Thomas Cashman's defence team have claimed that the prosecution have a "weak case" and the evidence on which he has been tried for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel suffers from "Cinderella syndrome".
The 34-year-old, of Grenadier Drive in West Derby, is accused of being the man who shot the nine-year-old girl dead in her own home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on the evening of August 22 last year. He is currently standing trial accused of her murder, but denies being the gunman or any involvement in the incident.
Professor John Cooper KC, defending, began his closing speech on Cashman's behalf this afternoon, Monday. In it, he told the jury: "The job of the defence is simply to test the prosecution case.
