Liverpool Crown Court Sentencing Results

On December 20, 2024, Dylan Dellot, 37, of Tithebarn Lane in Kirkby, was involved in an altercation outside the Black Horse pub on County Road, Liverpool. After a verbal exchange with Patrick Gibbons, 24, Dellot struck him in the face with a Carling pint glass, causing it to break, and then punched him at least seven times, knocking him unconscious. Dellot had been drinking and taking drugs, including crack cocaine, throughout the day without sleep. Gibbons initially refused medical attention but collapsed at home hours later due to a severe brain injury from an internal bleed, requiring life-saving surgery at the Walton Centre. He remains under specialist neurological care with ongoing speech difficulties, tube feeding, wheelchair use, and severe long-term disability.

On August 27, 2023, William Treacy posted a parcel from a Post Office in Toxteth to his son Aaron Donohoe at HMP Swinfen Hall. The parcel contained a pair of grey slippers with 94g of cannabis resin hidden in the foot beds, valued at £940 to £1,410 on the street and more inside prison. Treacy and Donohoe discussed preparing the package, including spraying it with Lynx deodorant to mask the smell, during phone calls in August and September 2023. The scheme was detected by a sniffer dog on August 29, 2023. Treacy handed himself in on October 2, 2023, initially denying knowledge but later admitting the offence. The cannabis was intended to help Donohoe settle a drug debt and make money inside the prison.

Gary Williams, 45, of Warbreck Road in Newton-le-Willows, engaged in vile chats on Skype and Telegram revealing sexual interest in girls aged five and younger. He downloaded 542 indecent images of children (130 category A images, 193 category A videos including babies being restrained and raped; 114 category B images including 40 films; 75 category C images including 23 videos), three prohibited cartoon or CGI images of child abuse, 352 images of bestiality, and two images showing sexual interference with a corpse. Devices seized on September 18, 2024, following intelligence about sharing on social media.

On April 4, 2025, shortly before 1am, police spotted three Sur-Ron electric bikes travelling eastbound on Edge Lane in Liverpool. The riders, dressed in black, failed to stop, leading to a pursuit. Thomas Williams, riding one bike, was tailed to the junction of East Prescot Road and Eaton Road in West Derby. He failed to slow at a roundabout and collided with a Vauxhall Zafira car, performing a full somersault before landing on the ground. The car was damaged but its four occupants were uninjured. Williams was taken to Aintree Hospital, refused blood tests, and a small quantity of cannabis was found in his jacket. He admitted getting scared upon seeing police, driving too fast, and the bike belonged to a friend. He expressed remorse and apologised.

On May 26, 2025, shortly after midnight, Michael Waring entered his housemate’s bedroom in Marsh House Lane, Warrington, and ordered him to drive him to ‘The Pool’. When refused, Waring threatened him with a knife, stole his car keys and mobile, attempted to drive off but crashed into another car. Police attended, and while being removed from the vehicle, Waring bit one officer's finger and assaulted another to avoid arrest. He was under the influence of drink.

On September 7, 2023, in broad daylight on West Derby Road, Liverpool, Leon Headey chased a man down the street, stabbing him repeatedly with a large kitchen knife after an argument involving three men. The victim sustained one stab wound to his upper chest and two to his back, bleeding profusely, and escaped by jumping into a passing car to reach the hospital. Headey also kicked the victim while he was on the ground. This was the first in a series of violent crimes, including an aggravated assault on October 25, 2023, in Alness, Scotland, and the murder of Ross MacGillivray on November 11, 2023, in Inverness, Scotland.

Christopher Moran engaged in prolific shoplifting from major UK stores, leading to his sentencing and a ban from entering those premises.

On September 27, 2025, at around 7am, following a row between the Brazilian couple in their flat on Berry Street in Liverpool city centre, William de Castro Rodrigues emerged wielding two kitchen knives and chased his boyfriend, William da Silva, who was wearing only sliders. Rodrigues swiped at him with a knife, narrowly missing, pursued him down the street until da Silva slipped and fell, then lashed out again while he was on the ground. The assault ended when passing police officers intervened and arrested Rodrigues. He claimed self-defence in interview but was in a rage. The victim had to fend off the attack to avoid serious injury.

Mohammed Ali, a student residing at Cambridge Court in Liverpool city centre, was summoned for jury service at Liverpool Crown Court for two weeks starting September 29, 2025, but failed to attend. He did not respond to follow-up communications, including letters and phone calls, despite indications he might seek a deferral for his studies. Ordered to appear before Judge Andrew Menary KC to show cause why he should not be held in contempt, he again failed to show up.

On August 18, 2024, in the Garston area of Liverpool, Kayleigh Maylor, after a two-day alcohol and cocaine binge, argued with her sister Rachael Maylor over a previously smashed window. Maylor became aggressive, attempted to fight her sister on the floor, put her hand on her throat, struck her over the head with a bottle of Bacardi (which did not shatter), and then smashed a mug over her head, causing a superficial laceration that bled profusely and briefly knocked Rachael out. Maylor then issued threats to kill from outside, smashed the front window, and shouted abusive language captured on a neighbour's Ring doorbell camera, including hoping her sister bled to death. Rachael barricaded herself in the kitchen and later received hospital treatment where the wound was glued shut. Maylor handed herself in on September 16, 2024.

