These are the faces of 505 Merseyside criminals who were jailed …

Hundreds of criminals appeared before the law courts again this year.

Some of the highest profile trials in Merseyside’s history were heard during 2023. These saw the killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel^[1], Elle Edwards^[2] and Ashley Dale^[3] brought to justice.

But Liverpool Crown Court, Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, Sefton Magistrates’ Court and Wirral Magistrates’ Court remained as busy as ever with all manner of cases. These are the faces of 505 Merseyside criminals who were jailed over the past 12 months.

Andrew Stinchcomb

Andrew Stinchcomb admitted causing William Ludlow’s death by carless driving (Image: Merseyside Police)

A beloved dad screamed “oh my god” as a BMW veered into his path seconds before he was killed in a head-on crash.

William Ludlow was critically injured when drink driver Andrew Stinchcomb smashed into his car at speed. The “well-loved family man” died in hospital two days later.

The killer motorist was still more than double the limit when tested six hours after the smash. He was jailed for 56 months after admitting causing death by careless driving.

Kevin King

Kevin King (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile sexually abused a girl after grooming her with fizzy drinks and Timberland boots.

Kevin King’s victim was left feeling “trapped” after being subjected to years of sickening assaults at his hands. In spite of this, he continued to plead his innocence.

King was unanimously found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two charges of causing a child to watch sexual activity by a jury following a trial. He was jailed for eight years, as well as being handed a lifelong notification requirement and a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim for 10 years.

Nicholas Bunclark

Nicholas Bunclark, 30 of St Oswald’s Lane in Netherton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who leapt the dock and escaped court said he “almost could not believe no one was following him.”

Nicholas Bunclark^[6] was jailed for 16 months after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but vaulted a gate out of an unsecured dock at Liverpool Crown Court^[7] then went on the run. But the 30-year-old handed himself in the following day and was hauled back to court again, pleading guilty to escaping from lawful custody and being handed a further four months.

Thanh Nguyen

Thanh Nguyen (Image: Merseyside Police)

A fraudster attempted to take driving theory tests while pretending to be other men after being promised cash and clothes.

Thanh Nguyen was recruited to take part in the scam after fleeing loan sharks, who had trafficked him to the UK from Vietnam in order to work in a drugs farm. Nguyen admitted four counts of fraud and was jailed for a year.

Callum Boscoe

Callum Boscoe, 25, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years in prison (Image: Merseyside Police)

Callum Boscoe was jailed for four years after a spree of 30 burglaries, attempted burglaries and thefts in the space of a month.

Cheryl O’Callaghan, Steven Hardaker and Adam Oldland

Cheryl O’Callaghan was found guilty of murdering Adrian Swift (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman who murdered her “drinking partner” by beating him with a bat and pushing him down a flight of stairs was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years.

Cheryl O’Callaghan was unanimously found guilty of the murder of Adrian Swift by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court. The 57-year-old victim told a 999 call that he had been “battered s***less” at their home on Bishopsgate Street in Wavertree^[8] before his death.

Alex Leach KC, prosecuting, told jurors he had been living at the address with O’Callaghan, her boyfriend Steven Hardaker and a fourth housemate, Adam Oldland. On March 23 2021, the day before his death, he was taken to hospital after a 999 call in which he told the operator he had been “battered s***less”.

Steven Hardaker admitted perverting the course of justice in connection with the murder of Adrian Swift (Image: Merseyside Police)

Mr Swift also stated to paramedics that 46-year-old O’Callaghan, of Stanton Crescent in Kirkby^[9], had beaten him with a bat and pushed him down a flight of stairs. The following morning, he discharged himself and returned to the property despite sustaining “serious facial and bodily injuries”.

Three hours later, 51-year-old Oldland – of Sunnyside, Sefton^[10] Park – alerted the emergency services to Mr Swift’s death. O’Callaghan claimed that she had only become aware that Mr Swift was injured the previous day when the ambulance arrived at the property.

Adam Oldland admitted perverting the course of justice in connection with the murder of Adrian Swift (Image: Merseyside Police)

Describing herself as a “functioning alcoholic”, she said on the witness box that she had spent the day listening to music on her headphones in the living room with the door closed. Mr Swift subsequently told doctors he had “been assaulted by his housemate” and recalled waking on the floor with his injuries.

But, shortly before 8.30am on March 24, the musician discharged himself and took a taxi back to Bishopsgate Street. He died at around 11.30am the same day as a result of his injuries.

Hardaker, also 51 and of Aigburth^[11] Drive in Sefton Park^[12], and Oldland both admitted perverting the course of justice after giving a false account to emergency services that Mr Swift had sustained his injuries during a fall and then drowned in the bath. They were locked up for 25 months each.

Jamie Walsh and Matthew Lee

Jamie Walsh, 37, jailed over a UK wide cannabis and cocaine conspiracy (Image: Merseyside Police)

A cocaine and cannabis kingpin who fled to Spain had a network of drug runners across the UK on his payroll while posing as a dog-breeder.

St Helens^[13]-based Jamie Walsh, 37, was described as the organiser of a sophisticated conspiracy supplying multi kilos of drugs between Liverpool and Cornwall, Cumbria and Scotland. He employed Matthew Lee to traffic drugs across the country via the motorways and railway networks.

Matthew Lee, jailed as part of a major UK wide drugs conspiracy headed by Jamie Walsh (Image: National Crime Agency)

After being extradited from Spain, Walsh admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis and was jailed for 11 years and 11 months. Lee admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and was given four years.

Michael Sadler

Michael Sadler, 39, assaulted four police officers (Image: Cheshire Police)

A violent alcoholic strangled a police officer until he could not breathe.

Michael Sadler, of the Calvers in Runcorn, then bit another PC. The 39-year-old was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to strangulation and four counts of assaulting an emergency service worker.

Malcolm Lewis

Malcolm Lewis (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thief admitted he was “out of order” after attacking a Tesco^[14] security guard with a machete.

Malcolm Lewis hit the worker in the eye with the “fearsome” weapon after he foiled his shoplifting attempts. The 52-year-old pleaded guilty to theft, making threats with an offensive weapon and assault and was jailed for 20 months.

Mykal Owoo

Mykal Owoo was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday. (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile was arrested in B&Q.

Mykal Owoo was found with 22 indecent images of children on his phone after being detained in the store in Speke^[15] where he worked, but showed no “genuine remorse” for his actions. He was jailed for a year.

Jamie Dugdale

Jamie Dugdale (Image: Cheshire Police)

A heroin dealer’s dad flushed his son’s drugs down the toilet after seeing him get arrested.

Jamie Dugdale admitted possession of heroin with intent to supply. He was jailed for three years.

Rio Jones

Rio Jones was convicted of attempting to murder Shakur Watson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager was jailed for life after shooting a 15-year-old girl in the neck as she waited for a bus home from school.

The innocent schoolgirl was caught in the crossfire after Rio Jones discharged six gunshots at a rival as he pursued him through the streets of Toxteth^[16] on an electric bike in March 2022. The 19-year-old was found guilty of attempting to murder the target, Shakur Watson, and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent by a jury following a trial.

He also admitted possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Jones showed no emotion as he was imprisoned for life with a minimum term of 16-and-a-half years.

Megan Woodham, Daniel Doran and Kelsey Higgins

Megan Woodham (Image: Merseyside Police)

A member of staff at a prison smuggled ketamine into the jail where she worked as a healthcare assistant.

Megan Woodham used her job to conceal the shipments of drugs, which she then handed over to inmate Daniel Doran. She also used her home as the “safehouse” for a wider ring involved in the supply of millions of pounds of cocaine, members of which were handed lengthy spells behind bars.

Daniel Doran (Image: Merseyside Police)

A trial heard that Doran, of Hall Lane in Kirkby, was a serving prisoner at HMP Risley in Warrington^[17] between December 2021 and February 2022, with Woodham having been employed as a health worker in the jail. David Watson, prosecuting, described how they – together with co-defendant Kelsey Higgins – were “involved in the supply of a very large quantity of high purity cocaine”.

Kelsey Higgins (Image: Merseyside Police)

Doran was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine but admitted conspiracy to supply ketamine and was jailed for 15 years. Higgins was convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine by a jury and was handed 13-and-a-half years.

Woodham was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine and ketamine and was jailed for six years.

Sean Fagan

Sean Fagan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thief weaved in and out of traffic on the East Lancs in a stolen Audi A6 in a desperate bid to escape police.

Sean Fagan then attempted to flee on foot, but was detained after a chase. He was jailed for nine months for aggravated vehicle taking and driving while disqualified.

James Ashton

James Ashton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer asked “is that all?” after being jailed for breaking a man’s jaw during a “straightener” at a pub.

James Ashton repeatedly punched a man in the face and threw a chair at him after a dispute arose between the two over an alleged stolen sum of money. He admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was imprisoned for seven months, after which he was heard to say: “Is that all?

Paula Higham

Paula Higham (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman threatened to kill her former partner despite already being banned from contacting him.

Paula Higham also issued threats towards her ex’s mum, calling her “rough” before adding “she will be looking worse soon”. She was jailed for eight months.

Jason Revill

Jason Revill (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and cocaine dealer who used the pseudonym “Bald Bonsai” on EncroChat gave a judge the thumbs up after he was jailed for 15-and-a-half years

Jason Revill admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin, possession of heroin with into to supply and possession of criminal property. He smiled and said “thank you very much your honour” as he gave a thumbs up to the judge upon learning his sentence.

Colin Shannon

Colin Shannon (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man said “oo, that hurt” after being stabbed in the chest outside a pub by a barred customer.

Colin Shannon shouted “have some of that” as he knifed his victim at the Ship Hotel in New Brighton^[18]. He admitted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article in a public place and was jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Dean Newland

Dean Newland appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court after assaulting Wetherspoons workers (Image: Merseyside Police)

A sex offender who attacked and threatened two Wetherspoons workers while drunk was jailed.

Dean Newland appeared before the courts for three counts of assault following an incident in the Richard John Blackler branch of JD Wetherspoon on Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool city centre^[19], and one count of failing to comply with sex offenders’ register notification requirements. He was jailed for 36 weeks.

Billy Rutter

Billy Rutter (Image: Merseyside Police)

A rapist who decapitated and cooked his son’s rabbit armed himself with a broken glass bottle during a fight on a night out.

Billy Rutter was previously jailed for a sickening sexual assault on a schoolgirl and was most recently locked up after killing the pet, throwing its severed head at his ex-girlfriend and roasting it in the oven. He was then put behind bars again after police spotted him arming himself amid an altercation outside a Revolution bar in Liverpool city centre.

The 35-year-old admitted possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Rutter was jailed for eight months.

Robin Vasko

Robin Vasko committed a string of burglary’s in predominantly student areas (Image: Merseyside Police)

The prolific burglar was linked to unsolved crimes using DNA analysis and handed 25 months.

Daniel Dolan

Daniel Dolan (Image: Cheshire Police)

A man punched his girlfriend so hard he left her with injuries normally only seen in car crash victims.

Daniel Dolan admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm. He was jailed for 40 months.

Stephen Hone

Stephen Hone (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer who tried to evade police in a high speed car chase almost hit a small child.

Stephen Hone was convicted of dangerous driving and possession with intent to supply cocaine. He was jailed for 32 months.

David O’Brien

David O’Brien admitted attempting to murder Daniel Fitzsimons at Ashworth Hospital in Maghull (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

A man said “I don’t like bullies” as he was jailed for life for attempted murder.

David O’Brien attacked a fellow patient at Ashworth Hospital with a metal bar as they worked out in the facility’s gym, striking him twice over the head with the makeshift weapon. Afterwards, he told doctors he “had been hearing voices in his head telling him to kill his victim” who he wanted to “stab in the eyes”.

The 45-year-old admitted attempted murder. O’Brien was handed a lifetime imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years and seven months.

Ahmed Khalio

Ahmed Khalio (Image: Merseyside Police)

A shop worker sexually assaulted a girl wearing her school uniform inside the convenience store where he worked on her 16th birthday.

Ahmed Khalio was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault following a trial. He was jailed for six months.

Michael Southern

Michael Southern (Image: Merseyside Police)

A former martial arts teacher confessed to being “sexually attracted” to indecent images of children after he was arrested.

Michael Southern received 28 months for distributing indecent images.

Joseph Shaw

Joseph Shaw (Image: Cheshire Police)

A support worker tied a severely disabled woman to his bed before filming them engaging in sexual activity.

Armed forces veteran Joseph Shaw admitted sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice. He was handed a seven year and eight month prison sentence.

Adrian Voci

Adrian Voci (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who was found in a property with five separate rooms used for growing cannabis claimed he only worked there because of threats to his family.

Adrian Voci admitted production of cannabis. He was handed 51 weeks.

Michael Longbottom

Michael Longbottom (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile spent hours alone with children after not telling their mum about his dark past.

Michael Longbottom, 28, was jailed for 28 months for breaching sexual harm prevention and notification orders.

Craig Carter

Craig Carter (Image: Merseyside Police)

An “aggrieved” paedophile claimed he was trying to trick hunters after being caught in a sting for a second time.

Craig Carter was found guilty of attempting sexual communications with a child, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and arranging the commission of a child sex offence. The “manipulative and predatory” sex offender told a judge “that’s ridiculous” after he was jailed for seven-and-half years.

Paul Manson

Paul Manson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who abused his girlfriend and hid their four month old baby from her had previously avoided jail for the same offences against an ex-partner.

Paul Manson pleaded guilty to committing actual bodily harm, and to engaging in coercive and controlling behaviour after assaulting the mother of his child. He was jailed for 16 months.

Daniel O’Neill and Brady Tierney

Daniel O’Neill (Image: Merseyside Police)

A musician with a record deal left his promising career in tatters after becoming immersed in the ketamine trade.

Police uncovered nearly £40,000 of drugs when they raided Daniel O’Neill’s flat, with he and co-conspirator Brady Tierney having secretly plotted to “undercut” their underworld rivals. When their phones were examined, messages were found “clearly relating to drugs” – including texts between the two which referred to “getting busy and making money”, funds which they would split evenly.

Brady Tierney (Image: Merseyside Police)

O’Neill admitted being concerned in the supply of ketamine while Tierney pleaded guilty to possession of ketamine with intent to supply and possession of cocaine. Both were jailed for 30 months.

Tamar Palmer

Tamar Palmer (Image: Merseyside Police)

A 17-year-old boy stabbed his cousin with a “Rambo knife” with a 40cm long blade.

Tamar Palmer pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon in public and wounding with intent. He was handed 37 months in a young offenders’ institution.

Paul Miles and Ross Smith

Paul Miles (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two men used a “honeypot” to ensnare vulnerable victims and steal their life savings.

Paul Miles and Ross Smith pinched more than £54,000 from their two victims. The 96-year-old mother and her son had been saving money for many years, and kept the huge sum stashed in the man’s bedroom.

Ross Smith (Image: Merseyside Police)

Both defendants admitted burglary, with Miles sentenced to 45 months imprisonment. Smith was handed a 36-month sentence.

Raymond Katsande

Raymond Katsande (Image: Merseyside Police)

A taxi driver was caught with thousands of pounds of drugs down his trousers when he was pulled over by police.

Raymond Katsande admitted possession of cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine with intent to supply, possession of 2CB and possession of criminal property. He was jailed for 28 months.

George Powell

George Powell (Image: Merseyside Police)

An EncroChat dealer was arrested at Manchester Airport after using the handle “SkintHarry”

George Powell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. He was sentenced to 12 years.

Chesney Miller

Chesney Miller (Image: Cheshire Police)

A gang of masked teenagers travelled in convoy to a sixth form college to settle a “grudge” before stabbing two students.

Chesney Miller was one of the thugs who waited outside Riverside College in Widnes^[20] before chasing a boy down the street and became involved “in the thick of the violence”, including having “delivered a flying kick” to him. He admitted violent disorder and was handed 11 months.

Kevin McMullen

Kevin McMullen (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man with “one of the worst” criminal records seen by the courts burgled a mosque while a funeral was taking place.

Kevin McMullen admitted four counts of burglary. He was jailed for 10 months.

Nathan Corlett

Nathan Corlett, 26, of Wellingford Avenue, Widnes. (Image: Cheshire Police)

A former warehouse worker drove a knifeman away from the scene of a brutal stabbing and hid his coat for him in a bid to thwart investigators.

Nathan Corlett drove to Warrington on request to pick up Lee Ashton after he knifed Robert Bassnett, who was in a relationship with his ex-partner, before dropping him at the Holiday Inn in Runcorn and disposing of a bag containing the knifeman’s clothes. He admitted assisting an offender and was jailed for a year.

Stephen Harold

Stephen Harold (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who has committed more than 30 burglaries spat at police officers and called one of them a homophobic name.

Stephen Harold pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted burglary of a dwelling, one count of burglary of a dwelling, one count of going equipped for theft and two counts of assaulting emergency workers. He was jailed for 44 months.

John Gill

John Gill (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar was arrested outside Goodison Park on an Everton FC matchday after breaking into the stock room of a Liverpool ONE store.

John Gill admitted two counts of burglary, theft and breaching a suspended sentence order. He was jailed for two years.

Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar charged at a man while brandishing a hammer after he attempted to thwart the crook’s getaway attempts.

Andrew Thompson callously targeted a house on Christmas Day 2022 while the homeowner was out having his Christmas dinner. He was jailed for four years and eight months.

Daniel Berry

Daniel Berry (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prisoner who stabbed his fellow inmate was suffering from paranoid thoughts at the time of the attack.

Daniel Berry was convicted of unlawful wounding and unlawful possession of a bladed article in prison. He was given an indefinite hospital order.

Joel Harvey

Joel Harvey (Image: Merseyside Police)

A 16-year-old boy kneecapped a man after opening fire with a pistol outside a convenience store in the early hours.

