The mother of shooting victim Olivia Pratt-Korbel hailed the move, but others warn it could be fraught with difficulty.
But the father of a murdered police officer warned against a “knee-jerk, headline-grabbing” response.
He said he had seen the behaviour of prisoners forced into courtrooms: “Foul abuse towards the family, abused the court, turned their back, kicked off, fought, spat, bitten people.“If you are going to restrain them in court, is it going to involve a Hollywood-style Hannibal Lecter outfit?” he said, referencing a character from the 1991 film Silence Of The Lambs.
He said: “Both political parties are trying to outdo each other on who can be tough on crime, because there’s no need for legislation actually, and the reason there’s no need for legislation is because the courts have got the power to tell a governor that he wants a prisoner produced in his court.” Chair of the Bar, Nick Vineall KC, said: “We welcome the Ministry of Justice’s decision to leave it to judges to decide how to deal with individual cases in the interests of justice.
“That’s why we are giving judges the power to order vile offenders to attend their sentencing hearings, with those who refuse facing being forced into the dock or spending longer behind bars.”
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