Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s dad has spoken publicly for the first time since her horrific murder and paid tribute to a "real bright spark" whose life was "snatched away".
John Francis Pratt and his wider family issued a statement via Merseyside Police today, and begged for anyone with information to come forward. His nine-year-old daughter died on Monday, August 22, after a gunman forced his way into her mum's home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, while chasing 35-year-old Joseph Nee, and opened fire.
Olivia was standing behind her mum, Cheryl Korbel, when a bullet passed through her mum's wrist and struck the St Margaret Mary's Primary School pupil in the chest causing devastating injuries. The gunman continued to shoot at Nee, wounding him in the leg and torso, before fleeing the scene towards Finch Lane.
