Olivia’s killer guilty - Minimum of 42 years

[Blue Mist]

What I can’t get my head round is that he refused to attend the hearing to be sentenced! How the hell does he get to choose wether or not to attend? He should have been dragged there kicking and screaming if necessary, what choice did he give that poor girl and her family? The world’s gone mad…..

Why should prison officers/G4S be put in danger of serious injury trying to get him into the Dock?
Leave the scrote in his cell .......... and make sure the guards sing to him.

 

[Scottyboi]

Why should prison officers/G4S be put in danger of serious injury trying to get him into the Dock?
Leave the scrote in his cell .......... and make sure the guards sing to him.

Will have been plenty of prison guards ready to force that **** to court, should have hogtied him and carried him in.

 

[city2]

If he lasts 42 years let’s hope he gets fucked over every day and more.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Congratulations to Panorama and the BBC on tonight’s programme. It was fascinating.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

What I can’t get my head round is that he refused to attend the hearing to be sentenced! How the hell does he get to choose wether or not to attend? He should have been dragged there kicking and screaming if necessary, what choice did he give that poor girl and her family? The world’s gone mad…..

There’s nothing new about that. It’s always been a prisoner’s right not to attend court. You can’t have people caged like captured animals in the court. however, I think it should have opened a gateway to a whole life order being on the table in a case like this. Think there should be a further sentence imposed for non-attendance at your sentencing hearing.

it’s spineless and disrespectful to the victim’s parents. Whatever you’ve convinced yourself you haven’t done, a little girl has died. Show some respect for her, and her family, and take your fucking punishment. Thought he was the Billy Big Bollocks. Now his life is over. Prison will break someone like him. He will be so old when he’s begging the parole board for freedom.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I’m only County but our judges don’t take any crap.

I was at the Rolls Building where Andy Lonsdale was meant to turn up with proof of £1,000,000 to keep Hereford United afloat. He didn’t have it and didn’t turn up to court. The judge was furious and wound them up.

I enjoy my role as a legal clerk. It’s an honour to do my job.

 

[Stephen230]

There’s nothing new about that. It’s always been a prisoner’s right not to attend court. You can’t have people caged like captured animals in the court. however, I think it should have opened a gateway to a whole life order being on the table in a case like this. Think there should be a further sentence imposed for non-attendance at your sentencing hearing.

it’s spineless and disrespectful to the victim’s parents. Whatever you’ve convinced yourself you haven’t done, a little girl has died. Show some respect for her, and her family, and take your fucking punishment. Thought he was the Billy Big Bollocks. Now his life is over. Prison will break someone like him. He will be so old when he’s begging the parole board for freedom.

The judge was very keen to make it clear that while she disapproved of his no show, that it would in no way be affecting the sentence.

My first thought was that she made that clear to not leave any room for potential grounds for appealing the sentence.

From what I’ve read today, it is an option to drag them up for sentencing in handcuffs but it’s rarely enforced on grounds of safety.

As disrespectful as it is, I think it’s probably the wisest move.

Of course it’s always possible to change the law so it is an offence in itself but I think they’ve probably got more urgent things to be dealing with at the moment. Like why 129 out of 498 Crown Courts stood empty today in England and Wales. Despite a backlog of 60,000 cases.

 

[mr t]

Even other people living outside of the law gave information leading to his arrest and conviction which speaks volumes about how his actions sickened the criminal community that he belonged to. He won’t be missed.

Just a shame his sentences run concurrently. If they had run consecutively he would have never been up for parole and would have died in prison.

Still 42 years is a long time to spend behind bars with a target on your back.

He’ll be lucky to ever get out at all.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Just forget about the low life now.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Of course it’s always possible to change the law so it is an offence in itself but I think they’ve probably got more urgent things to be dealing with at the moment. Like why 129 out of 498 Crown Courts stood empty today in England and Wales. Despite a backlog of 60,000 cases.

There aren’t even close to 498 crown courts, unless you mean the individual courtrooms possibly. Even then I’m not sure how you’d evaluate it. Some courts have overspill courts, such as Wolverhampton. And then there are others that are only used periodically like Coventry. Would need to understand how that figure was arrived at before forming any meaningful view.