Liverpool Crown Court Sentencing Results

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 the pizzeria owner 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 the victim's car tyres on September 29, 2024, outside the victim's home, ordered eight uncollected pizzas in September 2024 using a linked phone number, posted fake negative reviews under the name Stephen Hall accusing the victim of being a sex offender, and followed the victim's van as captured in a photo on his phone. Additionally, after eviction by the landlord in May 2024 for leaving the property in disrepair requiring fumigation, Cooper damaged the landlord'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 the victim'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.

Bryan Southern, aged 55, of Chiltern Road in St Helens, arranged to meet the victim in the car park beside the Taco Bell drive-thru in Kirkby at around 12.30pm on July 20, 2025, to resolve amicably an issue of his son being bullied by the victim's sons. The meeting escalated into a fist fight where Southern was knocked unconscious. He then got into his car and drove at speed at the victim, knocking him down and nearly pinning him under the front wheel. The car crashed into a lamppost, stopping it. Southern reversed and attempted a second go. He fled the scene, leading police on a chase at 50mph in a 30mph zone through two red lights. The victim sustained abrasions to his legs. CCTV captured the incident.

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 the victim, 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.

Police executed a search warrant at David Johnson's home on Mill Lane in Wavertree on May 28, 2024, while investigating him for sexual offences. They seized three mobile phones and two storage cards containing 1,528 indecent images of children, including 858 category A videos and 251 photographs showing serious abuse against girls as young as four, 412 category B films and 206 pictures, and 262 category C movies and 129 images. Additionally, five extreme pornographic images involving sex acts with animals were found. Officers also discovered 13 antique firearms (nine muskets, three pistols, one revolver) in his living room and bedroom, which he was prohibited from possessing due to a prior 1997 conviction for knifepoint rape, for which he was jailed for seven years.

Bradley Brady, of Dignum Mead in Netherley, was summonsed for jury duty at Liverpool Crown Court. He deferred service multiple times citing financial struggles, his partner's pregnancy, an arm injury, and his baby being unwell. He failed to attend on October 6, 2025, without providing medical evidence, and did not respond to further contacts. Ordered to appear to show cause, he explained personal grief from finding his sister deceased in May 2025 and mental state issues, but admitted working as a joinery supervisor that day.

Murugesan Annamali, aged 52 and of no fixed address, travelled approximately 100 miles from Birmingham to Liverpool on September 4, 2025, armed with a knife with a 7cm blade, intending to attack his former boss, the victim, owner of a convenience store on Green Lane in Tuebrook. Months earlier, Annamali had demanded money from the victim over the phone, threatening 'you'll see what I do'. Around 8.30pm, as the victim walked back to the store from his car, Annamali ran towards him wielding the knife and made thrusting motions. The victim screamed, pushed him away, and fell to the floor, sustaining a cut to his left knee and injuries to his arm and hip. Kebab shop staff from the adjacent premises intervened, restrained Annamali, and disarmed him, preventing more serious harm. CCTV captured the assault. Annamali made no comment during police interview. The attack was premeditated revenge, leaving the victim in pain and fearing further attacks on himself and his family, considering relocation.

Stephen Moore, a drug user associated with the 'Rice Lane drug dealing fraternity', had his DNA on a Skorpion submachine gun recovered from a flat on Grey Road in Walton on March 2, 2023. The gun was used in two shootings in April and May 2022, including one that injured the victim in the leg on Deverall Grove in Wavertree. He was involved in the storage or movement of the firearm prior to its recovery.

Gary Bell, a drug user purchasing from the Wong Line, had his DNA on a Skorpion submachine gun recovered from a flat on Grey Road in Walton on March 2, 2023, controlled by Anthony Bosenquet. The gun was used in two shootings in April and May 2022, including shots fired at the victim's home on Beechwalk in Stoneycroft. He was involved in the storage or movement of the firearm, possibly taken to the address by a third party.

On June 14, 2025, at around 11pm, Abdullah Amiri, aged 34, was in the communal kitchen of a house in multiple occupation on Hampden Road in Birkenhead, provided to individuals being processed through the immigration system. He became unnecessarily agitated when his flatmate the victim was innocently chatting with another resident while preparing food. Amiri told them to be quiet and threatened to 'make something wrong'. Without warning, he delivered a forceful punch to the left side of the victim's face, knocking him unconscious and causing permanent loss of vision in his left eye due to total retinal detachment. A second punch may have been delivered while clutching a lighter, though not conclusively established as a weapon. Amiri showed no remorse, stating he didn't care if sent to prison, and was uncooperative throughout proceedings.

