These are the latest ECHO headlines this morning.
Face of voyeur who installed spy cameras in woman's house revealed
This is the face of a voyeur who secretly filmed a woman having sex with her boyfriend after installing spy cameras in her house.
As previously reported by The ECHO, Kristian Kolar "visually raped" his victim by covertly recording thousands of her most intimate moments for more than a year. When his perverted behaviour was finally exposed, police also discovered sick videos of women having sex with horses and dogs on his computer.
Cheshire Police have now released a custody picture of the 39-year-old, from Warrington. Liverpool Crown Court heard on Tuesday, July 12, that Kolar fitted the "concealed" cameras in the complainant's living room, bedroom and bathroom in February 2019.
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They were only discovered in September the following year, having taken 20,315 "voyeuristic images" and 4,311 videos of her in the intervening period. This "insidious invasion of her privacy for sexual gratification" also included films of the woman in bed, on the toilet and naked in the shower.
Police subsequently seized Kolar's laptop and discovered that he had been collecting bestiality porn since 2017. A total of 17 such images and two videos were found on the device, including a clip which showed a dog "mounting a naked blonde woman" and another involving a woman and a horse engaged in intercourse.
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Liverpool Council advised Everton to go online to pay £530k invoice 'the easy way'
Liverpool City Council advised Everton to pay an outstanding £530k invoice by logging on to their website and paying online.
The council spent £841,000 on fees after it agreed to help fund Everton FC's Bramley Moore stadium on the waterfront . Everton later sought alternative sources of funding and did not accept the proposed investment.
In May Everton agreed to pay £502,000 of the £841,000 incurred by Liverpool Council. In a joint statement, it was said that an “amicable settlement” had been reached regarding the Bramley Moore project.
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The ECHO has now seen correspondence sent from the council to Everton which includes advice on how the club can pay the fees online. The first letter concerns a balance of £537,627.27 and the second balance concerns a demand for £303,678.10.
The letters, sent out on January 28 2022, offered a number of payment options including online. The letter read: "Paying online is an easy way to pay. Log onto www.liverpool.gov.uk and follow the instructions. "
Read the full story here.
What a £1,000,000 home looks like in Merseyside compared to London
It's no secret that what you can get for your money differs greatly in the north compared to the south.
With the average house price in Merseyside being £201,012, according to the latest sales data from Rightmove, it's a stark difference to London's average house price of £877,915 in the capital.
Last year most property sales in Merseyside were semi-detached properties which sold for on average £217,928. Terraced properties sold for an average price of £142,644, while detached properties fetched £362,058.
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According to the figures, property here was more expensive than nearby Lancashire (£185,712) in the last year, but was cheaper than Cheshire (£284,386) and Greater Manchester (£232,004). The priciest area within the region was Caldy (£766,563) and the least expensive was Walton (£117,467).
During the last year, sold prices in Merseyside were 4% down on the previous year and 15% up on 2019 when the average house price was £174,131.
Here we take a look at the £1,000,000 homes listed for sale in both Merseyside and London, to see what this amount can buy you in the north compared to the south.
