A former soldier who brutally murdered his daughter's partner has been jailed for at least 17 and a half years.
26.04.2023 - 17:39 / msn.com
Olivia’s family were in tears in the public gallery as the sentence was delivered. Paul Russell showed no emotion as the sentence was passed. READ MORE: Olivia's brother walks out of court as Paul Russell defence ask for suspended sentenceEarlier on in the hearing, Olivia's brother Ryan Korbel walked out in frustration when the court heard that Russell's sentence could be suspended if it was under two years.
Tom Schofield, defending Russell, told the hearing Russell’s parents have had to move away from Merseyside since the shooting. Mr Schofield also told the court that Russell had been threatened in prison and had been moved to an unidentified facility under an "assumed identity". He had also been handed a threat to life notice by police, known as an Osman Warning, after he was charged.
Paul Russell will be given a new identity after pleading guilty to helping Thomas Cashman. Mr Schofield said that Russell will also "not be allowed to return to Merseyside. " He added: "[He will be] given a new identity and no doubt be looking over his shoulder for some years to come.
""It would be naïve not to recognise this hardship and disruption he has brought upon himself. Of course, all of that hardship and disruption is but a drop in the ocean of grief that Olivia’s family have had to endure and will continue to endure. I do ask the court to reflect those circumstances in some way in his sentence.
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