Olivia Pratt-Korbel's murderer has lost his appeal to have his life sentence reduced. Thomas Cashman, 34, lodged an appeal against his minimum 42-year jail term, after he was found guilty of killing nine-year-old Olivia.
Speaking to the Mirror, Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, said: "That news meant everything to us as a family, it was huge."
The Court of Appeal confirmed that a High Court judge had refused Cashman's application at the beginning of July. Olivia died when drug-dealer Cashman went out to kill another man, Joseph Nee, 36, in Dovecot, Liverpool, but his plan went horribly wrong.
