These are the latest ECHO headlines this morning.
Footballer and businesswoman's downfall in £1m gang
A former professional footballer and successful businesswoman's secret life as an accountant for a £1million drugs gang was exposed after police swooped to arrest her at an airport.
Faye Dunn once boasted a portfolio of companies across a range of sectors. But now the young mum is beginning a prison stretch of nearly four years.
The 38-year-old's sporting career alone would be the envy of many. One highlight of her time in football came 20 years ago as a promising teenager playing for England at youth level.
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Dunn, then 18, helped her team qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA European Women's U19 Championship. She netted goals during two of the Lionesses' group games during the tournament, against Denmark and Switzerland.
The "box-to-box midfielder" turned out for Tranmere Rovers before joining Leeds United in 2003. One documented appearance for the former came after she bagged a hattrick against Southampton in November 2000, although Dunn was sent off while facing Doncaster Belles in March 2002.
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Dad of three knew he'd 'lose everything' by chatting to 'underage' girl
A dad-of-three sexually pursued a "13-year-old girl" despite knowing he could "lose everything".
David Cooper chatted with 13-year-old 'Grace' via Kik Messenger, and tried to incite the teenager to have sex with him. But unknown to Cooper, 'Grace,' was actually an undercover police officer whose role was to find paedophiles online.
Cooper agreed with the girl in a series of online messages that her mum would kill her if she knew about their chats. The defendant added: "She won't know but I could go to prison and lose everything."
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Liverpool Crown Court heard on Thursday, September 1 that Cooper, 35, of Nicholas Road, Widnes, was a diagnostic technician at a car manufacturer on the brink of promotion. But the family man's career was now in ruins after he was jailed for 27 months.
Judge Anil Murray told Cooper: “You say you are not attracted to children. It is not possible for me to accept that and you now seem to accept that situation.”
Although Cooper - described as a "loving and dedicated father" - stopped contacting the fake child three months before police knocked at his door, the judge said the only appropriate punishment was an immediate jail term. Read more here.
Man caused 100 injuries during attack that killed his own dad
A thug who strangled a woman in a vicious assault killed his own dad 17 years ago in an attack so severe that doctors found more than 100 injuries across his body.
David Alty was jailed last week after launching an attack on a family friend who gave him a place to stay.
Alty, now 36, was heavily drunk and in the midst of a psychotic episode when he punched the woman before strangling her and telling her he was going to kill her at her home in Litherland earlier this year.
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He was detained in hospital after admitting assault occasioning actual bodily harm after the woman, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, said she feared she was about to die during the attack.
The court heard Alty was also sent to prison back in 2006 after admitting killing his own dad.
Reporting in the ECHO from the time of the killing shows Alty attacked his father, Edward Hall, with his walking stick. Liverpool Crown Court heard on that occasion that Mr Hall, who was 56 when he died, was an alcoholic who frequently subjected his son to significant verbal abuse.
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