Chester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 167 verdicts at Chester Crown Court (Chester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Mohammed Alam

Burglary

June 3, 2024

Sentence: 8 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, 20 days rehabilitation activities, and 200 hours unpaid work

Mohammed Alam participated in a stealing spree, targeting Indian restaurants. On March 1, he stole alcohol, cash, and an industrial blender worth approximately £820 from The Indian in Northwich. On March 22, he stole four barrels of beer worth around £740 from Anmol in Warrington. He was arrested on March 26 after police stopped a red Vauxhall Insignia on Holmes Chapel Road, where he was found in possession of a balaclava, crowbar, and screwdriver.

Pleaded guilty to charges related to the stealing spree. Sentenced by Judge Steven Everett, the Honorary Recorder of Chester.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Faysul Alam

Burglary

June 3, 2024

Sentence: 9 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, 20 days rehabilitation activities, and 250 hours unpaid work

Faysul Alam participated in a stealing spree, stealing from The Indian in Northwich and The Royal Oak in Walsall. On March 1, he stole alcohol, cash, and an industrial blender worth approximately £820 from The Indian in Northwich. The Royal Oak burglary occurred in August 2024. He was arrested on March 26 after police stopped a red Vauxhall Insignia on Holmes Chapel Road, where he was found in possession of a balaclava, crowbar, and screwdriver, and was driving on a provisional licence without insurance.

Pleaded guilty to charges including theft and driving offences. Also convicted of two counts of driving without a licence and two counts of driving without insurance. Sentenced by Judge Steven Everett, the Honorary Recorder of Chester.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Bradley Axford

Possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs

June 3, 2024

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, plus 30 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work

Bradley Axford was stopped by police on London Road for riding a bicycle through a red light in January 2023. He attempted to flee but was apprehended on Northwich Road. A search revealed he possessed cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis, ketamine, cash, a contact book, and a mobile phone, indicating involvement in drug dealing.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs. Has previous convictions for possession of prohibited substances and weapons. Ordered to surrender £230 in ill-gotten gains and related items.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Llewellyn Parry-Jones

Dangerous Driving

June 2, 2024

Sentence: 19 months imprisonment

On May 3, Llewellyn Parry-Jones was driving a white van while disqualified and without a licence or insurance. He was reported for drink-driving, tailgated a car, collided slowly with a pedestrian, drove around stationary cars in Vicar's Lane towards Little John Street nearly causing a crash, resisted arrest by reversing into a squad car, and was found with cannabis. He gave a breath test reading of 63mcg per 100ml, nearly twice the legal limit.

Pleaded guilty early. Judge labelled his defence as a pack of lies. Mitigating factors included the fourth anniversary of his father's death and the impact on his long-term partner, who has mental health issues.

Sources: leaderlive.co.uk

Macauley Coutts

Burglary

June 2, 2024

Sentence: 40 months imprisonment

Macauley Coutts burgled a property on Blakeley Lane in Mobberley on March 4 by smashing the back doors to gain entry between 9.40am and 6pm while the residents were out. He searched every room and stole spare keys to two Audi vehicles and two watches. His blood was discovered at the scene, leading to forensic matching and his eventual arrest on April 11 after evading police.

Pleaded guilty to burglary. Blood found at the scene led to his identification.

Sources: chesterstandard.co.uk

Bradley Walsh

Conspiracy to Supply Drugs

May 30, 2024

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment, suspended for 1.5 years

Bradley Walsh was involved in a drugs conspiracy as a street-level supplier of cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy. The conspiracy operated for three years from March 2020 and was part of the 'DMO' drug line, which was stopped by Cheshire Police. He supplied Class A and Class B drugs around Cheshire, leading to his arrest and sentencing.

Admitted three counts of conspiring to supply cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy. Sentence includes 20 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work, as ordered by Judge Steven Everett.

Sources: chesterstandard.co.uk

Alfred Brereton

Criminal damage

May 2, 2024

Sentence: Imprisonment

Alfred Brereton drove a tractor at a police car, causing more than £10,000 worth of damage, as reported in the article.

David Elliot Shuttleworth

Negligence under health and safety law

February 27, 2024

Sentence: fined £6,500 and 250 hours of unpaid community service

David Elliot Shuttleworth, as a director of Flip Out Chester, oversaw operations where customers, including children, were injured using the Tower Jump feature. Between December 2016 and February 2017, 270 injuries occurred, including 11 spinal injuries requiring surgery and various other harms like facial and dental injuries, due to negligence in addressing safety risks despite daily incidents.

Pleaded guilty to a single count of negligence under health and safety law. Judge Michael Leeming noted a 'cavalier' approach to safety and that the sentence was less than many hoped for.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Matthew Melling

Negligence under health and safety law

February 27, 2024

Sentence: fined £6,300 and 250 hours of unpaid community service

Matthew Melling, as a director of Flip Out Chester, failed to mitigate safety risks at the trampoline park. From December 2016 to February 2017, 270 customers were injured, with 11 suffering life-changing spinal injuries and others experiencing facial and other harms, due to the unsafe Tower Jump feature.

