The schoolfriends of Olivia Pratt-Korbel will paint their nails pink as the nine-year-old is laid to rest this morning.
Olivia's funeral is due to take place at St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church on Pilch Lane, Knotty Ash, from around 11am. Her family have asked mourners to "wear a splash of pink" in her memory. The service will be followed by a private burial and wake.
Olivia was shot dead in her home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, at around 10pm on Monday, August 22 by a gunman chasing 35-year-old Joseph Nee. Nee had barged inside in a desperate bid to escape after Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, heard loud bangs and opened her front door to see what was going on.