Thomas Cashman, who is accused of killing Olivia Pratt-Korbel, is trying to 'pull the wool over juror's eyes', the prosecution in his trial has claimed
"He is not the victim of a woman trying to stitch him up for murder. The man in the dock, we submit, is the gunman who shot Olivia and he is not prepared to own it.Advertisement
CCTV footage of the moment the shots were fired was shown to the court during the prosecution's closing speech."The prosecution say he's not prepared to own it, he never will be, but he knows what the truth is and, with respect, great respect, we respectfully submit that you do too."Meanwhile, John Cooper KC, defending, said the prosecution's argument that Cashman was acting as a"hitman" on the night of Olivia's death is not the case.
Mr Cooper told the jury that when hitmen find"their target, they wait for their target, they don't go home for tea"."How can the Crown possibly say they put emotion to one side and keep telling you to put emotion to one side when they finished their speech with playing of the horrific CCTV footage, as if you, members of the jury, hadn't quite got it. Do you feel a little bit insulted by that?"You get it, you get the tragedy, you get the brutality.