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'Olivia's Law' gets final Royal Assent approval
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- Lynette Horsburgh North West PA Media Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when Thomas Cashman fired through the front door of her family home.
- The legislation was developed after nine-year-old-year schoolgirl Olivia Pratt Korbel who was shot dead in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, in August 2022.
- Her mother Cheryl Korbel led the campaign for the change after Olivia's killer Thomas Cashman refused to come up from his cell for his sentencing.
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Lynette Horsburgh North West PA Media Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when Thomas Cashman fired through the front door of her family home. A law designed to force criminals to be present in the dock for their sentencing hearings has been given Royal Assent and is now law.
The legislation was developed after nine-year-old-year schoolgirl Olivia Pratt Korbel who was shot dead in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, in August 2022.
Her mother Cheryl Korbel led the campaign for the change after Olivia's killer Thomas Cashman refused to come up from his cell for his sentencing.
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