Timothy Naylor

The Intended target of The Shooting which killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel shouted " please don't" as his friend ran " for his life" a court has heard.

Thomas Cashman, 34, is accused of carrying out The Attack in Dovecot, Liverpool, which killed the nine-year-old, injured her mother Cheryl Korbel, 46, and Joseph Nee, 36.

A police interview with A Man , who was with Mr Nee when The Gunman opened fire, was shown to The Jury .

Mr Cashman denies being The Gunman .

Manchester Crown Court heard how The Gunman fired through The Front door of the Korbel family home just after 22:00 BST on 22 August Last Year .

He had been chasing Mr Nee, who is said to have been The Intended target, through The Street , The Trial heard.

The bullet hit Ms Korbel in The Hand and fatally wounded Olivia in the chest.

In a police interview, Paul Abraham , 41, said that he and Mr Nee had left a friend's house that evening when he heard loud bangs.

He Said : " Both of us ran. One must have got Joey.

" He fell over. I don't even know when he got shot, he just fell.

" As he rolled over I just basically jumped over him and went through a gate. "

Mr Abraham said he saw Mr Nee continue running up The Street , and the attacker, with Two Hands on what he thought was a gun, walking up The Road .

He Said : " As I was going up the entry [Mr Nee] was saying 'please don't', I Heard him shouting 'please, don't'. "

Mr Abraham said he thought he heard two further bangs as he jumped over fences of back gardens to get away.

He Said : " I was just running for My Life basically. "

When Mr Abraham was initially asked whose house they had been at earlier that evening, he did not tell police.

He Said : " It's not down to me this, I don't want to get myself into trouble either. "

The Court heard Mr Nee and Mr Abraham had been watching a football match between Manchester United and Liverpool at The House of friend Timothy Naylor on Finch Lane.

In a statement, Mr Naylor said: " I had no idea Joey was At Risk , if I had thought Joey was under threat or his life was At Risk I'd Never Ever have him near My House . "

He Said he heard bangs and a male screaming shortly after Mr Nee and Mr Abraham left The House .

Mr Naylor said: " I rang Paul after hearing the bangs.

" Paul was hysterical, sobbing on The Phone and he couldn't get his words out.

" I knew something bad must have happened to him or Joey. "

Mr Naylor said he had known Mr Nee since they were children and they had been playing golf and socialising together " since he got out of jail last time".

Mr Cashman, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby , Liverpool, denies the murder of Olivia, the attempted murder of Mr Nee, wounding with intent to do grievous Bodily Harm to Olivia's mother, and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

The Trial continues.

Source of news: bbc.com