Good morning. The circumstances of the death of Olivia Pratt-Korbel could hardly be more horrifying: a nine-year-old girl shot in the apparent safety of her home after a masked gunman chased his intended victim through the front door – and then left to die even as the target was picked up by his friends and driven to hospital. Olivia was the third person to be shot dead in Liverpool in a week.
The suspected target, Joseph Nee, was arrested in hospital for a breach of the terms of his release from prison yesterday; Vikram Dodd and Robyn Vinter report that police believe Nee is a “well-established organised crime group member” with connections to drugs. Meanwhile, Olivia’s home city was in a state of anguish.
