The target in the senseless shooting of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel is weeks away from being release from prison.
Joseph Nee, described as a professional career criminal, ran towards Olivia's home after he was shot in the midriff by Thomas Cashman last August.
The intended target in the attack is no stranger to the Merseyside underworld - a convicted drug dealer who had been shot before.