Thomas Cashman: Jury considers Olivia murder trial verdict

A assemblage has retired to see its verdict successful the proceedings of a antheral accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Thomas Cashman is accused of shooting the nine-year-old miss and injuring her parent Cheryl Korbel aft chasing a antheral into their Liverpool location astatine astir 22:00 BST connected 22 August.

The 34-year-old, who is connected proceedings astatine Manchester Crown Court, has denied being the gunman.

He has pleaded not blameworthy to execution and different offences.

The prosecution allege the suspect changeable convicted cause trader Joseph Nee successful the street, earlier his unfortunate fled into Ms Korbel's location arsenic she tried to artifact him from entering her location successful the Dovecot country of the city.

Jurors were told Mr Cashman fired again, with the slug travelling done Ms Korbel's manus earlier hitting and sidesplitting Olivia, who was lasting down her.

The tribunal has heard Mr Cashman was a "high-level" cannabis trader successful the area, but helium denied "scoping out" Nee connected the time of the killing.

He told the assemblage that astatine the clip of the shooting helium was astatine a friend's location counting £10,000 successful currency and smoking a spliff.

A pistillate who helium had a fling with told the tribunal helium came to her location aft the shooting and changed his clothes, earlier she heard him accidental helium had "done Joey".

But Mr Cashman said the witnesser was lying due to the fact that she was a "woman scorned".

During his closing arguments, his barrister said Mr Cashman was "probably 1 of the astir hated radical successful the country" but helium was not guilty.

Mr Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, has denied the execution of Olivia, the attempted execution of Mr Nee, wounding Ms Korbel with intent, and 2 counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.