Liverpool Crown Court Sentencing Results

Philip Waugh, an organised crime boss from Warrington, used the encrypted network Encrochat to supply illegal firearms to gangsters and arranged for an acid attack on rival the victim. He offered £20,000 to Jonathan Gordon to blind the victim and his girlfriend, instructing to stab him in the legs and rub acid on his face. Waugh managed the importation of at least 16 prohibited firearms from Spain between January 2019 and July 2020, which were linked to multiple shootings in Liverpool, including incidents on Wilburn Street, Reaper Close, and Carisbroke Road.

Phillip Waugh, an organised crime boss from Warrington, used the Encrochat network to import and supply illegal firearms to various crime groups in the UK from Spain between March and June 2020. He arranged for firearms, including pistols, assault rifles, and submachine guns, to be smuggled into the country and sold for significant profit, with one shipment alone generating over £215,000. Additionally, he conspired to arrange an acid attack on rival the victim, offering £20,000 to an enforcer to blind the victim and his girlfriend, and later specifying to stab him in the legs and rub acid on his face. Although the attack was planned over several days in April 2020, it was not carried out. Waugh was arrested in September 2024 in Spain and extradited to the UK.

Robert Brazendale acted as quartermaster for Philip Waugh, handling the transfer and supply of prohibited firearms in the UK. He was involved in the conspiracy to import and distribute weapons, including those used in shootings in Liverpool, and assisted in supplying acid for the planned acid attack on the intended victim.

Lindy Leah, a 44-year-old deputy manager at a care home in St Helens, preyed on a vulnerable teenage resident by wearing inappropriate outfits, sending WhatsApp messages asking for a love bite, and encouraging him to go missing for a drug-fueled night away. This involved a sustained breach of trust over many months, including supplying class B drugs like cannabis resin and ketamine, and manipulating the victim with attention, money, gifts, and isolation from his family.

Alex Hughes, from Poulton-le-Fylde, engaged in sexual activity with underage girls in the late 2000s and early 2010s in St Helens. He met one victim, Girl A, when she was 11 and he was 16, escalating to serious sexual acts including making her touch him inappropriately. He also had a relationship with another victim, Girl B, when she was 14. The relationships involved grooming and manipulation, with Hughes using his age advantage to exploit vulnerable children.

Daniel Ford, from St Helens, engaged in sexual activity with a child, specifically Girl A, when she was 14 and he was 21. He used his age advantage to provide alcohol and abuse her, as part of a group of youngsters in St Helens town centre in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The offences involved grooming and exploitation of a vulnerable minor.

Kerry Rutledge, of Rydal Street in Everton, laundered £24,975 for an organised crime gang by allowing multiple payments into her bank account and transferring funds as directed, assisting Terence Clarke's county lines drug supply chains across England and Wales.

Paul Robinson, a 38-year-old former care worker from Stockbridge Village, confessed to his wife about engaging in sexual activity with a teenage girl, describing it as normal. He groomed the victim through explicit messages, provided her with cannabis, and had sex with her on multiple occasions. The victim was initially afraid to speak but later detailed the inappropriate touching and offences to the police. His actions were discovered after his wife reported him, leading to the revelation of messages where he expressed sexual desires.

Barry Burke was involved in setting up an industrial-scale ecstasy production operation at a unit on Cleveland Street in Birkenhead. His fingerprints were found on the tablet press machinery, and his vehicle was tracked near the site. The operation involved 3kg of MDMA powder capable of producing up to 23,400 ecstasy tablets valued at £234,000, which was discovered after bailiffs repossessed the unit due to unpaid rent.

Ihtiandr Maciulevicius was involved in an industrial-scale ecstasy production operation at a rented unit on Cleveland Street in Birkenhead. He was seen on CCTV attending the premises, handling packages, and sleeping there overnight. His fingerprints and DNA were found on machinery, a mirror, and other items, indicating his active role in the operation, which utilised equipment to produce up to 23,400 ecstasy tablets from 3kg of MDMA powder.

Hawest Karimpoori attended a Betfred shop on Dale Street in Liverpool city centre on April 23, 2025, where he placed several £10 bets that lost, leading him to become angry and irate. He punched a gambling machine, threatened to smash and burn the shop, threw a chair at a machine, ripped up the carpet, and set fire to a newspaper, which caused damage to the flooring. This prompted a staff member to activate the panic button, and he was later identified and arrested via CCTV.

Jack Spencer, from Southport, used TikTok under the username 'Jack47' to contact a 15-year-old girl in January 2024, making lewd comments about her body, inquiring about her sexual experience, and offering her £500 for sexual acts. Police discovered 198 category A indecent images of children as young as four on his phone, along with other images and evidence of further inappropriate online conversations. He has a prior sexual risk order from 2015 for similar behaviour.

Terrance Maughan, aged 40, entered a café while intoxicated, hit a woman on the hand, threatened to punch her and burn her alive, and punched a man who tried to help her. He returned shortly after with a screwdriver, attempting to stab the same man.

Anne Lunt, a 59-year-old woman, subjected a teenage boy to two separate sexual assaults, including performing sex acts on him despite his protests, calling him a 'dirty b******', and hitting him. The victim endured years of silence due to fear, experiencing ongoing flashbacks, anger, and suicidal thoughts as a result of the abuse. Lunt's actions stemmed from her controlling and predatory nature, and she was described as a community café volunteer with a history of mental health issues and marital breakdown.

Raymond Beckett, a 65-year-old convicted sex offender, breached his sexual harm prevention order by approaching and communicating with children while intoxicated in Southport on June 20 and 21, 2025. He knocked on a grandmother's door, claimed he had been assaulted, and later approached the children while shirtless and aggressive, asking a granddaughter to come over. This incident caused considerable distress, especially after the grandmother learned of his prior convictions through news reports. Beckett has a history of sexual offences, including assaulting a teenage girl on a train in 2024 and indecently assaulting a girl under 14 in 1996.

Joel Maloney, in a relationship with the victim for five years and sharing a child, strangled her during an argument over a takeaway on May 9, 2024, laughing when she begged for her life. He strangled her again on April 17, 2025, despite a court ban on contact, leaving her fearing for her life and too scared to report it immediately. He also threatened to damage her and her mother's property and was found in possession of cannabis with intent to supply, valued between £300 and £470.