Charlie Clark, aged 18 and 19 at the time, embarked on a 10-month campaign from November 2022 to September 2023, posting indecent and grossly offensive material relating to eight young women on an online forum using the pseudonym 'John Smith'. He uploaded pictures taken from social media, including one from a hacked Snapchat account showing a victim in her bra at age 16, requested rape fantasies, edited images to make victims appear naked using AI and software, and posted to threads like 'mega sluts' and 'post sluts who have been raped'. Notes on his phone included chilling plans to rape 14-17-year-olds and stalk victims. He was arrested on September 5, 2023, after confessing to a victim.

Christopher Randles subjected his girlfriend to months of constant mental and physical abuse starting in spring 2023. Incidents included allegedly knocking out her front teeth (retracted complaint), swilling her with bleach causing eye swelling in autumn 2024, punching and kicking her unconscious in January 2025 after she caught him watching pornography, and on Valentine's Day 2025, punching her head and eye then strangling her after a disastrous restaurant meal. In the same month, he wielded a machete at the door causing her to flee. The victim described lasting physical injuries, chronic pain, anxiety, and being left a 'shell of a woman'.

Colin Cooper, aged 35, of Waterside Gardens in Bolton, developed a grudge against pizzeria owner Daniel Johnstone following a Facebook argument about comments on the Southport Food Forum. Between March and December 2024, he conducted a campaign of harassment including unwanted phone calls, damaging the 600 Degrees pizzeria on Sandon Road in Southport by smashing a window with a brick on November 11, 2024, spray painting graffiti on three occasions in December 2024, attacking the frontage with a tool on August 12, 2024 (repairs £600), and with a hammer on September 4, 2024. He slashed Johnstone's car tyres on September 29, 2024, outside his home, ordered eight uncollected pizzas in September 2024 using a linked phone number, posted fake negative reviews under the name Stephen Hall accusing Johnstone of being a sex offender, and followed his van as captured in a photo on his phone. Additionally, after eviction by landlord Richard North in May 2024 for leaving the property in disrepair requiring fumigation, Cooper damaged North's vehicle tyres in September 2024, and after bail, punctured tyres of a Mercedes C Class and slashed the roof of a BMW 430d on October 8, 2025, causing £3,400 damage. He also damaged all four tyres of a Ford Transit van belonging to a second ex-landlord over a withheld £750 deposit. The harassment caused significant impact on Johnstone's business, state of mind, and family, leaving him living in fear.

On May 15, 2025, James Fitzpatrick, aged 35, of Newsham Drive in Tuebrook, was found unconscious on electrified tracks at Maghull North Station after acting erratically and attempting to lie down, having taken MDMA and ketamine. He became irate and abusive when woken by British Transport Police, resisted escorting, and was found in possession of stolen bank cards, Costco card, and Tesco Clubcard from an InPost delivery driver's van in Warrington. This caused train cancellations, part cancellations, and 576 minutes of delays, resulting in £8,292.38 losses to Network Rail. Released under investigation, on October 7, 2025, he stole a Ford Ranger pickup truck from Burnie Avenue in Bootle. Later that day in Netherton, he led police on a chase, reaching 70mph in a 20mph zone, mounting kerbs, running a red light, driving on the wrong side, becoming airborne over a grass verge by 8ft, colliding with two parked cars, smashing through a garden fence, and crashing into a house on Granams Croft. He admitted being under the influence of alcohol and crack cocaine, confessed to nearly crashing multiple times, and stated he had never driven before.

On May 7, 2025, Alexandru-Cristian Mihai, aged 37, assaulted his girlfriend in a violent incident at his bedsit in the Widnes area. After becoming jealous when she spoke to a waiter at a restaurant in Warrington, he slapped her in the car, then at home struck her to the face multiple times, pinned her down, strangled her with force causing an internal carotid artery dissection, threatened to stab and kill her, and held a shoehorn to her face. The victim believed she would die and suffered permanent damage, leading to constant anxiety and health risks.

Donna Stewart engaged in behavior that left people in fear, resulting in a court order banning her from the city centre until 2030.

On April 8, 2025, at around 9.30pm, Hlobelam Nongwr, aged 20, of Willmer Road in Anfield, drove a BMW with two friends to the Aldi supermarket on Salop Street in Walton to buy food, despite holding only a provisional licence and being uninsured. Upon arrival, he drove at speed and performed doughnuts in the car park, ignoring warnings from his front seat passenger to stop. He lost control and collided with pedestrian Katarzyna Dybalska, who was pushing a shopping trolley while wearing a yellow hi-vis vest, sending her flying into a wall which the car then destroyed. She suffered fractures to her tibia and ankle, requiring surgery, but is expected to make a full recovery with no lifelong consequences. Nongwr was arrested at the scene and admitted in interview that he did it 'just because he felt like it' and to 'spin the car like on TV'. He had smoked cannabis the day before.