Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mum has welcomed new powers to ensure criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing hearings are ...

Labour's ‘tough’ sanctions against criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing in court have faced ridicule after it ...

New powers for judges are among the measures in the Government’s Victims Bill to be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday. | ...

There have been series of high profile offenders refusing to face victims' families, including in the case of Olivia ...

Judges will be able punish those who refuse to attend court under ‘long overdue reforms’ following outcry over killers who ...

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing in England and Wales could face an additional two years in prison, under a new bill ...

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing in England and Wales could face an additional two years in prison, under a new bill ...

Several high-profile cases have seen offenders refusing to face victims' families when they are sentenced for their crimes.