The gunman who murdered a nine-year-old girl at her home has seen the amount of taxpayer-funded legal aid he has received rocket to over £220,000.
Thomas Cashman was given a mandatory life sentence after being found guilty of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel in her own home last August in Dovecot, Liverpool.
The 35-year-old lost a fight to have his 42-year sentence cut today, after lawyers sought to challenge the sentence on the basis that it was too harsh, but their case was thrown out by three appeal judges.
Since June, Mr Cashman's legal aid bill has increased from £55,698 to £221,765.