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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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Shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, lay dying in her home as intended target’s pals arrive with him at A&E
A SHOT girl of nine lay dying in her home as the intended target’s pals arrived with him at A&E, a court heard yesterday.
Olivia Pratt-Korbel was hit by a stray bullet after Joseph Nee was chased into her house on August 22 last year.
Olivia Pratt-Korbel died after being hit by a stray bullet in her home, Liverpool[/caption]
Thomas Cashman, 34, was allegedly pursuing Nee and fired through Olivia’s front door in Dovecot, Liverpool.
CCTV allegedly shows Cashman chasing Nee on foot at 9.52pm.
At 10pm a 999 call said Olivia had been hit in the chest.
Cops arrived 11 minutes later.
But by 10.17pm CCTV shows Nee, also shot, arriving at A&E with “associates”.
Cashman, of West Derby, Liverpool, denies charges including murder.
The trial at Manchester crown court continues.
Armed police outside Manchester Crown Court[/caption]
Olivia’s mum Cheryl (centre) with other family members arriving at court on March 7[/caption]