it manchester crown court. gosh, thank yom it makes — manchester crown court. thank you. it makes you feel _ manchester crown court. gosh, thank you. it makes you feel like _ manchester crown court. gosh, thank you. it makes you feel like you - you. it makes you feel like you should feel a set take a moment and a pause, that was really upsetting. some details that may transport you straight to the mines of the family, exactly what they are going through. —— minds. absolutely dreadful to hear, but those with the mac witness impact statements are just that, they have an impact like this. they do leave you a little breathless and speechless as well. those proceedings are continuing inside manchester crown court, you can see those pictures on one side of your screen, that is the outside of the court and those victim impact statements are being read inside the court. you can see the flowers being laid at the time, they are not from today, they are from at the time of olivia's death. some really, really difficult details in the courtroom, we want to stay focused on t

back to our corresponding outside manchester crown court, accurately. just update us with the latest g outside manchester crown court, rowan. ., ., ., ., ., rowan. the emotion around what has ha--ened rowan. the emotion around what has happened today. _ rowan. the emotion around what has happened today, olivia's _ rowan. the emotion around what has happened today, olivia's mother- rowan. the emotion around what has happened today, olivia's mother was| happened today, olivia's mother was crying, some of the police officers were in tears. clearly extremely emotional over this 42 year sentence handed down and you have to understand what this means that the one involved in the case. i spoke to the senior investigating officer mark baker who said this was one of the most difficult cases they had dealt with in his 30 odd years career at merseyside police and what is meant for the local community. this has been devastating for the family but also for the community of dovecote, which was important for them and their relationship with the police. merseyside police worked extremely hard in the

you can see on the side of your screen the outside of manchester crown court.de is our correspondent rowan. i know that you are not envisioned back from where you are, let us know what latest is. —— | you are, let us know what latest is. —— i know that you're not in vision. the statement from cheryl gives us an idea of what she has been robbed of by the death of olivia. she says that she cannot think of building their lives without liv. she refer to her grandmother having died and olivia will never have a first 0livia will never have a first communicable where prom dress, all of the things that she has been robbed of by the death of olivia. thomas cashman's barrister has started speaking in mitigation for thomas cashman. he says the court cannot be sure of the evidence that there was at intention to kill 0livia pratt—korbel, that is reference to the fact that when thomas cashman fired his gun he fired into a door, not knowing he was on the other side of it and that the bullet itself went through the door, through 0livia's mother's hand and fatally injured 0livi

we're going to go back now to manchester to back live now to manchester to outside manchester court outside manchester crownaper inside for the reaper who was inside for the and has been that from start to finish much from this harrowing case. sophie the latest case. sophie what's the latest for please . well as you for please. well as you mentioned , patrick thomas mentioned, patrick thomas cashman has now been sentenced. he refused to appear in court this afternoon but justice yet consented to some sentencing in his absence . there were five his absence. there were five charges that he was found guilty by the jury. and we heard the sentencing for each of them. so on count one, the murder of olivia corbell, he was sentenced to in prison and months minimum of 42 years on count to the attempted murder of joseph nee received life imprisonment. a minimum of 22 years count three the wounding with intent of cheryl korbel. that was the sentence of ten years and on counts for five the possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life that was 18 years for each. now those sentence will be served concurrently , w

we have got that live picture of manchester crown court that we can show you. we have this camera here, just so you know, because for later, we are expecting people to come out and give interviews, at those microphones, that you can just see in the corner there. this is after the proceedings are all finished. in terms of timing for those, we do not know because everything is running slightly behind schedule at the moment, and with this news that thomas cashman will not be appearing, we do not know yet what difference that will make to the times. i want to show you another live picture as well, another live feed we have. this is the fees that will turn into the inside of the court shot of the judge giving the remarks. you can see that the media says, cameras in court, the hearing will start shortly. just so you know that there is a holding page for the feed command when the time is right, when all that lawyers have had their comments, when the legal proceedings have finished, that shop will change and it will show instead the judge giving the sentencing as we kn

now, just to remind you that we'll be heading to manchester crown court shortly , manchester crown court justice yip to hand down that sentence , of course, he was that sentence, of course, he was found guilty last week of murdering olivia pratt—korbel a nine year old, wounding intent and attempted murder as. straight to manchester when get that but let's not talk about baumer ole castle of course that beloved home of queen elizabeth. the second rio open to the the second it's rio open to the pubuc the second it's rio open to the public first time since public for the first time since her majesty's death last september. let's speak to our scotland reporter, tony maguire. antonio of course, it's been in many people's memories , the many people's memories, the queen, because that's where she passed away. and we saw all those scenes of the royal trying to get to a bedside in time. but now that spring is us a happier time, a happier reflection there . yes, very much so. mark saturday, they marked first day that balmoral castle was open to the public and entrants can get in and actually the b

