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Court usher fired for 'baguette and machete' explanation to jury A dad-of-three was wrongly jailed for 17 years after an usher interfered with a deadlocked jury 05:00, 22 MAY 2021 Dad-of-three Stuart Whittaker was wrongly jailed for 17 years after a jury bailiff's actions (Image: Liverpool Echo) A jury bailiff explained the legal concept of 'intent' to a deadlocked jury by describing attacking someone with either a baguette or a machete. The usher's actions - in breach of a solemn oath - may have tipped the balance during 16 hours of heated deliberations at Liverpool Crown Court. Jurors deci...

Worst of the worst repeat offenders with crazy criminal records These crooks have broken the law time and time again 05:00, 18 APR 2021 L-R Kevin Haywood, Michelle Eccleston and Kevin McMullen Judges sentencing people for crimes have to take into account a lot of different factors when determining the appropriate punishment. But this week a serial shoplifter made it perfectly clear he had no interest in hearing a judge's explanation of how he had reached his final decision. Liverpool Crown Court heard Kevin Haywood had an eye-watering criminal record, featuring a truly staggering number of pr...

Liverpool city centre to get £7m boost with plans for transport and public spaces Five-year plan revealed after retail and hospitality's successful reopening this week A huge financial boost for the city centre has been revealed this morning (Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo) Make sure to subscribe to our Liverpool Echo daily newsletter for the biggest stories, straight to youInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPri...

Hour-long queues, takeaway pints and more craziness as Liverpool city centre comes back to life Primark was forced to open at 6.45am and Zara's queue shows no signs of slowing down Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Liverpool city centre has been met with a rush of shoppers today as lockdown restrictions across England ease. This morning, Primark was Shoppers formed a calm orderly queue which wrapped around the length of the building down Church Alley and on to College Lane. Now, hours after its opening the queues have become even longer and are wrapped around the College...

14 vanished landmarks that have been confined to history We took a look at what happened to these grand and iconic former sights St George's Place, Liverpool (Image: Handout) Look back at great photos and memories from years ago with our Days Gone By newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Liverpool has its fair share ...