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The tiny village in Hainaut slumbers in the morning sun. Once a great battle was fought in Fontenoy. Thousands of soldiers died here on 11 May 1745. Some of the words they exchanged on the battlefield have lived on through the years, though the war that they fought has largely been forgotten.
Fake taxi creep who terrified woman was given character reference by Liverpool councillor
Cllr Christine Banks, who heads Liverpool council s licensing committee, wrote a glowing testimonial for an ex private hire driver who targeted a lone woman
05:05, 5 APR 2021
Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Christine Banks
A bogus taxi driver jailed for attacking a female passenger was given a character reference by a Liverpool councillor.
Cllr Christine Banks provided a glowing testimonial for ex-private hire driver Joseph Prior, the ECHO can now reveal.
But he went out late in Liverpool city centre in March 2019 to try and pick up illegal fares, when he targeted a drunk lone woman.
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Stabbing neighbour, knife thug and repulsive paedophile jailed this week
An overview of the most serious cases linked to Merseyside over the last seven days
05:00, 8 MAR 2021
Updated
These are the faces of 15 criminals locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this past week.
One judge had to deal with a pair of brothers behind a huge cocaine conspiracy that was backed up by an arsenal of guns and grenades.
A court heard about a young knife thug and his mum who tried to help smuggle tens of thousands of pounds of drugs and other illicit items in prison
Judges had to sentence repulsive paedophiles who ruined the lives of young girls and in one instance even had the gall to blame their victim.