Armed police officers scooped up nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel and rushed her to Alder Hey Hospital in a desperate race to save her life, a coroner's court heard.
This afternoon Andre Rebello, senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral, formally opened inquests into the deaths of Olivia, as well as 28-year-old Ashley Dale and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer who were also shot dead in a horror week for Merseyside.
The St Margaret Mary's primary school pupil was killed after a gunman burst into her home while chasing 35-year-old Joseph Nee, who had himself run into the house to escape after noticing Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, open the front door.
