A man convicted of murdering 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 42 years.
Thomas Cashman, 34, was given two concurrent sentences for the murder of Olivia and the attempted murder of 36-year-old drug dealer Joseph Nee, his intended target.
He was also given 10 years for wounding Olivia’s mother, Cheryl Korbel, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and two 18-year sentences for two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. All sentences will be served concurrently.
But the defendant escaped a whole life order because the school girl was not his intended target….