Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Drunk EasyJet passenger on flight from Greece threw bottle
A drunk man on an easyJet flight threw a bottle and refused to wear a mask while onboard.
Dominykas Donela, of Vanbrugh Crescent, Anfield, was flying back from Rhodes, Greece with his family when he was considered so drunk he was refused alcohol.
Nastassia McAdam, prosecuting told Liverpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday, February 1, how the 24-year-old refused to wear a mask, became abusive and threw a bottle towards a crew member.
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The captain of the flight called ahead to the manager at John Lennon Airport about "an abusive passenger on board" and when the plane landed at 10.10pm police were waiting for him.
Police noticed Donela's eyes were glazed, his speech slurred and he smelt of alcohol.
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Paedophile avoids jail because of his disability
A paedophile who said he wanted to take a girl to bed has avoided jail.
Philip Street, 41, sent sexually explicit messages to a person he believed was a 13-year-old child.
He asked the supposed girl whether she would make him wear a condom if they were to have sex.
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The pervert, of Bedford Avenue, Rock Ferry, was actually talking to an undercover police officer.
But a judge said his "very significant disability" substantially reduced his responsibility for the crime.
Street admitted attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail.
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Thug subjected ex-girlfriend to horrific attack while being chased by police
A teenager rammed into a taxi, dragged his former girlfriend out, forced her into a stolen car and then beat her as he led police on a high-speed chase.
Kirk Davies followed the taxi after spotting his ex and her friends inside the vehicle on September 5.
Those inside the taxi told the driver not to stop after Davies gestured to them, but he then tailed the car and forced it off the road.
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Summing up the incident, Recorder David O’Mahoney said: “You and your victim had been in a relationship. There is material to suggest it was, at least at times, violent and abusive.
“At 1.47pm on September 5 she was in the back of a taxi with two of her friends. You were driving in the same area. The car you had been travelling in was stolen and was on false number plates.
“You noticed your ex girlfriend and started gesturing to her.”
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