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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Inmate's online video, man's 'widowmaker' heart attack and most expensive streets

Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.

Inmate who labelled jail staff 'murderers' given longer prison sentence

A prisoner had his sentence extended after creating a video wrongly blaming jail staff for the death of an inmate and posting it online.

The man told investigators probing the death of Paul Jones he “regarded the security department staff at Walton as ‘murderers’”.

An inquiry into Mr Jones’ death has concluded there was no evidence to support his claims.

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The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) launched an investigation into Mr Jones’ death after he was found in his cell in September 2018.

The 36-year-old had been in Walton, formally known as HMP Liverpool, for 16 days.

While he was initially considered at risk of self-harm, he was taken off monitoring checks after three days - a move the PPO concluded was “premature”.

Read the full story here.

Merseyside's most expensive streets popular with footballers and celebrities

Certain areas in Merseyside draw in some of the region's richest people, but what is the most expensive street?

The likes of Woolton, Childwall and Allerton are some of the areas in Liverpool which attract business owners, celebrities and footballers.

It's no surprise then that homes in these areas sell at a higher then average price then other areas in Merseyside.

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Looking at the average house prices in Merseyside for postcodes between L1 to L36, a new tool by Property Solvers has found the streets where the highest-priced homes are located.

The street which came up on top for being the most expensive was one in Woolton, popular with footballers and also boasts numerous Beatles landmarks.

John Lennon's childhood home Mendips, where he was raised by his Aunt Mimi, is in Woolton and was bought by his widow Yoko Ono and donated to the National Trust.

Read more here.

EasyJet crew member meets strangers who saved his life after 'widowmaker' heart attack

There were hugs and tears as a cyclist who collapsed in a car park after suffering a massive heart attack was reunited with the strangers who saved his life.

James Heywood lost consciousness due to a blocked major artery while riding his bike past Motor Bodies Widnes at around 1pm on June 15 last year.

This week the James and husband Nathan Shillcock visited the garage to meet and thank passer-by Colette Bourke who found James lying unresponsive and “screamed” for help, Rachel Pepper-Brown who rang 999, and Julie Major and Alan Shepphard who gave CPR, as they shared the story of how James survived with the ECHO.

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Easyjet cabin crew member James was riding home on his bike when he collapsed in heart failure in the car park of the garage on Lunt’s Heath Road.

First to find him was passer-by Colette, who was on the way to a family member’s house when she saw a pair of legs on the ground that she initially took for a mechanic working on the underside of a car.

She then saw a bike and as she moved closer realised it was someone unconscious.

Read more here.

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