Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Wednesday, December 21.
NHS nurse sacked for stealing two tablets from Merseyside hospital
A woman has been sacked for taking two tablets from Arrowe Park Hospital where she worked.
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Francesca Morgan, from Woolton, said she took the tablets to treat a headache during a shift. The 32-year-old was caught taking the prescriptions from the hospital's pharmacy "without a legitimate reason" a court heard.
She took a co-codamol pill and then a paracetamol tablet after she began feeling unwell while working. Before this, it was reported police had already begun an investigation after health officials noticed that prescription medication had been going missing from their stock.
Moment scrambler biker falls off bike during police chase
Merseyside Police dashcam footage shows the moment a scrambler bike rider falls off his bike on the Knowsley Expressway.
At around 4pm on October 11, 2020, officers received reports of a gang of 10 to 15 scrambler bike riders dangerously driving around the Garswood area of St Helens. Roads Policing Officers spotted three riders driving the wrong way down Dentons Green Lane, going through several red traffic lights and weaving between cars.
The three men failed to stop for officers and then led police on a chase. They continued onto the A5300 Knowsley Expressway where one of the riders, Owen Moran, came off his scrambler bike. He got up and tried to run away but was later detained by officers.
Estate agent warned woman stalker had booked viewing of her home
A former police officer stalked an ex-girlfriend by driving past where she lived and keeping an "intimate" picture of her as a screensaver.
Ian Heed, 58, was in a four year relationship with the woman which ended in 2013. But in the following years Heed "maintained an interest" in the woman by keeping an intimate photo of her as his screensaver and driving past her home on a regular basis.
Paul Cummings, prosecuting, told the Preston Crown Court that between August and December 2020 the woman saw Heed driving past her house so often she decided to move to a cul-de-sac, thinking he would have no reason to enter the road. In September the same year she received a call from an estate agent telling her Heed had requested a viewing on her home.
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