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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Pervert posted topless cleaner adverts, man found 'slumped behind bins' and £1.2m home

Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.

Topless cleaner adverts land sex attacker back in court

A sex attacker placed adverts for topless women to clean his home.

Matthew Bushell, 48, is banned from advertising for women to contact him as a result of past sex attacks.

The pervert lured two female victims to his home under false pretences then molested them in 2013.

READ MORE: Paedophile's excuse not believed by judge

Courts have heard about his "unhealthy obsession" with sex and history of using sex workers.

But last December he flouted the ban by placing 32 ads for what he called "consensual sexual entertainment".

Read the full story from our court reporter Neil Docking here.

Man died after being found 'slumped behind bins' in city centre

A man died after being found in Liverpool city centre, an inquest has found.

Geno Stephen Franklin from Birkenhead was found "slumped behind bins" on Riding Street in the city centre on September 8 of this year.

An inquest held on December 16 at Gerard Majella Courthouse heard the 38-year-old had appeared "excited and in good spirits" in a conversation with his support worker earlier in the day, before he headed into the city centre.

READ MORE: Drug driver laughs outside court after smashing into doctor during police chase

After being discovered, he was taken by ambulance to the nearby Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he died later that day.

Read the full story here.

£1.2m home on street where Premier League footballer players have lived

A millionaire home has come on the market in Merseyside, in an area known for Premier League Footballers and celebrities.

The five bedroom property, is just a stone’s throw away from Victoria Road in Formby, known as ‘millionaire’s row’ because of it’s expensive houses.

On Timms Lane, it is nestled on it’s own private plot with a gated entrance and secluded back garden.

READ MORE: Merseyside town named most 'in demand' house hotspot to move to

In the past, Timms Lane and surrounding residential areas of Victoria Road, have been known to house LFC and EFC players and coaching staff.

While estate agents stay tight-lipped about who exactly calls these houses ‘home’, they have previously confirmed that players and management staff have rented on the street.

See full information and images of the property here.

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