Overview

• Karl O’Hare remains wanted after failing to appear at Liverpool Crown Court in 2003, with an arrest warrant still active.
• Detectives are seeking information on O’Hare’s whereabouts in connection with the December 2002 attack at Birch Close, Oxton, in which John O’Hare was killed and Diane O’Hare was gravely injured.
• Police released a previously unseen 2002 image and note possible links for O’Hare to Northern Ireland and Scotland.
• Diane O’Hare spent seven months in a coma and later died in 2019 from her injuries, and officers say they continue to review every new lead.
• Information can be reported via X @MerPolCC, the Merseyside Police Facebook Contact Centre, the online portal or 101 quoting incident 0517278533, or anonymously to Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111.