Wife’s 'nightmare' as husband waits four years for trial
The Ministry of Justice said remand cases were now being prioritised following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Petkovic remains in Leicester Prison nearly four years after his arrest, which took place just weeks after his daughter was born in 2019. His wife, Sonia Sumal, said she had to give up her career as a telecoms project manager to take charge of the Derby off-licence formerly run by her husband. She missed her daughter's first words and first steps after taking on the role following his arrest, she said."If we'd been to trial and got whatever result - whether guilty or not guilty - we would know what we were working towards and could understand and process that," she said."Our daughter just thinks the normality is going to see her father at the weekend and give him a hug at the end of a visit.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Remand cases have been prioritised following the unprecedented impact of the pandemic and only those posing the greatest risk to the public or who are likely to abscond are held in prison.Follow BBC East Midlands on
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