
Paddy Edrich
Crime Reporter at Liverpool Echo
Crime reporter @livechonews / [email protected]
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4 days ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Anthony Kane amassed a luxury haul of watches worth nearly £1m before they were seized under the Proceeds of Crime ActThe luxury watch collection of an EncroChat "criminal concierge" was seized by police and included a limited edition piece sold at auction for £170,000.
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6 days ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
EXCLUSIVE: Police watchdog finds Merseyside Police had evidence to arrest James Foy before he murdered Mikey RainsfordPolice "missed an opportunity" to arrest a gun thug months before he shot dead an innocent young man in his own home, the police watchdog has found. Mikey Rainsford was 20 when he was shot twice while standing in the kitchen of his home on Harrington Road in Litherland by brothers James and Michael Foy in a revenge attack for something he had nothing to do with.
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6 days ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Merseyside Police said officers were made aware of an incident involving youths on electric bikesA teenager stabbed in the arm during an incident close to a Shell garage was later arrested. Merseyside Police has launched an appeal for information following the stabbing opposite the garage on Liverpool Road, Huyton, at around 8.05pm yesterday, Wednesday, May 7. A spokesperson for the force said officers received a call regarding an incident involving a group of youths on electric bikes.
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1 week ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Patrick Edrich |Olivia Williams |Paddy Edrich
A woman charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death will appear in court this morning. Kayleigh Smart, 39 and of no fixed address but believed to be from the Billinge area, was charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Liam Collier following an incident inside a flat on Sherlock Avenue in Haydock on Friday, May 2. Smart was remanded in custody and will appear before Liverpool Magistrates' Court today, Monday, May 5.
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1 week ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Gary Swift sailed the SY Atrevido from Suriname in South America to the Welsh coastline but Border Force was monitoring his every moveA Liverpool businessman caught "red-handed" on board a yacht laden with 750kg of cocaine told arresting officers: "I'm glad it's over." Former hotelier Gary Swift and Scott Kilgour sailed the SY Atrevido from Suriname in South America to the Welsh coastline after picking up the huge haul, which had a purity of 83%.
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Merseyside Police has confirmed a suspect was shot by armed officers after a man and woman were stabbed. Condition updates on those involved in the blog below.

A huge emergency services presence including armed police and the air ambulance are on Huyton’s Bluebell estate these evening dealing with a serious incident. Updates from the scene below - https://t.co/jyZBjFzoiv

A huge emergency services presence including armed police and the air ambulance are on Huyton’s Bluebell estate these evening dealing with a serious incident. Updates from the scene below - https://t.co/jyZBjFzoiv

'I am not angry...I am simply anxious to return to my loved ones and family, as I’ve got to make the most of what is left of the existence I am granted in this world'. Peter Sullivan has spoken for the first time since his conviction was quashed. https://t.co/X5SD18MPYd