the decision of a coward, unwilling to listen to parents of the babies she murdered giving the most emotional and moving testimony that you will ever hear. it s far from the first case of its kind either. in the past 18 months, the killers of sabina nessa, zara aleena, and olivia pratt korbell have all failed to attened sentencing. that is just in the past year. so, 08085 909693 do we need to force the guilty to face court? what can we do when an offender doesn t want to come to the courtroom? particularly if they re likely to be disruptive if they do attend? streaming the proceedings to their cell has been mentioned. do we go the american way, bring them forcibly into court? it s more than a year since rishi sunak, when he was running for tory leader, first promised to change the law on this. yesterday he said letby was cowardly for refusing to face sentencing. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has promised to close what he called the shamefully exploited loophole i
and that was at one o clock. and then i was just waiting for her to call. and that was the last time we spoke. when did you hear anything from the police? who was the first person to call? it was me son. me son come. woke me up at. must have been 3:00 in the morning, something like that. they tried to wake me up at first, earlier on. but they couldn t. they couldn t get me out of bed. and then the second time, they came back and. he chokes up. i knew straightaway something was seriously wrong. i just knew. i could tell. the morning after, from what they told me, they were turning police officers away from the police station wherever they were. these are police officers turning up, saying, i want to come on shift ? yeah, christmas day. they ve seen what s happened, obviously. they felt the need to give up their christmas day which no one should have to do to turn up and do what they can. which, i suppose for most people, it d be quite easy to pretend your phone hasn t gon
after appearing in court in moscow. brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, has returned to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. and, one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur goes on display at the natural history museum in london. here in the uk, a man s been found guilty of murdering a nine year old girl who was shot in her home in liverpool. olivia pratt korbel was killed when shot were fired through herfrontdoor, fatally hitting olivia in the chest. her mother was also injured. earlier our correspondent rowan bridge was outside manchester crown court where the case was heard. olivia s family, her mum, her olivia s family, her mum, her brother and sister have been here for most of the trial over the last three of a half week sobbed at the verdict was absurd, and when the family came out, of course, out of the courtroom, they called the police officers who have been involved in the investigation.
in for heavy criticism from environmental campaigners saying they don t go far enough. a standing ovation for king charles as he becomes the first british monarch to address the german parliament. and stray it s one of the top tips to win big at tonight s bafta awards for the british gaming industry. and coming up on the bbc news channel. under the lights of stamford bridge, a chance for chelsea to join arsenal in the women s champions league semi finals. they are 1 0 up after the first leg against holders lyon. good evening. a man has been found guilty of murdering nine year old olivia pratt korbel in her home in liverpool last summer. thomas cashman fired shots through the family s front door while chasing another man through the streets. the 34 year old was also found guilty of wounding olivia s mother in the attack and the attempted murder of a convicted drugs dealerjoseph nee. police said that olivia s death should not be in vain and they hope that today s verdict will