Merseyside

American

[mur-zee-sahyd] / ˈmɜr ziˌsaɪd /

noun

a metropolitan county in W England. 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km).

Merseyside British

/ ˈmɜːzɪˌsaɪd /

noun

a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Sefton, Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley, and Wirral. Area: 652 sq km (252 sq miles)

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Peter Sullivan had been serving a life sentence for the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall in Merseyside, but fresh DNA testing saw him cleared by the Court of Appeal and released from prison in May 2025.

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Since the case was re-opened Merseyside Police has asked for voluntary DNA samples resulting in 461 men - including Sindall's male relatives and fiancé - being eliminated from the investigation.

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A new DNA profile was recovered, and after it proved to be categorically not a match for Sullivan the case was re-opened by Merseyside Police.

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If Revie moved to Goodison Park, perhaps there would have been no ill-fated appointment as England manager a year later, by which time he may have fulfilled his intention to bring England internationals Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry from Elland Road to Merseyside.

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The gold Merc looked set for Merseyside again.

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