we willjust watch as the family and police head back into manchester crown court.ere from the police, but what stuck out to you? i think it was the words _ but what stuck out to you? i think it was the words of _ but what stuck out to you? i think it was the words of olivia's - but what stuck out to you? i think| it was the words of olivia's mother who talked about trying to process what has been happening in that family, their whole world, turned upside down, certainly, the centre of this huge story, that the man hand, initially, the process —— process of bringing thomas cashman to justice, process of bringing thomas cashman tojustice, and process of bringing thomas cashman to justice, and finally, process of bringing thomas cashman tojustice, and finally, she process of bringing thomas cashman to justice, and finally, she said, seeing justice done, but as i was saying as before, just before she spoke, she reflected on the point i was trying to make, that this is now a different bit of territory for the family. they will have two grieve properly for their family,

let's take a look at the moment cashman�*s sentence was pronounced at manchester crown court.der of olivia pratt—korbel, the sentence will be life imprisonment. the minimum term will be 42 years, less the time the defendant has already spent on remand. on count two, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee, the sentence is life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years. on count three, wounding cheryl korbel with intent to do grievous bodily harm to another, the sentence is ten years imprisonment. on counts four and five, the firearms offences, the sentence is 18 years imprisonment on each. all those sentences are to be served concurrently, meaning that the shortest period the defendant will be required to serve before he can be considered for early release from the sentence of life imprisonment is 42 years, less the 182 days he has served on remand. after he has served that minimum term, he can only be released if the parole board decide that it is appropriate. he would then remain on licence for the remainder of his life. that was thejudge that was the judge making her statement

cashman was jailed for a minimum of 42 years at manchester crown court yesterday but he wasn't presentcourt to hear his sentence, told bbc breakfast how it can affect a family. it's a moment where when judgment is passed, it's part of the process of allowing you to also feel like, ok, so this is complete. this man has faced hisjudgment and now he's going to be confronted by his punishment. i don't, i think there are other ways to make the convict come to face their judgment. and that would be to add time to their sentencing, or there can be other ways. and i don't believe for a minute that convicts aren't manhandled in other circumstances. i want to take you live now to new york for a huge event there. later on, what time is it now, 8:40am in the morning there in new york, and there will be a lot of media present outside that building there, but as a courtroom we are expecting donald trump to arrive in within the next few hours. at the moment he is in trump tower and he will make the journey there to this courtroom, where we will hear the charges against him. we know the charges at the

just want to mark your card and take you live to manchester, this is a live shot outside manchester crown courtr of olivia pratt—korbel will stop you will remember, of course, the nine—year—old girl who was shot in her own home by thomas cashman. thomas cashman, a drug dealer. he was chasing another man but fired his weapon into the house of olivia and killed her. she was nine years old. the court case has concluded, he was found guilty, and now we are expecting the sentencing. 0ur correspondent is there for us outside, we will be speaking to him later. we think there will be filming inside of the sentencing, relatively new development in england and wales inside the court, we are expecting to see the judge out that sentencing will stop we will be carrying foot that for you live here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good afternoon. we started off on a chilly, frosty note for many earlier on this morning, but there's a lot of sparkling spring sunshine and blue skies around today, as captured by weather watchers here in northeast england and in n

cashman had denied murder butjurors at manchester crown court found him guilty last thursday. g a prison van arriving in a convoy with armed police at the crown court. those charges and their verdict was handed down on friday, sentencing will get under way a little later. let�*s remind ourselves of what happened. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia�*s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a "ruthless pursuit" to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six—week manhunt, as police appealed for information to find her killer. numerous arrests were made, but police eventually apprehended thomas cashman, a 34—year—old drug dealer. he was charged with olivia�*s murder on october 1st. his trial started in manchester last month and the court heard that moments before the shooting, olivia had come down the stairs saying, "mum, i�*m scared." last thursday, thejury found him guilty of murder and a number of other offences linked to the incident. we will have the latest for you throughout the day. sur

