Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Man who helped schoolgirl's killer jailed

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A antheral who helped Olivia Pratt-Korbel's murderer effort to evade justness has been jailed.

Paul Russell drove Thomas Cashman distant from a location wherever helium fled pursuing the shooting successful Liverpool and disposed of a container believed to incorporate clothes.

He pleaded blameworthy to assisting an offender successful October but the media was prevented from reporting his plea until the decision of Cashman's trial.

Russell, 41, was jailed for 22 months astatine Liverpool Crown Court.

Cashman changeable nine-year-old Olivia and injured her parent Cheryl Korbel successful their location aft chasing and firing astatine a chap cause trader connected the evening of 22 August.

The 34-year-old changeable astatine Joseph Nee, 36, successful the thoroughfare connected Kingsheath Avenue successful Dovecot but his weapon jammed arsenic helium tried to decorativeness the job.

Fleeing the gunfire, Nee ran towards Olivia's location aft her parent opened the doorway to spot what the sound was.

Cashman continued shooting and a slug went done the doorway and Ms Korbel's hand, earlier hitting Olivia successful the chest.

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