Footasylum head designer gives evidence at Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder trial

The head designer of Footaslyum has given evidence at the trial into the alleged murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

Thomas Cashman, 34, is standing trial accused of murdering the nine-year-old at her home. The schoolgirl was shot dead at the address in Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot, Liverpool, on the evening of August 22 last year.

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday), the prosecution turned to the topic of clothing that Cashman was seen wearing and comparisons with that worn by the gunman. PC Michael Kirkman O’Connell described how he was able to identify the suspect's tracksuit and obtained such a tracksuit from Footasylum.

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Cashman's house was later searched for a black pair of Monterrain Lander woven running pants, the Liverpool ECHO reports. However, no such item was recovered.

Jade Holland, “head of design” at Footasylum, was then called to give evidence. She confirmed she was the designer of a Monterrain tracksuit which she was shown pictures of a mannequin wearing.

The witness stated that the design was “quite unique” and could be bought via Footasylum or the Monterrain website. The product - which Ms Holland described as "popular and a good seller" - launched "towards the back end of 2021" but was said to be no longer on sale.

Image analyst Tessa Macklam was also called to the stand, having looked for similarities and differences between clothing Cashman was seen wearing on CCTV and that worn by the gunman. She was in particular asked to look at their trousers and footwear.

She identified the defendant as having worn "dark toned full length tracksuit bottoms". The distinctive features of these included "light tone horizontal