Picture of Thomas Cashman from his Facebook page. (Image: Picture of Thomas Cashman from his Facebook page.)
THE trial date for a man charged with the murder of nine-year-old Merseyside schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been set for next year.
Thomas Cashman will stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on March 6. The trial is expected to last four weeks.
Olivia was fatally shot by a gunman who chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her home in Dovecot on August 22.
Her mother Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured in the shooting, which happened just after 10pm.
Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, is also charged with the attempted murder of Ms Korbel and Nee, as well as two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
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