An Organised Crime Group (OCG) who targeted at least 19 cash machines (ATMs) across England and Wales have been jailed for a combined total of 29 years
The four men appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday 24 April where they were sentenced to the following: They all pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
A police officer who left a teenage pedestrian with catastrophic injuries after striking him with her patrol vehicle has been convicted
Sarah De Meulemeester, 26, was driving the second of three police vehicles responding to an emergency incident on Boxing Day 2020 when her vehicle struck Khia Whitehead on Garner’s Lane, Stockport. The 15-year-old boy suffered catastrophic harm in the collision and remains in hospital, unable to communicate, with permanent brain injuries.
A man abused his ex-girlfriend, and then gave her mother and brother private photos
On Thursday, Christopher Crotty made an appearance at Liverpool Crown Court. After a trial, he was found guilty on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily harm and on two charges of publishing private information without permission. The prosecution’s Thomas McLoughlin said the court that on September 26, 2021, Crotty visited his ex-partner and […]
Four members of an organised crime group that ran an industrial-scale amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine, have been sentenced
A National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation dismantled the organised crime group which was based in Merseyside and run by kingpin Terence Earle, 49, from St Helens. Earle used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to organise his criminality and enlisted the help of subordinates Stanley Feerick, 68, and Stephen Singleton, 36, from Liverpool, and Stephen King, […]
Four members of an organised crime group that ran an industrial-scale amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine, hav…
A National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation dismantled the organised crime group which was based in Merseyside and run by kingpin Terence Earle, 49, from St Helens. Earle used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to organise his criminality and enlisted the help of subordinates Stanley Feerick, 68, and Stephen Singleton, 36, from Liverpool, and Stephen King, […]
A man has been jailed for 20 years for rape offences of a woman committed over a period of time in Merseyside
Callen Chandler Jones, 27 years, of Hope Way in Oxford appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today, Monday 17 April, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for 11 counts of rape. The court heard that Jones’ victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, disclosed to police that she had been subjected to rape […]
Two men were jailed for a combined 36 years for drugs offences
Two men have been jailed for a combined 36 years following an extensive investigation as part of Operation Venetic, which aims to target criminals who used a mobile encryption device to try and evade detection. Graham Minards, 37, of Hilary Avenue, Roby (pictured above, left), was jailed for 21 years at Liverpool Crown Court today (Wednesday 12 April) […]
Police are welcoming the sentencing of a woman to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 17 years, after she murdered her partner in Litherland last year
Joanne Moran, 43, of Bridge Road, Litherland, was found guilty of the murder of Jonathan Gibbons following a trial held at Liverpool Crown Court. At around 4.45am on 30 October 2022, officers received a report that a 50-year-old man had been stabbed in the chest at a property on Bridge Road.
Police are welcoming the sentencing of a woman to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 17 years, after she murdered her partner in L…
Joanne Moran, 43, of Bridge Road, Litherland, was found guilty of the murder of Jonathan Gibbons following a trial held at Liverpool Crown Court. At around 4.45am on 30 October 2022, officers received a report that a 50-year-old man had been stabbed in the chest at a property on Bridge Road. Mr Gibbons was taken […]
Connor Chapman has pleaded not guilty to nine offences, including murder and attempted murder, in connection with the shooting at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village on Christmas Eve 2022.
The victim, Elle Edwards, was a 26-year-old beautician who was fatally shot but is believed to not have been the intended target of the attack, which also left four men injured. Chapman denied all charges, including possession of a converted Skorpion submachine gun and handling stolen goods.
Connor Chapman has pleaded not guilty to nine offences, including murder and attempted murder, in connection with the shooting at the Lig…
The victim, Elle Edwards, was a 26-year-old beautician who was fatally shot but is believed to not have been the intended target of the attack, which also left four men injured. Chapman denied all charges, including possession of a converted Skorpion submachine gun and handling stolen goods. Another defendant, Thomas Waring, also pleaded not guilty […]
Detectives welcome the sentencing of a man to five years and three months in prison
Geoffrey Black, 58, of no fixed abode, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday 23 March where he was jailed for burglary, fraud and handling stolen goods. On 7 November last year, it was reported that a man had used stolen bank cards and spent £778 in a three hour period to buy alcohol and […]
A sexual predator who raped his victim at least 24 times has been jailed for 17 years
Neil Gandy appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday 27 March where he was sentenced. The 29-year-old, of East Millwood Road, Liverpool, was previously found guilty of 16 counts of rape in relation to 24 separate incidents.
Four sentenced to 14 years in prison following 2021 shooting in Wallasey
Detectives from our Firearms Investigation Team are welcoming the sentencing of four people to a total of 14 years in prison in relation to a shooting in Wallasey, Wirral in 2021. At around 10pm on Friday 29 October, a man was reported to have got out of a VW Golf and discharged a shotgun at an […]
A drugs boss who boasted he could make £30,000 a week and specialised in adulterating cocaine for organised crime groups across the country has been jailed for 19 years and six months
Richard Weild, 39 of Mount Pleasant Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, was known for his expertise in bulking out multi-kilo deals of cocaine with ‘brand’ labels stamped into individual blocks. Weild, whose clothing and watch collection was worth at least £70,000, operated on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat under the name Blacklable.
A drugs boss who boasted he could make £30,000 a week and specialised in adulterating cocaine for organised crime groups across the count…
Richard Weild, 39 of Mount Pleasant Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, was known for his expertise in bulking out multi-kilo deals of cocaine with ‘brand’ labels stamped into individual blocks. Weild, whose clothing and watch collection was worth at least £70,000, operated on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat under the name Blacklable. He had more than 50 […]
A drugs boss who boasted he could make £30,000 a week and specialised in adulterating cocaine for organised crime groups across the country has been jailed for 19 years and six months
Richard Weild, 39 of Mount Pleasant Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, was known for his expertise in bulking out multi-kilo deals of cocaine with ‘brand’ labels stamped into individual blocks. Weild, whose clothing and watch collection was worth at least £70,000, operated on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat under the name Blacklable.
Fraudsters jailed after conning and targeting numerous bookmakers in the UK
A fraudster who conned bookmakers across the country by taking thousands of pounds from gaming machines has been jailed in Liverpool. 39-year-old Michael Shaw of Aylward Place in Bootle was sentenced to 16 months in prison today (Wednesday 15 March) at Liverpool Crown Court after he boasted about his multiple fraud offences to his followers […]
