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My daughter Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot by an evil thug – gun violence needs to stop before more kids are killed
OLIVIA Pratt-Korbel’s heartbroken mum says gun violence needs to stop before more kids are killed.
Cheryl Korbel, 46, has now vowed to fight the culture that saw her little girl gunned down in her Liverpool home.
Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mum Cheryl says gun violence needs to stop before more children are killed[/caption]
Cheryl was speaking after Olivia’s murderer was jailed on Monday[/caption]
Thomas Cashman has been locked up for life for the ‘chilling’ killing[/caption]
Earlier this week Thomas Cashman, 34, was locked up for life for the “chilling” murder of nine-year-old Olivia.
The schoolgirl was standing behind her mum when Cashman blindly fired through the door of their house in a botched gang hit.
The horror unfolded on August 22 last year in a “pre-planned and ruthless attack” that “went horribly wrong”.
Cashman’s bullet missed intended hit Joseph Nee and instead passed through Cheryl’s hand into the middle of Olivia’s chest.
Only moments earlier, the schoolgirl had run terrified from her bedroom after hearing the commotion, screaming: “Mum, I’m scared”.
Cheryl is now on a mission to not let her daughter’s tragic death be in vain – and make a change.
The 46-year-old wants to see the end of gun violence, so no parent has to go through what she has.
The mum-of-three told the Mirror: “I want violence to stop.
“I want the guns to come off the streets and the violence to lessen, if not stop all together.
“We need to get rid of the gangs. Police, communities and charities need to get involved with kids more.
“We need to give kids opportunities.”
This weekend, when she should have been planning the final stages of an Easter Egg hunt for “Liv”, Cheryl had other plans.
She was opening up about her plans to get her daughter justice – while unveiling a memorial garden.
Cheryl said she wants the memorial to become a space for children to play and learn to stop them “going down the wrong path”.
The grieving mum said: “This garden will be in memory of Liv and somewhere for the kids to get together and be safe.”
In the days after Cashman was locked up, Olivia’s family shared heartbreaking videos of her laughing and dancing.
It was also revealed that the killer had to be kept in isolation for his own safety after mobsters put a £250,000 bounty on his head.
Cashman was thrown behind bars for life on Monday for a minimum of 42 years.
Cheryl mum sobbed as the sentence was handed down while she clutched a pink teddy bear made from her daughter’s pyjamas.
Following the sentencing of Cashman, heartbreaking footage was shared of the nine-year-old dancing[/caption]
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Charles Bronson claims he ‘hates violence and has never been dangerous’ in voice note from prison
CHARLES Bronson has claimed he “hates violence” and has “never been a danger to the public.
Britain’s most notorious prisoner, 70, will find out this week whether his bid for freedom has been a success after 50 years behind bars.
He has spent the last month trying to convince a parole board to set him free.
Armed robber Bronson has seen his sentence repeatedly increased for attacking prison staff and taking them hostage.
However now, in a voice note sent to Sky News, he has claims that he is not, and has never been, dangerous.
He said: “They keep f****** drumming it into the public I’m a danger. Who am I a danger to? I’ve never been a danger to the public.
“I love people, love ’em, I love the world. I’m not a f****** filthy terrorist or a rapist, or a murderer, so who am I dangerous to outside?”
He added: “I want to go home, I’m an artist born again.
“I hate violence, I despise it and that’s all I’ve done for the last ten years, sit in my cell, a model prisoner, polite, respectful but they still won’t let me out.”
Throughout the parole proceedings Bronson openly discussed his crimes and time behind bars – before trying to convince them he is a changed man.
Bronson admitted he had no remorse about taking a governor hostage, had won £1,500 placing football bets behind bars and loved fighting in jail house brawls.
Bronson said: “I was born to have a rumble, I love to have a rumble.
“But I’m 70 now. It can become embarrassing. You have to grow up sooner or later.”
Bronson was first sentenced to seven years in jail after being convicted of armed robbery in 1974 – which was extended by nine months after he attacked a fellow prisoner with a glass jug.
He later attempted to strangle Gordon Robinson while at Broadmoor, before causing £250,000 worth of damage when he staged a three-day protest on a rooftop.
The serial criminal was eventually released in 1987 – it was then he changed his name to Charles Bronson on the advice of his bare-knuckle boxing promoter.
But it was not long before he was back in jail, after robbing a jewellery shop in 1988 and sentenced to seven more years inside.
Bronson was released early from his sentence in 1992 – but was back behind bars 53 days later for intent to commit robbery.
After holding three men hostage in his cell, the Luton lad saw another seven years added to his sentence – although this was cut to five on appeal.
Following further incidents, he was finally given a life sentence after kidnapping prison teacher Phil Danielson in 1999, causing destruction to the prison.
After being held at a number of prisons across the country – including Belmarsh – he returned to HM Prison Woodhill in 2018, where Bronson is still incarcerated.