Child killer Thomas Cashman has been refused permission to appeal the length of his 42 year minimum jail term.
Cashman, 34, was convicted of the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in a botched gangland assassination attempt after a trial at Manchester Crown Court in March. Olivia died when Cashman fired a bullet through the front door of her home in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22 last year.
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.
