A jury has heard how a Glock style self-loading handgun apparently malfunctioned as a gunman stood over his "intended target" moments before Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed.
Manchester Crown Court heard how three shots were fired from the 9mm semi-automatic gun at 36-year-old Joseph Nee, who was walking with a friend called Paul Abraham on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22 last year. The gunman then switched to a second firearm, a revolver, firing a further two shots - including the one that killed the nine-year-old schoolgirl and injured her mum, Cheryl Korbel.
The prosecution claims that the gunman that evening was 34-year-old Thomas Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby. Cashman denies Olivia's murder or any involvement in the shootings.
