Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Man charged with murder of nine-year-old

A 34-year-old man has been charged with murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in Liverpool.

Thomas Cashman, of West Derby, is accused of killing nine-year-old Olivia, who died after convicted burglar Joseph Nee was chased into her family’s property in Dovecot on August 22.

Her mother, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured during the incident but survived, and Cashman has also been charged with the attempted murder of both Ms Korbel and Nee.

He faces two further counts of possessing a firearm to endanger life.

A second man, Paul Russell, 40, also from West Derby, has been charged with assisting an offender, Maria Corr, the chief crown prosecutor said at a press conference at Merseyside Police headquarters on Saturday.

They will both appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Ms Corr said the charges had been authorised following “the review of a file of evidence received from Merseyside Police”.