These are the latest ECHO headlines this morning.
One punch uncle left nephew with three bleeds on brain
A man who battered a friend so badly he was left in a coma went on to cause a devastating head injury to his own nephew.
Paul Maylor was jailed yesterday for two separate attacks which saw him cause life changing injuries to his victims.
Having attacked his friend Peter Gibbons so viciously that Mr Gibbons jumped out a first floor window because he thought he may be killed, Maylor then attacked his own nephew while on bail.
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Mr Gibbons was attacked in early 2020 and was in intensive care for 17 days. He lost the sight in his left eye because of Maylor’s attack. Maylor was only interviewed months later and denied the offences.
Then, while on bail, he attacked nephew Thomas Maylor. Stella Hayden, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court Thomas Maylor struggled with alcoholism and had tried to go to stay with his uncle after an evening of drinking. When he couldn’t get into his home on Clapham Road he then damaged Maylor’s window and his car.
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Machete thug gets extra year in jail for wasting court's time
A violent thug who threatened to kill his housemate with a machete was given an extra 56 days jail time for wasting a court's time with an unwinnable appeal.
Florin Scorcea, 43, was jailed for five years for assaulting, blackmailing and threatening to kill his housemate in 2020. Judge David Swinnerton also handed the brute a three-year extended licence period when first sentencing him at Liverpool Crown Court.
Scorcea who was legally representing himself, lodged an appeal against the sentence on grounds including that his legal team were incompetent and that his mental health issues were not taken into account. The appeal was first refused by a single judge in August last year and again this week by a panel of three justices at the High Court in London.
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A court can make a loss of time order if the appeal has "no merit" to deter people from making appeals that have no chance of succeeding and wasting court time. It means any time spent in custody since the appeal application was put in will not count towards the sentence.
Rejecting his appeal for a second time, Mr Justice Fraser said: "The legal team at trial represented the appellant to a high standard, involving but not limited to defending a bad character application mounted by the prosecution relating to a previous conviction for attempted murder in Spain."
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Liverpool nightclub that 'rose from the ashes' to be burned again
A "magnificent" Liverpool nightclub which saw numerous famous faces pass through its doors "rose from the ashes" to be engulfed in flames for a second time.
The former Shakespeare Theatre, whose name had been synonymous with variety since it opened in 1888, had played host to stars including Sarah Bernhardt, Lily Langtree and film actress Greer Garson among others. After spells as the Pigalle Theatre Club and the New Shakespeare, in the early 1960s it became the Shakespeare Club, known for cabaret and later a casino club inside.
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Affectionately nicknamed 'the Shakey,' the Fraser Street venue was taken over by the Robley Group which had renamed it the Shakespeare Club and invested heavily in its refurbishment. When it closed after period as a theatre club, efforts were made to acquire it for a warehouse and furniture showroom., but because of ‘public outcry’ the move is said to have failed.
The Shakespeare Club boasted a lot of original features and attracted many across Merseyside and a number of stars who performed there. Anyone who went there in the late 1960s and early 1970s will remember the olive green, cream and gold theatre with oak panelling and four-tiered balconies – the top one was never used.
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