THIS is the full unedited transcript of what His Honour Justice Globe QC told Claughton killer Gary Finlay this afternoon, as he sentenced him to life with a minimum of 25 years for the horrific broad daylight murder of former soldier Graham McKenna and the attempted murder of his teenage son, Michael.
A MAN has today been sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a former soldier from Birkenhead and the attempted murder of his 14-year-old son.
LABOUR councillor Denis Knowles has tonight dramatically quit the Wirral party to join the arch-rival Conservatives. In a scathing speech before he "crossed" the council chamber at Wallasey Town Hall this evening, he blamed his decision on the ruling Labour/Lib Dem administration's dogged support of the controversial strategic asset review (SAR), which among other cuts is recommending the closure of 11 of Wirral's 24 libraries.
STUNNED homeowners in Hillcroft Road in Poulton, Wallasey, which was attacked by a pair of teenage vandals in an overnight wrecking spree, have been handed a bill by Wirral Council for the clean-up.
POLICE have launched a murder investigation after the body of a four-year-old girl named by police as Chloe Fletcher was found at her Poulton, Wallasey home in the early hours of this morning. A 22-year-old woman has been arrested. The Wirral Globe understands the family were "known" to social services.
TWO teenagers have been arrested after slates were hurled off a roof, hitting police cars, after a five-hour stand-off in Poulton, Wallasey, last night.