Joel Harvey carried out the shooting on Prescot^[21] Road in Old Swan in a “revenge” attack against his victim and was then linked to a second incident in which another man was shot in the chest only weeks later in Broadgreen. The teenager was locked up for 12-and-a-half years after being convicted of a string of firearms offences.

Michael Hartley

Michael Hartley (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man told a nine-year-old girl he would no longer “play games with her” if she did not show him her genitals.

Michael Hartley pleaded guilty to six counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He received three years behind bars.

Kevin Boyland

Kevin Boyland (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thug brutally battered his girlfriend then went out for a takeaway “as if nothing had happened”.

Kevin Boyland admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for three years.

Carl MacDowall, Carlton Mullen and Kieran Kristensen

Carl MacDowall (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was kidnapped and shot by a gang who demanded a ransom after his relative scooped a £50,000 jackpot.

The victim was blasted in the leg with a shotgun and abandoned on a dark and secluded country lane, having been held against his will for hours by masked men Carl MacDowall, Carlton Mullen and Kieran Kristensen.

Kieran Kristensen (Image: Merseyside Police)

They were found guilty of kidnapping, wounding with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence by a jury. MacDowall and Mullen previously admitted possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply and were handed 20 years plus an extended three-year licence period.

Carlton Mullen (Image: Merseyside Police)

Kristensen was jailed for 16 years and given an additional three years on licence.

Christopher McConnell

Christopher McConnell, from Warrington, jailed for 18 years after being convicted of child rape (Image: Cheshire Police)

A twisted paedophile was brought to justice after a campaign of rape against a young child.

Christopher McConnell was found guilty of four counts of child rape. He was jailed for 18 years.

Fiona Crooks and Vincent Horsfall

Fiona Crooks (Image: Merseyside Police)

A couple sold a firearm to a leading gangster with a history of violence in an Aldi car park to fund “cosmetic dental work”.

Police then discovered a second loaded firearm stashed inside a Berghaus man bag next to a pair of children’s wellies when they raided the home of Fiona Crooks and Vincent Horsfall. The mum shouted “we’re f***ed here” as she learned officers had stormed their address.

Vincent Horsfall (Image: Merseyside Police)

Horsfall admitted selling a firearm, possession of a firearm and ammunition and three counts of fraud and was jailed for six years and nine months. Crooks pleaded guilty to intentionally encouraging the commission of an offence and was handed two years.

Luke Woods

Luke Woods (Image: Merseyside Police)

A killer battered his pregnant girlfriend in a park before abandoning her as she lay seriously injured on the ground.

Luke Woods was previously locked up after killing pensioner Len Saunders in a vicious and unprovoked assault, causing serious head injuries with one forceful punch. Six years later, he “acted like an animal” and attacked his expectant partner in a similar manner – knocking her to the floor with a single blow and causing a facial scar which may need plastic surgery to be corrected.

Woods admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for two years.

Rohit Bindhu

Rohit Bindhu

A twisted paedophile caught with sick images of a young child being raped on his computer whined “this is going to ruin my life” as he was arrested.

Rohit Bindhu pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images, possession of indecent images, possession of extreme pornographic images, possession of prohibited images, attempted sexual communications with a child, arranging a child sex offence, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, inciting a child to watch a sex act and distributing sexual images of children. He was jailed for five years and three months.

Ryan Kenny

Ryan Kenny (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “drunken nuisance” got on a bus and told passengers: “I’m going to nonce you up.”

Ryan Kenny admitted sexual assault, assault, theft and burglary. He was jailed for 28 months and handed a criminal behaviour order banning him from the city centre for three years.

James Lawson

James Lawson, 30, preyed on vulnerable people to fund his gambling addiction

A conman posed as a plumber, a roofer and a Dyson engineer to trick innocent people out of their hard-earned cash to fund his gambling addiction.

James Lawson pleaded guilty to 20 counts of fraud. He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison.

Liam Mills

Liam Mills (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drugs gang courier “decided it was time to come home and face the consequences” after seven years on the run in Amsterdam.

Liam Mills admitted two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, possession of a prohibited weapon and breaching bail. He was jailed for seven years and seven months.

Thanh Hoang

Thanh Hoang (Image: Merseyside Police)

A golfer got more than he bargained for when he went looking for balls in a bush.

The man was searching for stray golf balls in shrubbery near to Kirkby Valley Golf Club when he discovered a loaded sawn-off shotgun hidden inside a pillow case. When convicted drug dealer Thanh Hoang’s DNA was found on the firearm, he claimed he had previously come across the weapon while out metal detecting.

The 43-year-old admitted possession of a firearm during an earlier hearing. Hoang bowed to the judge and said “thank you” after being locked up for five years.

Gary Youds

Gary Youds (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “cannabis martyr” told police he was “saving the city by producing the fruits of the earth for the people” when they discovered his grow.

Gary Youds, a well-known campaigner for the legalisation of the class B drug and the former owner of a “cannabis café”, had been supplying cannabis oil to a dying man free of charge in order to ease the pain of his terminal cancer. However, a judge at Liverpool Crown Court found he had also been producing and selling “purple haze” for profit.

Youds pleaded guilty to production of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for three years after “commercially benefitting” from his farm.

Jack Williams

Jack Williams, 24, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man raped a woman while she slept and later bit her before demanding she perform oral sex on him.

Jack Williams admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, sexual assault and rape, as well as robbery after targeting a 15-year-old boy for his bike. Williams was sentenced to 11 years and two months behind bars

Ryan Jones

Ryan Jones (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)

A convicted heroin and crack cocaine dealer trafficked a boy in care to work in the supply of drugs hundreds of miles away from his home.

The teenager told staff at the children’s home where he was living that he was going fishing in Wales before Ryan Jones put him on a train from Liverpool Lime Street to the south west of England. The 27-year-old admitted arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation and was jailed for 43 months.

James Quinn, Edward Dutton, Anthony Jones and Nathan Kelly

James Quinn (Image: Merseyside Police)

A shooting plot unravelled when a gang member crashed his motorbike as he attempted to make his getaway from the scene of the incident.

Edward Dutton, Anthony Jones, Nathan Kelly and James Quinn travelled together in convoy in a hired Mercedes and on two motorcycles before opening fire with a pistol on the streets of Dingle while children played nearby. They then sped off through residential roads, but were forced into an unexpected “clear up” effort in a desperate bid to avoid detection when one of the bikers smashed into a car and broke his ankle.

Anthony Jones (Image: Merseyside Police)

Each defendant was found guilty^[22] of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence by a jury. Kelly was also convicted of dangerous driving, while Quinn admitted further counts of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possession of criminal property.

Nathan Kelly (Image: Merseyside Police)

He received a total of nine-and-a-half years behind bars. Dutton was jailed for six years, to be served consecutively to his current prison term.

Edward Dutton (Image: Merseyside Police)

Kelly and Jones were both handed five years.

Arron Waite

Arron Waite was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for wounding (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man barged into a neighbour’s flat and dragged him off his bed before battering him with a kettle.

Arron Waite admitted wounding^[23]. He was jailed for two years.

Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett (Image: Merseyside Police)

A convicted rapist embarked on a “campaign of violence” against a girl he sexually assaulted.

Shaun Bennett was sentenced to 13 months^[24] for inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two years for making threats to kill, to be served consecutively.

Georgina Grant and Benjamin Williams

Georgina Grant (Image: Cheshire Police)

A dealer was caught with more than £1,000 of class A drugs in her knickers.

Georgina Grant had the stash of heroin and crack cocaine hidden inside her body when police came knocking on the door of co-conspirator Mark Morley, who was caught red-handed dealing in a white van.

Benjamin Williams (Image: Cheshire Police)

Grant admitted conspiracy to supply heroin^[25] and crack cocaine while Williams pleaded guilty to these charges and possession of criminal property. They were imprisoned for 2,045 days each, this being the minimum seven-year term for third-strike drug traffickers minus a 20% reduction due to their guilty pleas.

Janette Mercer

Janette Mercer (Image: Merseyside Police)

The mum of Rhys Jones’ killer Sean Mercer was jailed after helping another of her sons to evade justice.

Janette Mercer was previously locked up for three years back in 2009 for perverting the course of justice, having told lies to detectives investigating the 11-year-old schoolboy’s fatal shooting at her son Sean Mercer’s hands. The 63-year-old appeared back before Liverpool Crown Court having been convicted of assisting an offender for a second time.

This charge related to another of her three sons, Joseph Mercer, who she helped to remain at large while he was wanted over drug supply offences. Janette Mercer was imprisoned for nine months^[26].

Stuart Farrell

Stuart Farrell (Image: NWROCU)

A wholesale drugs trafficker from Whiston was snatched by Spanish police in Madrid as he tried to board a flight to Dubai.

Stuart Farrell was convicted of conspiracy^[27] to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Shaun Byott

Shaun Byott (Image: Cheshire Police)

A woman suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung after she was pushed down the stairs by her ex-boyfriend.

Shaun Byott admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm^[28] and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for nine months.

Martin Lamb

Martin Lamb (Image: Merseyside Police)

A DJ turned dealer used his “big horrible Serbian mate” to enforce a £100,000 drug debt and saw £15,000 as small change.

Martin Lamb secretly used the handle “Masked Swan” as he trafficked up to 123kg of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on EncroChat. Lamb admitted conspiracy to supply heroin^[29], cocaine and cannabis and possession of cocaine and was jailed for 10 years.

Sajmir Neziri

Sajmir Neziri (Image: Merseyside Police)

A van driver was caught with 20 bin bags filled with cannabis when he was pulled over by police.

Sajmir Neziri admitted being concerned^[30] in the production of cannabis. He was jailed for six months.

Kevin Patten

Kevin Patten (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who harassed his ex-partner for months and crashed his car into hers during a pursuit laughed in court as he heard how it affected her.

Kevin Patten “lay in wait” for his victim before tailing her, then intentionally smashed into her vehicle twice. He was jailed for 15 months.^[31]

Paul Crawley

Paul Crawley (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer found with £40,000 in cash allowed his flat to be used for drug production.

Paul Crawley pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. He was jailed for four-and-a-half years^[32] and blew a kiss goodbye to his partner as he was taken down to the cells.

Kevin Connell

Kevin Connell (Image: Merseyside Police)

A known drug dealer was found with 97 wraps of cocaine hidden up his bottom.

Kevin Connell was caught red-handed when police spotted him completing an illicit transaction. He was jailed for 44 months^[33].

Andrew Hansen and Carl Price

Carl Price (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two county lines drug dealers exploited a teenager and told him to hide drugs inside his body.

Andrew Hansen and Carl Price were involved in transporting and selling drugs between Liverpool and Colwyn Bay, North Wales, and used the boy as part of their operation.

Andrew Hansen (Image: Merseyside Police)

Price was sentenced to nine and a half years^[34] imprisonment. Hansen was handed a seven-year sentence.

Peter Melia

Peter Melia (Image: Merseyside Police)

A granddad was caught with more than £11m of cocaine and heroin hidden inside bags for life when his van was pulled over by police.

Peter Melia admitted possession of cocaine and heroin^[35]. He was jailed for 10 years and eight months.

Erland Spahiu, Curtis Balbas, Martin Smith, Razgar Mohammed, Alan Jaf, Khalil Awla, Dean O’Neill-Davey, Erion Voja and Andrius Uzkuraitis

Erland Spahiu was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Eight men were jailed for life^[36] after abducting and brutally murdering a former boxer.

Christopher Hughes’ mutilated body was discovered on a country road on the outskirts of Skelmersdale^[37] by a dogwalker after he was bundled into the back of an Audi by and viciously attacked. The 37-year-old suffered nearly 100 separate injuries, having been hunted down by a vigilante gang who wrongly believed the dad had raped a teenager.

Erland Spahiu, of White Moss Road in Skelmersdale, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 34-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years.

Curtis Balbas, of Matheson Drive in Wigan, pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping. The 30-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years.

Curtis Balbas admitted murdering Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Martin Smith, of Greenwood Avenue in Wigan, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 34-year-old shook his head, took a sip of water then threw his plastic cup to the floor after he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years.

Martin Smith was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Razgar Mohammed, of Plane Avenue in Wigan, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 40-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years.

Razgar Mohammed was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Alan Jaf, of Ridyard Street in Wigan, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 52-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years.

Alan Jaf was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Khalil Awla, of Greenwood Avenue in Wigan, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 48-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years.

Khalil Awla was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Dean O’Neill-Davey, of Conrad Close in Wigan, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 30-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.

Dean O’Neill-Davey was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Erion Voja, of Peall Road in Croydon, was found guilty of murder and kidnapping. The 21-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years.

Erion Voja was convicted of the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

He ranted at the judge after learning his sentence, saying: “I know myself, I’m no murderer. I’ll get my justice one day you t***.”

Voja continued his outburst after being led into the cells, where he reportedly began punching walls. He added: “I don’t give a f*** any more.”

Andrius Uzkuratis was convicted of assisting an offender in relation to the murder of Christopher Hughes (Image: Greater Manchester Police)

Andrius Uzkuraitis, of Holly Road in Wigan, was acquitted of murder and kidnapping but convicted of assisting an offender. The 27-year-old was jailed for six years.

Nathan Benjamin

Nathan Benjamin (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thug told police “it happens” after kicking a man in the head when fighting erupted outside a chicken shop in the early hours.

Nathan Benjamin admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and was jailed for a year.

Liam Southart

Liam Southart

A drug dealer was taken to hospital after stashing a Kinder Surprise egg filled with heroin and crack cocaine up his bum.

Liam Southart admitted possession of heroin of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. He was jailed for 32 months.

Alan Thomley

Alan Thomley (Image: Facebook)

A tearful pervert cried and wailed as he was jailed after being caught in three paedophile hunter stings.

Alan Thomley admitted three counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, two counts of attempting to incite a child to watch sexual activity and three counts of attempting sexual communications with a child. He was jailed for 45 months.

Curtis Byrne

Curtis Byrne (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar and drug dealer was rumbled as he lay in a hospital bed after being shot in the legs.

Curtis Byrne’s secret life of crime was exposed when police became suspicious of his behaviour as he recovered from injuries sustained in the terrifying attack. Messages, videos, screenshots and notes which were subsequently found on his phone then linked him to a whole host of offences.

Byrne admitted conspiracy to commit burglary and theft and being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. He was jailed for seven years.

Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teacher’s head was stamped on as he lay unconscious outside a takeaway after a night out in Liverpool city centre.

Kyle Johnson admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to the incident. He was jailed for six months.

Lee O’Donnell

Lee O’Donnell (Image: Merseyside Police)

An EncroChat dealer was caught by police after he admitted in messages who he was and how he drove a hackney cab.

Lee O’Donnell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis, money laundering and possession of criminal property. He was jailed for nine years.

Alan Cashman

Alan Cashman (Image: Merseyside Police)

A pyromaniac who was previously jailed for life for setting fire to a curry house said “I feel sick” after he was outed as a paedophile.

Alan Cashman admitted attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity and attempting sexual communications with a child. He was jailed for 20 months.

Kyle Dickinson

Kyle Dickinson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man’s eye popped out after he was hurled into a fruit machine during a sickening attack at a pub.

Kyle Dickinson continued stamping on his innocent victim’s face even after inflicting the horror injury, which has blinded him for life in one eye. He admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and was jailed for 28 months.

Philip Slater

Philip Slater (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer was caught after police on patrol noticed a strong smell of cannabis.

Philip Slater was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment after admitting possession of cannabis with intent to supply.

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile has been sentenced to six years in prison for a number of child sex offences.

Christopher Smith pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a child, making indecent images, distributing indecent images and taking indecent images.

Anthony McGee

Anthony McGee (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer broke down in tears and confessed he had heroin and cocaine stashed between his buttocks after being caught “red handed” by a drone.

Anthony McGee admitted possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply. He was jailed for 34 months.

Kieran Salkeld and Jake Duffy

Kieran Salkeld (Image: Merseyide Police)

A street gang thug told a judge “nice one” after being locked up for stamping on a man’s head as a woman screamed for him and his accomplice to stop.

Kieran Salkeld and Jake Duffy were recorded on a Ring doorbell camera cornering Sam Searson in the front yard of a property on Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, on December 23 2022. Footage shared on social media showed both kicking, punching and stamping on the helpless victim for around a minute.

Jake Duffy

One could be heard in the clip shouting to a screaming woman “mind your own business alright, he’s a little ken robber” before the victim of the assault mumbled “I don’t rob kens lad”. Salkeld replied “nice one” after he was jailed for 27 months while Duffy was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to unlawful wounding without intent and affray.

Thomas Barton

Thomas Barton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A homeless man was slashed with a knife outside a Tesco store by another rough sleeper after an argument erupted about a stolen “pitch”.

Thomas Barton admitted wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He was jailed for six years.

Ahmed Hassan

Ahmed Hassan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was jailed for holding stolen motorbikes for thieves operating across the north west.

Ahmed Hassan pleaded guilty to five counts of handling stolen goods. He was jailed for nine months.

Christopher Cheyney

Christopher Cheyney (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer who was freed from jail on day release failed to return for nearly six months.

Christopher Cheyney admitted being a temporarily released prisoner unlawfully at large. The dad was handed an additional eight months behind bars.

Lucel Tugui

Lucel Tugui (Image: Merseyside Police)

A taxi driver carried out a sickening sexual assault on his passenger after she fell asleep in the back of his vehicle.

Lucel Tugui admitted causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault by a jury. He was jailed for 12 years.

Samuel Hulmes

Samuel Hulmes (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man with martial arts training who “knew he had a hard punch” followed and attacked a man in an act of “revenge”.

Samuel Hulmes pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Hulmes was sentenced to 16 months, saying “wow, wow” as he was taken down to the cells.

Kevin Spaine

Kevin Spaine was found guilty of murder Learoy Venner (Image: Merseyside Police)

A child actor’s life spiralled into drugs and crime before he became a killer.

