Thomas Cashman: Olivia killer loses bid to fight jail sentence

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The gunman who changeable dormant nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel successful Liverpool has been refused support to entreaty against his sentence.

The schoolgirl was caught successful the crossfire erstwhile gun-wielding Thomas Cashman, 34, chased a chap cause trader into her location August 2022.

The Court of Appeal said Cashman's exertion for permission to entreaty against condemnation had been refused.

It was rejected by a justice without a hearing, Court of Appeal unit confirmed.

This means Cashman is inactive capable to renew his bid for support to entreaty astatine a afloat tribunal hearing.

The Court of Appeal had antecedently confirmed Cashman's ineligible squad planned to reason his condemnation was excessively harsh and helium should service little clip earlier parole.

An abstracted exertion to notation Cashman's condemnation to the tribunal nether the Unduly Lenient Sentence strategy has antecedently been thrown out.

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The slug that killed Olivia was fired done the beforehand doorway of her home

His proceedings heard however Cashman "lay successful wait" with 2 guns to onslaught Joseph Nee, 36, connected the evening of 22 August successful Dovecot, Liverpool.

Fleeing the gunfire, Nee ran towards the unfastened doorway of Olivia's location aft her parent Cheryl Korbel went retired 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.

He was branded a "coward" for his refusal to travel into tribunal for the hearing.

It has prompted calls for a alteration successful the instrumentality to unit criminals to be their condemnation proceeding oregon look other years successful jail.

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