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Merseyside Police Drop Harassment Case as Time Expires

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  • Merseyside Police dropped the harassment case against councillor Gerard Woodhoue after the prosecution time limit expired.
  • Woodhoue was ordered last year to stop harassing Lord Mayor Christine Banks with anonymous letters from 2023 to 2025.
  • Fingerprint evidence linked Woodhoue to a poison-pen letter to a housing-association boss sent 12 months before his campaign against Banks.