in russia, an americanjournalist is arrested and accused of spying. the white house has condemned the move in the strongest terms. a new blood test, which could save thousands from having unnecessary chemotherapy every year. and the giant business of gaming we report on tonight s winners at the bafta games awards. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll have the best of the action from the womens champions league. as chelsea take on serial european cup winners lyon with a place in the semi finals at stake. dealer in liverpool last summer. it was, in the words of the prosecutors, a case that shocked notjust a city, but a whole nation. today, thomas cashman was convicted of the little girl s murder, which happened when he opened fire while chasing another local criminal. cashman was also found guilty of injuring olivia s mother and of the attempted murder ofjoseph nee another drug dealer. cashman s family were ushered out of the courtroom after loudly protes
emotional. the police have paid tribute to the key witness in this case, a woman who can t legally be identified, but at whose home thomas cashman turned up on the night of the shooting. she heard him confess and police have praised her in coming forward to them. as for thomas cashman, he ll be back here on monday to be sentenced. judith, many thanks, for the latest on that tragic case in manchester which happened in the court today. an american journalist has been arrested in russia and accused of spying. evan gershkovich, who s 31 and works for the wall streetjournal and is an expert on russia, was working in the city of yekaterinburg when he was detained. the white house has condemned his detention in the strongest terms . the kremlin claims he was caught red handed , but his employer has vehemently denied the allegations against him. mr gershkovich has been remanded in custody for two months pending an investigation. our russia editor steve rosenberg, who describes mr gershkovich
of the little girl s murder, which happened when he opened fire while chasing another local criminal. cashman was also found guilty of injuring olivia s mother and of the attempted murder ofjoseph nee another drug dealer. cashman s family were ushered out of the courtroom after loudly protesting his innocence. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz reports from manchester. i just want to know what i ve done. that s all! all i want to know is what i m being arrested for. his own barrister called him one of the most hated people in the country. you re under arrest on suspicion of murder and suspicion of attempted murder, twice. this is thomas cashman, the man who shot a nine year old girl dead. the police caught him after a huge manhunt. he d used two guns, hell bent on murder, but his plan went wrong.
that grass culture being embedded. what we saw with this crime is that lots and lots of people on both sides of that criminal line were wanting to come forward and speak to us. but until he was caught, thomas cashman was still terrorising some within the community. he was causing that fear and that intimidation and putting people off. the investigation has shown that once he was charged, people felt more confident and comfortable to come forward. the number of guns being fired on merseyside has fallen significantly over the last decade, though last year there were five deaths in as many months, and cases like olivia s highlight the risk of any bullet being fired. i don t know how many people were harmed as a result of me putting firearms on the street, but no doubt people were harmed and it s something i massively regret. sicarius mcgrath was part of an organised crime gang in liverpool, jailed for violence and gun offences, now rehabilitated.