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| Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Man who helped schoolgirl's killer jailed | Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Man who helped schoolgirl's killer jailed |
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| The bullet that killed Olivia was fired through the front door of her home | |
| A man who helped Olivia Pratt-Korbel's murderer attempt to evade justice has been jailed for 22 months. | |
| Paul Russell drove Thomas Cashman away from a house where he fled following the shooting in Liverpool and disposed of a bag believed to contain clothes. | Paul Russell drove Thomas Cashman away from a house where he fled following the shooting in Liverpool and disposed of a bag believed to contain clothes. |
| The court heard Russell was "terrified" of Cashman and was not aware he had killed the child when he helped him. | |
| Russell, 41, was jailed after pleading guilty to assisting an offender at Liverpool Crown Court. | |
| Cashman shot nine-year-old Olivia and injured her mother Cheryl Korbel in their home after chasing and firing at a fellow drug dealer on the evening of 22 August. | Cashman shot nine-year-old Olivia and injured her mother Cheryl Korbel in their home after chasing and firing at a fellow drug dealer on the evening of 22 August. |
| The 34-year-old shot at Joseph Nee, 36, in the street on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot but his gun jammed as he tried to finish the job. | The 34-year-old shot at Joseph Nee, 36, in the street on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot but his gun jammed as he tried to finish the job. |
| Fleeing the gunfire, Nee ran towards Olivia's home after her mother opened the door to see what the noise was. | |
| Cashman continued shooting and a bullet went through the door and Ms Korbel's hand, before hitting Olivia in the chest. | |
| He then fled the scene, running across back gardens. | |
| Paul Russell named Cashman to police when he realised what he had done | |
| Cashman was unanimously convicted of murdering the schoolgirl in March following a trial. | |
| He was also found guilty of wounding Ms Korbel, the attempted murder of Nee and possession of firearms with intent to endanger life. | |
| Russell pleaded guilty to the offence in October but the media was prevented from reporting his plea until the conclusion of Cashman's trial. | |
| He met police in the days after Olivia's death and told them the man responsible was "Tommy Cashman", the sentencing hearing was told. | |
| The defendant appeared via videolink from a remote location for the hearing, which was attended by members of Olivia's family. | |
| Henry Riding, prosecuting, said: "Mr Russell not only admitted what he had done to assist Mr Cashman in the course of police interviews, he also named Mr Cashman in the course of the very first police interview." | |
| He said Russell had offered to give evidence against Cashman as a prosecution witness. | |
| Appeal to extend jail term of Olivia killer | |
| What's being done about gun crime on Merseyside? | |
| Olivia's mum 'ecstatic' as gunman guilty of murder | |
| Cashman's trial heard that the killer fled the scene of the shooting as Olivia lay dying and went to the house of a woman. | |
| The woman, who has been given lifetime anonymity, told the court Cashman had changed his clothes and she heard him say he had "done Joey". | |
| Russell drove the killer from the address to Aspes Road, where he had earlier left his Citroen Berlingo van, and later took a bag containing his clothes to Snowberry Road, where friends of Cashman lived. | |
| In police interviews, Russell said he did not like Cashman and just wanted to get him away from the woman's house. | |
| He told officers: "I'm terrified of him." | |
| Thomas Cashman was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 42 years for murder | |
| The court heard at the time he was aware Cashman had been involved in a shooting but did not find out about Olivia's death until the next morning. | |
| He said he saw Cashman the following day and was warned: "Don't say nothing." | |
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