Murderers who refuse to appear in dock for sentencing hearings to face new penalties

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Murderers who refuse to appear in dock for sentencing hearings to face new penalties

Judges will be given more powers to banish killers to their cells and block prison visits if they refuse to attend their own sentencing hearings. Several notorious cases, including triple crossbow and knife killer Kyle Clifford and Thomas Cashman, the gunman who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, have refused to face their punishment in court. Now, new measures being laid in Parliament will build on refor…