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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

City comes together to call for change after Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder

The city of Liverpool has come together to call for change after the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Nine-year-old Olivia was fatally shot inside her home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on Monday (August 22). Merseyside Police believe Joseph Nee, 35, who was being chased by a man armed with a gun, forced his way into Olivia's house at around 10pm.

The offender ran in after Nee, firing a number of shots - one of which hit Olivia's mum Cheryl in the wrist before fatally wounding Olivia. A dark-coloured Audi then appeared at the address and picked Nee up, leaving Cheryl and daughter Olivia behind.

READ MORE: Solidarity is Liverpool's strength. Today it must mean helping to catch Olivia's killers

Merseyside Police are still searching for Olivia's killer. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. The ECHO's headline on Wednesday read: "Whose side are you on?"

We are calling for anyone who knows anything about the killing of Olivia to come forward. Liverpool's famous solidarity now needs to mean catching Olivia's killers.

People from across the region have come together to unite behind that message. Sending messages to the ECHO, the people of Liverpool have called for change after a week which has seen four people murdered.

On the same night of Olivia's death, Karen Dempsey was fatally stabbed in Kirkby. Sam Rimmer, 22, was shot dead in Dingle on August 16 and Ashley Dale, 28, was shot fatally in her own home in Old Swan on August 21.

A nine-year-old child has become the latest victim of gun crime in this city. Enough is enough.

If you know anything about the killing of Olivia, ask yourself: whose side are you on?

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