they've been speaking to bbc breakfast along with with met police family liaison officer gavin seeleyrd, confirmed by a statement he had written earlier this week. the judge read it out yesterday, and he said the recent was he didn't want to face us, and that he was a coward. menu on the friday before trial, so we were going to trial on the monday morning and both chris andl the monday morning and both chris and i went to the old bailey and had and i went to the old bailey and had a hearing and we had an indication —— and we had an inclination that something was going on. then we had for the first time that jack shepherd is not likely to attend his trial. a big decision to make up that point. it is a friday, the family have geared up for three—year is to get to this day, the monday of trial. do i tell the family on that friday by phone call, because they are out of london, risk losing their weekend or worrying over the weekend, or doi weekend or worrying over the weekend, or do i tell them face to face? i'd make the decision to talk to the mum and dad face on the monday morning becaus

theyjoined us earlier with met police family liaison 0fficer gavin seeley.olded. we didn't have any indication of why, really. 0ur opinion was that he isa why, really. 0ur opinion was that he is a coward. which was confirmed in a statement that he had written earlier this week. and the judge read it out yesterday and he said that the reason was that he didn't wa nt to that the reason was that he didn't want to face us and that he was a coward. we knew on the friday before trial, so we were going to trial on the monday morning and both chris andl the monday morning and both chris and i went to the old bailey, an admin hearing, we had an inclination that something was going on, and then in that hearing, we heard for then in that hearing, we heard for the first time that jack shepherd is most unlikely to attend his trial. got a big decision to make at that point. it's friday, the family have geared up to and a half years, three years to get to the stage, this monday of trial. do i tell the family on that friday by a phone call because they are out of london, ri

they're here with met police family liaison officer gavin seeley. good morning.t was passed down six years, manslaughter. what is your opinion of that and how do you feel about that verdict? 0riginally, we was told that due to the way the courts are, it probably would not be even as much as six yea rs would not be even as much as six years and to prepare for much lower. so when the six years came out we we re so when the six years came out we were quite surprised. and for you? yes, you can't help for manslaughter, that is unusual, high centres, so we're pleased about that. -- you can tell that. i want to sq that. -- you can tell that. i want to s0 about the that the man who omitted this crime, sentenced to six yea rs, omitted this crime, sentenced to six years, jack shepherd, was not in court for the entire preceding and for that moment you heard the verdict is read out. can you give a sense of how that was for you?m was pretty devastating, to be honest. at the end of the day, he has brought devastation to our family, that is an understatement. we must not lose s