Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Teen downloaded child sexual abuse images when he was just 13
A teen found with images of girls aged three or four being sexually abused had been downloading child abuse pictures since he was 13.
Ryan Cham was found with 878 indecent images of children when police raided his parents’ home in Noctorum and seized electronic devices from him last year.
Later analysis revealed that Cham, now 19, had first downloaded indecent images in October 2016, when he was just 13.
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However, Carmel Wilde, prosecuting, said Cham later told police his offending had mainly escalated during the pandemic when he was isolated and spent far more time online.
Police eventually raided his family’s home in February last year after tracing his details to an indecent image uploaded to the Discord app.
Ms Wilde said an analysis revealed that some of the images showed girls as young as three or four being raped.
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Aintree woman's multimillion pound brand she started with just five items
An Aintree woman is celebrating six years in business after launching a jewellery brand with just five items.
Charlotte Donoghue, 31, created Say It With Diamonds in June of 2016 with five necklaces and has since seen her business become a multimillion-pound company.
Six years ago, social media and influencer marketing wasn't utilised the way it is today but Charlotte was determined to stand out from competitors, so took her five trial designs to Instagram and Facebook.
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Within hours, Say It With Diamonds had 10 orders for the brand's best selling initial necklaces that are still in high demand today.
Reinvesting into the business and stock, Charlotte continued to buy more and more luxury pieces which saw the brand continue to grow.
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Lark Lane venue's plans spark row
A Lark Lane venue wants to change how it operates - but is facing opposition from local councillors.
Polidor is one of a number of restaurant-bar venues on the famous south Liverpool street owned by businessman Robert Gutmann.
Mr Gutmann also owns popular sites The Old School House, The Ink in the Well, The Bookbinder and Love and Rockets on Lark Lane.
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Polidor opened in 2018 as a restaurant and bar, but with conditions that meant alcohol could only be served to customers sat at a table who were also ordering food.
Mr Gutmann has now applied to the city council to change the conditions of that original premises licence.
His application states that he wishes to amend the condition to read 'supply of alcohol will only be made to persons seated' - removing the requirement for people to be ordering food in order to be served alcohol.
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