These are the latest Liverpool ECHO headlines this morning.
Crying sex offender told schoolgirl victim 'I can't help it'
A sex offender cried and told his victim he 'couldn't help it' after attacking her.
William Roberts repeatedly sexually assaulted the youngster over a period of around six months and told her on one occasion "I can't help it". Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Monday, that the 42-year-old's crimes were discovered after he was taken to hospital due to concerns about his mental health and alcohol consumption.
While in hospital Roberts, of Alpha Street in Bootle, admitted his crimes to his sister and told her "I don't know what's real" and believed that his victim was plotting to kill him.
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Peter Killen, prosecuting, said he confessed that he had "heard voices in his head telling him to touch" his victim over the previous eight months and admitted having done so. When police contacted the complainant, she confirmed that he had regularly touched her on the bottom and chest over her clothing.
The schoolgirl described one occasion in which she confronted him and he began crying. Roberts, who appeared via video link to HMP Altcourse, told her: "I can't help it." Read the full story here.
IKEA to open new location on Merseyside in UK first
IKEA has announced plans to open a new location on Merseyside in a UK first.
The retail giant will set up an 'Plan & Order Point' in Aintree in the coming weeks, alongside other locations in Stockport and Preston.
Each new site is expected to employ six people, with one location on track to be opened before Christmas.
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Exact opening dates and locations of the new stores have not yet been announced. Speaking to the ECHO, Deputy country retail manager Marsha Smith said other locations are also being considered across the North West.
The first IKEA store in the UK opened in Warrington 30 years ago and was later followed by a store in Ashton-under-Lyne.
IKEA said the new locations would "complement" the larger stores and provide customers with a "free, bespoke design consultation with experienced IKEA kitchen and bedroom storage experts". Read more here.
Tributes flood in for a 'special' teacher and 'true legend'
Tributes have flooded in for a "special" teacher who was described as a "true legend".
David Harris, who worked at Ormskirk Cross Hall High School, was described as one of the school's "finest maths teachers", who became the department's "trusted and friendly face". Mr Harris, who died age 77, was also known for organising the school's ski-trips before he retired from teaching in 1997.
Ormskirk Cross Hall High School said in a statement posted online: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of another legendary teacher of our times. David Harris was one of our finest maths teachers, who passed away, suddenly last week.
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"Mr Harris will be known to many of you, having started at Cross Hall in the mid-'70s, becoming a trusted & friendly face of the mathematics department & organiser of many school ski trips, until his retirement in 1997. A teacher of this calibre is a rare thing to have, am sure he had an impact on many of his student's lives."
Read the full story here.