Pleaded guilty to a single count of negligence under health and safety law. Judge Michael Leeming noted that the defendants were negligent rather than deliberate, and both had been chastened by the process.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Nathan Bake

Facilitating child sexual exploitation

February 14, 2024

Sentence: 16 years imprisonment

Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old car mechanic from Runcorn, Cheshire, served as second-in-command of a dark web site called The Annex, which had nearly 90,000 users worldwide and facilitated the sharing of extreme child abuse images, including 'hurtcore' involving violence against babies and toddlers. He moderated the site under the username 'Pink', answered user queries, offered advice on evading detection, and was involved in other sites like Lolita's Paradise. Following his arrest in November 2022, authorities recovered over 3.6 million indecent images from his devices, along with children's tights, underwear, and sandals at his home. The site was a sophisticated operation with staff shifts and meetings, and Bake rose through the ranks after the previous head moderator's arrest in May 2022.

Pleaded guilty to 12 offences related to moderating and creating sites on the dark web for sharing child abuse material. Judge Patrick Thompson considered him a dangerous offender and ordered an extended licence period of four years. He was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at age 16 and has converted to Islam, finding some peace in scriptures.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Alice Wood

Murder

February 2, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years

Alice Wood, 24, murdered her fiance Ryan Watson, 24, by deliberately driving her Ford Fiesta at him after an argument following a party in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent on May 6, 2022. The incident occurred near their home in Rode Heath, Cheshire, where Wood reversed aggressively towards Watson, struck him, and then drove at him again, dragging him under the car for 158 metres, resulting in his death. She claimed it was a tragic accident but was convicted based on CCTV footage and evidence of her losing her temper.

Pleaded not guilty but was found guilty by a jury. Judge Michael Leeming stated she used her car as a weapon, showed no true remorse, and was over the drink-drive limit.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Matthew Turner

Burglary

January 26, 2024

Sentence: 20 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years

Matthew Turner, a 24-year-old decorator employed by a trusted firm, stole three watches worth more than £30,000 from the Duke of Westminster's bedroom at Eaton Hall near Chester in August 2022 while carrying out renovation work. The items included a Cartier London Tank JC watch worth £18,000, a Panerai Luminor Marina watch worth £7,000, and a Breitling watch worth £7,000, which held sentimental value as it was a gift from the duke's late father and mother. One watch was recovered after being spotted on an auction site, but the other two were not; Turner was motivated by drug debts and refused to disclose their location.

Pleaded guilty to burglary; was addicted to cocaine at the time; judge noted he escaped prison 'by the skin of his teeth' and ordered 200 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation activity; also admitted a separate theft offence.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Richard Webb

Indecent assault on a child

November 20, 2023

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Richard Webb sexually abused his victim over the course of six years, with the first incident occurring in the 1990s. The abuse involved six counts of indecent assault on a child, leading to the victim disassociating from her childhood and suffering long-term emotional trauma.

Found guilty after a four-day trial. The victim reported that the abuse ruined her life and she will forever be trying to deal with it. Police praised the victim's bravery in coming forward.

Sources: wiltshirelive.co.uk

Georgia Bilham

Sexual Assault

August 18, 2023

Sentence: 24-month community order, 150 hours of unpaid work, 35 rehabilitation days, restraining order for 5 years, sign sex offenders' register for 5 years, and sexual harm prevention order for 5 years

Georgia Bilham created a false online Snapchat persona named George Parry to deceive a short-sighted teenager into believing she was a man. She maintained this deception by wearing a hood to hide her identity and claimed paranoia due to alleged involvement with gangsters. On May 11, 2021, she crashed a car while with the victim and was convicted of sexually assaulting the teenager by kissing her, as the victim had not given true consent due to the deception.

Judge Michael Leeming stated she took advantage of the complainant's naivety and that she presented as a boy to deceive the victim. She was cleared of other charges but expressed regret for her actions.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Arif Patel

Fraud and money laundering

April 1, 2023

Sentence: 31 years in prison

Arif Patel, a 57-year-old from Preston, Lancashire, ran a scam through his company Faisaltex Ltd, involving chains of fake business transactions to steal VAT repayments on false exports of textiles and mobile phones. He also imported and sold counterfeit clothes worth at least £50 million if genuine. The fraud funded a £90 million property empire across the UK and overseas, and he fled to Dubai in 2011.

Masterminded a carousel tax fraud gang; convicted in absence; confiscation order for £90,503,211 and assets including properties and a Ferrari.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Mohamed Jaffar Ali

Fraud and money laundering

April 1, 2023

Sentence: 31 years in prison

Mohamed Jaffar Ali, 61, from Dubai, assisted in the fraud and money laundering operations by handling finances as part of Arif Patel's gang, which involved carousel fraud to evade VAT on false exports and imports of textiles, mobile phones, and counterfeit goods.

Co-accused and financial enabler for Arif Patel; convicted in absence; subject to confiscation order for £677,000.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Barry Bennell

Child sexual abuse

February 1, 2018

Sentence: 34 years imprisonment

Barry Bennell abused young footballers he coached by inviting them to stay at his home, with incidents occurring between 1979 and 1992. He targeted boys aged nine to 14, including acts of indecent assault and sexual abuse while associated with football clubs like Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra.

Pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual offences against children. He was convicted on five separate occasions and is currently serving his sentence at HMP Littlehey.

Sources: dailymail.co.uk

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