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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Olivia Pratt Korbel's mum's heartwarming gesture to daughter's school friends

Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mum, Cheryl, gave her daughter's school friends a heartwarming gift after her death.

The classmates of Olivia were each given a teddy bear which had been left as a tribute to Olivia by mourners following the shooting. To accompany each of the toys, Cheryl Korbel attached a pink ribbon which reads "forever nine" and a photograph of Olivia.

Speaking to the BBC, head teacher Rebecca Wilkinson, of St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School, said: "They're extremely special. And it was totally unexpected. She's very selfless." Nine-year-old Olivia was shot dead when a gunman burst into her home in Dovecot in August last year.

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