Cowardly child killer Thomas Cashman learns prison fate after trying to get his sentence reduced
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCowardly child killer Thomas Cashman has been denied the chance to appeal his jail sentence - as his victim's fuming mother branded the murderer 'a cheek.' Cashman, 34, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in a botched gangland assassination attempt in Liverpool.
Olivia, a completely innocent bystander, died when the thug fired a bullet through the front door of her home in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22 last year. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Manchester Crown Court previously heard Cashman had ambushed his intended target, convicted drug-dealer and burglar Joseph Nee, in the street outside but his primary weapon, a Glock style self-loading handgun, jammed and allowed Nee to scramble to his feet and flee.
Nee then burst into the home of Olivia's mum, 48-year-old Cheryl Korbel, in a desperate bid to escape, with Cashman in hot pursuit.
As Cheryl tried to close the door and keep Nee out, Cashman fired the fatal shot from his back-up weapon, a revolver. The bullet passed through the door, through Cheryl's wrist and struck Olivia, who was hiding behind her mum.
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