Jurors in the trial of Thomas Cashman have been told they will bear a 'heavy responsibility' when they are sent to deliberate on the murder charge tomorrow.
08.03.2023 - 22:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has been shown CCTV images of the moments before and after the fatal shooting.
Thomas Cashman, 34, is accused of carrying out the attack in Dovecot on August 22 last year. Olivia was killed in the fatal shooting, while her mother Cheryl Korbel, 46, and Joseph Nee, who is said to be the intended target, were both injured.
At Manchester Crown Court today, on the third day of a trial that is expected to last four weeks, Cashman's movements during the day of the shooting, both in his Citroen Berlingo and on foot, were outlined to the jury, the Liverpool Echo reports. He was seen making a number of journeys past Finch Lane, where Nee was watching a Liverpool v Manchester United football match at a friend’s house that evening, the court heard.
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Footage shows that shortly after 9pm, a man who the prosecution alleges to be Cashman walked along Finch Lane. The court was told that Cashman has denied that he is the one seen in the footage in the moments leading up to the shooting.
Police investigator Caleb Suggitt told the court that the man is out of shot for more than 30 minutes, but he remained in the area. “The person alleged to be Thomas Cashman stood somewhere within the area, not seen, for 36 minutes 56 seconds," he told the court.
Mr Suggitt said the footage then shows Nee and friend Paul Abraham leaving the house on Finch Lane just before 10pm, and then the man alleged to be Cashman running across Finch Lane onto Kingsheath Avenue after them.
Two loud bangs could be heard on CCTV footage which showed Mr Abraham running away from
Jurors in the trial of Thomas Cashman have been told they will bear a 'heavy responsibility' when they are sent to deliberate on the murder charge tomorrow.
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