live now to our correspondent rowan bridge, who is at manchester crown court for us today. expecting the sentencing - what are we expecting? we are expecting the sentencing to - what are we expecting? we are l expecting the sentencing to start around two o'clock this afternoon. it will begin with statements from the prosecution and defence. the prosecution will be outlining reasons why it feels that thomas cashman should be given a severe sentence, so any aggravating factors in the case, and the defence will be able to put any mitigating factors they feel should be taken into account. we may also get what are called victim impact statements, so members of olivia's family who turned up today will speak in court and be able to talk about the impact that olivia's death have had on them, and for that to be taken into account thejudge when them, and for that to be taken into account the judge when it comes to the sentencing. thomas cashman was found guilty of murder. that is an automatic life sentence. the question will then be around how long he has to serve in prison before he

cashman had denied murder, butjurors at manchester crown court found him guilty last thursday. an arriving in a convoy with armed police, at the crown court. as we said, cashman was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, wounding with intent and two charges of possessing firearms. that was at court last week, today is a sentencing. olivia's mother cheryl said she was ecstatic with the verdict, the verdict that was handed down on friday. sentencing to get under way in manchester later today. we will have the very latest for you from there. the leader of finland's main centre—right party, petteri orpo, has won a tight election race in finland and is likely to be the country's new prime minister. his national coalition party won 20.8% of the vote, with the right—wing populist finns party coming in a close second, with a record 20.1% share of the vote. it was a bitter defeat for prime minister sanna marin's party, who trailed with 19.9% of the vote. let's take a listen to what sanna marin had to say following the result. translation: this is a great day, because we have done _ we

the trial itself was moved here to manchester crown court, because of sensitivities about the idea ofks and you had been here when thomas arrived in court, you would have seen the area was surrounded by police officers, some of them armed, and when thomas cashman arrived and left that was in a police convoy, such was the level of security surrounding the trial. thank you, rowan, standby and you willjump in when we get any news or developments. we want to take a quick pause and remind ourselves about what actually happened that night. iraq reporter danny savage can take us through it. ten o'clock at night in late august last year, a barely believable sequence of events in the street led to a nine—year—old girl being shot dead in her own home. a man called joseph nee was walking down the road but a drug dealer is lying in wait for him wanting him dead. nee is ambushed and forced to the ground as he is repeatedly shot. armed with two guns, cashman closes in, he fires once more. then the gunjams. seeing a chance and desperate to escape, joseph nee for these for his life by heading for an

cashman had denied murder butjurors at manchester crown court found him guilty last thursday. aring up for a battle" ahead of his scheduled court hearing tomorrow, his lawyer has said. mr trump is expected to fly to new york from his florida home today, to face charges related to hush money payments made to an adult film star. he's continued to deny any wrongdoing. 0ur north america reporter, nada tawfik has more. this week, the eyes of the world will be fixed on this court complex in lower manhattan. history will be made when donald trump becomes the first former president to be arrested and to appear in court on criminal charges on tuesday. trump has upended us politics before and looks set to do it again. he's vowed to carry on with his presidential campaign even if convicted. he's turned his indictment into an opportunity to fundraise. his campaign says they've raised $4 million so far with messages like this to his supporters attacking democrats and the case as a witch hunt. no president in the history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attack

our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is at manchester crown court.man, as you say, found guilty last week, and you will remember, this case horrified the nation when it happened last year, the murder of a nine—year—old child in her own home, behind the front door of her own home, where she absolutely should have been safest. it horrified everybody, and then, during this trial, we have heard the detail of how that came to happen, which has laid it out so starkly. that has been very traumatic for all of those hearing it. we have heard about the fact that this only happened because tommy cashman was chasing another drugs dealer through the streets of liverpool and they saw the light from the open door of olivia's house. the door had been opened by her mother who wanted to know what the commotion was outside. they charged towards it, and olivia was terrified, and having heard gunfire outside, came out of bed and down stairs, and was caught by a bullet. we have listened over several weeks to the background to one of this. it has laid bare the story of dru

the judge at manchester crown court said that olivia's future had been cruelly snatched away and thatat cheryl korbel has been clasping at court is made from her daughter's pajamas. some small comfort as she arrived to see olivia's murderer sentenced. but in a cruel insult, she was denied the opportunity to look into the eyes of thomas cashman. he had been brought to court amidst high security this morning, having last week been convicted of the little girl's murder. i was in court as olivia's family waited for cashman to be brought up from the cells. we waited and then waited some more. the police waited, the prosecution waited, the jurors waited. and then cashman's barrister came in and said he wouldn't be coming. the glass dock stayed empty and the hearing happened without him. it meant he wasn't there to hear cheryl korbel as she went into the witness box to speak about her daughter's murder. she cried and she said the thing she misses most is hearing 0livia say, "mum". "everything's just so quiet now". she said, "i can't cope with the silence". cheryl korbel was supported in cour

