Thomas Cashman was seen wiping tears away in the dock as he heard Olivia Pratt-Korbel's mum recall the night her daughter was shot dead.
A video interview Cheryl Korbel gave to police was played to the jury, on the fourth day of the 34-year-old's trial on Thursday. He denies murdering the nine-year-old or any involvement in attempting to kill "intended target" Joseph Nee, 36, on Monday, August 22 last year.
At one point, Cashman - of Grenadier Drive in West Derby - wiped a tear away with his hand before a security guard passed him a tissue, as he heard Ms Korbel describe the moment the schoolgirl was shot in the chest. Olivia died when a bullet fired by a gunman, who the prosecution claim was the defendant, passed through the front door of the family home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, before hitting her mum in the hand then striking the youngster.
