Thomas Cashman told a jury "you can't let people take the p***'"if you want to sell drugs in the Huyton area.
The 34-year-old gave evidence at Manchester Crown Court where he is standing trial over the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel on August 22 last year. The nine-year-old died after a bullet passed through the front door of her family home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, before hitting her mum, Cheryl Korbel, in the wrist and then striking her in the chest.
The gunman had been chasing 36-year-old convicted burglar and drug dealer Joseph Nee on the street outside, who despite being shot twice managed to run and barged into the Korbel house while fleeing for his life. Cashman denies any involvement in Olivia's death or shooting Nee.
