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| A shopkeeper from Lancashire has been told he will not face a murder charge after a man who tried to rob him was stabbed to death with his own knife. | |
| Liam Kilroe, 25, from Billinge, near St Helens, Merseyside, was wanted by police when he was killed in Skelmersdale on 17 February. | |
| Police believe he was trying to rob Tony Singh, who owns the Lifestyle Express store in the Birleywood area. | Police believe he was trying to rob Tony Singh, who owns the Lifestyle Express store in the Birleywood area. |
| The shopkeeper was arrested but later bailed pending further inquiries. | The shopkeeper was arrested but later bailed pending further inquiries. |
| 'Violent attack' | |
| Kilroe, who had previous convictions for assault and robbery, died from a single stab wound to the chest. | |
| Just days before the fatal incident, Lancashire Police had appealed for him to hand himself in after he failed to appear at Preston Crown Court to face armed robbery charges. | |
| Following the announcement not to prosecute Mr Singh over the attack, Det Supt Mick Gradwell of Lancashire Police said: "This was a violent attack on Mr Singh by a convicted armed robber. | |
| "My recommendation was that Mr Singh should not be prosecuted and I am pleased that the Crown Prosecution Service has agreed with that." |