Kevin Spaine was the boy who delivered the iconic “Acrrington Stanley, who are they?” line in the famous 1980s advert for the Milk Marketing Board. But he was convicted of murdering Learoy Venner at a flat on Belmont Drive in Anfield^[38] in summer 2022.

The 53-year-old was viciously punched and kicked to death. Spaine was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years.

Finley Griffiths

Finley Griffiths (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager pretended to be an Amazon delivery driver before trying to force his way into a vulnerable victim’s home.

Finley Griffiths was given a total custodial sentence of five years and five months.

Adam Gilbert

Adam Gilbert (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prolific robber who targeted a Halifax bank and post office pointed an imitation gun at staff.

Adam Gilbert pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and two counts of possessing an imitation firearm. Gilbert was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years imprisonment.

Catalin Iordan

Catalin Iordan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was jailed after spending two years on the run for breaking his victim’s jaw behind the Everyman Theatre.

Catalin Iordan pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was imprisoned for two years.

Craig Lyon

Craig Lyon (Image: Merseyside Police)

A former bantamweight boxer broke a man’s ankle during an “unprovoked assault” in a Bold Street restaurant.

Craig Lyon pleaded guilty to wounding and assaulting an emergency worker following the incident at Elif. He was sentenced to 99 weeks imprisonment.

Andrew Ratchford

Andrew Ratchford (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile who offered a 14-year-old ‘girl’ money and clothes and asked to meet at a hotel room claimed he knew he was being duped by a paedophile hunter group.

Andrew Ratchford was found guilty of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in a sexual act. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment.

Sonny Collins

Sonny Collins (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two teenagers texted each other they would “get something nice” as they planned to rob school children in Sefton.

Sonny Collins and Micky Teany planned to “target vulnerable school children as they were leaving school”.

Micky Teany (Image: Merseyside Police)

Collins was given a total custodial sentence of six years. Teany was jailed for nine years.

Gyulhan Hyusein

Gyulhan Hyusein (Image: Cheshire Police)

A vile predator followed a teenager before dragging her into an alleyway to sexually assault her.

Gyulhan Hyusein admitted two counts of sexual assault and was jailed for 10 years.

Craig Roberts

Craig Roberts (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man throttled his ex-girlfriend with the cord of her dressing gown and threatened to “set her up” with a cigarette lighter.

Craig Roberts admitted intentional strangulation, assault and criminal damage during an earlier hearing. He was jailed for 27 months.

Keiron Williams, Anthony Williams, Michael Williams and Steven McInerney

Anthony Williams, left, and Keiron Williams, right, jailed for life over the murder of Michael Toohey

A drug dealer snarled “I’ll show you who the gangster is” before beating a terrified teenager to death in an internet café.

Three brothers, their friend and a 14-year-old boy were jailed for life for the ferocious and brutal murder of 18-year-old Michael Toohey on London Road in Liverpool city centre on April 16 last year. Leading the attack was Keiron Williams – described as either the head or near the top of an Everton based organised crime group involved in a “turf war” with another gang, although the full facts of the rivalry are not clear.

The 28-year-old, of no fixed address, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years in prison. Anthony Williams of Hillbrook Drive, Walton^[39], was sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years in prison.

Michael Williams of Carlake Grove, Walton, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years in prison. Steven McInerney, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years in prison.

Steven McInerney, left, and Michael Williams, right, who have been jailed for life over the murder of Michael Toohey (Image: Merseyide Police)

The 14-year-old boy was sentenced to life in detention with a minimum term of eight years in prison.

Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

Victims with learning difficulties were pursued by bailiffs after the deputy manager of their supported living accommodation stole £10,000 from them.

Danielle Smith was jailed for 18 months.

Luke Hutchinson

Luke Hutchinson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and crack cocaine dealer was caught selling drugs outside an Iceland supermarket.

Luke Hutchinson admitted possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply. He was jailed for 31 months.

Olivia Crutchley

Olivia Crutchley (Image: Cheshire Police)

A woman left her grandad penniless after inventing a legal battle with B&Q and billing him for her supposed solicitors fees.

Olivia Crutchley admitted fraud. She was jailed for two years.

Alex Ward

Alex Ward (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drunken man assaulted his victim and forcibly kissed her while she lay on the ground.

Alex Ward pleaded guilty to one count of assault and one count of sexual assault on a female. He was jailed for a year.

Vincent Morgan

Vincent Morgan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer told police “I’m f***ed and I’m going to jail” when they raided his house.

Vincent Morgan admitted possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and possession of cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine and was jailed for 28 months.

Pauline Wardrobe

Pauline Wardrobe (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drunken woman remained at the scene after setting her friend’s flat alight.

Pauline Wardrobe was sentenced to four years imprisonment in her absence. She was found guilty by a jury of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered, but did not attend her trial or plea hearing.

Vaughan Lane

Vaughan Lane (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was caught “minding” a shotgun as police investigated a reported kidnapping.

Vaughan Lane admitted possession of a firearm. He nodded as he was jailed for 28 months.

Aaron Pressdee

Aaron Pressdee (Image: Cheshire Police)

A chef subjected a woman to a sickening sexual assault.

“Extremely manipulative” Aaron Pressdee was found guilty of sexual assault. He was jailed for five years.

Thomas Beddow

Thomas Beddow (Image: Merseyside Police)

A serial sex offender groomed a group of schoolchildren with vapes before exposing himself to the youngsters.

Thomas Beddow admitted sexual assault and two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was imprisoned for five years and four months.

Allan Mitchell

Allan Mitchell (Image: Merseyside Police)

A 75-year-old paedophile who undertook a “campaign of sexual abuse” against his victims cried as he heard he may not live to see the end of his sentence.

Allan Mitchell was sentenced to 18 years and three months after pleading guilty to more than 30 sexual offences against two victims.

Neal Jackson

Neal Jackson

Two men broke into a city centre Greggs and assaulted police officers in their failed escape.

Neal Jackson was sentenced to two years imprisonment, having also burgled a branch of Holland and Barrett. Isaiah Gregory was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 10 rehabilitation days, plus 150 hours of unpaid work.

Wayne Jones

Wayne Jones (Image: Runcorn Weekly News)

A paedophile who was found hiding in a cupboard after sending a naked picture of himself to an undercover police officer tried to shift the blame onto his innocent partner who was in hospital at the time.

Wayne Jones pleaded guilty to attempted sexual communications with a child and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his then girlfriend. He was jailed for two years and two months.

Leigh Dennis

Leigh Dennis (Image: Merseyside Police)

An Only Fans mum conned a man she met on Facebook^[40] out of more than £30,000 of his inheritance money.

Leigh Dennis pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation and possession of extreme pornographic images. She was jailed for 19 months.

Katie Dalziel

Katie Dalziel appeared at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman who stabbed her neighbour with a serrated kitchen knife shouted “after my fella are you” in an unprovoked drunken rage.

Katie Dalziel pleaded guilty to one count of wounding with intent and of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. The 31-year-old was jailed for 18 months.

Jamie Dempsey

Jamie Dempsey appeared at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was jailed for 19 years after killing his own mum by accidentally stabbing her in the heart.

Jamie Dempsey fatally knifed mother Karen, 55, in the chest while brawling with another man outside the Brambles pub in Kirkby^[41] in summer last year. The 32-year-old was convicted of manslaughter by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court, but found not guilty of murder.

Glen Gardner

Glen Gardner (Image: Cheshire Police)

A man “burst into” his victim’s home before headbutting him.

Glen Gardner was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Gabriel Genesis

Gabriel Genesis (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man ranted in court and demanded a “retrial” after hurling vile homophobic abuse towards his neighbour.

Gabriel Genesis was given a custodial sentence of two-and-a-half years.

Michael Daniels

Michael Daniels (Image: Cheshire Police)

A father-of-six kicked a man unconscious and continued to “rain” down blows as he lay motionless in what a judge described as a “sickening” attack.

Michael Daniels pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. The 33-year-old was jailed for two years.

Sean Aspinall

Sean Aspinall (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who had a “fascination” with guns modified them to look like a “hard man”

Sean Aspinall was jailed for nine years after being convicted after trial of one count of conspiring to convert an imitation firearm into a weapon, and conspiracy to supply or transfer prohibited weapons.

Adam Murphy

Adam Murphy (Image: Merseyside police)

A burglar who walked free from court on a suspended sentence has been jailed after repeatedly flouting the conditions of his release.

Adam Murphy was locked up for nine months.

Cristian Miron

Cristian Miron

A “professional shoplifter” stole over £27,000 worth of alcohol from various Asda^[42] and Tesco stores across the UK.

Cristian Miron was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment.

Christopher Wade

Christopher Wade (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man drugged a vulnerable 13-year-old girl and took her into woodland to sexually abuse her.

Christopher Wade was found guilty of one count of rape, one count of assault by penetration and a third count of sexual assault. He was jailed for 12 years.

Michael Shaw and Paul Shaw

Michael Shaw (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two brothers who stole £15,000 from gaming machines over the course of nine months appeared shocked at their sentences.

Michael Shaw, 38, and Paul Shaw, 39, committed 21 offences of fraud targeting gaming machines in pubs and bookies using an adapted banknote, usually to the value of £20, to create fraudulent credits on fixed odds gaming machines.

Paul Shaw (Image: Merseyside Police)

Paul Shaw was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. Michael Shaw was handed 16 months imprisonment.

Jay Byrne and Joseph Byrne

Jay Byrne admitted the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two brothers and a 15-year-old boy beat a security guard to death.

Jay and Joseph Byrne pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy, although they were cleared of murder after a trial. The schoolboy was convicted of murder by a jury after three hours and 41 minutes of deliberations.

Joseph Byrne admitted the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy (Image: Merseyside Police)

The teen was jailed for life with a minimum terms of eight years. Jay Byrne was jailed for 10-and-a-half years, while Joseph Byrne was given nine years and nine months.

Leon Smythe

Leon Smythe (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man “lost his temper” after finding out someone had followed his girlfriend on Instagram.

Leon Smythe was convicted of controlling and coercive behaviour. He was jailed for 28 months.

Callum Kerr and Rachel Bates

Callum Kerr (Image: Cheshire Police)

A drug-crazed criminal threatened to “blow up the street” and shoot his fake hostage in the head during a 10-hour stand-off with armed police.

Callum Kerr had been “off his box” on class As and booze for five days with Rachel Bates when they barricaded themselves in at her bungalow in Runcorn.

Rachel Bates (Image: Cheshire Police)

The pair both pleaded guilty to affray and Kerr to assaulting an emergency worker over an incident during his interview on August 19 when he lifted a chair above his head and threw it at a wall. Kerr was sentenced to 22 months in prison and Bates to 16 months.

Christopher Gorman

Christopher Gorman (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who waited outside a courtroom to threaten a judge also subjected his ex-partner and her mother to months of harassment.

Christopher Gorman pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour, breaching a non-molestation order, two counts of harassment, two counts of stalking and two counts of intimidating a witness. The 37-year-old was jailed for five years.

Jan Luke Carmichael

Jan Luke Carmichael (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug courier was caught after fingerprint evidence was lifted from his photos.

Jan Luke Carmichael admitted conspiring to possess a firearm without a certificate and conspiring to supply cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine. He was jailed for 12-and-a-half years.

John Bromilow, Paul Price, Chantae Campbell and Teigan Dutton

John Bromilow (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man fired at the front door of a family home with an eight-year-old child inside as “frightener”.

Teigan Dutton (Image: Merseyside Police)

John Bromilow and Paul Price pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence in relation to the shooting in Wallasey^[43] in 2021. Chantae Campbell and Teigan Dutton pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess a shotgun without a certificate.

Paul Price (Image: Merseyside Police)

Bromilow was jailed for six years and three months. Price was locked up for five years and 10 months while Campbell and Dutton were both sentenced to 15 months each.

Chantae Campbell (Image: Merseyside Police)

Lewis King

Lewis King (Image: Merseyside Police)

A vulnerable man was lured to an alleyway and robbed before being stabbed seven times.

Lewis King pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. He was sentenced to a total of eight years and four months.

Jack Barr

Jack Barr, 22, of Wheatear Close, Liverpool, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for crack and heroin supply offences after being arrested in Widnes. (Image: Cheshire Police)

A man’s phone “made it pretty clear” to police that he was working as a street drug dealer..

Jack Barr pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, acquiring criminal property and possession of cannabis and was jailed for three years and four months.

Neil Gandy

Neil Gandy (Image: Merseyside Police)

A violent rapist used blackmail tactics on his victim to ensure she did not call the police on him.

Neil Gandy was jailed for 17 years.

Gonzalo De Freitas

Gonzalo De Freitas (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prolific drug dealer was found with class A drugs and released under investigation on three separate occasions before he was arrested on the fourth.

Gonzalo De Freitas pleaded guilty to eight counts of possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin and one count of possession of criminal property. He was jailed for 44 months.

Gareth Culshaw

Gareth Culshaw (Image: Runcorn Weekly News)

Two paedophiles held a little boy down on a bed and abused him as he told them to let go.

Gareth Culshaw pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual assault relating to two young children and one of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity in relation to one of the “defenceless and innocent” victims. John O’Brien was convicted at trial of one count of sexual relating to a joint offence with Culshaw.

Culshaw was sentenced to 11 years in prison. O’Brien was given four years and six months.

Etmond Lika

Etmond Lika attempted to flee from police by hiding on the roof (Image: Liverpool ECHO)

A man involved in maintaining a cannabis farm inside a house attempted to flee from police by hiding on the roof.

Etmond Lika pleaded guilty to one count of being concerned in the production of cannabis. He was sentenced to two years and four months imprisonment.

Thomas Davies

Thomas Davies (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man stabbed his neighbour with a carving knife over a noise dispute.

Thomas Davies pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. The 35-year-old was jailed for 27 months.

Darren Cluff

Darren Cluff (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man booted a stranger in the head and stole his phone after a drunken scuffle in Liverpool ONE because he asked him for money.

Darren Cluff pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for two years and eight months.

Martin Jack

Martin Jack (Image: Cheshire Constabulary)

A caravan conman went on the run in Dubai and Spain for eight years after stealing £140,000.

Martin Jack was handed six years and six months in prison.

Thomas Cashman

Thomas Cashman is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel (Image: Merseyside Police)

Thomas Cashman was jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel.

The 34-year-old, of Grenadier Drive in West Derby^[44], was unanimously found guilty of murdering the nine-year-old schoolgirl by a jury. She was shot dead in her own home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot in one of the most horrific crimes in Merseyside’s history.

John Webber

John Webber (Image: Merseyside Police)

The paedophile assaulted a 12-year-old girl while she slept

John Webber pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault. He cried and held his head in his hands as he was jailed for five-and-a-half years.

James Liddiard and David Finn

James Liddiard (Image: Home Office)

James Liddiard and David Finn were among six Merseyside-based people traffickers caught attempting to transport stowaways into the UK from France within the space of a week. The former did so with his mum in the passenger seat under the guise of a day trip to Paris.

David Finn (Image: Home Office)

Liddiard was jailed for two years, while Finn was handed 22 months behind bars.

Sam Oliver

Sam Oliver

The roofer was wanted by two police forces when he was caught after men were seen “dealing drugs” outside of a primary school.

Sam Oliver pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine. He was jailed for three years and four months.

William Davidson and Steven Gorry

William Davidson (Image: NWROCU)

Two men were identified as major drug traffickers after chatting about their kids on EncroChat devices.

William Davidson, 39, and his right-hand man Steven Gorry, 47, were linked to the supply of 108kg of cocaine and 14kg of heroin arranged via the encrypted phone network, using the handles ‘WoodenJay, ‘RainBonsai’ and ‘RacyBike’.

Steven Gorry

Both admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Davidson was jailed for 18 years and nine months, while Gorry was locked up for 16 years and six months.

Jwamer Saygul

Jwamer Saygul (Image: CPS)

It took a jury just 25 minutes to find a rapist guilty after he attacked a woman in a park.

Jwamer Saygul was sentenced to nine years in custody.

Jackie Lloyd and Adam Lloyd

Jackie Lloyd (Image: Cheshire Police)

A mother and son recorded themselves “dancing” and “openly celebrating” as flames engulfed a barge they had set fire to in a “truly despicable act”.

Adam Lloyd, 36, chanted “the roof is on fire” after using a cigarette lighter to ignite a cushion on the boat, leading to the fire that completely destroyed it. Accompanying him at the scene on the Bridgewater Canal in Runcorn on was his mum Jackie Lloyd, 54, who moments earlier had called the barge’s owner Peter Hill, her former partner, and threatened to set fire to it after their relationship ended.

Adam Lloyd, 36, of Riversdale, Frodsham, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for arson. (Image: Cheshire Police)

They were jailed for three years and four months each.

Harry Ford

Harry Ford (Image: Cheshire Police)

A robber dragged a teenage girl through woodland as he stole her handbag before falling asleep in the dock once he was brought to court over the terrifying assault.

Harry Ford admitted robbery and was jailed for 15 months.

Paul Hughes

Paul Hughes (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar ransacked a children’s nursery twice in quick succession in order to steal tins of spaghetti, but was caught out after leaving behind a trail of blood.

Paul Hughes admitted two counts of burglary during an earlier hearing. He was jailed for 14 months.

Graham Minards, Peter Bradshaw and Michael Aboo

Graham Minards (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dad used an international network of criminal contacts in countries such as Colombia, Brazil and Dubai as he flooded the UK with tens of millions of pounds of cocaine and heroin.

Importer Graham Minards used the secret pseudonym “Calm Tea” on EncroChat as he traded in more than 1,300kg of class A drugs.

Peter Bradshaw (Image: Merseyside Police)

Minards admitted conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine and conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, ketamine, amphetamine and cannabis. He was jailed for 21 years.

Bradshaw admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and cannabis. He was jailed for 19 years.

Michael Aboo (Image: Merseyside Police)

A third conspirator, Michael Aboo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis and conspiracy to launder money. He was handed 15 years behind bars.

