Two people who murdered a man in Skelmersdale have both been jailed for a minimum term in prison of 28 years. Deborah Andrews, 44, of Elmstead, Skelmersdale and William Vaill, 37, of Evington, Skelmersdale, were given life sentences following the murder of Eamon Brady. The pair were arrested last year following a fire at Mr Brady’s address. Firefighters were called
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Detectives investigating a gunpoint robbery in Skelmersdale in November 2018 have released CCTV images of a man they want to identify. Police were called around 8.50pm on November 21 following reports of a robbery at the Food Store in Bearncroft. A man had entered the shop holding a black handgun demanding cash and cigarettes from a shop worker. The offender
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Read moreDetectives are investigating a serious assault that took place on Sunday February 10th in Skelmersdale. Paramedics and police were called shortly after 7am to a report of an incident at an address on Helmsdale. Emergency services attended and a 20-year-old man was found suffering from multiple stab injuries. He was treated at the scene by paramedics and has been taken
Read moreA 13-year-old boy has been taken to Liverpool’s Alder Hey hospital after yet another accident on County Road near to the Hayfield Pub. The incident happened at around 3pm and police closed the road from Southport Road to Yew Tree Lane. Ambulances and police attended the scene and an eyewitness said that they saw someone being treated on the side
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A man and woman have been convicted of murder following the death of a man in Skelmersdale. The couple have been found guilty of murdering Eamon Brady in July 2018. Deborah Andrews, 44, of Elmstead, Skelmersdale, was found guilty of murdering Eamon Brady at Preston Crown Court on Friday, February 1 following a trial. William Vaill, 37, of Evington, Skelmersdale,
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Police were called around 2am on Friday January 18 to Ormskirk nightclub Alpine after reports of an altercation outside the venue in Railway Road. Two men were alleged to have been fighting when a 20-year-old woman was hit in the face with a bottle. The woman suffered a broken nose and cuts to her face. She was taken to Southport
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