All news by author: Wesley Holmes

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Ex-cop 'beat love rival after catching wife having sex in Screwfix car park'
Former Merseyside Police officer Gavin Harper is on trial for stalking and unlawful wounding after it's said he followed serving cop and estranged wife Stephanie Harper to a Screwfix car park in Birkenhead
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Stalker cop's ex screamed as he caught her having sex in Screwfix car park
Former Merseyside Police officer Gavin Harper is accused of stalking his estranged wife Stephanie Glyn and watching her have sex with her new partner in a Screwfix car park, a court heard
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Catfish mum posed as man on gay dating site and made vile threat
Lucinda Pollitt, who is from St Helens, Merseyside, used a fake profile on dating website "FabGuys" to contact the man and receive private sexual pictures of him
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Brit mum denied C-section and 'left bleeding' dies in hospital with her baby
Kelsey Brown, from Liverpool, died at a clinic in Marbella after bleeding for more than five hours while her dead baby was delivered, with the centre having no blood for a transfusion, an inquest heard
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Woman who left dog 'sodden in urine' with painful sores sobs 'I love my animals'
Michelle Joplin, 51, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to her dog at Wirral Magistrates Court, which was a Bully type, leaving her "sodden with urine, and skin inflamed and sore"
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'Highly aroused' mum armed with 'martial arts sticks' smashes into ex's home
Buathip Kendray, from Suffolk, was furious after she discovered that her former boyfriend Steven Woods had moved on with someone else - she smashed her way through his home to confront the pair
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Remains of enormous 15ft creature discovered after washing up on UK beach
The basking shark is the second largest fish found in UK seas and moves slowly, scooping up tiny zooplankton in their enormous mouths, which can be up to a metre wide
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Man who attacked boy, 12, on bouncy castle during sister's birthday party jailed
A jury convicted Mason Clague of intent to inflict grievous bodily harm following a trial and the thug, from Bootle, Merseyside, has now been jailed for the brutal attack
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Dad killed on his own doorstep after customer's ominous prediction in the pub
Joey Peloe answered his door at midnight in Speke, Liverpool, to an unknown gunman who murdered him - his family said they believe he knew who his killer was but the case remains unsolved
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Girl, 12, killed by van as she was getting off bus on way home from school
Lexi McDavid, 12, was on her way to a pal's house and had just got off a bus in Huyton, Merseyside when she ran out into the road and was hit by David Pursglove, who was speeding
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Woman spent £50,000 on three-year legal battle to free her seized XL bully
Mum-of-four Sandra Rowlands from Liverpool fought for three years in the courts and spent thousands after XL Bully Buster was seized by Merseyside Police under the Dangerous Dogs Act
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Schoolboy escaped horror blaze jumping from bedroom window as fire wrecked home
Kandi Simpson was putting up the Christmas tree at her Oxton home at around 7.30pm on Monday, November 6, when she heard a strange noise in the hallway and went out to find the lower staircase engulfed in flames
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Doctor raped girl 'hundreds of times' then gave pregnant mum lethal injection
WARNING DISTURBING: Michael McGrane raped the young girl on "hundreds" of occasions before becoming a doctor and moving to Australia, where he drugged and assaulted multiple female patients
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Dad slammed shopkeeper's head into fridge as he refused to sell son energy drink
Stephen Brown attacked a shopkeeper who refused to sell his teenage son an energy drink. He was sentenced to two years and four months in prison and handed a restraining order
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Man guilty of attacking boy, 12, on bouncy castle during birthday party pictured
Mason Clague, 22, was found guilty of wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm after attacking a 12-year-old boy at a bouncy castle birthday party in Bootle, Merseyside
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Thug guilty after boy, 12, stabbed on bouncy castle at sister's birthday party
Mason Clague, 22, was found guilty of wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm after a 12-year-old boy was knifed at bouncy castle party in Bootle, Merseyside
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'My son choked to death in a pub – I'm demanding change that will save lives'
Marty Weir, praised as a 'big friendly giant' by his mother Claire, died when he choked while eating and suffered a cardiac arrest at the Mersey View pub, Liverpool, in April last year
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Boy, 12, begged pal to 'help me' after being stabbed at bouncy castle party
The 12-year-old boy told police he and a friend were throwing stones at a lamppost when one landed close to a man who, along with another man, then proceeded to attack him
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Family's holiday nightmare as baby turns 'grey' from 'silent killer' condition
Tim and Rachel Millbank found their 10-week-old son Elliot 'grey and unresponsive' in bed and rushed him to hospital, where he spent 11 days before tests revealed his diagnosis
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Man 'scared to smile' after teeth 'crumbled into stumps' following crown failure
Liam Daley spent five years with a dentist he alleges actually ruined his teeth - with a series of failed crowns. Liam, who ended up needing surgery, finally won a large payout in May 2023
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Woman, 22, found dead after telling mum she was heading to friend's house
Lauren Carmichael, 22, told her mum Lorraine Oates, that she was heading to a friend's house from their home in Runcorn, Cheshire - but the young woman never arrived and was found dead the next day
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Seven Covid variants are at large - here are the symptoms to look out for
The effects of Covid-19 are still being felt across the world in the form of mutated strains spreading through populations, the most recent mutation of the potentially deadly disease is a strain known as “Eris”
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Pensioner hauled before court after cops accidentally sent him secret documents
Jack Beecham was charged with breaching data protection laws - even though Merseyside Police officers sent him private papers about a criminal investigation in error
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Wheelchair user watched flight leave without her due to 'late' assistance staff
Joanne Vasey had to watch her Ryanair plane to Dublin take off without her at Liverpool John Lennon Airport despite the fact she arrived in plenty of time to catch it
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'Our daughter choked to death on a grape and that horror never goes away'
Jasmine Lapsley, from Anfield, choked on a grape while playing cards with her brothers in a holiday home in Morfa Nefyn, North Wales, at around 8.30pm on August 19, 2014
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