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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.

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Olivia Pratt-Korbel died after being hit by a stray bullet in her home, LiverpoolCredit: PA
Thomas Cashman's alleged intended target arrived with pals at A&E - while the little girl was left to die in her home

Thomas Cashman was allegedly pursuing Nee and fired through Olivia’s front door in Dovecot, Liverpool.

Her mum, Cheryl Korbel, 46, was injured in the shooting.

CCTV allegedly shows Cashman chasing Nee on foot at 9.52pm.

At 10pm a 999 call said Olivia had been hit in the chest.

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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 the murder of Olivia, the attempted murder of Nee and the wounding with intent of Cheryl.

The 34-year-old also denies two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

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Jurors were this week told how Olivia screamed, "Mum I'm scared" moments before being shot.

The schoolgirl had been frightened out of bed and ran to her mother after hearing a commotion outside.

Cheryl opened the front door to find out what was going on when Nee, bleeding and injured, saw the light from her doorway and ran towards the house, trying to barge in to escape Cashman.

The mum, "in a panic" and yelling at Nee banging on the door, tried to shut it on him, as Cashman pursued his target and fired again with a revolver.

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The bullet missed Nee, went through the front door, through Cheryl's right hand and hit Olivia in the centre of her chest.

The mum begged her stricken daughter, who "went all floppy", to "stay with me, baby" as Nee slumped on the hallway floor.

A neighbour told police she was in bed when she heard two bangs outside, then two "muffled bangs" followed by "the worst screaming I've ever heard in my life".

She then heard Olivia's sister Chloe on the phone saying: "Where are they, where are they? She is dying."

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Armed police arrived at 10.11pm and Olivia was rushed to hospital where she sadly died about an hour later.

The trial at Manchester crown court, which is expected to last four weeks, continues.

Armed police outside Manchester Crown CourtCredit: Story Picture Agency
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Olivia's mum Cheryl (centre) with other family members arriving at court on March 7Credit: PA
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