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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lynda Roughley & Alan Weston

Man told police he was his brother three times

A "cowardly" man tried to wriggle out of justice by pretending to be his brother - not once but on three separate occasions - when stopped by police.

Lee Johnson had failed to attend court for offences of criminal damage and common assault committed in October 2020. He had been released on bail but failed to attend the magistrates' court in December that year.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that police officers questioned him after stopping a car on the M6 in which he was a passenger on February 13 last year.

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