A child-killer will not see his 42-year jail term extended, it has been announced.
26.04.2023 - 12:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man has been jailed for 22 months for helping convicted murderer Thomas Cashman after he fatally shot nine-year-old Olivia Pratt Korbel.
Paul Russell, who pleaded guilty to assisting an offender at a hearing in October last year, was “terrified” of Cashman and was not aware he had killed the schoolgirl when he helped him, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday (April 26). The 41-year-old met police in the days after Olivia’s death and told them the man responsible was “Tommy Cashman”, the sentencing hearing was told.
His guilty plea could not be reported until after the trial of Cashman, who was found guilty of the schoolgirl’s murder last month. Russell, of Snowberry Road, West Derby, Liverpool, admitted driving Cashman from an address in the aftermath of Olivia’s shooting, which happened at about 10pm on August 22 last year when the gunman chased convicted drug dealer Joseph Nee into the family home in Kingsheath Avenue, firing through the door and also injuring her mother, Cheryl Korbel.
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Russell also disposed of a bag given to him by Cashman by taking it to another address. The defendant, wearing a black suit and white shirt, appeared via videolink from a remote location for the hearing, which was attended by members of Olivia’s family.
Henry Riding, prosecuting, said: “Mr Russell not only admitted what he had done to assist Mr Cashman in the course of police interviews, he also named Mr Cashman in the course of the very first police interview.” He said Russell had offered to give evidence against Cashman as a prosecution witness.
Cashman’s trial heard that the killer fled the scene of the shooting as Olivia lay fatally injured and went to the
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