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I genuinely can't comprehend how that is legally permitted if it's not on health grounds or whatever. I initially thought that might be the case but the judge seems to have confirmed it's not and rather she just doesn't want to go and he can't make her.

I would almost argue it should be more permissible for someone not to be present during their trial in the sense that the legal principle is innocent until proven guilty. Once a guilty verdict has been delivered there should be an obligation to attend and hear the victim impact statements and the judges remarks.
There's a big old discussion about this in the bit of Twitter that I look at. Here's one view against forcing them to attend.

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/lucy-let...turing-2560911