Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Man pleads not guilty to murdering nine-year-old girl in Liverpool

A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Thomas Cashman, 34, appeared via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday.

Olivia was fatally shot by a gunman who chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her home in Dovecot, Liverpool in August.

The victim’s mother, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was also injured in the shooting.

Cashman, from West Derby, entered not guilty pleas to Olivia’s murder, the attempted murder of Nee, the wounding with intent of Ms Korbel, as well as two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Ms Korbel was in court along with other family members, some of whom shook their heads as the not-guilty pleas were entered.