Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder-accused was 'high-level' drug dealer

The antheral accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel was a "high-level cannabis dealer", helium has told a court.

Thomas Cashman is accused of sidesplitting the nine-year-old and injuring her parent aft chasing Joseph Nee into their location successful Liverpool connected 22 August.

He has started giving grounds astatine the proceedings astatine Manchester Crown Court.

The 34-year-old told the assemblage helium was making betwixt £3,000 and £5,000 a week selling 5kg - 10kg (11 - 22lb) of cannabis.

He said: "I would bargain cars, bikes, prevention some, spell connected holidays and conscionable walk it connected worldly that I enjoyed basically."

He said helium near schoolhouse astatine the property of 13 oregon 14 and by the clip helium was astir 16 and moving astatine a just successful Wales helium was smoking cannabis each day.

Mr Cashman, who has 2 children with "childhood sweetheart" Kaylee Sweeney, said helium started selling cannabis erstwhile helium was astir 18 connected a "small scale".

He said: "I was fundamentally smoking my profit."

But by 2021, erstwhile helium and the household moved to a location successful Grenadier Drive, Liverpool, helium was selling astatine a "high level", helium told the court.

He said: "I lone ever sold it successful my country wherever I've been brought up, truthful everyone I sold it to was everyone I knew."

Mr Cashman denies the execution of Olivia, the attempted execution of Mr Nee, wounding with intent to bash grievous bodily harm to Olivia's parent Cheryl Korbel, and 2 counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.