Four men facing jail after £10m cannabis farm found in Everton
Four men charged over a £10m cannabis farm discovered in Everton are facing jail after an investigation concluded none of them were trafficked into Britain. Vietnamese defendants Le Nam, 49, Van...
View ArticleSentencing delayed for men convicted over £10m Candia Towers cannabis farm
The sentencing of four men who admitted being involved in a £10 million cannabis farm in an Everton high-rise was delayed after three of them claimed they were trafficked into the country. They were...
View ArticlePosh Woolton family set up fake veterinary practice to get their hands on...
A well-to-do family ran a fake vets practice at their Woolton home so they could order nearly 400,000 Diazepam tablets to flog at a profit. Barbara Ray, 70, named the bogus surgery Atalaya after the...
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Mum who abandoned new born baby in Southport amusement arcade says she made a...
A mum who gave birth in a Southport amusement arcade toilet described leaving her baby girl as a “terrible mistake”. Nicola Glover, 30, was due to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court today but must...
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“Morally bankrupt” Wirral teen filmed sex with schoolgirl then sent clip to...
A judge blasted a “morally bankrupt” teenager who filmed himself having sex with a schoolgirl and then sent the clip to a friend who put it on Facebook. Luke Patten, 19, – claimed he was sorry after...
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Poll: Should baby April’s mum have gone to prison?
The mum who abandoned baby April in a Southport amusement arcade toilet was today spared a jail sentence. But should the 30-year-old, who pleaded guilty to child cruelty, have been put behind bars?...
View ArticleMan in court after police chase through West Derby
Terrified drivers swerved to avoid smashing into a stolen car being chased by police through West Derby . Joshua Farrell, 20, left a motorcyclist in the gutter in an attempt to escape before crashing...
View ArticleSouthport parking attendant loses his job after being caught canoodling with...
A supermarket car parking assistant was spotted having a sexual encounter in broad daylight with a suspected prostitute. A shocked witness saw David Lean when she arrived at the Iceland store on King...
View ArticleMurderer given extra two years behind bars after wounding prison guard at HMP...
A convicted murderer was handed a further two years behind bars after he was found guilty of wounding a prison guard at HMP Liverpool . Wesley Dennis Rowlands, 32, beat a dad-of-three David Lavender...
View ArticleBaby April: Two thirds of ECHO readers say mum who abandoned infant should...
More than two thirds of ECHO readers believe baby April’s mum should have been jailed for abandoning her newborn child in a Southport amusement arcade toilet. An ECHO poll concluded 69% of readers...
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Jury out in trial of police officer accused of being 'inside man' in cannabis...
The jury has gone out in the trial of a sacked Merseyside police officer accused of being the “inside man” in a plot to burgle cannabis farms. Ex-PC Barry Parkinson, 45, is accused of selling police...
View ArticleMan stabbed Concert Square bouncer in neck after he was assaulted by doormen
A man has admitted stabbing a bouncer in the neck after he was assaulted by a group of doormen in Concert Square in Liverpool city centre. Kyle Crowe, 21, argued with doorman Kieran Sheridan, 23,...
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Mum-of-two stabbed sleeping friend in the neck after two day cocaine binge
A mum-of-two knifed her sleeping friend in the neck in a revenge attack after she had bottled her during a two-day cocaine and booze binge. Jamie-lea Lundon, and Charlene Tootle, both 26, set off on...
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Mum-of-two stabbed sleeping friend in the neck after two day cocaine binge
A mum-of-two knifed her sleeping friend in the neck in a revenge attack after she had bottled her during a two-day cocaine and booze binge. Jamie-lea Lundon, and Charlene Tootle, both 26, set off on...
View ArticleDrunk pervert from Widnes who tried to incite girl into sexual activity caged...
A DRUNK pervert from Widnes who incited a teenage girl to engage in a sexual activity has been caged. John Carr, 49, of Bell House Road, was sentenced today at Warrington Crown Court to three years...
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Council worker living "champagne lifestyle" thanks to drug lord boyfriend...
A Liverpool council worker who lived a “champagne lifestyle” thanks to her drug dealing boyfriend’s spoils was told to pay back the last of the ill-gotten gains. Courtney Randles, 26, was jailed for...
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Girlfriend of murdering drug dealer lived lavish lifestyle while laundering...
VIEW GALLERY The girlfriend of a murdering drug dealer who lived a lavish lifestyle while laundering his dirty cash was jailed for three years and four months. Christopher Kenny, 26, was given a life...
View ArticleLiverpool convict accused of walking out of HMP Kirkham open prison appears...
A Liverpool prisoner accused of walking out of HMP Kirkham jail appeared in court today. Stephen William Coulson, 26, faced a charge of escaping from lawful custody when he faced Liverpool Magistrates’...
View ArticleTwo Wirral men locked up after police chase led to discovery of cannabis...
Two Wirral men caught with a bag of cannabis worth about £26,000 after a police chase through Wallasey and Birkenhead have both been locked up. Former promising football player Jack Beach and Kieran...
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Fake penis attacker Gayle Newland launches second appeal – this time against...
Fake penis sex attacker Gayle Newland is appealing her eight-year jail term, the ECHO can reveal. The ex-private schoolgirl was jailed after pretending she was a man to trick her unwitting partner into...
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