Thomas Cashman splashed cash on a luxurious lifestyle that was funded by the misery he caused

Thomas Cashman splashed his ill gotten gains on an expensive lifestyle - with a reputation for wearing designer brands.

But those trappings of luxury will now seem an unimaginable distance away as he begins his life sentence for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. No Moncler, no Alexander McQueen, no Monterrain. No fancy restaurants, no luxury cars, no holidays to Ibiza or Marbella.

The lengths he was willing to go to to keep himself decked out in high end brands were made clear after one of the most atrocious crimes in Merseyside’s history, reports the ECHO.

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On Monday (April 3) at Manchester Crown Court, the gangland killer offered the final insult to the family of Olivia Pratt-Korbel by refusing to appear in the dock to hear his sentence for her murder.

But he will now have at least 42 years behind bars to think about how his lifestyle led to the point he was willing to blindly pump bullets into a family home, in a desperate bid to finish off a fellow criminal. He will be in prison until he is at least 76 years old.

Olivia died on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, on August 22 last year when one of Cashman’s shots passed through the front door, through her mum Cheryl Korbel’s wrist and into her chest.

Cashman, 34, had been chasing convicted drug dealer and burglar Joseph Nee, who barged inside while fleeing for his life. Merseyside Police say they have no clear evidence of why Cashman wanted Nee dead, but in the end the motive was not needed to prove Cashman had pulled the trigger.

Exactly how highly Cashman ranked in the criminal hierarchy is up for debate - indeed he was obviously willing to get his hands dirty -