Joanne Moran

Joanne Moran was found guilty of murdering her partner Jonathan Gibbons (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman was jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years after stabbing her boyfriend to death.

Joanne Moran was unanimously found guilty of murdering Jonathan Gibbons. The 50-year-old victim was knifed in the heart at the couple’s home on Bridge Road in Litherland^[45] in the early hours of October 30 last year.

Jake Shaw

Jake Shaw (Image: Liverpool ECHO)

A man hit his girlfriend with a shovel as she fed her son breakfast before throwing bags of dog poo at her.

Jake Shaw admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed for 10 months.

Owen Jameson

Owen Jameson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager pulled a wheelie on a scrambler bike and led police on a high-speed chase.

Owen Jameson pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, possession of cannabis, possession of a shortened shotgun without a licence, dangerous driving and driving without insurance. He was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders’ institution.

Owen Wright

Owen Wright, 30, of The Calvers, The Brow, Runcorn,was sent down for indecent image charges including Category A distribution. (Image: Cheshire Police)

A cyber pervert shared child abuse images of the “most terrible” type, showing victims being “horrendously abused”.

Former chef Owen Wright pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images, three counts of distribution and three charges of making such material. He was jailed for two years and four months.

Joao Domingos

Joao Domingos (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man drunkenly attacked two security staff with glass bottles after being ejected from a city centre bar.

Joao Domingos pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening with an offensive weapon in a public place, one count of assaulting an emergency worker, and one count of causing criminal damage after an incident in the Tom Thumb bar on Hardman Street. He was jailed for 22 months.

Matthew Denton

Matthew Denton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man duped his unwitting dad into driving 20kg of drugs from Liverpool to Stoke before he was caught by police.

Matthew Denton pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to supply amphetamine. He was jailed for three years.

Jake Spencer

Jake Spencer (Image: Merseyside Police)

A masked man burst into a pub brandishing a fake gun before being thrown out by an elderly drinker.

Jake Spencer admitted possession of an imitation firearm, inflicting grievous bodily harm and assaulting an emergency services worker and was jailed for 32 months. Co-defendant Kenny Scott pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and was imprisoned for 20 months.

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards (Image: Merseyside Police)

A cocaine deal “broker” was unmasked by his criminal contacts wishing him a happy birthday and his malfunctioning Sky TV box.

Mark Edwards pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. He shook his head as he was jailed for 16-and-a-half years.

Jack Swanson

Jack Swanson is a prolific burglar and convicted arsonist (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prolific burglar and arsonist watched a pensioner leave her home to go to church before stealing £70,000 worth of items from her property.

Jack Swanson pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, having targeted a 74-year-old victim in December last year. The 29-year-old was jailed for three years and four months.

Jared Skeete

Jared Skeete (Image: PA)

A teenager brazenly sniffed ketamine in full view of riot police as he threw lit fireworks at officers and called them “little sausages”.

Jared Skeete was described as being “at the forefront” of violence which erupted during a protest at the Suites Hotel in Kirkby earlier this year, during which missiles were thrown at police and a Matrix van was torched. He admitted violent disorder and was given three years in a young offenders’ institute.

Callen Chandler-Jones

Callen Chandler-Jones (Image: Merseyside Police)

A vile rapist repeatedly sexually abused a vulnerable woman as she slept.

Callen Chandler-Jones admitted two counts of rape and was jailed for 20 years.

James Billingsley-Taylor

James Billingsley-Taylor (Image: Merseyside Police)

A married foster carer was put behind bars after “trading” videos of horrific child abuse on Snapchat with other paedophiles.

James Billingsley-Taylor admitted two counts of distributing indecent images of children, three of making indecent images and one of possessing indecent images and was jailed for two years.

Terence Earle and Stephen Singleton

Terence Earle (Image: National Crime Agency)

A gang behind a £1million amphetamine lab carried out their dodgy dealings in a Costco car park.

The organised crime group, led by “kingpin” Terence Earle, trafficked lorry loads of heroin and cocaine between Merseyside and Scotland.

Stephen Singleton (Image: North Yorkshire Police)

Earle admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to produce amphetamine. He was jailed for 16-and-a-half years.

Stephen Singleton – who used his “apparently legitimate chemicals company” in order to “supply the necessary ingredients for large amounts of amphetamine” – pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce amphetamine. He was handed 41 months behind bars.

Christopher Crotty

Christopher Crotty (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man assaulted his ex-girlfriend then sent explicit images of her to her mum and brother.

Christopher Crotty was found guilty of one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two of disclosing private images without consent. He was jailed for 27 months.

James Coleman

James Coleman (Image: Merseyside Police)

An innocent member of the public was hit with a shovel as a stag party and a group of workmen brawled in the street.

Anthony Hughes, who rendered the groom-to-be unconscious, admitted wounding without intent and affray. He was jailed for two years.

James Coleman, who wielded the shovel, pleaded guilty to affray and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He was handed 21 months behind bars.

Kevin Condliffe, Richard McLean, Jonathan Fincham and Kieron Ellis

Kevin Condliffe (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)

A county lines gang known as “Scouse Mick”, which operated between Liverpool and Cornwall, was torn apart as four members were jailed.

Kevin Condliffe was jailed for nine years and six months.

Richard McLean was jailed for eight years and six months.

Richard McLean, 39, of Curtana Crescent, Liverpool, for eight years and six months (Image: Merseyside Police)

Jonathan Fincham was jailed six years and six months.

Jonathan Fincham, 52, of Pellor Fields, Helston, for six years and six months.

Kieron Ellis was jailed for seven years.

Kieron Ellis, 44, of Carbis Bay, Penzance, for seven years.

Crimea Price, Arthur Gaskin, Lee Leatherbarrow and John Price

Crimea Price appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (Image: Cheshire Police)

Four men who committed 19 burglaries targeting cash machines in supermarkets stole hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Arthur Gaskin appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (Image: Cheshire Police)

Arthur Gaskin, Lee Leatherbarrow, Crimea Price and John Price targeted ATMs across the country.

Lee Leatherbarrow appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (Image: Cheshire Police)

Crimea Price was sentenced to eight years imprisonment, Gaskin and Leatherbarrow were both sentenced to seven and a half years and John Price was sentenced to six years.

John Price appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (Image: Cheshire Police)

Keith Forsyth

Keith Forsyth appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (Image: Cheshire Police)

A former driving instructor repeatedly assaulted a boy several years his junior in the 1980s.

Keith Forsyth was found guilty of eight sexual offences and was jailed for 32 months.

Jack Wymer

Jack Wymer, 29, from Huyton, jailed for a high level EncroChat drugs operation (Image: Cheshire Police)

An EncroChat crook linked to Spanish villas, ruthless gun thugs and kilos of Class A drugs boasted of making up to £10,000 per day.

Jack Wymer, the man behind the handle “ItchyTrain”, was jailed for 10 years and three months.

Craig Byatt

Craig Byatt (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drugs courier was caught with nearly £85,000 of heroin and crack cocaine when he fell off his bike.

Craig Byatt admitted possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, drug driving and driving without insurance. He was jailed for five years.

Derek Miller and Mark Lindsey

Derek Miller was jailed for eight months and Mark Lindsey was sentenced to six months in prison (Image: Cheshire Police)

Two men were caught with more than £100,000 worth of cannabis after police stopped them on the M6 with a cracked windscreen.

Derek Miller and Mark Lindsey admitted being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.

Miller was jailed for eight months and Lindsey was sentenced to six months in prison.

John Murray

John Murray was sentenced to eight months imprisonment (Image: Facebook)

Two football hooligans who were involved in a massive matchday brawl were seen throwing chairs and punches at Liverpool FC fans.

Thomas Keane and John Murray pleaded guilty to affray following fighting between Liverpool and Everton fans at the St Hilda pub on derby day. Keane was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months while Murray was jailed for eight months.

Stuart O’Brien

Stuart O’Brien, 48, jailed for breaching a football banning order (Image: UGC)

A convicted ticket tout ignored a court order and flew to the Qatar World Cup to make quick cash.

Stuart O’Brien admitted breaching a football banning order breaching and was jailed for 12 weeks.

Gareth Parr

Gareth Parr (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who repeatedly stabbed a stranger in a pub was back in court for wielding a large blade in a park months before the attack.

Gareth Parr pleaded guilty to one count of threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place. He was jailed for 10 months.

Jordan Walmsley

Jordan Walmsley appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man wanted by police for breaching the terms of his licence gave officers a fake name but his real phone number.

Jordan Walmsley pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, possession of cannabis, perverting the course of justice and failing to surrender. He was jailed for eight months.

John Bishop

John Bishop appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday via video link (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prolific burglar who stole £30,000 of clothes from a Flannels store in Southport^[46] made off with £80,000 in an “almost identical” robbery a year later.

John Bishop pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. He was jailed for 15 months.

Russell Jones

Russell Jones (Image: Merseyside Police)

A pervert who sexually assaulted a hospital patient moaned “all of this is wrong” as he was jailed.

Russell Jones was found guilty of one count of sexual assault and imprisoned for three-and-a-half years.

Andrew Kirby

Andrew Kirby appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Thursday (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man hit his girlfriend’s sister in the face with a hammer while two young children were in the house.

Andrew Kirby pleaded guilty to one count of wounding. He was jailed for 29 months.

Ryan Hope, Paul Price, Phillip Owens, Malcolm Griffiths, Farrell Denton and Robert Thomas

Left to right Paul Price, Paul Price, of Pendyffryn Road, Rhyl, and Ryan Hope, of Hansby Drive, Speke, were each jailed for 11 years and four months. Philip Owens, of Meredith Crescent, Rhyl, Malcolm Griffiths, of Vale Road, Rhyl, and were each jailed for five years. Farrell Denton, of Gwynfryn Avenue, Rhyl, and Robert Thomas, of Maple Avenue, Rhyl, were each jailed for three-and-a-half years (Image: North Wales Police)

A drug gang flooded Wales with cocaine from Merseyside.

Paul Price, the boss of the drug operation, facilitated the supply of high purity cocaine from Merseyside to North Wales. He enlisted the help of Ryan Hope who worked alongside Price and operated in a “organisational role”.

Both Price, 55, and Hope were jailed for 11 years and four months. Phillip Owens was jailed for five years in prison for his role.

Malcolm Griffiths was jailed for five years. Farrell Denton and Robert Thomas were jailed for three and a half years.

Michael Smith

Michael Smith (Image: Merseyside Police)

Michael Smith^[47] called his mum a “fat b****” before brandishing a knife and threatening to burn down her house.

He admitted affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault and breaching a suspended sentence order and was jailed for 48 weeks.

Anthony Fox

Anthony Fox (Image: Cheshire Police)

A thug left his neighbour with a bleed on the brain after hitting him on the head with a plank of wood.

Anthony Fox^[48] admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm, battery, criminal damage and controlling and coercive behaviour. He was jailed for four years and 10 months.

Richard Hill

Richard Hill, aged 31 of Sleaford Road in Huyton was sentenced to 1 year in prison

A man stole a laptop, iPads and multiple debit cards from cars in one area of Liverpool.

Richard Hill^[49] pleaded guilty to fraud and several thefts from cars. He was jailed for one year.

Charlie White

Charlie White (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile was ensnared when he sent a picture of his car’s registration plates over Snapchat after recording a girl flashing him on webcam.

Charlie White^[50] admitted inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, taking indecent images, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity, attempting sexual communications with a child, two counts of possession of indecent images and three counts of making indecent images. The barman was jailed for two years.

Cameron Edwards

Cameron Edwards (Image: Merseyside police)

A “troubled” man chased his former cellmate and swung a large knife at him after they rowed in St Helens town centre. Cameron Edwards^[51] was sentenced to 18 months for making threats with a bladed article.

Dominic Kelly

Dominic Kelly (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man kicked down the front door of his neighbours’ flat before stabbing a boy in the face. Dominic Kelly^[52] admitted aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He was handed an indefinite hospital order.

Mark Brockley

Mark Brockley (Image: City of London Police)

A fraudster pocketed hundreds of thousands of pounds by selling pirated subscriptions to stream Premier League^[53] and Champions League games before fleeing the country with his dog.

Mark Brockley^[54], who remains on the run and is believed to be living abroad, was handed a five years behind bars in his absence after being found guilty of distributing articles infringing on copyright and fraudulently evading income tax.

Stephen McHugh

Stephen McHugh, who deliberately drove into a crowd of pedestrians, killing 22-year-old Rebecca Steer in Oswestry, Shropshire (Image: West Mercia Police/PA Wire)

A drug dealer was jailed for life for murdering a 22-year-old student. Stephen McHugh^[55] was handed a sentence of a minimum of 18 years for deliberately driving his car into a group of people, killing Rebecca Steer.

Nicholas Street

Nicholas Street (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager collected manuals on how to make homemade grenades and cyanide and set up an online extremist group called “Tesco Waffen”. Nicholas Street^[56] was found guilty of encouraging terrorism by the jury, while he previously admitted three counts of possession of a document containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. He was handed 30 months in a young offenders’ institute.

Adetunji Akona-Dosunmo

Adetunji Akona-Dosunmo (Image: Merseyside police)

A paedophile who travelled on buses targeting schoolgirls in their uniforms was jailed for two years and four months. Adetunji Akona-Dosunmo^[57] admitted two counts of sexual communication with a child, attempting to arrange a child sex offence, and four counts of breaching an existing sexual harm prevention order.

Dylan Hughes

Dylan Hughes (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man needed 53 stitches after being hit in the face with a vape during a night out in Liverpool city centre. Dylan Hughes^[58] admitted wounding with intent and was jailed for 45 months.

Ryan Hunter

Ryan Hunter appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who abused his girlfriend for years would put a bag over her head and ask her how long it would take her to escape.

Ryan Hunter^[59] was found guilty of two counts of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The 33-year-old previously pleaded guilty to two counts of producing cannabis and one count of abstracting electricity and was jailed for five years.

Brian Flynn

Brian Flynn (Image: Merseyside Police)

A convicted cocaine dealer glassed a man who then accidentally stabbed his own mum to death in a pub car park. Brian Flynn^[60] launched a pint glass at Jamie Dempsey’s head in the Brambles pub, Kirkby, over an unpaid drug debt. Dempsey then went on to stab Flynn outside, but also fatally knifed his 55-year-old mother Karen Dempsey in the heart as she tried to stop the violence.

Flynn appeared admitted affray in relation to his part in the tragic incident and was locked up for 20 months.

Mark Sands

Mark Sands (Image: Merseyside Police)

A painter and decorator agreed to courier a shotgun wrapped in a bin bag and a hi-vis jacket in order to clear a £300 debt. Mark Sands^[61] was locked up for three years, having admitted conspiracy to possess a shotgun.

Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes, 32, of Linwood Road, Tranmere was jailed for four years (Image: Merseyside Police)

A prison officer who smuggled drugs into the jail where he worked spent his ill-gotten gains on a hair transplant, breast surgery and £10,000 wedding. Peter Hughes was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office, possession of class C drugs with intent to supply, and conveying class C drugs into a prison.

Paul Cox

Paul Cox has been jailed for five years after being caught minding a lethal Skorpion sub-machine gun

A man was caught minding a Skorpion submachine gun and more than 140 rounds of ammunition. Paul Cox pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited weapon and ammunition and was jailed for five years.

Ryan Kearns

Ryan Kearns, 29, of Marlborough Road in Oxton, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dealer told officers he had swallowed wraps of drugs before vomiting as police raided his home. Ryan Kearns was jailed for three years and four months for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson (Image: Merseyside Police)

An arsonist launched a lit firework through his neighbour’s letterbox after falsely accusing her of being a thief. John Tomlinson^[62] admitted arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. He was jailed for 36 months.

Michael Redmond

Michael Redmond (Image: Merseyside Police)

Michael Redmond^[63] told police “I’m going to need those in prison” after he was caught with class A drugs smuggled inside his body. The 53-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of possession to supply cocaine and heroin. He was jailed for 44 months.

Liam Harrison

Liam Harrison, 26,  pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A, cocaine and ecstasy, and possession of class B (Image: Merseyside police)

A remorseful drug dealer broke down in court as he confessed to his involvement in a serious illegal operation. Liam Harrison^[64] pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drug and was jailed for 28 months.

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly, 36, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs (Image: Merseyside police)

War veteran Michael Kelly^[65] was caught running a huge illegal drugs operation from his flat. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs and was jailed for 40 months.

Gavin Sellens

Gavin Sellens, 41, of Longfellow Street, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to assault (Image: Merseyside police)

Gavin Sellens^[66] pushed his girlfriend to the ground and kicked her in the face after accusing her of cheating. Sellens admitted assault. He was jailed for 14 months.

Michael Legros

Michael Legros, 32, of Woodbridge Avenue, Halewood (Image: Merseyside Police)

Michael Legros^[67] called a border force officer a “Rochdale paedo” after being caught with 14,000 cigarettes in his luggage. He was jailed for three years.

Thomas Robinson

Thomas Robinson, 43, of St Marys Road, Huyton was jailed for 17 years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine (Image: Merseyside Police)

An EncroChat drug dealer who used the handle “CarbonZero” used his car and van hire company as a front to sell heroin and cocaine.

Thomas Robinson^[68] was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine and was jailed for 17 years.

Alan Madden

Alan Madden was been jailed for 7 years and 6 months. (Image: Counter Terrorism Policing North West)

A man who shared videos from banned far-right organisation National Action kept a gun next to his bed in case of a “complete breakdown in society”.

Alan Madden^[69] pleaded guilty to dissemination of a terrorist publication and three counts of stirring up racial hatred, possession of a prohibited firearm, possessing prohibited ammunition, possessing ammunition without a firearms certificate, possessing an offensive weapon in a private place and possession of a bladed article and was jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

Aaren Murphy

Aaren Murphy was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Facebook)

A paedophile was caught when he posted vile images of children on Snapchat and Instagram. Aaren Murphy^[70], 22, pleaded guilty to eight charges. He was jailed for three years and four months.

Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones, of Norman Road, Runcorn, pleaded guilty to six sexual offences, including three counts of rape of a girl under 16 (Image: Cheshire Police)

A former firefighter raped a girl over a three year period which started when she was just 13. Kevin Jones^[71] pleaded guilty to six sexual offences, including three counts of rape. The 49-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Stephen Townsend

Stephen Townsend (Image: Cheshire Police)

Members of staff cowered behind the bar in fear as a cocaine-fuelled customer launched pool balls across a crowded pub and shouted “I’ll slice yous all up”.

Stephen Townsend admitted affray and assaulting an emergency services worker. He sat with his arms folded in the dock as he was jailed for 14 months.

Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley (Image: Merseyside Police)

A convicted child rapist shared vile materials with a fellow sex offender who he met in prison. Thomas Stanley admitted distributing indecent images, possession of indecent images, three counts of making indecent images and breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He was locked up for a further 32 months.

Peter Steinitz

Peter Steinitz (Image: Merseyside Police)

A serial sex offender claimed his young victims “laughed at him” when he exposed himself to them as they walked home from school. Peter Steinitz admitted outraging public decency and breaching a sexual offences prevention order. He was jailed for 32 months.

Stanley Feerick

Stanley Feerick (Image: National Crime Agency)

A grandad used his job as a lorry driver as cover as he transported hundreds of thousands of pounds of heroin across the country. Stanley Feerick admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and participating in the activities of an organised crime group. He was jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter (Image: Cheshire Police)

A laughing pervert instructed a ’13-year-old girl’ to practice kissing using apples and oranges. Andrew Carter admitted arranging a child sex offence, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and attempting sexual communications with a child. He laughed before leaning forward and resting his head on the front of the dock after he was jailed for 33 months.

Nasrin Saleh

Nasrin Saleh was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (June 5) (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum high on nitrous oxide killed her passenger after crashing into a roundabout at speed. Nasrin Saleh admitted causing Lugman Mehboob’s death by dangerous driving and was jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Carl Ashall

Carl Ashall (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum discovered that her teenage son had been recruited to deal drugs when she checked his old phone. Carl Ashall and Neil Swift put the boy to work selling cocaine and manning their graft phone in return for small sums of cash. Ashall admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to supply and was jailed for five years. Swift pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and was imprisoned for three years.

Lee Barnes

Lee Barnes, aged 23, of Cygnet House, St James Drive in Bootle was sentenced to a total of 45 months for drug offences and received a nine-month concurrent sentence for possession of criminal property (Image: Merseyside Police)

A county lines drug dealer set up a new graft phone just one day after being questioned by police. Lee Barnes admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property. He was jailed for 45 months.

Shaun Tinsley

Shaun Tinsley, 28, of Deysbrook Way, Liverpool, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by driving while uninsured and causing death by driving while disqualified as well as failing to stop and failing to report the collision (Image: Cheshire Police)

A Mercedes driver huffed on laughing gas and sped at up to 134mph before killing another motorist.

Shaun Tinsley smashed into the back of Paul Loller’s car “like a missile” on the M62 in the early hours while high on nitrous oxide. He then careered into the central reservation and fled, leaving the innocent 61-year-old dying at the scene.

Tinsley admitted causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident, causing death by driving while disqualified, causing death by driving while uninsured and driving without insurance. He showed no reaction as he was jailed for nine years and four months.

Yohammes Eyob-Berakhi and Abdulla Mohammed

Yohammes Eyob-Berakhi was jailed for two years and six months (Image: Merseyside Police)

A gang lurked around cashpoints before stealing people bank cards and spending tens of thousands of pounds. Yohammes Eyob-Berakhi and Abdulla Mohammed were identified as being part of a wider group of fraudsters following an investigation into an incident on Hanover Street in Liverpool city centre.

Abdulla Mohammed, 30, of Westman Drive, Manchester, was also jailed for two years and six months for fraud (Image: Merseyside Police)

Eyob-Berakhi was jailed for two years and six months plus a concurrent three years and six months for a separate drugs offence. Mohammed was also jailed for two years and six months for fraud.

James Owen

James Owen (Image: Merseyside Police)

A perverted chef who sexually assaulted a semi-conscious student on Concert Square was jailed again after groping a girl on a train. James Owen admitted sexual assault. He was jailed for two years.

Paul Lipson

Paul Lipson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A purse dipper feigned innocence and pleaded “I wouldn’t do that, that’s the lowest of the low” when he was confronted by an elderly woman after targeting her in an Asda supermarket. Paul Lipson admitted four counts of theft, one of attempted theft and six counts of fraud. He was jailed for 44 months.

Garry Earle

Garry Earle (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and crack cocaine dealer who offered “fat bags for 20” was caught out when he ordered a taxi. Garry Earle admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for three years.

Carl Roberts

Carl Roberts (Image: North Wales Police)

A drunken burglar fell asleep for four and a half hours during a break-in but was still able to escape while wearing the victim’s jumper. Carl Roberts admitted two counts of burglary and possession of cannabis. He was jailed four years.

Ornela Borisova

Ornela Borisova, 22, of Clough Lane, Huddersfield, pleaded guilty to burglary and theft (Image: Cheshire Police)

A woman targeted an 85-year-old in a café and then broke into her house. Ornela Borisova was jailed for 16 months after admitting burglary.

Jacob Dickinson

Jacob Dickinson, 19, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenager carrying a knife in a Tesco bag stabbed a delivery driver and tried to steal his bike. Jacob Dickinson pleaded guilty to robbery and wounding and was given six years in a young offenders’ institute.

Tracey Bailey and Samuel Patterson

Tracey Bailey (Image: Merseyside Police)

A couple lured an old man to a flat on the promise of sex but instead attacked him with a hammer and a crow bar and robbed him.

Tracey Bailey and Samuel Patterson set the honeytrap on an online dating website, inviting their 75-year-old target around for a sordid romp before threatening to “break his kneecaps”. Patterson admitted robbery and was jailed for six years and nine months.

Samuel Patterson (Image: Merseyside Police)

Bailey pleaded guilty to robbery and fraud. She was imprisoned for four-and-a-half years.

James Tully

James Tully was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drunk thug knocked a grandad to the floor and took out his tooth with an elbow to the face. James Tully was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after a trial. He was jailed for nine months.

Kieran Cowley

Kieran Cowley, of Noctorum, Birkenhead (Image: Merseyside police)

A thug who dragged his girlfriend down the street after rowing with her at a New Year’s Eve party drunkenly attacked a Good Samaritan as he tried to intervene. Kieran Cowley was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm. He was jailed for 16 months.

Elliot Harris

Elliot Harris (Image: Merseyside Police)

A disabled teenager fled from her drunken boyfriend’s clutches after he throttled her at the Hard Days Night Hotel and hid in another guest’s room. Elliot Harris was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was handed 14 months in a young offenders’ institute.

Jamie Middleton

Jamie Middleton (Image: Merseyside police)

A man flew into a violent rage and brutally attacked his friend after he told him to “shut up”. Jamie Middleton admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Daniel Cooper

Daniel Cooper (Image: Merseyside police)

A man preyed on a teenage girl while pretending to be helping her study for her GCSEs.

Daniel Cooper pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and was sentenced to two years and three months in prison.

Phillip Rogers

Phillip Rogers was jailed for ten and a half years

A man was jailed for 10-and-a-half years for sexual offences against two children. Phillip Rogers was found guilty of two counts of attempted sexual assault and four counts of indecent assaults.

Erica Jones

Erica Jones, 22, jailed for 24 months after admitting child sexual offences committed alongside her former lover, Phil Hudson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A jealous woman who went to police about her ex-lover’s horrific crimes against children was also locked up after detectives realised she was heavily involved.

Erica Jones was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to possessing indecent images of children and arranging a child sexual offence.

Benjamin Carter, Jack Elliott and Christopher Davidson

Benjamin Carter, of Sprucewood Close, Liverpool (Image: Cheshire Police)

Three members of a county lines drug gang known as “Scouse Jonno” were locked up. Benjamin Carter and Jack Elliott pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

Jack Elliott, of Welton Green, Liverpool

Carter was sentenced to seven years.

Christopher Davidson of Cemlyn Close, Chester (Image: Cheshire Police)

Eliott was jailed for three years and Christopher Davidson was jailed for one year and four months.

Steven Parle

Steven Parle was jailed for 12 years (Image: Merseyside Police)

A shotgun wrapped in a towel was found following an extensive search at a Kensington home. Steven Parle was convicted of possession of a firearm, possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply and possession of criminal property. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Thomas Walker

Thomas Walker, 43, formerly of Walton (Image: Merseyside police)

A depraved paedophile who raped and abused a young girl for years was caught by undercover police. Thomas Walker was jailed for 16 years.

Liam Chung

Liam Chung (Image: Merseyside Police)

A cocaine dealing kickboxer supplied a semi-automatic firearm as part of a secret plot to shoot two brothers. Liam Chung admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis, conspiracy to transfer a prohibited weapon and possession of criminal property. He was jailed for 20 years.

Kristofer Kearney

Kristofer Thomas Kearney has been jailed for four years and eight months concurrent for two offences of disseminating terrorist publications (Image: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)

The “head of fitness” at far-right organisation Patriotic Alternative was jailed for sharing manifestos that encouraged extreme terror attacks.

Kristofer Kearney pleaded guilty to two offences of disseminating terrorist publications. The self-described British fascist was jailed for four years and eight months.

Derek Smith

Derek Smith was sentenced at Chester Crown Court (Image: Cheshire Police)

A paedophile who continued his sick activity after he had been charged by police was arrested at Cheshire Oaks after messaging adults acting as child ‘decoys’.

Derek Smith was found guilty of a total of 24 charges – including the possession and taking of indecent images of children, engaging in sexual communication with a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and multiple counts of rape. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Gary Groves

Gary Groves, 55, of Jean Walk, Fazakerley, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A masked gang broke into a woman’s house on Christmas Day before attacking her in front of her granddaughter and kidnapping her.

Gary Groves was handed 14 years behind bars, with his two accomplices having been sentenced in December 2020.

Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts, 51 years, of St Luke’s Close, West Derby (Image: Merseyside Police)

A vile man grabbed a sex worker by the throat before punching her face. Ian Roberts admitted theft and assault and was imprisoned for one year and four months.

Zak Mortimer and Nathan Slemen

Zak Mortimer (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two childhood friends of 40 years turned on one another as a prison drug smuggling ring unravelled. Zak Mortimer and Nathan Slemen were part of a gang who plotted to fly up to £650,000 of drugs, tobacco and mobile phones into HMP Liverpool using drones.

Nathan Slemen (Image: Merseyside Police)

But when the police began to close in on the conspiracy and raided Mortimer’s mum’s house, he subjected Slemen to a brutal street attack and left him with a permanent disability. He admitted four counts of conspiracy to convey a prohibited article into a prison and inflicting grievous bodily harm, and was jailed for seven years and three months.

Slemen pleaded guilty to the four charges of conspiracy to convey a prohibited article into a prison. He smiled in the dock as he received five years and one month in prison.

Thomas Linsner

Thomas Anthony Linsner, 31, of Bravery Court, Speke (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man was jailed after a scrambler bike shooting which terrified residents. Thomas Linsner was found guilty of conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to cause fear of violence. He was sentenced to six years in prison.

Tyler Rogers

Tyler Rogers, 22, from Crosby (Image: Merseyside Police)

A perverted voyeur used a hidden camera to secretly film nude women in the changing rooms of Crosby^[72] Leisure Centre.

Tyler Rogers pleaded guilty to eight counts of voyeurism and one count of making an indecent image of a child. He was jailed for 16 months.

James Eedle

John Eedle appeared at Liverpool Crown Court this morning (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who grew cannabis to partly fund his addiction returned home to find police officers raiding his loft. James Eedle pleaded guilty to the production of cannabis and abstracting electricity. He was jailed for a year.

Lewis Wright

Lewis Wright, of Howard Florey Avenue, Netherton (Image: Merseyside police)

A teenage tearaway who mowed down and killed Litherland running man with a stolen car lied to police about trying to brake moments before the fatal crash.

Lewis Wright, 17, lost control of the speeding Audi S8 as he attempted to drive the wrong way around the roundabout on The Marian Way, Netherton^[73]. He crashed through a set of iron railings and ploughed into the 63-year-old runner, David Francis, crushing him between the car and the garden wall of a property on Morgan Mews.

He suffered multiple severe injuries and died at the scene. Wright pleaded guilty to causing his death by dangerous driving, causing death while driving uninsured, causing death while driving without a licence and taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and was given four years in a young offenders’ institute.

Scott Beveridge

Scott Beveridge, now of HMP Garth, pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker (Image: Merseyside police)

A jailed drug dealer attacked a prison guard when she attempted to search him for an illegal mobile phone.

Scott Beveridge pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker and possession of a device capable of transmitting or receiving images, sounds or information by electronic communications inside a prison and was handed an additional 10 months behind bars.

Peter Hogg

Peter Hogg (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thug who left his step brother “close to death” after a row over their dad’s ashes descended into brutal violence was jailed for life.

Peter Hogg was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. He was handed a life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years.

Connor Chapman

Connor Chapman, 23, found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police/PA Wire)

Connor Chapman was jailed for life with a minimum term of 48 years after being found guilty of the murder of Elle Edwards.

The popular beautician was shot dead aged 26 outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Wirral^[74], on Christmas Eve last year. She was described as the “wholly innocent” victim of the culmination of a violent feud between rival gangs based on the Woodchurch and Beechwood estates.

Thomas Waring

Thomas Waring (Image: Merseyside Police/PA Wire)

Chapman’s friend and criminal ally took custody of the gun and helped to torch the car used in the murder.

The 20-year-old was found guilty of assisting an offender and possession of a prohibited weapon, having previously admitted failing to comply with a disclosure notice after refusing to provide the passcode to his mobile phone to police. Waring was jailed for nine years.

Tracy Ellis

Tracy Ellis, also known as Tracy Hatton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum’s £180,000 scam was uncovered after she went shopping at B&Q.

Tracy Ellis admitted fraud by abuse of position. She was jailed for two years and eight months.

Scott McLean

Scott McLean (Image: Facebook)

A thug said a man was “getting terrored” before hitting him in the face with an axe.

Scott McLean was found guilty of wounding with intent by a jury, having admitted possession of a bladed article in a public place and a malicious communications offence. He was jailed for six years.

Damien Crellin

Damien Crellin, 39, of Salisbury Street, Runcorn (Image: North Wales Police)

A drug driver had his daughter in the car with him when he caused a horror crash that injured three people. Damien Crellin was jailed for 28 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

James Spindler

James Spindler (Image: South Wales Police)

A county lines gang who dealt drugs near a primary school forced their way into a vulnerable couple’s home and refused to leave.

James Spindler pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin and was jailed for 58 months.

Korben Bell

Korben Bell, 21, of Rice Lane was jailed for five years and six months (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who was found to be in possession of a knife and drugs can now be stopped and searched by police at any time.

Korben Bell admitted five drug offences, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of criminal property and was sentenced to five years and six months.

James Kelly

James Francis Kelly, of Gorsedale Road, Wirral, jailed for 10 months after he repeatedly gave the name of an innocent man when he was fined for travelling without a ticket on Merseyside (Image: British Transport Police)

A man avoided paying fines by passing them onto a former school friend.

James Kelly was jailed for 10 months after his scheme was eventually found out. He pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice.

Patrick Kinsella

Patrick Kinsella, 29, from Spur Close in Croxteth (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man using the nickname “Zac n Paddy” controlled a county lines drug supply chain.

Patrick Kinsella pleaded guilty to supplying heroin and crack cocaine. He was jailed for four years and four months.

Connor Jackson

Paedophile Connor Jackson, of Liverpool City Centre, jailed for sharing sick videos of child rape (Image: Merseyide Police)

A paedophile ring was smashed thanks to cutting edge technology and the work of a sniffer dog.

Connor Jackson was jailed for two years after admitting making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.

Manjit Singh

Manjit Singh (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman stole nearly £1million from her employer and gave it to a man who did not exist. Manjit Singh admitted eight counts of fraud by abuse of position. The 60-year-old was jailed for two years.

Daniel Doyle

Daniel Martin Doyle, of Cotsford Close in Page Moss, appeared at Mold Crown Court (Image: North Wales Police)

A dad went back to drug dealing due to owing money to people “you can’t say no to”. Daniel Doyle, was jailed for a total of four-and-a-half years after he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.

David Hunter, Stephen Quigley, Gary McEvatt, Gary Sarson, John Ianson and Andrew Unsworth

David Hunter, 51, who organised the shipment of cannabis worth £2million into Seaforth docks (Image: National Crime Agency)

A “highly organised” crime ring with links throughout Europe were caught red-handed after shipping £2million of cannabis into Seaforth Docks stashed in pallets of broccoli, kale and lettuce.

David Hunter was at the head of the conspiracy, closely supported by his trusted associates Stephen Quigley and Gary McEvatt.

Surveillance photos of Stephen Quigley, part of a gang who smuggled £2million of cannabis into Seaforth docks (Image: National Crime Agency)

Also involved in the conspiracy were Gary Sarson, John Ianson and Andrew Unsworth.

Gary Sarson, left, and Gary McKevatt, part of a gang who smuggled £2million of cannabis into Seaforth docks (Image: NCA)

Hunter was jailed for four years and eight months, to run consecutively to his existing nine years and seven months sentence. Quigley was jailed for five years and two months. Sarson was jailed for five years.

John Ianson, 58 (Image: NCA)

McKevatt was jailed for four years and 10 months. Ianson was jailed for 25 months, while Unsworth was jailed for two and a half years.

Gheorghe Lupu

Gheorghe Lupu (Image: Merseyside Police)

A delivery driver had an affair with a woman then went on to send an explicit video of them together to her husband and elderly mum.

