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The court heard how Karl Hardwick, now an inmate at HMP Hewell, has mental health issues A PSYCHOTIC killer who cut grass with scissors and attacked a pensioner is expected to learn his fate today - after his sentence was delayed for a sixth time despite colossal pressure to clear the Covid court backlog. It was hoped that Karl Hardwick, who once kicked a Kidderminster dad-of-four to death, would be sentenced at last for fresh offences at Worcester Crown Court last Monday. However, the sentence is now listed for today. Courts across the country are working through a large backlog exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, hence the need to relieve pressure on the system.
DELAYS: Killer Karl Hardwick, now at HMP Hewell, has mental health issues A PSYCHOTIC city killer who cut grass with scissors and attacked a pensioner is expected to learn his fate today - after his sentence was delayed for a sixth time despite colossal pressure to clear the Covid court backlog. It was hoped that Karl Hardwick, who once kicked a dad-of-four to death in Worcester, would be sentenced at last for fresh offences at Worcester Crown Court last Monday. However, the sentence is now listed for today. Courts across the country are working through a large backlog exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, hence the pressure to relieve pressure on the system.
A PSYCHOTIC killer who cut grass with scissors and attacked a pensioner has had his sentence delayed yet again despite a large Covid-19 court backlog. Karl Hardwick, who once kicked a dad-of-four to death, was due to be sentenced for fresh offences, including an attack on a 70-year-old woman. The 37-year-old appeared over videolink from HMP Hewell at Worcester Crown Court yesterday - his fifth appearance for the same offences. Hardwick, who has a conviction for manslaughter, was due to be sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester on January 18 last year and for a string of offences last April. The April offences include battery against a 70-year-old woman, ABH against another woman, using violence to enter premises (the woman’s flat) and criminal damage. Hardwick also admits having an article with a blade or point on September 22, 2019 – a pair of scissors - in Chedworth Drive, Warndon. We have previously reported ho