A 41-year-old man has admitted to assisting an offender in relation to the brutal murder of little Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
Paul Russell pleaded guilty to assisting an offender in relation to the fatal shooting of nine-year-old Olivia.
He has since been convicted and is due for sentencing on Monday.
Russell disposed of clothing worn by the gunman Thomas Cashman and drove him away from the house the killer fled to.
He has been remanded in custody since he was charged with the offence in September, the Liverpool ECHO reports.
Thomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty of killing Olivia after chasing convicted drug dealer Joseph Nee, 36, into their home last August.
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@luke.korbel.33/Facebook)Cashman's trial at Manchester Crown Square Crown Court heard that the killer "garden hopped" to the home of Russell's partner after the incident.
Cashman drove to the woman's house - she cannot be named for legal reasons - because he "didn't know where else to go" and "trusted" her.
He called her a "woman scorned" and trying to "ruin him" after he reportedly refused to leave his longtime partner for her.
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Liverpool Echo)She called her boyfriend after she was woken by her bedside.
The pair had previously had a sexual relationship. He also claimed that Russell owed him a drug debt amounting to £25,000.
In an apparent reference to Nee, the killer told Russell "l've done Joey", the court heard.
"Lad, don’t wanna hear it, don’t tell me nothing," Russell is said to have told Cashman in response.
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PA)While at the home, Cashman was given navy blue pair of Russell's Under Armour tracksuit, which was later discovered in a box at his sister's home.
Also located in the box were a black and grey Under Armour T-shirt. This also belonged to Russell and contained a speck of Cashman's blood.
Tests of the Under Armour tracksuit found Cashman's DNA and gunshot residue.
Russell then drove Cashman away from the address he had fled to.
Another set of clothes were taken to Craig Byrne, an associate of Cashman's. The killer claimed he was smoking a "spliff" at Byrne's at the time of the shooting.
