verdict. thank you very much. doing a great job keeping us up to date . verdict. thank you very much. doing a great job keeping us up to date in | a greatjob keeping us up to date in a greatjob keeping us up to date in a difficult circumstances, we appreciate it. a quick recap of the events that happened that tragic night. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for information to find her killer. numerous arrests were made, but police eventually apprehended thomas cashman a 34 year old drug dealer. he was charged with olivia s murder on october 1st. his trial started in manchester last month and the court heard that moments before the shooting, olivia had come down the stairs saying: mum, i m scared. last thursday, the jury found him guilty of mu
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he has been spoken to and certain advice has been given, that he is concerned about whether the matter is turning into a circus. that is the background, why it cashman is not there. he said that he wants to be sentenced in his absence. the judge says that she will take this as being to the court, but regardless of outcome respect or not, the hearing is going ahead without him, at the dock, which is empty. we are hearing from the prosecution and now, according to judith morris, that the minimum sentence should be a starting point of 30 years. our correspondent was talking us a bit through that before. that will be the starting point for sentencing for olivia s murder, he says, there are another four counts of the indictment as well, including attempted murder, possession of a weapon and intent.
some details that may transport you straight to the mines of the family, exactly what they are going through. minds. absolutely dreadful to hear, but those with the mac witness impact statements are just that, they have an impact like this. they do leave you a little breathless and speechless as well. those proceedings are continuing inside manchester crown court, you can see those pictures on one side of your screen, that is the outside of the court and those victim impact statements are being read inside the court. you can see the flowers being laid at the time, they are not from today, they are from at the time of olivia s death. some really, really difficult details in the courtroom, we want to stay focused on the inside, because at the moment, there is no feed inside. the cameras are
judith is keeping is up to date. just with the matter is in court. i want to go to daniel, if you can hear me, ijust wa nt to want to ask are not specifically about the cameras in court, which we will get to, cope because we are still waiting for those, but the idea of thomas cashman not appearing, given your experience, what do you make of that? this appearing, given your experience, what do you make of that?- what do you make of that? this is something what do you make of that? this is something which what do you make of that? this is something which has what do you make of that? this is something which has started - what do you make of that? this is something which has started to i something which has started to happen more in recent years, and, for example, the brother of the manchester bomber, for example, also refused to appear in court for his sentencing. it is one of the things that spun out of this tendency, to delayed sentencing is, so when someone is convicted, quite o