Bungling WhatsApp crook caught out after gunpoint motorbike robbery
Messaging service WhatsApp caught out a bungling crook who robbed two delivery drivers at gunpoint to steal a motorbike. Hazar Mahamet, 20, pretended that he wanted to buy the Honda bike after it was...
View ArticleEastern European women groped by drunk Anfield man who moaned: "You come to...
A drunk Anfield groper who assaulted two Eastern European women complained “you come to my city and then tell me you’re offended?” when they told him to stop. Roy Lee Johnson, 57, was living in shared...
View ArticleMan appears in court charged with attacking police officers, assault charges...
A man appeared in court today charged with multiple offences including assault, attacking police officers and making threats to kill. John Paul McCoy, of Old Swan, appeared in South Sefton Magistrates...
View ArticleBecky Watts murder case jury told to try Nathan Matthews only on evidence
Nathan Matthews barrister told a jury that the stepbrother of Becky Watts treated her body with "a lack of compassion and humanity" but that does not make him guilty of murder. Nathan Matthews, 28,...
View ArticleMan who stabbed his mum, revenge porn ex-boyfriend and Steven Gerrard claim...
Dozens of dangerous criminals were taken off the streets of Merseyside after being jailed at Liverpool Crown Court in October. They included a man who stabbed his mum in an alcohol and cocaine-fuelled...
View ArticleCaught out: Knowsley benefits cheats ordered to pay back £20,000
A couple of Knowsley benefit fraudsters who swindled thousands of pounds have been ordered to pay back the money they owe – or else face jail. Edward Durkin, 45, and his partner Joan Bennett, 42,...
View ArticleDrug addict caught minding £200,000 of heroin in locked safe in his bedroom
A drug addict caught minding almost £200,000 of heroin in a locked safe in his bedroom was jailed for more than five years. Anthony Simpson, 41, said he agreed to look after nearly two kilos of heroin...
View ArticleWirral paedophile Karl Bromley locked up over 16-year campaign of abuse...
A depraved Wirral paedophile who abused victims as young as two was today locked up for more than 13 years. Karl Bromley, 37, left a trail of devastation over a 16-year period in which nine victims,...
View ArticleFake penis trial: Gayle Newland jailed for eight years
Gayle Newland, who tricked her female friend into sex using a fake penis, was today jailed for eight years. Newland, 25, concocted the online male persona of Kye Fortune to seduce her victim – before...
View ArticleBoys charged in Runcorn harassment probe appear in youth court
Five youths appeared in court yesterday accused of harassment against four victims. The teenagers, aged between 14 and 16, were arrested in connection with allegations of problems on Castle Rise...
View ArticleGayle Newland fake penis trial: Shock in the courtroom as woman who duped...
The family of “scheming” Gayle Newland cried out in shock as she was jailed for eight years after duping her female friend into sex using a fake penis. Newland, 25, of Willaston, Neston, had to be...
View ArticleThis is the face of fake penis attacker Gayle Newland
This is fake penis attacker Gayle Newland, who was today jailed after tricking her female friend into having sex. Newland, 25, of Willaston, near Neston, disguised her appearance and voice as she...
View ArticleToxteth guns and drugs gang jailed for nearly 100 years
Five members of a drug gang which blighted the streets of Liverpool with an arsenal of automatic weapons were jailed for nearly 100 years. Police discovered the guns, plus thousands of pounds of Class...
View ArticleGayle Newland fake penis trial: Was the eight year sentence too harsh?
The news that Gayle Newland has been jailed for eight years after tricking her friend into having sex with her by pretending to be a boy has been met with incredulity by some people and satisfaction by...
View ArticleFive members of drugs and gang which blighted Liverpool streets jailed for...
Five members of a drug gang which blighted the streets of Liverpool with an arsenal of automatic weapons were jailed for nearly 100 years. Police discovered the guns, plus thousands of pounds of Class...
View ArticleFive members of drugs and guns gang which blighted Liverpool streets jailed...
Five members of a drug gang which blighted the streets of Liverpool with an arsenal of automatic weapons were jailed for nearly 100 years. Police discovered the guns, plus thousands of pounds of Class...
View ArticleGayle Newland's punishment for fake penis assault will trouble many
Gayle Newland was described by Judge Roger Dutton as “deceitful, “callous” and “highly manipulative.” But to me, as I sat in court, it seemed her distress at receiving eight years behind bars was...
View ArticleCaught on camera: The moment distraught Gayle Newland is led to prison van to...
This is the moment fake penis trickster Gayle Newland was led to a prison van after being jailed for eight years. Gayle Newland, 25, disguised her appearance and voice as she persuaded the other woman...
View ArticleLiverpool FC forged ticket fraudsters jailed for £100,000 scam that left...
Two fraudsters who masterminded a £100,000 Liverpool FC forged ticket scam which hoodwinked fans across the world were jailed today for a total of seven-and-a-half years. Craig O’Donohue, 29, and Paul...
View ArticleECHO voters voice "shock" over prison sentence given to woman who tricked...
ECHO readers have voted overwhelmingly against the eight year jail sentence given to a woman who posed as a man to trick her female friend into having sex with her. Gayle Newland, 25, of Willaston,...
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