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Liverpool ECHO reporter Greg O'Keeffe on the impact Michael Shields' four years in prison have had on him and his family

LIVERPOOL ECHO reporter Greg O'Keeffe has covered Michael Shields' case from the outset, visiting him in a Bulgarian jail and is now writing Michael's story - here he explains the impact being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit has had on the Wavertree 22-year-old and his family