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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Keifer MacDonald

Everton and Liverpool fans plan minute's applause during Merseyside Derby in memory of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Liverpool and Everton supporters attending Saturday's Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park are being urged to take part in a minute's applause in memory of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Olivia, 9, was residing inside her home in Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on Monday, August 22 when a gunman barged into the Pratt- Korbel's family home and opened fire, hitting Olivia's mum Cheryl. Olivia was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, where she later died.

Olivia's death has coincided with a rise in gun and knife crime in Merseyside in recent weeks, which has led to Liverpool supporters' union Spirit of Shankly and Everton's fans' forum issuing a statement asking those attending Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon to take part in a minute's applause after nine minutes of the match while signing "Merseyside" in unison.

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