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Liverpool Echo
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Adam Cailler & Olivia Williams

Raoul Moat 'gone too soon' memorial removed by council

A plaque on a memorial bench dedicated to killer Raoul Moat appeared at a Merseyside seaside resort.

Sharing a photo of the small plaque on social media on Sunday, the Twitter user said "spotted this down New Brighton front". The memorial read: "In loving memory of Raoul Moat, 1973 - 2010, Taken too soon, D&A xx."

It is unclear who installed the plaque and or when it was put up. However, Wirral Council have since removed it and confirmed it was not authorised by the local authority. In July 2010, Moat killed one person and injured two others in a two-day shooting spree before going on the run for almost a week, with police hunting him down, reports the Daily Star.

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