
Paddy Edrich
Crime Reporter at Liverpool Echo
Crime reporter @livechonews / [email protected]
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liverpoolecho.co.uk | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
The arrest was made last month by NWROCU officers and she has since been released pending further enquiriesA prison officer at HMP Liverpool has been arrested as part of a misconduct probe after an inmate's cell was searched. The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) has confirmed a 28-year-old from Netherton was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office on March 5 this year.
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liverpoolecho.co.uk | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
Serious violence reduction orders were introduced to tackle "high risk, habitual weapons carriers"A stop and search pilot scheme which targeted weapon-carrying criminals will be rolled out across the country. Serious violence reduction orders (SVROs) were introduced across four force areas, including on Merseyside, in April 2023 with the aim of tackling "high risk, habitual weapons carriers" and helping drive down re-offending in the community.
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liverpoolecho.co.uk | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
Hollie Weston told police officers she caused her victim to bleed but "it could have been worse"A mum laughed as she walked free from court after she "took the law into her own hands" because of a Snapchat video she saw on a man's phone. Hollie Weston, 26, told police officers she had punched her victim Alfie Broadfield-Mellor and "caused him to bleed" but added "it could have been worse".
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liverpoolecho.co.uk | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
Anthony Ferris sexually abused a young girl and told her "no one would believe her" if she spoke outA paedophile who sexually abused a young girl after grooming her with cigarettes and clothes has died in prison. Anthony Ferris' perverted behaviour included raping the vulnerable youngster and telling her no one would believe her if she told anyone what was happening.
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liverpoolecho.co.uk | Neal Keeling |Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
Hashem Abedi is serving 55 years after assisting his suicide bomber brotherPrison officers attacked by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber were stabbed, slashed and had scalding butter thrown over them. An investigation has been launched after Hashem Abedi, who is serving 55 years after assisting his suicide bomber brother, Salman, plan the attack which killed 22 people, launched a vicious attack on three prison officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham.
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NEW: Philip Waugh was today unmasked as EncroChat gun trafficker "AceProspect", who has been on the run for five years. Waugh also messaged a "Deli Mob" hitman and asked for a target's face to be "melted" in an acid attack. https://t.co/Pav9Dbtx0Z

I'm in Liverpool Magistrates' Court this morning where four men charged with the murder of Jacqueline Rutter will make their first appearances. A woman has also been charged with assisting an offender. Updates below. https://t.co/ONuNcvy0kr

BREAKING: Prison governor Kerri Pegg has been told she will "inevitably" face an immediate custodial sentence after she was found guilty of being in a relationship with a drug boss who gifted her a £12k Mercedes. https://t.co/VWHEWDQ5zJ