our north of england correspondent judith moritz has more from manchester crown court.letby says it's a record of her anguish and that she wrote it when she was removed from her post as a neonatal nurse in 2016. two years later she was arrested on suspicion of murdering babies at the hospital where she worked. her house in chester was searched by police. in her bedroom they found several notes covered in nurse letby�*s handwriting. the green note on a small piece of paper was tucked inside her diary. it's covered in thoughts and phrases. one reads, "i killed them on purpose." at court today, the jury heard the first detail of what lucy letby had to say about the note when she was questioned by police whilst under arrest. transcripts of those interviews were read out. lucy letby listened from the dock, sometimes becoming visibly upset. in one interview, the police officer remarked, you've put down there, lucy, "killed them on purpose". "i didn't kill them on purpose," she said. he asked, "do you believe there's a potential you caused their deaths? " "not intentionally,"

yes. at manchester crown court.g dealer into the home of nine year old olivia and her mother, cheryl korbel. madeline grant, columnist and parliamentary sketch writer. the telegraph is still with us this morning madeleine. morning. madeleine. your reaction? first of all, to this case. and the reaction also to the front page of the sun today, claiming there's a two in a £50,000 bounty on this man's head. well, i forjust me, it's been one of the most harrowing cases that i can remember reading about idea reading about the idea that a mother, his you know, as anyone , might be drawn to hearing noises and disturbances on the street, she goes to open the door then in inadvertently, door and then in inadvertently, that leads to the death of her child. after the idea that in broad daylight, a pair of drug gangs literally gangs could be literally shooting each other on the streets of britain is quite extraordinary. it's really extraordinary. and it's really haunted think the sun haunted me. and i think the sun has an intere

cheryl koval, and the attempted murder of joseph nee, who is chasing is due to be sentenced at manchester crown court teachers court this afternoon. teachers in england will go on strike for another two days next term after rejecting the latest government pay rejecting the latest government pay offer. they have announced they will walk out on the 27th of april and the 2nd of may, 98% of april and the 2nd of may, 98% of any new members voted against what they described as an insulting offer of . a £1,000 one insulting offer of. a £1,000 one off payment, plus an average rise of 4.5% increase. that's for next year. and that would be for next year. and that would be for most staff . almost a million for most staff. almost a million passport applications could face delays in processing because of industrial action. more than a thousand passport workers across eight sites have walked off the job for five weeks with the pubuc job for five weeks with the public and commercial services union saying it will have a significant impact . the union's significant impact. the union's general secretary has written to

sheryl caldwell speaking outside manchester crown court today.ell other news as you've been heanng well other news as you've been hearing , the prime minister has hearing, the prime minister has announced a new taskforce to crack down on grooming gangs. rishi sunak said the measures aim to prevent victims and whistleblower owners from being ignored by authorities because of culturally sensitivities or political correctness. and that's after home secretary singled out british pakistani men as a particular concern. speaking exclusive to gb news suella braverman said her comments on pakistani men were based on local reviews and reports. it's not racist to tell the truth about what has been going on here in rochdale or in rotherham or in telford. local reviews and reports have confirmed that the grooming gangs scandal that has gone on here has been perpetrated by largely british pakistani men . largely british pakistani men. now it's important not to demonise a whole community and the vast majority of british pakistanis are law abiding and straightfo

sheryl caldwell speaking outside manchester crown court today.ell other news as you've been heanng well other news as you've been hearing , the prime minister has hearing, the prime minister has announced a new taskforce to crack down on grooming gangs. rishi sunak said the measures aim to prevent victims and whistleblower owners from being ignored by authorities because of culturally sensitivities or political correctness. and that's after home secretary singled out british pakistani men as a particular concern. speaking exclusive to gb news suella braverman said her comments on pakistani men were based on local reviews and reports. it's not racist to tell the truth about what has been going on here in rochdale or in rotherham or in telford. local reviews and reports have confirmed that the grooming gangs scandal that has gone on here has been perpetrated by largely british pakistani men . largely british pakistani men. now it's important not to demonise a whole community and the vast majority of british pakistanis are law abiding and straightfo

an emotional cheryl corbell speaking outside manchester crown court a short time ago.ill detective superintendent mark baker said he hopes the sentence will act as a deterrent to others . i hope as a deterrent to others. i hope that the sentence of 42 years given to thomas cashman today will act as a deterrent for anyone who thinks of picking up anyone who thinks of picking up a gun and putting our communities at risk through their reckless behaviour . this their reckless behaviour. this has been a challenging and complex and emotional inquiry. i want to thank and praise the commitment, dedication and sheer determination of the investigation team as they pursued the truth . well, in pursued the truth. well, in other news today, the brother of the television presenter phillip schofield , has been found guilty schofield, has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy . timothy schofield was boy. timothy schofield was charged with 11 offences involved a child between october 2016 and october 2019. the 54 year old has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced

