The man accused of the fatal shooting of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel will claim the gunman "wasn't me", a jury was told.
Proceedings got underway at Manchester Crown Court today where 34-year-old Thomas Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, is standing trial for the murder of the schoolgirl, on Monday, August 22, last year. Olivia died after being struck in the chest at her family home in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, around 10pm.
Her mum, Cheryl Korbel, was also injured in the shooting, along with a man called Joseph Nee. Cashman has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Olivia, the attempted murder of Mr Nee and to wounding Miss Korbel with intent to inflict GBH. He also denies two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, namely a 9mm calibre self-loading pistol and a 0.3 calibre revolver.