Gheorghe Lupu admitted disclosing a private sexual image and was found guilty of theft by a jury following a trial. He was jailed for 12 months.

Louis Griffiths

Louis Griffiths (Image: Cheshire Police)

A woman woke up after a night out to find a stranger sexually assaulting her.

Louis Griffiths admitted sexual assault. He was jailed for 12 months.

Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan Jackson, 34, and his girlfriend Katie Jones, 26, were caught with 250g of cocaine after being stopped on the M4 (Image: South Wales Police)

A couple claimed they were “visiting family'” when they were stopped on a motorway with £10,000 of cocaine.

Jonathan Jackson and Katie Jones were pulled over by police on the M4 motorway when they were on their way back from Liverpool. Jackson was sentenced to a total of 33 months imprisonment, with Jones handed an 18-month imprisonment suspended for 24 months.

Liam Carson

Liam Carson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drug dealer’s little brother was stabbed in the face outside McDonald’s while his mum’s house was petrol bombed after he racked up a £10,000 debt.

Liam Carson admitted supplying heroin and cocaine, two counts of being concerned in the supply of heroin, two charges of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for four years and eight months.

Joseph Triggs

Joseph Triggs, of Ashton Square, Woolton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A 23-year-old drug dealer was taken to jail with his head in his hands as his heartbroken mother and girlfriend sobbed.

Joseph Triggs was jailed for 31 months.

Fraser Dolman and Wayne Hepburn

Fraser Dolman (Image: Merseyside Police)

The two men admitted manslaughter after a grandad died in a fire.

George Redmond was killed aged 76 after his house on Dorien Road in Old Swan was set alight in the early hours of September 1 last year. The arsonists “targeted the wrong house” in what was intended as a “retaliatory attack”.

Fraser Dolman pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered in connection with the incident. The 37-year-old, who also admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, was jailed for 16 years and three months.

Wayne Hepburn admitted manslaughter and arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. The 47-year-old was handed 15 years.

Wayne Hepburn (Image: Merseyside Police)

Liam Cain

Liam Cain (Image: Liverpool Echo)

Liam Cain was locked up for life with a minimum term of 17 years for the murder of Courtney Bourne.

The 19-year-old was found unanimously guilty of murdering his girlfriend by a jury after one hour and nine minutes of deliberations. She was heard screaming out of the window of the couple’s 14th storey flat on Quarry Green Heights in Kirkby moments before police discovered her lifeless body on a bed inside, having been strangled to death aged 20.

Paul McKee

Paul McKee (Image: Merseyside Police)

A children’s entertainer known as “Professor Paulos” could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was unmasked as a “predatory paedophile” who treated young girls “like little sex slaves”.

Magician Paul McKee was convicted of 13 child sexual offences, including rape and sexual assault, after a trial. He was jailed for 30 years.

Albion Rapaj

Albion Rapaj, 24 years, of no fixed abode (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who travelled to the UK in “hope of a better life” was forced at knifepoint to look after a huge cannabis farm worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Albion Rapaj was jailed for 25 months.

Derek Moon

Derek Moon (Image: Merseyside Police)

A serial paedophile told police “that didn’t happen hun” after he was arrested over his sick crimes.

Derek Moon admitted rape and 12 counts of sexual assault. He was jailed for 12 years and five months.

Jamie Veale

Jamie Joseph Veale, of Moorfield Road, Widnes, used the Encrochat handle ‘Monstermunchman’ (Image: Cheshire Police)

An Encrochat dealer used the handle “MonsterMunchMan” to supply large quantities of cocaine. Jamie Veale pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs. He was jailed for 18 years.

George Liu

George Liu (Image: Merseyside Police)

A racist thug battered a taxi driver with a vodka bottle but accidentally left his mobile phone behind in the victim’s car. George Liu admitted racially-aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He nodded as he was jailed for 18 months.

Nathan Elliott

Nathan Elliott (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dad turned to drug dealing following the failure of his nightclub as criminals further up the chain made threats against his baby son. Nathan Elliott admitted possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for 26 months.

Jacob Hutchingson

Jacob Hutchingson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A former soldier broke a disabled man’s nose after subjecting him and his mum to a “random attack” outside a pub. Jacob Hutchingson admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault. He replied “thank you very much” after he was jailed for 16 months.

Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas, 36, of Sunnyside, Toxteth, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for drug offences (Image: Merseyside Police)

A county line drug boss sold heroin and cocaine across the region. Ian Thomas pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Lewis Hudson

Lewis Hudson mugshot (Image: Merseyside Police)

A sadistic thug tortured his partner’s cat by scalding her in a hot shower and shooting her with a BB gun before eventually killing her. Lewis Hudson pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and harassment. He was jailed for two years and three months.

Anthony Doyle

Anthony Doyle was jailed (Image: Merseyside Police)

A Liverpool county lines drug dealer who moved to Devon to sell heroin and crack cocaine has been jailed. Anthony Doyle admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine and was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.

Timothy Sargeant

Timothy Sargeant (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum returned home from a holiday with her son to find that her boyfriend had smeared poo over the walls of her living room. Timothy Sargeant admitted engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour, strangulation and two counts of criminal damage. He was jailed for three years.

Christopher Macnab

Christopher Macnab (Image: Cheshire Police)

“Terrified” children ran home from the park screaming after a man was spotted with a machete down his trousers. Christopher Macnab admitted possession of a bladed article in a public place during an earlier hearing. He was jailed for 18 months.

Samuel Trueman

Samuel Trueman (Image: Merseyside Police)

“Oblivious” Co-op customers continued buying milk unaware that a man clutching a can of Red Bull and a knife was silently robbing the store. Samuel Trueman admitted robbery and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He was jailed for four years.

Andrew Mayers

Andrew Mayers

A sex offender who was arrested in a Travelodge hotel claimed he had wiped his phone because he was “embarrassed” by calls he had made to Babestation. Andrew Mayers admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He was jailed for two years.

Lewis Price

Lewis Price (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum returned home from a friend’s house in the early hours to find a shadowy figure lurking in her front window. The homeowner fled in terror after discovering Lewis Price inside her property uninvited. He admitted burglary and was jailed for 876 days, this being the minimum three-year term for a third-strike burglar minus a reduction for his guilty plea.

Helen and Michelle McPartland

Helen and Michelle McPartland (Image: Cheshire Police)

Two sisters wept and wailed in the dock as they were jailed for framing their brother-in-law for a crime he did not commit. Helen and Michelle McPartland admitted perverting the course of justice. They were locked up for 10 months each.

Aiden Dodd

Aiden Dodd (Image: Cheshire Police)

An eight-year-old girl was left in hospital after an illegal driver smashed into her mum’s car. Aiden Dodd admitted dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident and driving without a licence and insurance. He was jailed for 14 months.

Craig Gallagher, Christopher Van Maren, Wesley Campbell and Marcus Allen

Craig Gallagher (Image: National Crime Agency)

A pair of brothers called on contacts in Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain as they plotted to import cocaine and supply firearms on a “breathtaking” scale.

Craig and Ashley Gallagher had ambitions to flood the UK with hundreds of kilograms of class A drugs every week while arranging the sale of a frightening arsenal of guns, including AK-47 assault rifles and semi-automatic AR-15s. While the former was today handed a lengthy prison sentence over their multi-million pound operation, his older sibling remains on the run from the law and is believed to be in hiding abroad.

Craig Gallagher admitted conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis, conspiracy to convert criminal property and assisting an offence of conspiracy to transfer firearms. Appearing remotely from HMP Liverpool, he shook his head after being jailed for 24 years before leaving the video link booth.

Appearing alongside him was “trusted” OGC member Christopher Van Maren, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to convert criminal property. The 40-year-old, of Marbury Road in Kirkby, was locked up for 12 years and replied: “Thank you.”

Christopher Van Maren (Image: National Crime Agency)

Wesley Campbell, a customer of Gallagher’s and an onward supplier, admitted the same counts of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to convert criminal property. The 39-year-old – of Castle Green in Kingswood, Warrington – was also handed 12 years.

Wesley Campbell (Image: National Crime Agency)

Gang courier Marcus Allen, of Grey Road in Walton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis and conspiracy to convert criminal property. The 29-year-old said “nice one” after he was imprisoned for eight years.

Marcus Allen (Image: National Crime Agency)

Douglas Webley

Douglas Webley (Image: Merseyside Police)

A sick paedophile raped a young girl then branded her a “nuisance” and a “liar”. Douglas Webley admitted rape and sexual assault. He was jailed for 15 years and four months.

Thomas Mayer

Thomas Mayer, 21, pleaded guilty to three offences including dangerous driving

A man who drove down the wrong side of the motorway “risked killing people”. Thomas Mayer pleaded guilty dangerous driving, using a motor vehicle without insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence. He was jailed for eight months.

Joanne McGarity

Joanne McGarity (Image: Cheshire Police)

A woman stole tens of thousands of pounds from her own grandma and left her facing the prospect of eviction. Joanne McGarity admitted fraud by abuse of position. She was jailed for two years and eight months.

Suzanne David, Tiffany Baker and Shannon Baker

(Image: Merseyside police)

A furious mum led a vicious attack on her daughter’s love rival after an argument in a tanning salon.

Suzanne David, 51, and her daughters Tiffany and Shannon Baker, 26 and 20, brutally attacked Melanie Park outside Tropical Heat on Corinthian Street, Rock Ferry.

Tiffany Baker, of Rock Close, Rock Ferry (Image: Merseyside police)

David sat on top of her and banged her head on the pavement, shouting: “You f***ing little sweat, dirty f***ing sweat. Don’t you dare talk to my f***ing kids.

Shannon Baker, of Church Road, Tranmere (Image: Merseyside police)

All three women admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. David was jailed for one year and three months, while the sisters received 10 months.

Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts of Freehold Street, Fairfield (Image: Merseyside police)

An armed robber went on the run for seven years after stabbing a man in a botched stick-up. Mark Roberts admitted attempted robbery and wounding with intent. He was jailed for eight years.

Darren Gray

Darren Gray (Image: Merseyside Police)

The “money man” for a £28million drugs gang was arrested in Spain after fleeing the country via the Channel Tunnel. Darren Gray admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and possession of criminal property. He was jailed for 17 years.

Ryan Daly and Luke Davies

Ryan Daly, left, and Luke Davies (Image: Cheshire Live)

A drug dealer was banned from owning dogs after he left his own without food or water. Ryan Daly^[75] and Luke Davies were charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis while Daly was also charged with failing to ensure the needs of a dog are met. He was jailed for four years, with Davies receiving four-and-a-half years.

Dean Welch

Dean Welch (Image: Merseyside Police)

A young child was left alone in a flat with weapons and drugs “at arm’s length” when the dealer who was meant to be looking after the youngster went to sell cannabis on the street.

Dean Welch^[76] admitted possession of cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply, possession of criminal property and child neglect. He was jailed for three years and three months.

Darren Ablett

Darren Ablett (Image: Merseyside Police)

A cocaine trafficker was rumbled thanks in part to a picture showing him with his feet up watching Spider-Man. Darren Ablett was found unanimously guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine by a jury after only an hour of deliberations. He was jailed for 20 years.

James Ireland

James Ireland is facing a life sentence

A killer was told to “rot in hell” and branded a “murdering b******” by his victim’s grieving girlfriend as he was jailed for life.

James Ireland^[77] savagely knifed Billy Moore in the face, throat and chest on the doorstep of his own home only minutes after the two had hugged in the street. He was unanimously convicted of the 31-year-old’s murder by a jury after one hour and 53 minutes of deliberations and told to serve at least 19 years behind bars.

Steven Laverty

Steven Laverty (Image: Merseyside Police)

A disgraced PE teacher who had sex with a former pupil has been jailed. Steven Laverty^[78] was found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child by a jury. He was locked up for three years.

Steven Shannon

Steven Shannon (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “geek” converted blank firing guns into functioning weapons for sale. Steven Shannon admitted conspiracy to possess prohibited weapons for sale, conspiracy to convert imitation firearms into firearms and possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition. Supporters in the public gallery gasped and wept as he was jailed for eight years.

Gareth Bullock

Gareth Bullock (Image: Merseyside Police)

Police found a teenage boy hiding down the side of a paedophile’s bed and another on the window ledge of his third-storey flat. Gareth Bullock admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order and breaching a community order. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Anthony Lucas

Anthony Lucas (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dad has been urged to stop committing crimes “if he loves and cares for his son”. Anthony Lucas was found guilty of two counts of harassment and two counts of breaching a non-molestation order during a trial and admitted breaching a suspended sentence order. He was jailed for two years.

Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “sexually deviant” pensioner stood on furniture while performing sex acts out of his bedroom window as horrified children watched on.

Robin Cunningham admitted five counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and three of exposure. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Owen Cotton

Owen Cotton, of Berwick Close, Newsham Park (Image: Merseyside Police)

A petty argument in a city centre bar erupted into an all-out melee as a gang of men rained down vicious blows on two strangers.

Owen Cotton pleaded guilty to two counts of grievous bodily harm and one count of unlawful wounding and was jailed for three years and 11 months.

Gordon Rhodes

Gordon Rhodes, aged 57, of Abbeystead Avenue in Netherton (Image: Merseyside Police)

Police discovered three guns in a raid. Gordon Rhodes was jailed for nine years and nine months after being convicted of three counts of possession of a firearm, three counts of possession of ammunition and possession of cannabis.

Dellwyn James

Dellwyn James (Image: Merseyside Police)

A convicted murderer told his ex he would send a man in a balaclava to “come looking for her and do her in”.

Dellwyn James was previously locked up for life after stabbing his teenage girlfriend Rae Torbet to death during a frenzied attack in her own flat. He is now back behind bars after admitting making threats to kill, being jailed for 18 months.

Terence Wilson

Terence Wilson (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and cocaine trafficker who was known as “Sylvester the Cat” on EncroChat fled the country after his lockdown haircut brought the police to his door.

Terence Wilson admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, cannabis and cannabis resin. He was jailed for 14 years and three months.

Liam Mousdell

Liam Mousdell, 24, was selling heroin and cocaine while based from a caravan in Rhyl (Image: North Wales Police)

A drug dealer sold around £11,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine from a caravan in Wales.

Liam Mousdell, from Prescot, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of class B drugs and was sentenced to a total of 27 months imprisonment.

Calum Fairclough

Calum Fairclough, of Quigley Avenue, Netherton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man tried to blackmail what he thought was a 12-year-old girl into sending him naked pictures.

Calum Fairclough pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images, possession of indecent photographs of children, two counts of taking an indecent images, attempted blackmail, attempted sexual communications with a child, and attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act and was jailed for four years.

Donna Wells

Donna Wells, from Runcorn, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position, fraud and money laundering. She was jailed for four years in her absence. (Image: Cheshire Police)

A “greedy” conwoman who stole more than £150,000 from the charity she worked for has been arrested in Turkey.

Donna Wells was detained abroad nine months after she fled the UK, and was handed an additional four weeks behind bars for breaching bail. She was previously handed four years for her scam in her absence.

Linda Titterington

Linda Titterington was jailed after she pleaded guilty to a hate crime (Image: Merseyside Police)

A racist terrorised a woman by using “disgusting” slurs and threatening violence. Linda Titterington was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail after pleading guilty to a hate crime.

Andrew Contento

Andrew Contento (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile ranted “that’s a lie” after a heroic dog called Monty caught him red-handed. Andrew Contento admitted three counts of making indecent images, possession of prohibited images of children and breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He was jailed for 20 months.

Ricky Hamblin

Ricky Hamblin (Image: Merseyside Police)

A couple’s romantic getaway ended with the girlfriend screaming for help from a hotel balcony. Ricky Hamblin admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation, criminal damage and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for 20 months.

Sara Oliveria and David Lee

Sara Oliveria (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile couple met for the first time in the dock at court after being convicted of a series of disturbing child sexual offences.

Sara Oliveria and David Lee hatched their sickening plot, which saw her film herself performing sex acts as a young child watched, in a series of Facebook and WhatsApp messages. She then sent these videos to the man, whom she had never actually seen in person, in order to fulfil his depraved “thrills and satisfactions”.

David Lee (Image: Merseyside Police)

Oliveria admitted two counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. She was jailed for 16 months.

Lee pleaded guilty to encouraging an offender, possession of indecent images and three counts of making indecent images. He was imprisoned for two years.

William Dickinson

William Dickinson (Image: Cheshire Police)

A pensioner left a stranger with a broken cheekbone after hitting him in the face with his walking stick after a night out.

William Dickinson admitted wounding without intent, possession of a bladed article in a public place and assaulting an emergency services worker. He was jailed for 14 months.

Scott McKay

Scott McKay (Image: Merseyside Police)

An arsonist who was found by police with his face covered in soot after setting a string of fires claimed that he was actually coated with gloss paint.

Scott McKay admitted 12 counts of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. He was jailed for 50 months.

Justin Fraser

Justin Fraser (Image: Lancashire Police)

A police sergeant used the force’s system to stalk a junior colleague after she called off their affair. Justin Fraser was jailed for 21 months after he pleaded guilty to stalking and misuse of police computer systems.

Ryan Gildea, Jordan Needham, Jodie Hewitt and Loretta Clinton

Loretta Clinton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A gang attempted to chop off a vulnerable victim’s thumb and little finger in a “Quentin Tarantino” style attack.

Jordan Needham (Image: Merseyside Police)

Ryan Gildea was given a custodial sentence of 81 months with an extended licence period of 39 months.

Ryan Gildea (Image: Merseyside Police)

Jodie Hewitt was given a total sentence of 64 months.

Jodie Hewitt (Image: Merseyside Police)

Jordan Needham was handed 54 months in custody. Loretta Clinton received 21 months.

Raymond Henharen

Raymond Henharen (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile whisked a boy away from his mum in a shopping centre while promising to take him to an arcade.

Raymond Henharen admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He was jailed for 20 months.

