known killer is a man since this time last year.

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Ministers warned action not ‘warm words’ needed to tackle violence against women

Labour MP Jess Phillips spent almost five minutes reading out the names of women killed in the UK in the last year.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

Aunt of murdered lawyer Zara Aleena joins march calling for end to male violence

Farah Naz said the system is ‘broken across the board’ but she is ‘always hopeful’ that change can happen.

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing

Evening Standard

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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Murderers could be compelled to appear in court for sentencing under new laws

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said he is considering new legislation after meeting with the family of Zara Aleena, whose killer avoided court.

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The Guardian view on the probation service: a crunch has been building for years

Editorial: Zara Aleena’s murder has shone a light on the failures in the system. Fixing them will require more than just funding

Daily Mirror

Labour demands action amid claims probation staff 'pressured' to lower offenders' risk

Labour has demanded an investigation after a whistleblower this week claimed probation officers are under “organisational pressure” to allocate lower risk ratings to offenders

The Guardian - UK

Zara Aleena was failed by a privatised probation service

Letters: Sue Hobbs outlines the inaccurate risk assessments of the young woman’s murderer, while Sarah Compton says nothing has changed since the murder of her brother in 2015

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Nadhim, pray, blub: Rishi Sunak looks lost and bewildered at PMQs

PM has no reply when Keir Starmer observes he is hopelessly weak and suggests the job is too big for him

The Independent UK

Sunak faces pressure over probation failings in Zara Aleena murder

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pressed Rishi Sunak on the matter during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak grilled over probation failings that led to Zara Aleena’s murder

Sir Keir Starmer asks PM at PMQs if Government has ‘blood on its hands’ after failings that led to Jordan McSweeney being free to kill

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak told probation service 'on its knees' in wake of Zara Aleena murder

The Labour leader slammed 'systemic failures' after a report found probation staff missed a 'catalogue of chances' to stop a man with a history of violence murdering the 35-year-old law graduate

Daily Mirror

Deadly failings with one person killed every SIX days by criminal on probation

Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?

Evening Standard

Probation have blood on their hands, Zara Aleena's aunt says

Probation officers have been accused of having “blood on their hands” after failings left a sexual predator free to stalk and kill Zara Aleena just days after his prison release.Damning findings by a watchdog laid bare a catalogue of errors by probation officers before Jordan McSweeney carried out the brutal…

The Guardian - UK

Zara Aleena’s family may sue over murder by released prisoner

Legal action being considered after report highlights failings that allowed Jordan McSweeney to kill London woman

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