“She hurt your ears because she never stopped talking. And that’s what I miss the most - because I can’t hear her talk.”
Those were the heartbreaking words of Cheryl Korbel as she appeared before the media for the first time since her daughter Olivia was gunned down in her own home. Choking on her tears and with her right hand heavily bandaged from her own gunshot injury, the 46-year-old paid tribute to her “little shadow” who “left a mark on everyone she met”.
In the video released by Merseyside Police on September 6 - just over two weeks after the fatal shooting - the mum-of-three urged those responsible for her youngest daughter’s murder to come forward. What came next sparked one of the largest manhunts this city has ever seen - and culminated in a tear-jerking four week trial in Manchester’s crown court that today saw her killer convicted.
