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Lawyers accuse Merseyside Police of "unlawfully arresting" women supporting...
Merseyside Police were today accused of unlawfully arresting a young woman in the same area as the ‘Love Activist’ protests in Liverpool City Centre last year. Four women are on trial at Liverpool...
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Suspected burglar due in court after police called to Waterloo schools
A man is due in court today to face 11 counts of burglary after police were called to two Waterloo schools. Alex Ivan John Maloney, 29, of no fixed abode is also due to be recalled to prison. The...
View ArticleHeroin addict grabbed handbag with cash from house in Runcorn
A heroin addict who stole a handbag containing about £100 in cash from a house in Runcorn has been sent down. Pauline Ayres, 41, of Worthington Close, Palacefields, sneaked in via a back door on Martin...
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Three men in court after shooting near Kirkby school
Three men are due in court today in connection with a shooting that saw staff and pupils at a Kirkby school kept indoors. On Monday staff and pupils at at All Saints Catholic High School in Roughwood...
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Southport man jailed for bottle attack on teenager
A man who thrust a broken bottle into a teenager’s face – leaving him scarred for life – was today starting a six-year jail sentence. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Michael Halsall attacked his...
View ArticleAdam Johnson pleads guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child
Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming. The 28-year-old Sunderland winger continues to deny two charges of sexual...
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Hillsborough inquests reminded of evidence on situation outside the turnstiles
The Hillsborough jury were reminded of evidence on the crush outside the turnstiles as the coroner continued summing up the case. Sir John Goldring began summarising the evidence of Liverpool FC...
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Former Prescot teacher denies rape of 15 year-old-pupil who had a "crush" on...
A teacher has been accused of the rape and indecent assault of a 15-year-old pupil who had a “crush” on him in the nineties. Malcolm Nicholson, 46, a former science teacher at St Edmund Arrowsmith...
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Teen on trial for refusing police order to leave Love Activist demo on Castle...
A teenager arrested while supporting the Love Activist’s occupation of the old Bank of England told her trial: “I was only helping the homeless.” Ellie Longman was one of four women detained by police...
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Teacher accused of raping 15-year-old pupil was being "blackmailed," lawyer...
A teacher accused of raping a 15-year-old pupil who had a crush on him was being “blackmailed” by his accuser, his lawyer claimed. Malcolm Nicholson, 46, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court after...
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Former teacher denies rape of 15 year-old-pupil who had a "crush" on him in...
A teacher has been accused of the rape and indecent assault of a 15-year-old pupil who had a “crush” on him in the nineties. Malcolm Nicholson, 46, a former science teacher at St Edmund Arrowsmith...
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Hillsborough inquests: Five key points from day eight of the summing up
* A Court of Appeal judge said police had “lost control” outside the turnstiles by 2.30pm The inquests heard that Court of Appeal judge Sir Maurice Kay, who was a QC at the time, had arrived at the...
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'Enemy' of justice: Leading Liverpool lawyer locked up
Liverpool’s leading underworld lawyer was branded an “enemy of justice” and told his career lay in ruins after a secret bug caught him bragging about telling a wanted drugs crook how to flee the...
View ArticleHalton Magistrates Court in Runcorn to close
Halton Magistrates Court in Runcorn is to close following a Government review. HM Courts And Tribunals Service (HMCTS) spokesman confirmed today that the facility is to shut. Halton is among 86 courts...
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Drug smuggler who boasted of taking "Charlie" on channel ferry locked up for...
A high-level cocaine importer was today jailed for more than 13 years after helping smuggle a secret haul of Class A drugs into the UK using a ‘Trojan Horse’ car. James Gradwell, 24, went with an...
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Merseyside Police 'officer of the worst kind' sacked after sexual advances to...
A Merseyside Police officer who made sexual advances towards domestic abuse victims has been sacked. Michael McMillan, who worked in the force’s Family Crime Investigation Unit, had already pleaded...
View ArticleSt Helens Magistrates’ Court, Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court and Warrington...
St Helens Magistrates’ Court, Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court and Warrington County Court will shut within the next two years, the Government said today. The closures are part of a national move to...
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"Stupid" gangster jailed for 15 years after police found pics of him posing...
A “stupid” young gangster was jailed for 15 years after being pictured him posing with a shotgun and his initials spelled out in bullets. Joshua Caldwell, 24, was also linked to a major drugs...
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Two Love Activist supporters cleared of charges over Castle Street demo
A teenaged supporter of the Love Activists today described herself as ‘ecstatic’ after she was cleared of charges brought after being arrested outside the old Bank of England building on Castle...
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Jilted boyfriend who threatened to kill ex's brother spared jail after they...
A jilted boyfriend who stole his girlfriend’s cat was spared jail – after she revealed they were still together. Glen Dempsey twice burgled Shauna Robbins’ flat after she dumped him in October last...
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