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Gang jailed after UK's largest seizure of heroin and cocaine

Members of an organised crime gang who were arrested after the UK’s largest seizure of Class A drugs have been jailed.
Press Release Drug offences Mersey-Cheshire

Nursery worker sentenced for shaking a child

A nursery worker who shook a child and shoved toys in his chest because he wouldn't tidy up has been sentenced for assault.
Press Release Violent crime Mersey-Cheshire

Violent and hostile protestors sentenced

A violent and hostile gang of people who gathered outside the Suites hotel in Knowsley in February 2023 have been sentenced.Four people who were convicted following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court in January 2024 were part of a larger group who threw missiles and paving slabs at police and set…
Press Release Violent crime Mersey-Cheshire

Man who offered boys money and then sexually assaulted them jailed

A man who offered four boys under 9 money and then sexually assaulted them has been jailed.
Press Release Sexual offences Mersey-Cheshire

Man who worked with children jailed for 33 child sex offences

A man who worked as a teaching assistant and as a volunteer with a children’s activity group in Cheshire has been jailed for eight years for 33 child sexual abuse offences.
Press Release Sexual offences Mersey-Cheshire

Man pleads guilty to Heysel disaster taunts and racist abuse at Liverpool derby

A man has pleaded guilty to taunting Liverpool fans about the Heysel Stadium disaster and shouting racist abuse at a derby match against Everton in October 2023.
Press Release Violent crime Hate crime CPS Mersey-Cheshire

Two teenagers jailed for life for the murder of Brianna Ghey

Two 16-year-olds, now named in open court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, have been sentenced to a life term in prison today at Manchester Crown Court after having been convicted of murdering 16-year-old Brianna Ghey.
Press Release Violent crime Hate crime CPS Mersey-Cheshire

Jailed farmer sentenced again for environmental offences

A farmer has been sentenced for organising the illegal felling of trees shortly before he was imprisoned for another environmental offence
Press Release Fraud and economic crime Mersey-Cheshire

Man who shouldn't have been driving jailed for killing two women

A man who shouldn’t have been driving because of an eye condition has been jailed for killing two elderly female friends on a road in Southport.
Press Release Driving offences Mersey-Cheshire

Man jailed for years of abuse that left a girl traumatised

A man who systematically abused a girl from when she was 10 years old until she was 17 and left her traumatised has been jailed.
Press Release Sexual offences Mersey-Cheshire

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Media protocol

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