in russia, the pro war blogger killed by a bomb concealed in a statuette handed to him during a meeting in a st petersburg cafe. ladies and gentlemen, your artemis ii crew! and the four astronauts taking humankind on a mission around and coming upon the bbc news channel. what next for chelsea and their hunt for a new boss as graham potter becomes the 13th premier league manager sacked this season. good evening. the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in her own home in liverpool last year by a gunman who was chasing a fellow drug dealer shocked the entire country. today, her killer thomas cashman was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison, meaning he will be in his mid 70s before he can be considered for early release. cashman refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing but the judge told the court in manchester that olivia s future had been cruelly snatched away and that cashman s actions were chilling. our north of england correspondent judith moritz re
brought up from the cells. they waited and waited some more, the police and prosecution waited, the jurors waited, and then cashman s barrister said he wouldn t be coming. the glass doc stayed empty and the hearing happened without him. it meant he wasn t there to hear cheryl korbel as she went into the witness box to speak about her daughter s murder. she cried and said the things she misses most is hearing olivia say ma am. everything is so quiet now, she said, i can t cope with the silence. cheryl korbel was supported in court by her family as the sentence was passed. we can now draw a as the sentence was passed. we can now draw a line as the sentence was passed. we can now draw a line under seven - as the sentence was passed. we can now draw a line under seven months of agonising torment that we have had to endure at the hands of cashman. my thanks go to the witnesses who bravely assisted the prosecution case and defied the usual stance of people do not grass. olivia was shot l