Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Face of strangling murderer being deported to UK this month
A man jailed for the "bizarre" murder of a 19-year-old woman he met while on a night out is being deported back to the UK.
James Duggan was convicted in 2006 of murdering Rebecca Ryle after meeting her at a pub in Perth, Australia when he was a teenager. Duggan, who emigrated to Australia from Liverpool, offered to walk Rebecca home on May 5, 2004, and then strangled her for more than three minutes in a park just metres away from her home.
Duggan, now in his 30s, left his victim's half-naked body in a field which was found by police a few hours later. During the court case, Western Australian Supreme Court, Justice Lindy Jenkins described the crime as "bizarre" when she jailed him for a minimum of 11 years and six months.
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Justice Jenkins said the murder was every parent's worst nightmare, adding Rebecca had died "alone and degraded". Duggan never fully explained why he killed her.
A parole board in Australia reviewed Duggan's case on November 19, 2019 and the Attorney General decided not to release him due to his behaviour in prison, a return to substance abuse and offending. He said: "Given the serious nature of the offence, Mr Duggan’s poor prison behaviour, uncertainty around the level of professional support that he would receive in England, lack of acknowledgement of wrong doing and apparent lack of remorse, I am not convinced Mr Duggan’s release to parole is appropriate at this time."
Read the full story here.
Faces of 19 people jailed in Liverpool this week
This list includes 19 people locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this past week.
Courts heard about a bent copper who formed a secret sexual relationship with an alleged rape victim. Meanwhile, one judge sentenced a speeding driver who ruined a teenager's life then went on the run.
Judges had to sentence a bullying dad who asked his partner if she "wanted to feel pain" before stubbing out a lit cigarette on her. They also sentenced a yawning yob who burgled a pensioner who was so terrified she pretended to be asleep.
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Disturbing cases included a man behind a horrific campaign of rape and a convicted sex offender who spied on a family before breaking into their home to try to molest two little girls.
A judge also had to sentence a man who carried a drunk girl into a house and raped her. Here is an overview of some of those which have concluded this past week.
View the full list here.
Luxury flat for sale in block where Steven Gerrard used to live
A new flat has come on the market in Merseyside and a Liverpool FC star used to live there.
The two bedroom flat, in Southport, is listed for sale for offers more than £300,000. The split-level apartment is based on the third floor of the ‘desirable’ complex that has once housed footballing legend Steven Gerrard.
Marine Gate Mansions is based in a former hospital building, on the Promenade, overlooking Marine Lake and Southport beach. The complex has its own landscaped courtyard and grass gardens.
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Liverpool FC legend, Steven Gerrard previously lived in the luxury flat complex early in his career before he moved to a family home in Formby. He reportedly lived in the property while he worked on his business partnership with Southport hotelier Paul Adams, who runs the Vincent Hotel on Lord Street.
In a past Sunday Mirror column, former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler revealed that Gerrard once pretended to be a cat to avoid being spotted on the roof of his Southport flat. Fowler didn’t explain what the two were doing on Gerrard's roof, but said that the midfielder used the unusual tactic to stop anyone realising who they were.
Read the full story and see images inside the apartment here.
