Watch the moment Olivia's killer is arrested by armed police - as he tells cops 'I'm calm'
30.03.2023 - 20:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Video footage released by police shows the moment armed police swooped on Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer - arresting him on his birthday.
On Thursday afternoon (March 30), Thomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty of the murder of nine-year-old Olivia by a jury at Manchester Crown Court. She was shot in the chest at her home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on the evening of August 22 last year, as the gunman pursued his intended target, Joseph Nee, through the streets.
Merseyside Police have now revealed bodycam footage of the first of Cashman's two arrests. The footage shows police swarming the Decks apartment complex in Runcorn in the early hours of September 4 last year - which happened to be Cashman's 34th birthday, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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In the clip, he is shown being forced to lie on his front as officers point guns at him and shout: "Show us your hands. Get your hands behind your head."
Cashman replies "my hands are in the air, I've got nothing on me" before he is handcuffed behind his back. He then is heard saying in the video: "You stupid c***s.
"Yous are stitching me up for, whatever it is. What’s it for?
"What have I done? Go on."
After being brought to standing position, Cashman continues: "I ain't resisting one little bit. I just wanna know what I've done, that's all.
"All I wanna know is what I'm arrested for. Tell me what I'm arrested for."
An officer then tells him he is being arrested on suspicion of murder and two counts of attempted murder, and he responds: "What are yous on about, murder? I haven’t committed no offence what yous are talking about.
"None. None whatsoever.
"I've got nothing on me. Just pull me pants down.
"You