Mum of Olivia Pratt-Korbel gives heartbreaking tribute in appeal for daughter's killer to 'own up'

The mum of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel who tragically died after being shot in her Liverpool home has paid an emotional tribute to her little girl, saying 'she left a mark on everyone she met' as she appealed for the killer to 'own up'.

Olivia lost her life after a gunman tried to force his way into the family home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot. The gunman was chasing 35-year-old Joseph Nee, who gained entry to the property on August 22, before mum Cheryl was shot in the wrist, and the bullet went through her hand and struck Olivia in the chest causing devastating injuries.

In a filmed tribute, her grieving mum Cheryl Kornbel said Olivia was her 'little shadow' who 'loved life' as she called on her daughter's killers to hand themselves in, saying "you know you've done wrong so you need to own up".

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Mum Cheryl spoke out in a video issued by Merseyside Police, after four men were arrested on Sunday in connection with the nine-year-old's death. She said: "She was amazing. She loved life. She was my little shadow. She went everywhere with me. She didn't like school because she had to do work but she loved it because she was there with all her friends.

"Everyone she met they all fell in love with her. She left a mark on everyone she met. She may well have only been nine but she packed a lot in those nine years.

"She never stopped talking and that's what I miss the most. Because I can't hear her talk.

In a direct message to the killers, Cheryl, who had been organising days out during the summer holidays with her daughter before the tragedy, said: "You know you've done wrong so you need to own up. Like I taught my kids, you do