Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel screamed "Mum, I'm scared" seconds before she was shot dead in her own home, a court has been told. Olivia was killed on 22 August last year as a gunman chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her home.
Her mother, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured in the shooting. Thomas Cashman, 34, is on trial for her murder, which he denies.
Ms Korbel had opened the front door after hearing commotion outside when Mr Nee, who had been shot and was bleeding and injured, ran towards the doorway and tried to barge in to escape.
Ms Korbel was "in a panic" and screaming at Mr Nee banging on the door and tried to shut it on him, as Cashman allegedly pursued his target and fired again with a revolver.
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