Paul Camps, aged 57, of Window Lane in Garston, contacted a decoy profile posing as a 14-year-old girl on Facebook on July 16, 2025. He initiated conversation with 'cute lady' and, after learning her age, initially said 'Sorry, too young' but soon sent graphic sexual messages, asking for sexualised photographs and suggesting meeting for sexual activity. Communications persisted until July 22, 2025. He was arrested on July 27, 2025, after a paedophile hunter group, Angels of Innocence, reported him. This was an attempted offence as the decoy was an adult. Camps has a history of sexual offences, including rape in 2006 for which he received a life sentence.

Jordan Smith, 29, from Fazakerley, subjected his partner to a four-year campaign of physical and emotional abuse, including repeated assaults that left her with broken ribs and permanent facial scarring, isolating her from family and friends, and controlling her access to money and a mobile phone. The victim reported the abuse to police in April 2025 after years of suffering in silence.

On February 1, 2025, at around 3.45am, Harry Mason, 30, of The Mallards, Southport, was driving a silver Mercedes on Roe Lane, Southport, when a police officer noticed it crashing into the kerb and signalled for it to pull over. Mason sped away, leading a high-speed chase exceeding 90mph through residential areas with a 30mph limit, including lifting off the ground over a hill at Norwood Avenue. He continued onto Manchester Road and Alexandra Road without slowing, lost sight of police on Albany Road, then drove onto the Promenade, crashed into a 120-year-old Grade II-listed Victorian bandstand (causing £90,000 damage), and plunged into the Marine Lake. Mason falsely reported the car stolen to police, claiming his phone, keys, and money were also taken, but confessed after his girlfriend challenged him upon recognising the submerged vehicle from social media. He was arrested and admitted responsibility.

On August 18, 2025, Phillip Colbourne, 49, of Coronation Drive, Great Crosby, walked a mile along the railway tracks from Southport railway station to Birkdale railway station, obstructing the line and causing significant disruption. British Transport Police were alerted to a person on the tracks, cut power to the line, and conducted a search. Colbourne was arrested on suspicion of obstructing the railway.

On 9 February 2024, at Wavertree Nursing Home in Pigue Lane, Liverpool, Adele McIlhatton, a care worker, along with other staff, ill-treated an 85-year-old woman with dementia. They taunted her, poked her, threw incontinence pads at her, placed pads on her head, and shoved themselves against her while laughing. The resident was distressed but did not understand what was happening. The incident was captured on CCTV in the dining room and came to the attention of the manager, leading to suspension, internal investigation, and police involvement.

On 9 February 2024, at Wavertree Nursing Home in Pigue Lane, Liverpool, Valerie Marshall, a care worker, along with other staff, ill-treated an 85-year-old woman with dementia. They taunted her, poked her, threw incontinence pads at her, placed pads on her head, and shoved themselves against her while laughing. The resident was distressed but did not understand what was happening. The incident was captured on CCTV in the dining room and came to the attention of the manager, leading to suspension, internal investigation, and police involvement.

On 9 February 2024, at Wavertree Nursing Home in Pigue Lane, Liverpool, Josh Ireland, a care worker, along with other staff, ill-treated an 85-year-old woman with dementia. They taunted her, poked her, threw incontinence pads at her, placed pads on her head, and shoved themselves against her while laughing. The resident was distressed but did not understand what was happening. The incident was captured on CCTV in the dining room and came to the attention of the manager, leading to suspension, internal investigation, and police involvement.

On 9 February 2024, at Wavertree Nursing Home in Pigue Lane, Liverpool, William Vasey, the senior nurse on duty, along with other staff, ill-treated an 85-year-old woman with dementia. They taunted her, poked her, threw incontinence pads at her, placed pads on her head, and shoved themselves against her while laughing. The resident was distressed but did not understand what was happening. The incident was captured on CCTV in the dining room and came to the attention of the manager, leading to suspension, internal investigation, and police involvement.