our reporter dave guest is outside manchester crown court this morning. good morning, dave. a. it is bi da court? yes, good morning, nina. it is big day for— court? yes, good morning, nina. it is big day for olivia's _ court? yes, good morning, nina. it is big day for olivia's family. - court? yes, good morning, nina. it is big day for olivia's family. this i is big day for olivia's family. this crime did not only shock the people of merseyside but right across the uk, the impact was felt. a little girl gunned down in the place she should have been safest, her own home. such is the revulsion about this crime, the police were successful in getting people come forward with vital information including one woman who knew cashman who provided key evidence which led to his conviction. she was so afraid of repercussions that she gave her evidence anonymously and the police have praise her for evidence anonymously and the police have praise herfor her evidence anonymously and the police have praise her for her bravery. lists have cracked down on drug gangs and made numbers of arrests

well, i'm outside manchester crown court , as you say, mark, crown court, as you say, mark, brexit dayay. the jury has been hearing about the final baby being with in lucy. let the trial now. back in october of last year we began to hear about the first baby. one by one. so that was twins a and child b. now almost six months on from that point, we've reached child king, who the prosecution allege lucy let be attempted to murder by injecting his nato tube with clear and now this morning we've been hearing from a doctor can't been hearing from a doctor can't be named for legal reasons but he's been questioned about clinical notes he had made after child quay had collapsed. now after the collapsed, child keeps seem to make a good recovery . seem to make a good recovery. but in the evening, doctor's noficed but in the evening, doctor's noticed he was he was looking tired. so they made the decision to intubated the following . he to intubated the following. he was moved from the contest chest to hospital to alder. hey, children's hospital. where the prosecution say once been removed from the

. 0livia pratt—korbel�*s killer is beginning a 42—yearjail term, after being sentenced at manchester crown courta caring little girl. she was the light of our lives, a sassy, chatty girl who never ran out of energy. she was a character, she was my baby and she had amazing qualities and knew what she wanted in life. everyone adored her. she was the baby of our family and my little love, my shadow. we welcome the sentence given but i can see my family and i have already started our life sentence, having to spend the rest of our lives without 0livia. thomas cashman failed to come into court to receive the sentence, whichjustice amanda yip described as "perhaps further evidence" of his lack of remorse for the killing, which has impacted an entire community. as children do, 0livia was coming downstairs to seek reassurance. cheryl should have been able to give that reinsurance and tuck her back into bed. what happened instead was chilling and strikes fear not only into the immediate community but also into the minds of other children and their parents. the defendant has not acknowledged his responsibi

on thursday at manchester crown court, cashman was convicted of killing the nine year old following an joined now by former detective chief superintendent of the met police, kevin hurley . so police, kevin hurley. so captain, do you agree with the assistant chief constable chris green from merseyside who said everybody is responsible for what happened ? if you're taking what happened? if you're taking drugs, you're responsive for what happened ? yes and no. the what happened? yes and no. the bottom line is, in our country now , the drug trade is now now, the drug trade is now ruthlessly controlled by albanian gangs up and down the whole country with the exception of merseyside . have tenaciously of merseyside. have tenaciously held on to their piece of turf. merseyside gangsters, led by people like curtis warren, once controlled the entire drug trade around all the holiday resorts and small towns all over the place and indeed up in the north—west still do it on the county lines. the real issue is what are we going to do about our supposed battle against drugs ? all we can continue to d

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crown court. appearing by video link from manchester prison.changing, saying the medicine gives patients a chance to live longer and healthier lives . and longer and healthier lives. and the us president has accepted an invite from the king for a state visit to the uk. the white house says joe biden had a very friendly chat with king charles over the phone. the president is due to visit northern ireland and the republic next week, but won't attend the coronation in may. he'll be represented instead by his wife, jill . this instead by his wife, jill. this is gb news. we're bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to bev and . back to bev and. andrew do you think joe biden's sulking? not coming to the soronoioni— sulking? not coming to the coronation because- “q7 not coming to the coronation because it's the ini— coronation because it's the first coronation,— coronation because it's the first coronation, as we know, sis— first coronation, as we know, iess.— first coronation, as we know, since 1953. he— first coronation, as we know, si