The killer who shot dead little Olivia Pratt-Korbel, a 'vigilante' dad and son and a 'dangerous' paedophile are among the criminals locked up over the last month
The gunman who shot nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel dead and an abusive partner who pushed his pregnant wife off a hill to her death were just two of the worst offenders sent to jail in the UK in April.
Cashman shot Olivia dead at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22 last year. His trial heard how he “lay in wait” with two guns to attack Joseph Nee, 36, a convicted drug dealer. Another man has been jailed for 22 months for helping Cashman after the shooting. Paul Russell, who pleaded guilty to assisting an offender was “terrified” of Cashman and was not aware he had killed the schoolgirl when he helped him, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Sentencing him at Winchester Crown Court, judge Mrs Justice Cutts told Shaw: “In a frantic and unprovoked knife attack in her own home, she was killed by you in an act of revenge on her daughter with whom you had been in a relationship and had been arguing with in the days before. You said she should know what it felt like to feel pain and you were going to rip her heart out."
Ms Javed, who was about 17 weeks pregnant when she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat, used her dying words to reveal it was her abusive husband who caused her to fall about 50ft before her body came to a rest. A member of the public managed to reach the dying employment lawyer on the side of the hill, where she was told: “Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me.”
Both men were struck to the head with the bat and needed stitches after the raid, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester was told. Tariq Dervan, 22, Romario Harmer, 21 and Talleko Lemonious, 28, had denied involvement, but after a trial in January each of them was convicted by a jury of five counts of robbery and three counts of possession of an offensive weapon.
Daryll Pitcher A local councillor was locked up for 27 months for raping a young girl more than 30 years ago when he was a teenager. Daryll Pitcher, who sits on Isle of Wight Council, was convicted following a trial of two charges of rape against the same girl in the early 1990s. John Watson A hospital patient caused £1.9 million worth of damage when they started a fire in an accident and emergency ward. John Watson caused extensive damage to X-ray, CT and MRI imaging suites on the ward, destroying an ultrasound machine and other equipment by setting fire to the contents of a medical trolley at Lincoln County Hospital on March 29 last year.
Watson, of Vicarage Court, Sleaford, was later seen on CCTV setting alight the contents of a medical trolley in a lab room using a naked flame, before talking to firefighters in a smoke-filled hallway. Ms Lenton said: “The fire gutted the room and the smoke did render several pieces of medical equipment inoperable. There was an insurance claim setting out the total lost but not setting out things that were replaced.
He then turned the car around and steered directly at two men as they attempted to flee. The first victim was thrown into the air and hurled against the wall of a building. He suffered a dislocated shoulder, fractured nose and three separate spinal fractures. The second victim was thrown across the bonnet of the car and roof, before being propelled 100 yards down the road, and sustained a ruptured ligament in the knee from the impact of the vehicle.
Draven Jewell A 22-year-old autistic man was handed a 20-year extended prison sentence for stabbing to death a fisherman in a “terrifying 20-second burst of violence” outside a Royal British Legion club. Draven Jewell was cleared of murdering father-of-one Max Maguire in an alleyway in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, on October 22 2021, but convicted of manslaughter.
Jonathan Underhill, prosecuting, said the violence happened in less than 20 seconds. He said: “There was a short burst of violence which took place in the alleyway. Max Maguire died within moments from a wound he received to the left side of his chest. This penetrated his lung and damaged a major artery internally and caused catastrophic and non-survivable injuries.”
Bevan took photographs of marks to Lola’s back and extensive swelling and bruising to her head, eyes and lips. He also sent his mother a disturbing video showing him picking up Lola’s limp body, attempting to stand her on her feet before letting her fall to the floor – telling the camera: “She’s gone. She’s gone.”
Lewis Jones, 24, was arrested by Merseyside Police after grooming and sexually abusing a girl, 12, he met through Snapchat in 2020, Manchester Crown Court heard. He was still under investigation two years later and free to attack a little girl who was playing with other children making a den in a park on a summer afternoon last year in Droylsden, Greater Manchester.
He then approached, offering to help make the den, then grabbed the girl, covering her mouth with his hand and running off. A girl, 11, realised what happened and told the other children to run for help, and shouted out for the police to be called, prompting a search to begin immediately, the court heard.
The court heard how Tye messaged the victim and arranged to meet her at night in a park near her home. The court heard that the victim had jokingly asked Tye “you are not going to stab and kill me?” when she received the unexpected invitation to meet him. The pair chatted on a bench for more than an hour and kissed before Tye attacked her as they were leaving the park.
Luke Flanagan A van driver who was on cocaine and using TikTok crashed into a mother and daughter on their way to school. Luke Flanagan, 28, hit 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird’s Peugeot 2008 as she was taking her daughter Khiana, 16, to school before it burst into flames with the pair still inside. Both men were handed life sentences, with Wayne Peckham to serve a minimum of 24 years before he can be considered for release, the force said, while Riley Peckham must serve at least 18 years before he can be considered for parole.
Both men, of Manby Close, Hilgay, denied murder but were both found guilty following an earlier trial at Norwich Crown Court. Perry, of St Margarets Place, Stradishall, Suffolk, denied attempted murder but was found guilty following an earlier trial. He had admitted wounding with intent and to possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
It came a day after Sullivan, 19, and another man, who was not named by police, threatened a 17-year-old boy on a Northampton footbridge and made his mother travel to a secluded wooded area to pay £200 to secure her son’s release. Electrician Steven Allan, who had been out drinking with a colleague, punched Mr Mason three times in the mistaken belief that he had stolen a mobile phone belonging to his friend. The incident took just 12 seconds and was captured on CCTV viewed by jurors in Allan’s trial.
Jailing Allan for three years and nine months, Judge Michael Topolski KC said: “The circumstances that led to the defendant causing the death of a perfectly respectable, wholly innocent stranger who happened to be passing by are as extraordinary as they are tragic. The sudden and exceptional nature of the circumstances that led to his death have, I am sure, significantly exacerbated the family’s feelings of disbelief, distress and anger at the nature of his passing.
Father-of-two Hawrylewicz, originally from Poland, had lived in the UK, where he worked in the construction industry, for 15 years and had been in London for work. The court heard his young family had returned to Poland in August 2021 and messages indicated he was “depressed” about his life. Hawrylewicz told police he had drunk up to four beers and a third of a litre of vodka before the attack, and thought of committing suicide.
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