Criminals who refuse to attend Court

[Mups]

The Mother of this poor boy who was killed by a man doing 70 mph in a  30 mph limit,  is hoping the driver will come to court and face her.    She doesn't want him to refuse to attend.

I shall never understand why criminals are even allowed to refuse going to court?? 
Surely he gave up any 'rights'  when he killed that young lad.

You hear this over and over again,  where the criminal won't attend court  but it so very wrong to my mind.
They should be dragged there if necessary,  and never be allowed to skulk in custody somewhere.

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2026-11-09/mother-urges-coward-hit-and-run-killer-to-attend-sentencing

[JBR]

I couldn't believe this either.  It seems that if you have committed a criminal offence, you can refuse to attend a court hearing.  Has this criminal not been arrested by the police?  Has he been arrested and simply let go free?

The more things I have heard over the past few years suggest that this country is simply falling apart.  Do we still have laws?  Can you still be taken to court for trial if you commit crimes?  Quite apart from anything else, the country is heading steadily toward becoming a third-world nation.  I'm just glad that I am 74 and have no children, because if things continue in this direction it will not be long before the UK becomes the first third-world country in Europe.

[klondike]

Has this criminal not been arrested by the police?  Has he been arrested and simply let go free?

Will just be found guilty in their absence. That can happen without them even being in custody. They should certainly just be taken to court when they are in custody though. They get no choice of prison or cell so far as I'm aware so make their temporary place of custody in the dock. Spineless a-holes.

[Scrumpy]

Who is running the bloody country..!!!!
Certainly not the government...

Shoplifters boldly go into stores and remove what they want..

Rape and abuse.. Community Service and a slap on the wrist.

People fill up their motors and drive off..

And on .. and on it goes...

[Mups]

I heard on tonight's news that the 23 yr old man who killed that young lad because he was speeding,  has received a 9 years and 4 moths sentence.
He did attend court in the end.

BUT,  they did say it would have been treble that  to 27 yrs,  but because he pleaded Guilty,  they only gave him one third of his sentence!!!   
In other words,  he got rewarded for owning up.  Unbelievable.

Understandably,  the boy's family are horrified.

[JBR]

I heard on tonight's news that the 23 yr old man who killed that young lad because he was speeding,  has received a 9 years and 4 moths sentence.
He did attend court in the end.

BUT,  they did say it would have been treble that  to 27 yrs,  but because he pleaded Guilty,  they only gave him one third of his sentence!!! 
In other words,  he got rewarded for owning up.  Unbelievable.

Understandably,  the boy's family are horrified.

They argue that our prisons are full, so they are obliged to let criminals off with a much shorter sentence, or none at all.
I am hoping that Reform UK will do as they have promised, and deport all illegals in this country, and that will include all of those in jail.  Then stop letting them in again.
That will make available many more prison places.  Then they should forget about all of those educational programmes in prison and leave them in their cells.  Prison should, once again, become a deterrent rather than a holiday camp.

[Mups]

I suspect that in some cases prisoners may even have a better life than they had outside.
All their meals provided for a start.

I have also been reading about the learning that is provided in prisons these days too, and this includes:

Reading, Writing, Maths, Woodwork, Physical health, and Horticulture.
And through the Open University they can even sit for their GCSE, and City & Guilds!

[JBR]

I suspect that in some cases prisoners may even have a better life than they had outside.
All their meals provided for a start.

I have also been reading about the learning that is provided in prisons these days too, and this includes:

Reading, Writing, Maths, Woodwork, Physical health, and Horticulture.
And through the Open University they can even sit for their GCSE, and City & Guilds!

I suppose they are hoping that with education will come better behaviour.
It could, of course, make them more efficient criminals!
I wonder which of these possibilities turn out to be the truth.