Organised crime groups have found the streets of Liverpool too hot for business as usual after the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, police believe.
Merseyside Police have ramped up operations to disrupt serious and organised crime since the death of the nine-year-old, as well as the firearms murders of 28-year-old Ashley Dale and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer - which all took place within the space of six days.
Olivia was shot dead on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22; Miss Dale in Leinster Road, Old Swan, in the early hours of the previous day and Mr Rimmer in Lavrock Bank, Dingle, on August 16. There have been arrests in all three cases but so far no-one has been charged with any of the murders.
