People in Liverpool have expressed their relief after Thomas Cashman was found guilty of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
Cashman, 34, shook his head in the dock and wiped tears from his eyes after he was found unanimously guilty of killing the nine-year-old in her home in Dovecot. Cashman was also found guilty of attempting to murder Joseph Nee, wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm against Cheryl Korbel and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The guilty verdict came after the jury deliberated for nine hours and three minutes. Manchester Crown Court previously heard during a three-and-a-half-week trial that Cashman "lay in wait" for Nee while armed with two loaded guns as his intended target watched a Liverpool FC v Manchester United football match on the television at his friend Timmy Naylor's house on Finch Lane.