Jack Powell

Jack Powell, of Abingdon Road, Walton, was sentenced to 33 months for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) (Image: Merseyside Police)

The head of a county lines drug dealing gang was jailed.

Jack Powell was sentenced to 33 months for running a class A drugs line into Widnes.

Paul Whalley

Paul Whalley (Image: Merseyside Police)

A robber smiled and joked with an old woman on a bus moments before he violently yanked a gold chain from around her neck.

Paul Whalley admitted two counts of robbery and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He was jailed for nine years.

Abdirashid Hassan

Abdirashid Hassan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A teenage girl was left in tears after being sexually assaulted as she walked to the shop.

Abdirashid Hassan admitted sexual assault and harassment. He was jailed for 50 weeks.

Philip Taylor

Philip Taylor (Image: Merseyside Police)

A café owner was unmasked as an EncroChat drug trafficker after he bought a barbecue from Costco.

Philip Taylor admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin, cocaine and cannabis and money laundering. He was jailed for 13 years and four months.

Dylan Maher

Dylan Maher (Image: Merseyside Police)

A stunned pensioner discovered a loaded revolver stashed inside an Armani bag behind his garden shed while he was chasing a cat.

Convicted drug dealer Dylan Maher would later be linked forensically^[79] to the potentially deadly weapon, and was unanimously found guilty of possession of a prohibited weapon and ammunition and possession of a firearm and ammunition when prohibited for life. He was jailed for eight years.

Patrick Holt

Patrick Holt (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drugs courier carrying nearly £700,000 of cocaine tore through a farmer’s field in his Range Rover as he desperately attempted to flee from police.

Patrick Holt^[80] admitted possession of cocaine with intent to supply and dangerous driving. He was jailed for six years and banned from driving for four-and-a-half years.

Mark Allen

Mark Allen (Image: Cheshire Police)

A dad wanted to do a favour for a friend but ended up behind bars with him.

Mark Allen visited HMP Risley in Warrington^[81] with drugs stashed down his trousers.^[82] The forklift truck driver admitted conveying a prohibited article into a prison and was jailed for eight months.

Callum Ashes

Callum Ashes (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thug who repeatedly stabbed an undercover police officer has been put back behind bars after a Sunday morning street brawl.

Callum Ashes^[83] admitted affray. He was jailed for 10 months.

Gary Lindop

Gary Lindop (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar tunnelled his way into a phone shop^[84] but was caught red-handed by a stunned worker.

Gary Lindop admitted burglary. He was jailed for 16 months.

Liam Worthington

Liam Worthington (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man who was attacked by a stranger after chatting to him in a bar believes he is “lucky he wasn’t killed”.

Liam Worthington^[85] admitted wounding without intent. He was jailed for 20 months.

Terrence Brown and Lee Brown

Terrence Brown (Image: Cheshire Police)

A father and son subjected two young girls to a catalogue of horrifying abuse.

Terrence and Lee Brown sexually assaulted and raped the same victims over the course of several years^[86]. But they were apparently unaware of one another’s heinous crimes.

Lee Brown (Image: Cheshire Police)

The dad was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, three of engaging in sexual activity with a child, four charges of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child by a jury after a trial. He was jailed for six-and-a-half years.

His 21-year-old son admitted two counts of rape, two charges of sexual assault, two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was locked up for four years and four months.

Michael Martin

Michael Martin, 39 years, of Dover Road, Maghull (Image: Merseyside Police)

An EncroChat dealer who used the handle “Lucozade” named his price for guns and drugs to “criminal contacts”.

Michael Martin admitted conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs, conspiracy to possess a firearm without a certificate, possession of criminal property and possession of a controlled drug. He was jailed for 18 years and five months.

Learose Cheng

Learose Cheng murdered Dylan Bacon in her flat on Rock Grove in Old Swan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman who stabbed a man to death after an afternoon in the pub has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years.^[87]

Learose Cheng was unanimously convicted of murdering Dylan Bacon by a jury of four men and eight women. Mr Bacon died aged 39 on March 14 last year after being found collapsed in a pool of his own blood outside a block of flats on Rock Grove in Old Swan^[88].

Michael Hannan

Michael Hannan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and cocaine trafficker who used the pseudonym “Mr Royal Blue” as he conducted his shady dealings over EncroChat shook his head and sighed as he was locked up.

Michael Hannan admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis. He was jailed for eight years and four months.

Jade Jarvis

Jade Jarvis (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman exposed herself in a homeless hostel before smacking her “terrified” pet dog in the head.

Jade Jarvis admitted causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, using threatening behaviour, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, assaulting an emergency services worker and criminal damage. She was jailed for 13 months.

Connor Roberts

Connor Roberts (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dad bragged of having the “heaviest graft phone about” and spoke of “earning millions” as he secretly trafficked wholesale quantities of drugs.

Connor Roberts admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. He was jailed for 14 years.

Josh Donnelly

Josh Donnelly, 29, of Hollow Croft, Stockbridge Village, was found to be county line drug dealing following an investigation from Merseyside Police (Image: Merseyside Police)

A county lines drug dealer who operated under the name ‘Sunny’ has been jailed.

Josh Donnelly admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Dominic Jordan

Dominic Jordan, 37, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after assaulting two police officers in Birkenhead (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man locked himself in the toilets of a YMCA before biting one officer and kicking another in the face.

Dominic Jordan admitted assaulting an emergency worker and assault and was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor (Image: Merseyside Police)

A rapist who portrayed himself as “hard-working” to the outside world was actually a “manipulator and a monster”.

Brian Taylor admitted rape and sexual assault. He was jailed for 24 years.

Chelsea Mighall and Rory Pearson

Chelsea Mighall (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum wiped away tears as she and her boyfriend were jailed for hunting a man down and brutally hacking at him with a machete.

Chelsea Mighall called in her boyfriend Rory Pearson to race to her aid and leave the dad with a gaping wound to his arm, a cut so deep that it reached the bone, after the red mist descended upon her following an extraordinary episode of road rage. Pearson admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and making threats with an offensive weapon and was handed five years plus an additional two-year licence period.

Rory Pearson (Image: Merseyside Police)

Mighall pleaded guilty to wounding without intent and dangerous driving. She sat in tears with her head in her hands after being imprisoned for two years.

Anthony Bird

Anthony Bird (Image: Merseyside Police)

An armed forces veteran raped and sexually abused a young girl before “buying her silence” by bribing her with cigarettes, cash and clothing.

Anthony Bird was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency with a child. He remained emotionless as he was jailed for 16 years.

Kevin Lawton

Kevin Lawton, 38, of Prescot Road, Old Swan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A burglar was “intent on breaking into homes” while his victims slept.

Kevin Lawton was jailed for three years.

Carl Pickering, David Jones and Liam Reynolds

Carl Pickering (Image: Merseyside Police)

A drugs gang used a Highways Agency truck and a double glazing van as cover to transport their commodities during lockdown.

Liam Reynolds (Image: Merseyside Police)

Carl Pickering admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and transferring criminal property. He was jailed for nine years and nine months.

David Jones pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supplying cocaine and transferring criminal property. He was handed nine years.

David Jones (Image: Merseyside Police)

Liam Reynolds admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine. He was locked up for eight years and eight months.

Sean Calvert

Sean Calvert (Image: Merseyside Police)

A former Tranmere Rovers footballer was arrested at Manchester Airport after being unmasked as EncroChat user “Sound Dill”.

Sean Calvert admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis and conspiracy to launder money. He was jailed for 12 years.

Joshua Williams

Joshua Williams (Image: Merseyside Police)

A heroin and crack cocaine dealer tried to stuff drugs up his bum when police came knocking at his door.

Joshua Williams admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine, being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, possession of heroin with intent to supply and possession of cannabis. He was jailed for seven years and four months.

Scott Connolly

Scott Connolly (Image: Merseyside Police)

A dad told his ex-girlfriend that he was “satan” before subjecting her to a savage beating which only ended when a pizza delivery arrived.

Scott Connolly admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and harassment. He was jailed for 16 months.

Faisal Yasin

Faisal Yasin (Image: Merseyside Police)

A takeaway delivery man sent Snapchat messages to his girlfriend while behind the wheel of his car moments before he struck and killed a talented young rugby player.

Jordan Welsby died aged 26 after being hit by Faisal Yasin’s Vauxhall Corsa following a day in the pub with friends. Yasin admitted causing death by careless driving and was jailed for 10 months.

Brandon Glover

Brandon Glover (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum’s “heart was ripped out” after her son was knocked off his motorbike and killed by a driver chasing him through the streets at 97mph.

Harley Lea died after Brandon Glover smashed his Toyota Corolla into the back of the 17-year-old’s motorcycle while sarching for thieves who had stolen his brother’s bike. The 25-year-old was cleared of murder and manslaughter but admitted causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 10 years.

Erickson Pascual

Erickson Pascual (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile took pictures up schoolgirls’ skirts on buses and groomed a teenager for sex by plying her with booze and buying her underwear from Primark.

Erickson Pascual admitted meeting a child after grooming, operating equipment beneath clothing without consent, possession of indecent images and making indecent images. He was jailed for four years and four months.

Shaun Duckworth

Shaun Duckworth (Image: Merseyside Police)

A thug who ran over a love rival with his BMW and left him with a brain injury ranted that his victim “got everything he deserved” and stuck his middle fingers up to his devastated family.

Shaun Duckworth^[89] was unanimously cleared of attempted murder by a jury after two hours and 24 minutes of deliberations,^[90] but was convicted of an alternative count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He was jailed for 13 years and handed an additional four-year licence period.

John Lewis

John Lewis (Image: Merseyide Police)

A gang of would-be hitmen hunted a rival “in a pack” and pumped bullets into his car outside a busy primary school.

John Lewis was jailed for a total of 24 years with an extended five years on licence.

Simon Gerrard

Simon Gerrard (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile preyed on children in Sefton Park and at a Butlin’s holiday park.

Simon Gerrard was found guilty of 21 child sexual offences including rape, attempted rape and indecent assault by a jury. He was jailed for 14 years.

Michael Colligan

Michael Colligan (Image: Facebook)

A man burgled his girlfriend’s house while she and her mum were in prison.

Michael Colligan admitted burglary, aggravated vehicle taking and escaping from lawful custody and was jailed for two years and two months.

Shaun Moynihan

Shaun Moynihan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile collapsed in the dock moments before he was due to learn his fate from a judge after plotting “fun meets” with girls at an Aldi supermarket.

Shaun Moynihan admitted two counts of attempting sexual communications with a child, two charges of arranging a child sex offence and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity. He put his head in his hands and cried as he was jailed for two years and 11 months.

Jack Caddick

Jack Caddick (Image: Merseyside Police)

A serving soldier killed a 22-year-old woman as he sped to Starbucks in his Mercedes at 68mph.

Jack Caddick was travelling at more than double the speed limit when he lost control on a bend and smashed almost head-on into another car. One of his passengers, nursery worker Claudia Forden, died as a result of her injuries, while his girlfriend was also seriously hurt on what was her 21st birthday.

Caddick admitted causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was jailed for five years and four months.

Ian Doyle

Ian Doyle, of Prescot Road, St Helens (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man photographed a child for years before he was caught out by the contents of an SD card.

Ian Doyle pleaded guilty to five charges relating to his three year voyeurism campaign and the contents of his iPhone and an SD card. He was jailed for 16 months.

Liam Freaney

(Image: Merseyide Police)

A dad of four with the “only EncroChat phone on the estate” sent sinister messages aiming to source a gun and silencer because “things need flattening out”.

Liam Freaney pleaded guilty to conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon. He was jailed for 16 years.

Craig Arnold

Craig Arnold (Image: Cheshire Police)

A drug dealer tried to bury class A drugs in a plant pot in his back garden before police raided his home.

Craig Arnold admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply and dangerous driving and was jailed for six years and three months.

Lee Whewell

Lee Whewell (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man battered his girlfriend after she sold his dog while he was in prison.

Lee Whewell admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and harassment. He was jailed for two years.

Luke Jones and Callum Jaxon

Luke Jones (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man robbed a Just Eat delivery driver then claimed he had been asleep in a tent at the time.

Luke Jones admitted robbery. He was jailed for five years and seven months.

Callum Jaxon (Image: Merseyside Police)

A second man, Callum Jaxon, pleaded guilty to theft. He was locked up for nine months.

Sanad Ahmed

Sanad Ahmed, of Asbridge Street in Toxteth (Image: Merseyside Police)

A shop worker sexually assaulted two young girls after they went into a city centre newsagents.

Sanad Ahmed found guilty of all offences, including rape and assault by penetration. He was sentenced to seven years behind bars.

Thomas Belmar

Thomas Belmar (Image: Merseyside Police)

A Merseyrail^[91] worker left a young woman feeling “isolated and ashamed” after he sexually assaulted her whilst she slept.

Thomas Belmar pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault^[92]. He was jailed for nine months.

Daniel Sneddon

Daniel Sneddon, of Galston Road, Kilmarnock, was jailed for 13 years and six months (Image: Cheshire Police)

A paedophile would bribe his 10-year-old victim by offering to buy him gifts before his vile attacks.

Daniel Sneddon was convicted of engaging in sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, four counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and possession of indecent images. He was jailed for 13-and-a-half years.

Craig Ford

Craig Ford, 30, of Cinema Drive, Liverpool, was jailed for 20 months for having a bladed article at HMP Berwyn, with five months each for committing arson there and for assaulting a prison guard. (Image: North Wales Police)

A prisoner set fire to his own cell and then punched a guard who came to help him.

Craig Ford was handed 20 months for possession of a bladed article in prison with a further five months for arson and five months for assaulting an emergency worker.

James Moreton

James Moreton, 18, formerly of Fairstead, Skelmersdale

A thug stabbed a teenager in the eye with a crossbow before trying to bribe him to drop the charges.

James Moreton^[93] pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, possession of an offensive weapon and attempting to pervert the course of justice and was jailed for seven years and nine months.

Gabriel Fregonese

Gabriel Fregonese of Lathom Road, Southport (Image: Merseyside police)

A paedophile who was given a second chance by the courts has been jailed after being caught with indecent images of children for a second time.

Gabriel Fregonese^[94] pleaded guilty to two counts of making indecent images of a child, possession of indecent images of a child and breaching his suspended sentence and sexual harm prevention order. He was jailed for 20 months.

Benjamin Fitzsimmons

Benjamin Fitzsimmons of Altcross Road, Croxteth (Image: Merseyside police)

A convicted rapist slashed an elderly man’s face after he walked past his house singing on the way home from the pub.

Benjamin Fitzsimmons^[95] pleaded guilty to two counts of assault inflicting grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of a bladed article and affray. He was jailed for nine years.

David Eyre

David Eyre, 55, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile who claimed his offending was due to a pornography addiction admitted “I know what this is about” when police raided his house.

David Eyre admitted sexual assault, three counts of taking indecent images and three counts of possession of indecent images and was jailed for 14 years.

Jade Joynson

Jade Joynson, 25, was banned from touching parking meters (Image: Merseyide Police)

A woman banned from touching parking meters was jailed after being caught engaging with a machine in the city centre.

Jade Joynson^[96] was jailed for 38 weeks.

Anthony Shackleton

Anthony Shackleton, of Queens Drive in Prenton, was jailed for five years and 10 months, with an added four years to be served on licence on his release (Image: Merseyside Police)

A pervert sexually assaulted a bedbound woman after breaking into a property as she slept.

Anthony Shackleton admitted burglary and sexual assault. He was jailed for five years and 10 months.

Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson, of Payne Close, Great Sankey, Warrington (Image: Merseyside police)

A jealous boyfriend with a history of domestic violence almost battered his girlfriend to death in a drunken rage.

Alex Thompson was found guilty of wounding with intent. He was jailed for seven years.

Samantha Norris

Samantha Norris, of Millfields Court, Eccleston (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman said “I’m f***ed aren’t I?” after being caught trying to get drugs into a prison.

Samantha Norris pleaded guilty to two counts of conveying prohibited articles into prison. She was jailed for 12 months.

Terence Griffiths

Terence Griffiths, of David Street, Malltraeth, Bodorgan (Image: Merseyside Police)

A paedophile who preyed on an eight-year-old girl promised her chocolate in exchange for her silence.

Terence Griffiths was sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison.

David Ashbrook

David Ashbrook (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “warped monster” showered a girl with presents and hundreds of pounds in cash as he subjected her to a sickening “campaign of rape”.

David Ashbrook admitted two counts of rape, sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was jailed for 15 years.

Adam Hoyle

Adam Hoyle (Image: Merseyside Police)

A former police officer exploited vulnerable women for his own sexual gratification.

Adam Hoyle was found guilty of misconduct^[97] after establishing intimate relationships with “vulnerable” women whom he came into contact with after they reported sexual and domestic abuse to the force. He was jailed for four years.

Lesley Clarke

Lesley Clarke, of Blinkhorn Grove, St Helens

A seasoned conwoman “brazenly and blatantly”^[98] fleeced the taxpayer out of thousands of pounds as she lied about having terminal cancer.

Lesley Clarke pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraud and forgery. She was jailed for 10 months^[99].

Stephen Blackmore

Stephen Blackmore, of Hunt’s Cross Avenue, Woolton (Image: Merseyside police)

A man who went on a drunken tirade in the middle of the street^[100] smashed his pint glass on a man’s head when he told him to keep it down.

Stephen Blackmore was jailed for six years and nine months.

Daniel Rushworth and John Barton

Daniel Rushworth, 34, Deerbarn Drive, Netherton (Image: Merseyside Police)

Two EncroChat dealers involved in separate multi-million pound drug supply plots were linked together through the brokering of a handgun.

John Barton admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis and conspiracy to sell or transfer a prohibited weapon. He was jailed for 21 years.

John Barton, 48, of Green Street, Vauxhall (Image: Merseyside Police)

Daniel Rushworth, pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis, possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis and money laundering. He was jailed for 16 years and four months.

