This is the moment armed police swooped on a flat and arrested Thomas Cashman for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel on his birthday as he stated: "I'm calm, I'm calm."
The 34-year-old, of Grenadier Drive in West Derby, was today found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl at her home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on the evening of August 22 last year. The nine-year-old was shot in the chest as the gunman pursued his intended target, Joseph Nee, through the streets.
Merseyside Police have now released bodycam footage of the first of Cashman's two arrests, coming at the Decks apartment complex in Runcorn in the early hours of September 4 last year. This happened to be his 34th birthday.
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In the clip, he is shown being forced to lie on his front as officers point guns at him and shout: "Show us your hands. Get your hands behind your head."
Cashman replies "my hands are in the air, I've got nothing on me" before he is handcuffed behind his back. He then is heard saying in the video: "You stupid c***s.
"Yous are stitching me up for, whatever it is. What’s it for?
"What have I done? Go on."
After being brought to standing position, Cashman continues: "I ain't resisting one little bit. I just wanna know what I've done, that's all.
"All I wanna know is what I'm arrested for. Tell me what I'm arrested for."
An officer then tells him he is being arrested on suspicion of murder and two counts of attempted murder, and he responds: "What are yous on about, murder? I haven’t committed no offence what yous are talking about.
"None. None whatsoever.
"I've got nothing on me. Just pull me pants down.
"You'll see there's nothing there. Saves messing around.
"F***ing murder. Yous are f***ing mad, just because I’ve got a little track record.
"Yous people. Yous c***s.
"I ain't resisting. I'm not resisting one little bit.
"I'm calm, I'm calm. It's yous who don't seem a little bit too calm."
Manchester Crown Court previously heard during a three-and-a-half-week trial that Cashman "lay in wait" for Nee while armed with two loaded guns as his intended target watched a Liverpool FC v Manchester United football match on the television at his friend Timmy Naylor's house on Finch Lane. When he left the address with another man, Paul Abraham, the gunman approached them from behind and opened fire three times with a self-loading pistol.
Nee was shot in the midriff at this point and stumbled to the floor as a result of his injuries. David McLachlan KC, prosecuting, described how Cashman then stood over the helpless man and attempted to discharge the firearm again as he begged: "Please don't, don't lad"."
But the gun malfunctioned, and Nee was able to escape. Cashman however continued his "ruthless pursuit" as he fled towards the Korbel family home.
Cheryl then tussled with Nee in an attempt to keep her front door shut and to keep him out of the property, but the assailant fired another shot with a second gun - a revolver - at this point. This bullet passed through the door and travelled through the mother's hand before striking Olivia in the chest.
Olivia had been upstairs in bed, but was heard to say "mum, I'm scared" as she ran to the bottom of the stairs to her mum having been startled by the gunfire outside. With Nee by now inside, Cashman then forced his arm around the door and fired one final shot which became lodged in the doorframe.
Olivia was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital after being critically injured, but was pronounced dead shortly before 11.30pm. Nee meanwhile was bundled into a car by his associates and taken to Whiston Hospital, later being transferred to Aintree Hospital.
Cashman escaped the scene of the shooting by leaping through back gardens before making his way to the home of a woman with whom he had previously had an affair. She was woken by him standing at her bedside before she phoned her boyfriend Paul Russell, who then arrived at the house.
The witness - who cannot be named for legal reasons - reported hearing Cashman make an apparent confession to her partner at the doorstep, telling him "I've done Joey". He was then given a change of clothing before being driven back to his Citroen Berlingo van, which he had earlier parked on Aspes Road, by Russell.
A pair of Under Armour tracksuit bottoms which he was handed at this time were later found at his sister's home on Mab Lane with his DNA and traces of gunpowder residue on them. The attacker was identified to have worn distinctive Monterrain trackies which matched a pair owned by Cashman.
He had been observed on CCTV making a number of trips past Finch Lane on the day in question. This included an apparent attempt to carry out the shooting at around 4pm that afternoon having spotted Nee's van outside, but this was thwarted after the then 35-year-old left to visit Screwfix.
Cashman however claimed in his evidence that he had no involvement in the shooting and was counting £10,000 in cash and "smoking a spliff" at his friend Craig Byrne's house on Snowberry Road at the time. He had admitted being a "high level" drug dealer who made up to £5,000 per week selling cannabis, and his various trips around the area throughout the day were apparently concerned with his involvement in the supply of the class B substance.
Meanwhile, Cashman accused the woman with whom he had had the fling of attempting to frame him for the murder as she was a "woman scorned". He suggested that her boyfriend Paul Russell owed him a £25,000 debt and questioned whether she had been motivated by the possibility of reward money.
The defendant also stated he had "no problems" with the Nee family and counted them as friends. The father-of-two said on the witness box: "I'm not a killer, I'm a dad."
Cashman was also convicted of attempting to murder Nee, wounding with intent against Cheryl Korbel and two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. He will be sentenced on Monday, April 3.
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