Olivia’s family were in tears in the public gallery as the sentence was delivered. Paul Russell showed no emotion as the sentence was passed. READ MORE: Olivia's brother walks out of court as Paul Russell defence ask for suspended sentenceEarlier on in the hearing, Olivia's brother Ryan Korbel walked out in frustration when the court heard that Russell's sentence could be suspended if it was under two years.
Tom Schofield, defending Russell, told the hearing Russell’s parents have had to move away from Merseyside since the shooting.
Mr Schofield also told the court that Russell had been threatened in prison and had been moved to an unidentified facility under an "assumed identity".
He had also been handed a threat to life notice by police, known as an Osman Warning, after he was charged. Paul Russell will be given a new identity after pleading guilty to helping Thomas Cashman.
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