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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Thomas Cashman's 42-year prison sentence could be increased after complaints

Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer Thomas Cashman could have his 42-year prison sentence increased after complaints it was too lenient.

Cowardly child killer Cashman, 34, sparked outrage by refusing to face the nine-year-old's relatives in Manchester Crown Court when he was jailed for a minimum of 42-years. The drug dealer shot Olivia in her home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, in August last year.

An extensive court case heard how Cashman had "lay in wait" with two guns to execute 36-year-old convicted criminal Joseph Nee. When his intended victim ran towards Olivia's home, Cashman followed and fired.

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