She was arrested almost a week later, and after initially lying to police she finally revealed what had happened. 'He wanted to do whatever he wanted to do before they got to him.'Īt that stage, she was unaware of Olivia's death – but after learning of the tragedy felt 'petrified' as she realised what Cashman had done. The witness – who had previously had an intermittent sexual relationship with Cashman – told detectives he was 'stuttering' about how 'someone's come for him'. However they weren't told that 41-year-old Russell had pleaded guilty to assisting an offender last October over his role. He drove Cashman back to where he'd parked his van earlier, the jury has been told. The witness said she called her on-off partner, Paul Russell, who came to the house. Initially she didn't mention Cashman to police, saying later she had been 'scared'.īut over the course of a series of interviews she revealed how she had been awoken on the night of Olivia's death by an 'agitated' Cashman demanding a change of clothing. The witness was initially arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender days after her partner, Paul Russell, was held over the same offence. He said her 'courage' ought to serve as an example to others with crucial information about serious crimes to 'come forward and do the right thing'. The witness said she called her on-off partner, Paul Russell (pictured) after Cashman demanded a change of clothing on the night of Olivia's death 'Her testimony has helped bring the killer of a nine-year-old child to justice.' But most importantly, she spoke the truth. 'As she has said, there is no such thing as a grass when it involves a nine-year-old child. 'She has stood up for what is right - justice. 'Without witnesses, there's no justice,' Detective Superintendent Mark Baker said today. The judge, Mrs Justice Yip, repeatedly had to halt proceedings as the exchanges became increasingly ill-tempered.īut ultimately jurors preferred her account to that of Cashman – whose alibi was that he was counting drug money and smoking a 'spliff' with a friend who conspicuously failed to give evidence in his defence.įor her bravery, the woman is now understood to be living under witness protection, and may never be able to return to Merseyside.įollowing Cashman's conviction for Olivia's murder, the senior investigating officer in the case hailed her 'incredible bravery'. Standing her ground in the face of claims that she was a woman 'scorned', she said: 'When there's a little girl involved, there's no grassing.' Thanks again for your help, may the hair on your toes grow long and curly.Her combative response to being quizzed about intimate details of her fling with Cashman by his barrister, John Cooper KC, proved a pivotal part of the murder trial. I know from lifetime experience it's a painin thearse to figure this technique out so maybe if the mods or some such genius could make it a sticky it would be a great help to them such as I. However, even with a brain the size of a small planet, I do understand that there's them that's more enlightened than I are, particularly in regard to coding, not mushrooms I mean, and they would definitely benefit from the kindness of your shared knowledge. I don't have the ability to adjust any elaborate coding and to be quite honest I just can't bearsed I just want the thing to do what I tell it to do otherwise it will be taking flying lessons and having actually explained that to the Rpi in real life, it obviously understands because it is doing as instructed. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated. Note that the above also works with Raspbian on the RPi.
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