Police sergeant GUILTY of forcing 'vulnerable' prostitute to perform sex act...
A Merseyside Police sergeant has been found GUILTY of “grossly abusing” his position by forcing a prostitute to perform a sex act or face arrest. David Gibson, 44, was convicted of wilful misconduct in...
View ArticleLow-speed dumper truck chase had police fearing for their lives
A disgruntled labourer had police officers fearing for their lives as he led them on a low-speed chase in a dumper truck while high on drugs, a court has heard. Father-of-one Nicholas Churchill, 40,...
View ArticlePhoney Liverpool mortgage broker avoids jail
A phoney Liverpool mortgage broker who conned a house-hunter out of nearly £23,000 avoided jail. Toxteth businessman Edward Madden, 54, told Marjorie Burt he could help her pick up a flat in Essex on...
View ArticleOn duty cop David Gibson who forced prostitute to perform sex act or be...
A Merseyside Police sergeant who forced a prostitute to perform a sex act or face arrest was jailed for 30 months. David Gibson, 44, was found guilty of wilful misconduct in a public office after a...
View ArticleJilted boyfriend started fire at ex's home which killed dog
A jilted boyfriend was found guilty of starting a fire at his ex-partner’s home which killed her dog. Danny Rowan, 34, was arrested after a blaze at Jodie Arnold’s house in July Road, Tuebrook on...
View ArticleLow-speed dumper truck chase had police fearing for their lives
A disgruntled labourer had police officers fearing for their lives as he led them on a low-speed chase in a dumper truck while high on drugs, a court has heard. Father-of-one Nicholas Churchill, 40,...
View ArticleWhy do men keep climbing onto roof tops in Merseyside?
This week marked yet another occasion where police had to deal with a man standing on top of a roof. Police were forced to cordon off an area in Anfield and persuade a man down from the roof of the...
View ArticleHillsborough review: Coroner begins summing up as jury told to consider...
The coroner in the Hillsborough inquests began summing up the case this week. Coroner Sir John Goldring’s summing up is expected to last at least three weeks and will see the jury reminded of the key...
View ArticleFive Liverpool men admit involvement in £1.5m bank robbery conspiracy
Five men arrested in dawn raids last year have admitted involvement in a £1.5m bank robbery conspiracy. Police burst through doors in Aigburth , Garston, Dingle and Toxteth last November as part of an...
View ArticleAnfield man admits dramatic West Derby scrambler bike gun chase
An Anfield man who fled armed police on a scrambler bike while wielding a replica gun faces jail. Michael Byrne, 25, was spotted riding the bike and holding an Olympic model starter pistol in the Edge...
View ArticleBiker who rode scrambler inside Strand shopping centre and sparked police...
A man who rode a scrambler bike inside a shopping centre before leading police on a chase from Bootle to Liverpool faces jail, a judge warned. James Kinsella was captured on CCTV riding through The...
View ArticleDrug addict NHS heart doctor forged prescriptions
A Merseyside heart doctor who forged prescriptions to feed his painkiller addiction was today spared jail. Martin John Royle, 44, a consultant cardiologist at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, wrote...
View ArticleGloating messages of gang who packed high purity cocaine into a Seat Leon
The gloating messages of a Liverpool gang caught trying to flood the UK with high purity cocaine from Holland can today be revealed. James Gradwell was a prime mover in a class A conspiracy who boasted...
View ArticleThree jailed after police uncover "commerical scale" cannabis operation...
A gang of cannabis growers who set up five different farms in Liverpool and Wirral were sentenced today. Three of the men were jailed for a total of six years and eight months at Liverpool Crown Court...
View ArticleNotorious Liverpool gang member Liam Duffy accused of organising £4.6m heroin...
Liam Duffy, who is serving a 20 year sentence for the killing of a Liverpool teenager, helped run a heroin operation worth £4.6m from his jail cell, a court has heard. Three members of a drugs gang...
View ArticleDrug addict NHS heart doctor was dismissed from job over bogus painkiller...
A Merseyside heart doctor who forged prescriptions to feed his painkiller addiction was dismissed from his job. Martin John Royle, 44, who was yesterday handed a suspended jail sentence, wrote out...
View ArticleDrugs kingpin Thomas Kehoe jailed after masterminding heroin racket from his...
A Liverpool man masterminded a £1m heroin racket from his prison cell – while awaiting sentence over another drugs racket. Thomas Kehoe, 27, was on remand at Exeter prison facing sentence for his role...
View ArticleRevealed: Drugs gang which splashed cash on VIP boxes at Anfield and exotic...
Leaders of a Liverpool drugs gang lived the high life with their vast illicit profits – splashing cash on VIP boxes at Anfield and far-flung holidays. But the 18-strong gang of crooks were today waking...
View ArticleShocking injuries of five-year-old boy, mown down by uninsured, unlicensed...
These are the shocking injuries caused by a “lunatic” driver who mowed down a five-year-old boy as he walked along the pavement two days after Christmas. “Disgraceful” Anthony Cahill took his...
View ArticleFormer teacher denies rape of 15 year-old-pupil who had a "crush" on him in...
A teacher has been accused of the rape and indecent assault of a 15-year-old pupil who had a “crush” on him in the nineties. Malcolm Nicholson, 46, a former science teacher at St Edmund Arrowsmith...
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