These are the latest ECHO headlines this morning.
'Infatuated' woman resumed harassing childhood friend after prison release
A woman "infatuated" with her childhood best friend began harassing her again as soon as she was released from prison.
Keelie Murphy has previously been locked up three times for obsessively pestering Gemma Ellison. But after being freed from jail, she immediately resumed her campaign of harassment - bombarding the mum's workplace with constant phone calls which caused the family business to grind to a halt.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Wednesday, the pair had been friends since the age of 10 but the relationship "soured" after Murphy, from Woolton, "developed an infatuation" with Ms Ellison. The two had not spoken for many years, but got back in touch during 2017.
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But in 2020, the 36-year-old was convicted of harassment and handed a restraining order barring her from contacting her former pal or attending her Widnes-based company Ellison Motors for five years. And Murphy, of Halewood Place, has repeatedly flouted this ban since.
Later the same year, she was jailed for 12 weeks after five breaches - having phoned Ms Ellison more than 200 times over three days in July 2020 alone. In January last year, she was handed 10 weeks for another breach.
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Warning as scammers pose as 'police officers' tricking people to hand over cash
A warning has been issued after scammers have posed as "police officers" to trick people into handing over their hard-earned cash.
Merseyside Police have urged people to be on the lookout for a new scam, known as "courier fraud". According to officers, the scam works by fraudsters posing as a bogus police officer known as "DC Matthew Phillips".
The fake police officer alleges that the bank card of the victim being scammed has been cloned at the Tesco Kew store in Southport and is being fraudulently used. The scammer goes on to say a cashier at their bank is handing out counterfeit money. As a result they need their help with the investigation.
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The fraudster then instructs the victim to withdraw money from either a bank or a currency exchange bureau. He then advises that someone will visit their home to collect the money and bank cards from them. He then stays on the telephone line until it is collected.
In a sophisticated tactic to win the victim’s trust, the scammer asks the victim to call 999, but as the fraudster is still on the line and hasn’t hung up, the so-called emergency call goes straight back to them. The fake operator then pretends to transfer the call to the bogus police officer, DC Matthew Phillips.
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Mum told newborn baby was dead, then alive, then died hours later
A hospital trust has apologised after a mum claimed her baby died following a series of errors and she was told the child was dead, then alive - then dead.
Alisha Pegg says she was sent home from the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford in Kent despite being in premature labour. She then gave birth to baby Grace at home and the pair were rushed back to hospital.
Alisha says she was then told that Grace was dead, then alive, before she died hours later.
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Ms Pegg said she went to the hospital after suffering pain and nausea on February 27, just 22 weeks into her pregnancy. She said: "I was doubled over in pain and being sick, and when I phoned the doctor they assumed I had a bladder infection.
"I went in anyway, as I couldn't feel Grace move. When a midwife asked what the pain felt like, the first word out of my mouth was labour. Having given birth before, I knew what it felt like and my waters were leaking."
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