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.
02.04.2023 - 08:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Hardened criminals broke Liverpool's decades long 'no grass' code in the wake of the murder of Olivia Pratt Korbel, senior police say. The senseless killing of nine-year-old Olivia 'crossed a line' and led to members of the city's underworld to approach police with information.
New details regarding the murder of the nine-year-old schoolgirl on August 22 last year has been revealed following the end of Thomas Cashman’s four week trial, the Liverpool Echo reports. Cashman, 34, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, was found guilty of Olivia's murder on Thursday, March 30.
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The drug dealer was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Joseph Nee, wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Olivia's mum Cheryl Korbel, and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Cashman will be sentenced on Monday. Olivia died after Cashman fired a bullet through the front door of her family home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, injuring her mum and striking Olivia in the chest. Cashman had been chasing 35-year-old convicted drug dealer and burglar Joseph Nee, who barged into the Korbel home while fleeing for his life.
In a recent interview with the ECHO, temporary Assistant Chief Constable Mark Kameen said the senselessness of a nine-year-old being shot in her own home resulted in a huge amount of public information. The court heard more than 800 "intelligence logs" were received during the course of their inquiries.
The case was also built around a star witness - a woman whose house Cashman fled to after the killing. The former lover of Cashman, who has been given lifelong anonymity, held up under
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.
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The "feared hitman" who shot and killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool last year faces life in prison after he was found guilty of murder. Thomas Cashman, dubbed "the most hated man in Britain", was found guilty of one of the most devastating crimes in the history of Merseyside after he murdered the innocent youngster in her own home.
He is, according to the words of his own barrister, 'the most hated man in Britain'.