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Footballers' tribute, man faces murder trial and viral takeaway's plans

The latest ECHO headlines at lunchtime on Friday, August 26

Liverpool Echo

Salman Rushdie wasn't the first novelist to suffer an assassination attempt by someone who hadn't read their book

Hadi Matar, the man charged with the attempted murder of the distinguished novelist Salman Rushdie, admitted that he had only “read like two pages” of “The Satanic Verses,” Rushdie’s 1988 novel that angered fundamentalist Muslims around the world. Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatalloh Ruhollah Khomeini, who announced a fatwa calling…

The Conversation

Chilling footage shows killer walk past victim's mum moments after murder

Tragically 18-year-old Lily Sullivan was murdered just moments after phoning her mum to ask for a lift home in December 2021.

Daily Record

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Mum makes eye contact with stranger in street - moments after he killed her daughter

Anna Sullivan described Lewis Haines, 31, as "pure evil" before he was jailed for life for the murder of her daughter 18-year-old Lily Sullivan in Pembroke, south-west Wales.

Daily Mirror

Woman denies murdering talented musician with three set to stand trial

Adrian Swift was found dead aged 57 in address on Bishopgate Street in Wavertree

Liverpool Echo

Armed police raid flat linked to Olivia Pratt-Korbel shooting

A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder

Liverpool Echo

Man charged in April fatal shooting in Humboldt Park

Stevion Davis, 22, is charged with murder in the April 25 fatal shooting of DeLance Wilson, 32.

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Metro Mayor says Liverpool is not 'unsafe' in wake of murders

Steve Rotheram says some people are trying to "do the city down" following the recent spate of killings

Liverpool Echo

'Relief and hope' on streets of Dovecot at news of murder arrest in Olivia case

Olivia's community are hoping the arrest will lead to justice for the nine-year-old

Liverpool Echo

Wife of murdered Perth aid worker David Haines says her pain goes on as Isis killer is jailed

El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced on Friday in the US for his role in the hostage-taking outrage after being convicted by a jury in April this year

Daily Record

Man accused of stabbing his mum to death set to face murder trial

Karen Dempsey died aged 55 after being knifed in the chest in pub car park

Liverpool Echo

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after young woman found dead remains in custody being quizzed by detectives

The man is being questioned by cops from GMP's Major Incident Team

Manchester Evening News

Sonali Phogat was given synthetic drug by accused, both arrested: Goa Police

PANAJI: Goa Police on Friday arrested two people in connection with the murder of TikTok star and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sonali Phogat.

The Times of India

The haunting moment killer Lewis Haines walks past mum as she waits for daughter he'd just murdered

"He murdered my only child and then walked past my car knowing I was waiting for her"

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Dynamite News

Goa: Two held in connection with Sonali Phogat murder case

Goa police arrested two people in connection with the alleged murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and actress Sonali Phogat. Read more on Dynamite News:

Liverpool Echo

Coronation Street fans 'work out' who framed Stu for murder

Some viewers initially thought it may have been the detective, but many have now changed their minds

The Independent UK

Trial date set for man charged with the murder of Tyson Fury’s cousin

Liam O’Prey is accused of killing Rico Burton, who was stabbed to death outside a bar in Altrincham.

Liverpool Echo

How long police can hold Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder suspect for after arrest

Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley explained the process which follows an arrest

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Daily Mirror

Michelle Keegan shows off new blonde highlights as she transforms for new TV role

Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan is looking unrecognisable after ditching her signature brunette hairdo for her role in Sky's Bassic as she dresses up for a murder mystery night

Evening Standard

Norwegian man charged with attempted murder after stabbing near Liverpool St Station

Egidijus Kotovas, 29, of Oslo, has been arrested after a man was stabbed in the neck

The Hindu

BJP Yuva Morcha activist murder: Nine police personnel from coastal districts to assist NIA

Additional Director General of Police M.A. Saleem said these nine police personnel will be on office duty (OOD) for one month at the NIA’s office in Bengaluru

Daily Mirror

Corrie's Stu actor Bill Fellows teases 'twists and turns' in murder plot as 'no one wins'

Coronation Street's Stu Carpenter is trying to clear his name over a past murder, but there could be more heartbreak ahead

The National (Scotland)

36-year-old arrested on suspicion of murdering 9-year-old in Liverpool

POLICE said the 36-year-old murder suspect was also arrested over two attempted murders ...

Irish Mirror

Man arrested on suspicion of murdering schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, shot dead in Liverpool

Schoolgirl Olivia was shot dead in her own home after a gunman burst through her front door.

The Independent UK

Man arrested on suspicion of murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The arrest came after an operation involving armed officers in the Merseyside area on Thursday night.

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