Hardened criminals broke Liverpool's decades long 'no grass' code in the wake of the murder of Olivia Pratt Korbel, senior police say.
The senseless killing of nine-year-old Olivia 'crossed a line' and led to members of the city's underworld to approach police with information.
New details regarding the murder of the nine-year-old schoolgirl on August 22 last year has been revealed following the end of Thomas Cashman’s four week trial, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Cashman, 34, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, was found guilty of Olivia's murder on Thursday, March 30. Read more: Police searching for missing Didsbury woman who vanished after going out for a walk have found a body The drug dealer was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Joseph Nee, wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Olivia's mum Cheryl Korbel, and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
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