Huge £200,000 reward over Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder remains untouched as 'people want to do things for the right reasons'

A £200,000 reward offered for information leading to a conviction in the horrific murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was never claimed and remains untouched, Crimestoppers has revealed.

The charity's chief executive, Mark Hallas, said in a fascinating insight it's a situation that's extremely common - as '99.98 per cent of the time people want to do things for the right reasons'.

Through a combination of a massive police investigation, the bravery of a key witness and a deluge of community information, drug-dealer Thomas Cashman, 35, was convicted of Olivia's murder in March and jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years at Manchester Crown Court.

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The independent charity put up the cash offering, the biggest in its 35-year history, after its founder Lord Ashcroft matched a £100,000 sum provided by an anonymous businessman.

However the murder of Olivia, shot dead in her own home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, Liverpool on August 22 last year, appears to have generated a wealth of information from people who were not motivated by financial gain.

Speaking to The ECHO, Mr Hallas said: "Very, very rarely do we pay out. Not because we make it difficult for people or we don't want to, it's because we find 99.98 per cent of the time people want to do things for the right reasons. People want to get it off their chests, it's been something that has been troubling them for a long time normally and they want to unburden themselves.

"And once they've done it - pressed send or put the phone down -