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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaliyah Rugg

Murder arrest, Audi parking fail, and family loses everything in blaze

Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Monday, April 18.

Woman held as murder probe continues into death of 18-year-old

Police confirmed they had arrested a 34-year-old woman from Fazakerley on suspicion of assisting an offender. She is currently in custody where she is being questioned by detectives and enquiries are still ongoing.

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Merseyside Police were called to London Road in Liverpool city centre after a young man was found badly injured at an internet café. Police and paramedics were called at around 5.50pm on April 16 following reports a teenager had been assaulted.

He was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital where he was pronounced dead. On Monday afternoon, several bouquets of flowers were left just outside the police cordon which remains in place outside the internet café.

Flowers left at the cordoned off Internet Cafe on Monument Place. (Liverpool Echo)

Detective Chief Inspector Terry Davies said: “Although we have made an arrest our enquiries are still ongoing. This incident happened in a busy area of Liverpool City Centre on Saturday evening. We know there were a number of people stood at bus stops on London Road, walking past TJ Hughes or driving along London Road who may have witnessed this incident or a vehicle driving erratically at that time.

"I am keen to appeal to those people to come forward so we can speak to them. Similarly anybody who may have mobile phone footage or dash cam footage then please come forward."

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Audi towed away after Princes Parade parking fail

The Audi vehicle was stuck on the kerb overlooking the waterfront on Princes Parade on April 18. A towing company was photographed lifting the car from the steps earlier today.

The car was towed away after getting stuck on the kerb (Andrew Teebay/Liverpool ECHO)

Police cars were positioned at either end of Princes Parade as the Audi vehicle was being recovered. The driver of the car is set to be hit with a big fine as a yellow penalty notice was visible in the windscreen.

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Family lose everything after scooter battery explosion turns home into blazing inferno

Doris and Stephen Currie and their grandson Leon fear they have lost their home and all their possessions after an electric scooter battery exploded setting the building ablaze.

The house has been destroyed by the fire with the floor caving through in parts (Sharon Currie)

The three occupants and the family dog were trapped in the house as the bedroom doors and the hallway floor were engulfed in flames. The family was settling down for the night before they were forced to run through the fire with no shoes on to escape.

The three are now in hospital suffering smoke inhalation and severe burns to their feet and hands. Emergency services were called to Limekiln Row in Runcorn in the early hours of Sunday morning to reports of a house fire.

Sharon Currie, daughter of Doris and Stephen and mum to Leon, told the ECHO she was "terrified" and "couldn't think" when she received a call saying her parents' home was on fire. The 46-year-old who also lives in Runcorn said: "I got a call telling me there had been a fire and my parents and son were in a really bad way."

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