The person accused of the homicide of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been remanded in custody.
Thomas Cashman, 34, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court docket on Monday afternoon after his case was despatched from the magistrates’ court docket within the morning.
Olivia was fatally shot by a gunman who chased convicted burglar Joseph Nee into her residence in Dovecot on August 22.
Her mom, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured within the capturing, which occurred simply after 10pm.
Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, is charged with Olivia’s homicide and with the tried murders of Ms Korbel and Nee, in addition to two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to hazard life.
The defendant, carrying a gray T-shirt and handcuffs and flanked by cops within the dock, seemed on the floor all through a lot of the 15-minute listening to.
Ms Korbel and Olivia’s father, John Francis Pratt, had been in court docket together with different members of the family and cops.
Thomas Keaney, representing Cashman, made no software for bail.
A provisional trial date was set for March 6 subsequent 12 months, with a plea and trial preparation listening to to happen on January 10.
David McLachlan KC, prosecuting, mentioned the trial is predicted to final 4 weeks.
Decide Neil Flewitt KC mentioned Cashman will seem on the subsequent listening to by way of video-link.
He advised him: “Within the meantime it's essential to stay in custody.”
Earlier within the day, Paul Russell appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court docket charged with aiding an offender.
Russell, 40, of Snowberry Street, West Derby, is alleged to have assisted Cashman by driving him away from the scene and disposing of clothes, the court docket heard.
No software for bail was made and he was remanded in custody to seem at Liverpool Crown Court docket on October 31.