Liverpool Crown Court Sentencing Results

On April 8, 2025, at around 9.30pm, Hlobelam Nongwr, aged 20, of 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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, 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.

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.

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.