A man who sold cannabis for Thomas Cashman today told a jury his "mate" is "innocent" of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
Nicholas McHale, 32, gave evidence from behind screens at Manchester Crown Court after being called as a witness by Cashman's legal team. Cashman, 34, is standing trial accused of nine-year-old Olivia's murder in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22 last year.
Olivia died when a bullet passed through the front door of her family home, hit her mum, Cheryl Korbel, in the wrist and struck her in the chest. The gunman had been chasing convicted drug-dealer and burglar Joseph Nee, who barged into the Korbel home while fleeing for his life.
