Video footage released by police shows the moment armed police swooped on Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer - arresting him on his birthday.
11.03.2023 - 00:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The man on trial for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel visited his lover the night the nine-year-old died and said 'no one can know I'm here', a court heard.
Thomas Cashman, 34, is standing trial at Manchester Crown Court, after pleading not guilty to the murder of Olivia. The schoolgirl died after being shot in the chest at her family home in the Dovecot district of Liverpool on August 22 last year.
Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, was also injured in the shooting, along with a man called Joseph Nee. As well as the murder charge, Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, denies the attempted murder of Mr Nee, wounding Miss Korbel with intent to inflict GBH, and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life - namely a 9mm calibre self-loading pistol and a 0.3 calibre revolver.
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A woman who described having an on-off affair with Cashman told detectives he visited her on the night of Olivia's death, Liverpool Echo reports. Today (Friday March 10) a jury heard a video recording of a police interview with the witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The trial has heard that Olivia was killed by a bullet that passed through the front door of her home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, before striking the hand of her mum, Cheryl Korbel, and hitting her in the chest. The gunman who fired the fatal shot was chasing 36-year-old Joseph Nee, who barged into the Korbel family home while running for his life, at around 10pm on August 22 last year.
The witness made a statement to police alleging that Cashman appeared in her bedroom without warning on the night of the murder,
Video footage released by police shows the moment armed police swooped on Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer - arresting him on his birthday.
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