Lord Ashcroft has offered a £50,000 prize to aid in the search for Olivia Pratt-murderer. Korbel’s
To aid in the investigation of the schoolgirl’s death, the Tory peer donated via his nonprofit organisation Crimestoppers.
A shooter who was pursuing a convicted burglar and drug dealer broke into Olivia’s house and started shooting randomly, striking her in the chest.
While frantically attempting to close the front door, her mother Cheryl, 46, was shot in the wrist, but the bullet also injured her daughter who was standing behind her.
The child was rushed to the hospital but was unable to be rescued. Both the shooter and the victim were unrelated to Olivia’s family. The murder in Liverpool’s Dovecot stunned the whole country.
Nine persons have been detained by Merseyside Police thus far in relation to her death, including a 36-year-old and a 34-year-old on suspicion of murder. But nobody has been charged, and everyone was freed on bond.
“Olivia’s murder has stunned us all, which is why I have made this personal offer of up to £50,000 available through Crimestoppers to assist seek justice for Olivia’s family and friends,” said Lord Ashcroft, chairman of Crimestoppers.
Crimestoppers claimed the fresh appeal was directed at individuals in the community who had been too afraid to come forward. “What occurred is simply inexcusable, and I urge anybody who has information that will assist arrest the murderer to come forward entirely anonymously,” the organisation stated.
For any information that leads to a conviction in relation to Olivia’s murder, a £50,000 reward is being offered.
Police raided the city’s West Derby Golf Club on Monday in search of two firearms they suspect were used in the assault.
The funeral for Olivia will be held at St. Margaret Mary’s Church in Dovecot tomorrow.
Crimestoppers’ director of operations, Mick Duthie, pleaded for information from the shooter’s kin.
Nobody will know you called us, he assured, and you will be acting in Olivia’s best interests as well as those of her family, friends, and the larger Liverpool community, all of whom are still processing this tragedy.
To find Olivia’s murderer, Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Kameen, who is in charge of the investigation, has sworn to “turn no stone.”
According to principal Rebecca Wilkinson, students at St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Junior School have been exchanging memories of Olivia and getting counselling after her passing.
Crimestoppers may be reached at 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org by anybody with information.