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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Mum finds 'grenade' in flat that collapsed and trapped her sons

A mum found a "grenade" in the fireplace after a wall in the flat collapsed and trapped her two sons.

The family living in 14 Albert Road, in Southport, had only been back home for three weeks after an internal wall collapsed in the basement apartment at the start of January. The collapse trapped Sean Ellison and his brother in the rubble before they were rescued.

On Friday, Sean's mum Penny found a practice grenade while clearing out the fireplace in the room where the wall collapsed. Police and bomb squad were called to the building shortly before 11am before the device was removed.

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