Mark Jacobson

Mark Jacobson, formerly of Washington Parade, Bootle (Image: Merseyside police)

The brave victim of a dangerous child rapist was determined to bring her abuser to justice nearly 30 years after being let down by the justice system.

Mark Jacobson was found guilty of 16 counts of indecent assault following a trial and jailed for 12 years.

Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown, of Lorenzo Drive, Walton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A short-tempered dad “saw red” when a shopkeeper refused to sell his 13-year-old son an energy drink.

Stephen Brown admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm. He was jailed for two years and four months.

Angela Roberts

Angela Marie Roberts, 54, of London Road, Liverpool was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday 1 November, 2023 (Image: Merseyside Police)

A woman waved a knife at shoppers and police officers in the middle of Liverpool city centre^[101].

Angela Roberts was jailed for two years and eight months.

Kamen Smith

Kamen Smith, 29, of Molyneux Drive, Warrington (Image: Merseyside police)

A convicted drug dealer sexually assaulted a woman as she slept then attacked her boyfriend when he confronted him.

Kamen Smith pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and causing criminal damage and was found guilty of sexual assault following a trial. He was jailed for four years.

Hayley Fairhurst and Danielle Taylor

Hayley Fairhurst, of Windle Hall Drive, St Helens (Image: Merseyside police)

A woman who threatened and mocked a rape victim burst into tears as she was jailed.

Danielle Taylor, of Watery Lane, St Helens (Image: Merseyside police)

Hayley Fairhurst and her friend Danielle Taylor were jailed for a year.

Roland Povall

Roland Povall, 48, of Pensby Road, Heswall

A wedding guest with a history of brutal domestic violence drunkenly attacked his girlfriend and cut a teenager’s face with a broken mug.

Roland Povall pleaded guilty to two counts of wounding and one of assault. He was handed a seven-year sentence.

Joseph Farrell and Thomas Byrne

Joseph Farrell, 22, and two others drove from Wirral to Ellesmere Port on Thursday, July 14, to track down their 18-year-old victim for a “punishment attack”

A knifeman tracked down a teenager and attacked him with a machete in the street.

Thomas Byrne, 32, from HMP Berwyn, pleaded guilty to assisting an offender at an earlier hearing.

Joseph Farrell pleaded guilty to section 18 assault, possession of a weapon in a public place, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, and handling stolen goods at an earlier hearing. Thomas Byrne pleaded guilty to assisting an offender at an earlier hearing.

Farrell was sentenced to six years in prison. Byrne was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Diane Mansell and Gary Mansell

Diane Mansell aged 58, of Camp Road in Liverpool have been jailed for six years at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

A shameful husband and wife who “lived outside the lifestyle they could afford” defrauded an elderly couple leaving them with just 28p in the bank.

Gary Mansell aged 61, of Camp Road in Liverpool have been jailed for six years at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Merseyside Police)

Diane and Gary Mansell were jailed for six years each.

John Jones

John Jones, 32, jailed for 44 months for Class A drug dealing, burglary and affray (Image: Merseyide Police)

A drug dealer caught selling heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover police officer broke into his ex’s home, cut up her clothes and stole a pack of chicken wings.

John Jones admitted four counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply, affray, two charges of burglary, criminal damage and failing to surrender to bail and was jailed for 44 months.

Natalie Bennett

Natalie Bennett (Image: Merseyside Police)

Natalie Bennett was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for stabbing her boyfriend to death.

She was convicted of the murder of her partner Kasey Anderson following a trial. He died a week before his 25th birthday in March this year after being slashed several times with a knife and suffering two stab wounds.

Michael McGrane

Michael McGrane, of Victoria Street in Southport (Image: Merseyside Police)

A “depraved, evil” paedophile repeatedly raped a little girl years before he would go on to sexually assault and murder a pregnant woman while playing doctor in Australia.

Michael McGrane is back behind bars, being given 23 years after being found guilty of rape, buggery and indecent assault in relation to historic offences.

Michael Kent

Michael Kent (Image: Gwent Police)

A drug courier with £16,000 worth of amphetamine drove through a hotel barrier to escape from police.

Michael Kent pleaded guilty to possession of class B drugs with intent to supply, dangerous driving, failing to stop, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance. He was jailed for 26 months.

Paul Kelly

(Image: State of Jersey Police)

A man who lulled close friends and professionals into thinking he was safe and caring was unmasked as a child rapist.

Paul Kelly was found guilty of prolonged sexual abuse against a vulnerable child and jailed for 20 years.

Ricky Coddington

Ricky Coddington, 34, of Heathgate Avenue, Speke (Image: Merseyside police)

A “controlling, cowardly” bully subjected his girlfriend to a year of terrifying abuse before deliberately crashing his car into hers outside a McDonald’s.

Ricky Coddington was convicted of controlling and coercive behaviour and common assault. He was jailed for three years.

Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy, aged 39, of Canal View Court, Litherland was sentenced to 18 years in prison

An EncroChat dealer was caught with a block of cocaine as police raided his home.

Mark Murphy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply 17.75kg of cocaine, 9kg of heroin and 2kg of cannabis, conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon and associated ammunition, namely a Glock self-loading pistol, along with possession with intent to supply cocaine. He was jailed for 18 years.

Jonathan Weedall and Karen Hazelden

Jonathan Weedall and Karen Hazelden (Image: Cheshire Police)

A drug dealing couple were caught after one of them was seen on CCTV putting credit on a graft phone.

Jonathan Weedall and Karen Hazelden pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. Both received two years and eight months in prison.

Govar Abdul-Rahman

Govar Abdul-Rahman, formerly of Silkstone Street, St Helens (Image: Merseyside police)

A dangerous sexual predator crept through the bedroom window of a vulnerable teenager and loomed over her as she slept – then tried to do the same thing a week later.

Govar Abdul-Rahman pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault and was found guilty of two further charges of sexual assaults, as well as trespassing with intent to commit sexual assault, attempted trespass with intent to commit sexual assault and voyeurism. He was jailed for nine years and four months.

James Costello

James Costello (Image: Merseyside Police)

A delivery driver lived a double life as the worldwide leader of a racist church which called for a “holy race war”.

James Costello was found guilty of 19 counts of stirring up racial hatred by publishing materials. He was jailed for five years.

William Stokes

William Stephen Stokes, of Rainhill (Image: Cheshire Police)

A man who beat his ex partner also taped her child’s mouth shut.

William Stokes^[102] was jailed for three-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to a number of offences including internal suffocation.

Danielle Muirhead

Danielle Muirhead, 32, of Church Road, Walton (Image: Merseyside Police)

A benefit fraudster who scammed the government for thousands kicked her friend out of court after he lounged across seats in the public gallery.

Danielle Muirhead pleaded guilty to three counts of benefit fraud. She was jailed for 16 months.

Shakur Watson and Stephen Curry

Shakur Watson received a 13 year and four month jail sentence (Image: GMP)

Two men used an explosive device to blow up a stolen BMW in a gang feud.

Shakur Watson and Stephen Curry^[103] were found guilty of causing an explosion likely to endanger life.

Stephen Curry was given 11 years in custody for using an explosion likely to endanger life (Image: GMP)

Watson received a 13 year and four month jail sentence for possession of a firearm and ammunition, two offences of supplying class A drugs and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. Curry was given 11 years in custody for causing an explosion likely to endanger life.

Niall Barry, James Witham, Joseph Peers and Sean Zeisz

James Witham was convicted of the murder of Ashley Dale after shooting the 28-year-old Knowsley Council worker dead in her own home on Leinster Road in Old Swan (Image: Merseyside Police)

Ashley Dale’s killers were jailed for a combined total of 173 years.

The 28-year-old council worker^[104] was shot dead in her own home on Leinster Road in Old Swan^[105] in the early hours of August 21 last year. James Witham, Joseph Peers, Niall Barry and Sean Zeisz were unanimously convicted of her murder following a seven-week trial.

Niall Barry was convicted of the murder of Ashley Dale (Image: Merseyside Police)

They were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder Ms Dale’s boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion submachine gun, and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

Joseph Peers was convicted of the murder of Ashley Dale (Image: Merseyside Police)

Gunman Witham was imprisoned for life with a minimum term of 43 years, and getaway driver Peers was told he must serve at least 41 years behind bars before he will become eligible for release. “Organisers” Barry and Zeisz were also handed life sentences with 47 and 42 year tariffs.

Sean Zeisz was convicted of the murder of Ashley Dale (Image: Merseyside Police)

Anthony Harrison

Anthony Harrison, aka ‘Tosh’, who was jailed after being unmasked as EncroChat money launderer and drug dealer ‘Walkthedog’ (Image: Merseyide Police)

A once respected businessman “brought shame” on himself^[106] after getting embroiled in the murky world of EncroChat drug dealing and money laundering – helping to disguise up to £500,000 in dirty cash.

Anthony Harrison admitted conspiracies to supply ecstasy and cannabis and one count of conspiracy to conceal criminal property. He was jailed for eight years.

Wade Walsh

Wade Walsh, of Altcourse prison, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker (Image: Merseyside police)

A repeat offender who taunted a fellow inmate at HMP Altcourse and encouraged him to kill himself turned violent when guards intervened.

Wade Walsh pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and was handed three-and-a-half months behind bars.

James Matthews and Phillip Burns

James Matthews, 19, of Naylor Road, Ellesmere Port (left) and Phillip Burns, 32, of Flint Court, Ellesmere Port (Image: Cheshire Police)

Dealers who flooded the streets with cocaine were jailed for a combined seven years and nine months.

James Matthews was jailed for two years and three months, with Phillip Burns given five-and-a-half years.

Charlie Cooper

Charlie Cooper

A man fled from the clutches of police after they raided his house and found more than £50,000 in cash.

Charlie Cooper admitted production of cannabis and escaping lawful custody. He was jailed for five years.

Colin Martindale

Colin Martindale of Moss Lawn Road, Kirkby (Image: Merseyside police)

A man floored a stranger with a single punch after rowing with him in Warrington^[107] town centre.

Colin Martindale admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for eight months.

David Pursglove

David Pursglove (Image: Liverpool echo)

A 12-year-old girl was killed by a careless driver as she got off a bus on her way home from school.

David Pursglove, 35, admitted causing death by careless driving after knocking over Lexi McDavid at around 3.30pm on June 7 last year. The Broughton Hall Catholic High School pupil was on her way to a friend’s house when she got off a bus on Princess Drive, Huyton^[108], and ran out into the road, where she was hit by Pursglove’s white Mercedes Sprinter van as it travelled at around 45mph in a 30mph zone.

Pursglove showed no emotion as he was sentenced to eight months in prison, and banned from driving for two years and 10 months. Lexi’s family, sitting in court, broke down in tears.

Aaron Qureshi

Aaron Qureshi, 31 years, of Sandringham Road in Waterloo was sentenced to three years and two months (Image: Merseyside Police)

A van driver hit a 26-year-old woman while going three times the speed limit in icy conditions.

Aaron Qureshi pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was jailed for three years and two months.

Jason Elson

Jason Elson, of Stanley Road in New Ferry (Image: Merseyside police)

A jealous man doused his best friend’s car in petrol and set it alight after bombarding him with threatening text messages.

Jason Elson admitted arson and malicious communications. He was jailed for 20 months.

Robert Byrne

Paedophile Robert Byrne, 56, who impersonated a police officer and kidnapped a 13-year-old boy in Liverpool City Centre (Image: Merseyide Police)

A lost boy fell into the clutches of a prolific paedophile who was prowling Liverpool city centre^[109] at 3am dressed like a police officer.

Robert Byrne admitted kidnap and breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He was jailed for five years and four months.

Charles Riley

Paedophile Charles Riley, who was jailed for abusing two girls (Image: Merseyide Police)

A “depraved” pensioner targeted two young girls in a campaign of abuse.

Charles Riley pleaded guilty to offences including sexual assault and inciting a child engage in sexual activity. He was jailed for 10 years.

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor (Image: Merseyside police)

A man stole his friend’s car when they went bowling then led police on a wild goose chase before crashing in an explosion of flames.

Mark Taylor pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, failure to provide a specimen for analysis and aggravated vehicle taking. He was jailed for a year.

John Madden

John Madden

A drug gang hid millions of pounds worth of class A drugs in a lorry full of raspberry sorbet.

John Madden pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a class A drug and was jailed for 21 years.

MacCauley Smith

MacCauley Smith (Image: Cheshire Police)

A drug dealer tried to hide wraps of cocaine in a roll of carpet in his bedroom.

MacCauley Smith pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs. He was jailed for four years.

Karl Yates

Karl Yates, 40, was jailed for 28 months at Liverpool Crown Court (Image: City of London of Police)

An insurance worker stole and sold customer details to cold callers who pressurised drivers to make claims.

Karl Yates was found guilty of fraud by abuse of position and computer misuse. He was sentenced to 28 months.

Daniel Thompson

Daniel Francis Thompson, 36, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis (Image: North Wales Police)

A man hid a huge secret behind hay bales on a secluded farm.

Daniel Thompson admitted production of cannabis and was jailed for 28 months.

Sean Probert

Sean Probert, 38, of Crosby Street, Rochdale (Image: Merseyside Police)

A mum-of-two “thought she was going to die” after she was battered in her own home by a violent thug when she asked him to get her phone charger.

Sean Probert pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Dillon Cain

Dillon Cain (Image: Merseyside Police)

An EncroChat dealer used a horse box to travel and transfer drugs during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dillon Cain pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply 18kg of cocaine, 6kg of heroin, 100kg of amphetamine and 163kg of cannabis, as well as intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence between March and June 2020. He was jailed for 11 years and six months.

Kieran Cooney

Kieran Cooney (Image: Merseyside Police)

A Ryanair flight attendant was killed by a dangerous driver after he sent a one-word text message.

Cinzia Ceravolo, 36, died on Friday, August 26, 2022, four days after she was hit by a Ford Focus being driven by Kieran Cooney, 31. The Ryanair cabin crew member was returning home after two days away with work and had arrived back into Liverpool John Lennon Airport^[110] on a flight from Dublin.

Moments before the crash, Cooney had received two text messages from his partner, one regarding their child’s nappy, and he had sent a one-word reply saying “really”. He was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.

Ellis Price and Jordan Hawkins

Ellis Bradley Price

A woman was punched to the floor after a huge brawl erupted outside a bar.

Ellis Price and Jordan Hawkins pleaded guilty to affray.

Jordan Nathanial Hawkins

Price was jailed for 18 months while Hawkins received a nine month sentence.

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3. ^{^} Ashley Dale (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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11. ^{^} Aigburth (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
12. ^{^} Sefton Park (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
13. ^{^} St Helens (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
14. ^{^} Tesco (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
15. ^{^} Speke (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
16. ^{^} Toxteth (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
17. ^{^} Warrington (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
18. ^{^} New Brighton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
19. ^{^} Liverpool city centre (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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23. ^{^} admitted wounding (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
24. ^{^} was sentenced to 13 months (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
25. ^{^} admitted conspiracy to supply heroin (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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27. ^{^} was convicted of conspiracy (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
28. ^{^} admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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32. ^{^} He was jailed for four-and-a-half years (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
33. ^{^} He was jailed for 44 months (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
34. ^{^} Price was sentenced to nine and a half years (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
35. ^{^} admitted possession of cocaine and heroin (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
36. ^{^} Eight men were jailed for life (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
37. ^{^} Skelmersdale (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
38. ^{^} Anfield (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
39. ^{^} Walton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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41. ^{^} in Kirkby (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
42. ^{^} Asda (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
43. ^{^} Wallasey (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
44. ^{^} West Derby (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
45. ^{^} Litherland (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
46. ^{^} Southport (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
47. ^{^} Michael Smith (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
48. ^{^} Anthony Fox (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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50. ^{^} Charlie White (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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62. ^{^} John Tomlinson (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
63. ^{^} Michael Redmond (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
64. ^{^} Liam Harrison (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
65. ^{^} Michael Kelly (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
66. ^{^} Gavin Sellens (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
67. ^{^} Michael Legros (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
68. ^{^} Thomas Robinson (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
69. ^{^} Alan Madden (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
70. ^{^} Aaren Murphy (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
71. ^{^} Kevin Jones (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
72. ^{^} Crosby (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
73. ^{^} Netherton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
74. ^{^} Wirral (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
75. ^{^} Ryan Daly (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
76. ^{^} Dean Welch (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
77. ^{^} James Ireland (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
78. ^{^} Steven Laverty (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
79. ^{^} Convicted drug dealer Dylan Maher would later be linked forensically (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
80. ^{^} Patrick Holt (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
81. ^{^} Warrington (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
82. ^{^} drugs stashed down his trousers. (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
83. ^{^} Callum Ashes (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
84. ^{^} A burglar tunnelled his way into a phone shop (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
85. ^{^} Liam Worthington (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
86. ^{^} Terrence and Lee Brown sexually assaulted and raped the same victims over the course of several years (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
87. ^{^} jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years. (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
88. ^{^} Old Swan (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
89. ^{^} Shaun Duckworth (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
90. ^{^} was unanimously cleared of attempted murder by a jury after two hours and 24 minutes of deliberations, (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
91. ^{^} Merseyrail (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
92. ^{^} pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
93. ^{^} James Moreton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
94. ^{^} Gabriel Fregonese (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
95. ^{^} Benjamin Fitzsimmons (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
96. ^{^} Jade Joynson (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
97. ^{^} found guilty of misconduct (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
98. ^{^} “brazenly and blatantly” (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
99. ^{^} jailed for 10 months (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
100. ^{^} drunken tirade in the middle of the street (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
101. ^{^} Liverpool city centre (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
102. ^{^} William Stokes (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
103. ^{^} Shakur Watson and Stephen Curry (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
104. ^{^} 28-year-old council worker (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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106. ^{^} “brought shame” on himself (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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108. ^{^} Huyton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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