A 37-year-old man was detained in connection with the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was nine years old.
Friday night, a man from West Derby was arrested on suspicion of helping a criminal, according to Merseyside Police.
He is currently being questioned by cops following the eleventh arrest made in connection with Olivia’s murder.
A police spokesman stated, “The investigation into Olivia’s murder is ongoing, and we continue to ask anyone with information to assist us in bringing the people to justice.”
On Thursday, an 18-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of supporting a criminal in connection with the death of the young child.
The adolescent, who is also from the West Derby neighborhood of the city, is being detained and will be questioned by detectives.
He was the ninth individual detained in connection with the case, while a 29-year-old apprehended on Thursday remains in prison.
Thursday, police executed search warrants at three houses in the West Derby neighborhood, and investigators arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of aiding a criminal.
Olivia was shot in her Dovecot, Liverpool, house on August 22 around 10 p.m., when a shooter pursued convicted burglar Joseph Nee inside.
A 37-year-old man was detained in connection with the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, age nine.
Olivia was shot in her Dovecot, Liverpool, house on August 22 around 10 p.m., when a shooter pursued convicted burglar Joseph Nee inside.
The investigation into Olivia’s sad murder is ongoing, and authorities have stated that they still require a strong image of the evidence in order to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Olivia’s mother Cheryl, who was injured in the shooting, paid tribute to her ‘little shadow’ in an emotional video released by Merseyside Police, in which she called that those guilty for her daughter’s death ‘own up’.
She wept as she recalled how her daughter never stopped talking and said, “That is what I miss the most, since I can’t hear her talk.”
The investigation into Olivia’s sad murder is ongoing, and authorities have stated that they still need to develop a solid picture of the evidence.
Cheryl, the mother of Olivia, addressed her daughter’s murderer, “You know you’ve done wrong, so you must take responsibility.”
Father John Francis Pratt stated that her “death cannot be in vain” and that they want people to feel secure.
Joseph Nee, 35, entered Olivia’s home in Liverpool in an attempt to evade a shooter who was pursuing him after her mother opened the door to investigate noises outside.
In the video, Ms. Korbel urged her daughter’s murderer, ‘You know you’ve done wrong, so you must take responsibility.
As I told my children, if you commit an error, you must take responsibility for it.
If someone is hiding these weapons, they must come forward because they must be removed from the streets. No one, absolutely no one, should have to endure this.
Ms. Korbel, who was injured during the shooting and was wearing a cast on her wrist, stated that the family had planned days out and a trip to purchase Olivia’s new school uniform before to her death.
John Francis Pratt, the father of the nine-year-old, released a heartbreaking video of his daughter enjoying the rides at a Christmas market on Tuesday and stated that she had been ruthlessly abducted.
As the family released a video of Olivia with her father at a Christmas market in the heart of Liverpool, they stated that “those responsible must be made aware of their actions.”