The 10 men and two women of the jury have been sent to begin their deliberations in the trial of Thomas Cashman.
Closing arguments have been delivered and the trial judge completed her summary of the evidence at Manchester Crown Court this morning, where the 34-year-old is into the fourth week of his trial over the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Olivia, nine, died on August 22 last year when a gunman fired a bullet through the front door of her family home in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, injuring her mum, Cheryl Korbel, in the wrist and striking her in the chest.
The gunman had been chasing then 35-year-old convicted drug dealer and burglar Joseph Nee, who barged into the Korbel house while fleeing for his life. Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, denies any involvement in Olivia's murder or any of the shooting.
