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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Grown man, 22, posing as child 'took drugs' into troubled children's home

A children's home unwittingly housed a 22-year-old man posing as a teenage boy who also allegedly smuggled drugs into the property, it was claimed.

The man was reportedly removed by the local authority after "making a disclosure" about his real age.

The incident was one of a number of concerning claims made about Westlea House in Formby, a residential home that provides accommodation and support for up to seven children.

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