Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance’s (SCAA) longest-serving pilot has proved he’s the best in the business.
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Thomas Cashman - who murdered schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel - is set to launch an appeal against his conviction. Cashman had previously been found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia at her home in Liverpool in August 2022.
On Wednesday he failed in a bid to challenge his 42-year minimum jail sentence. Three appeal judges refused to give him permission to challenge that minimum term after concluding, at a Court of Appeal hearing in London, that he did not have an arguable case.
Following the hearing a lawyer representing Cashman, and a court official, said an appeal against conviction is pending.
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The court official said an application has been lodged but has not yet been considered by an appeal judge. No appeal hearing date has yet been fixed.
Cashman, 35, was given a mandatory life sentence – and told by trial judge Mrs Justice Yip that he will not be eligible for release until he is in his 70s.
His written application for permission to challenge his 42-year minimum jail term was rejected by an appeal judge, without a hearing, earlier this year.
A barrister representing him renewed that appeal bid at a Court of Appeal hearing in London on Wednesday.
John Cooper KC told appeal judges Dame Victoria Sharp, Mrs Justice McGowan and Mr Justice Chamberlain that “aggravating features” were too “heavily relied” on when Mrs Justice Yip passed sentence.
But the three judges ruled against Cashman and dismissed his appeal bid.
Cashman did not appear at the appeal hearing.
The shooting of Olivia happened while Cashman, of Grenadier Drive,
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance’s (SCAA) longest-serving pilot has proved he’s the best in the business.
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Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance’s (SCAA) longest-serving pilot has proved he’s the best in the business.
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at the 1998 VMAs and at the O2 Silver Clef Awards in 2019) but it gained new momentum at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.There, wore a Miu Miu negligée which had been cut to reveal at least 75% of a pale blue bra beneath, Scarlett Johansson wore a Prada gown with a visible, spaghetti-strapped brassiere, and Cindy Bruna wore a polka-dot Vivienne Westwood dress that exposed two semi-circles of a corset.But what started as a subtle peekaboo moment is now a little . Back in October, Ana de Armas arrived at Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2024 show with her brocade shirt left wide open, revealing a satin bra beneath.And then – who is traditionally more of a conservative dresser – appeared at the We Dare to Dream premiere in London, dressed in an embellished Alexander McQueen pant suit with nothing but a criss-cross bralette underneath.Ana de Armas.Emma Watson.But it was who took this trend to its extreme: draped in a fuchsia Tony Ward dress that hung from the straps of a crystalline brassiere with an attitude of deliberate deshabillé at the Red Sea Film Festival on Thursday evening.Of course, Stone is no stranger to making these kinds of flirtatious statements.
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The British royal family is bracing themselves for another tell-all. Omid Scobie has written an "explosive" follow-up to his 2020 book, "Finding Freedom," titled "Endgame." It promises to be "a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy – an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family." The publisher noted that "Endgame" is based on conversations and interviews "with current and former palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even family members themselves." "The reality is that the royal family will see it as another bombshell book," True Royalty TV co-founder Nick Bullen told Fox News Digital.
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