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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Alan Weston

Terrifying pub shootout, teen stabbed in back, and airport chaos

Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Friday, February 24, to keep you up to date.

Shocking CCTV footage shows two men shooting each other with the same gun

Two thugs brought their vendetta into a crowded Liverpool pub without giving a thought to the safety of others.

James Freeman armed himself with a loaded pistol and hunted down Alan Roberts outside the Old Bank Pub in Page Moss.

The clip shows Roberts ran inside, hid behind the door and when the masked "assassin" came in, tried to grab the weapon.

The career criminals wrestled over the gun in the pub foyer, when it went off, with two bullet fragments striking Roberts in the groin.

But after two men helped Roberts kick and punch Freeman to the floor, the "victim" took hold of the semi-automatic gun.

The two men appeared separately at Liverpool Crown Court to be sentenced over the shootout, on the first day after lockdown ended on Monday, May 17 last year.

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Teen stabbed in back after gang of men attacked him for his bike

Sefton Park, Liverpool (Liverpool ECHO)

A teenage boy was stabbed in the back and shoulder in Sefton Park.

The victim was riding his push bike through the South Liverpool park between 8pm and 8.30pm with another teenage friend on Thursday, February 24.

They were then approached by a group to 10 men, dressed in dark clothing with their faces covered.

The suspects then attacked the boys, stabbing one of them in the back and shoulder, before stealing a black Carrera Vengeance mountain bike.

Police have confirmed that they boy was taken to hospital for his injuries were he remains in a stable condition.

An investigation is now underway and officers are currently carrying out CCTV and witness enquiries in the area.

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Manchester Airport passengers share pictures of chaotic queues

Manchester Airport's Terminal One in 2020 (Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)

Chaos ensued at Manchester Airport this afternoon with passengers reporting long queues.

In pictures shared on Twitter crowds of people can be seen in Terminal One.

Some holidaymakers said they had been waiting for over an hour to get through passport control.

According to the M.E.N, one holidaymaker claimed how he heard staff saying passengers would not be allowed off planes that had arrived at the airport.

Read the full story here.

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