Evil Thomas Cashman APPEALS to have 42-year jail term for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel reduced
20.04.2023 - 21:19
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thomas Cashman has appealed to have his 42-year jail term for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel reduced - less than three weeks after being sentenced.
The cowardly killer sparked outrage by refusing to face the nine-year-old’s relatives in court when he was jailed for a minimum of 42 years on April 3.
His bid to have his sentence cut will come as a major blow to Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s family, the Mirror reports. Cashman shot Olivia dead at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, last August.
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A Court of Appeal official said yesterday: “We received an application for leave to appeal the claimant’s sentence yesterday.” No application has been made in relation to Cashman’s conviction for murder.
A single appeal court judge will now decide if the thug should be given the opportunity to appeal. If he is, the case will be heard by three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal Criminal Division.
His trial heard how he 'lay in wait' with two guns to attack Joseph Nee, 36. When his intended victim ran towards the Korbels’ open front door, Cashman followed and fired.
Olivia’s mum Cheryl Korbel, 46, was hit in the wrist as she tried to keep the door shut. The same bullet then hit her daughter, who was hiding behind her. Her last words were: “Mum, I’m scared.”
After Cashman was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court, Cheryl said: “We welcome the sentence given, but what I can say is that my family and I have already started our life sentence having to spend the rest of our lives without Olivia. Everyone adored her.”
Sentencing Cashman in absentia, Mrs Justice Amanda Yip said she had considered handing down a whole-life order, meaning he would never be released.
But she