Liverpool Crown Court Sentencing Results

Suren Krishnan, aged 36, of Grant Road in Leasowe, Wirral, attacked the victim, a shopkeeper, at a Go Local convenience store on Twickenham Drive in Leasowe, Wirral, on December 7, 8, and 9, 2024. The attacks stemmed from a dispute over being refused store credit and perceived disrespectful language. On December 8, he swung a belt at the victim, striking him on the shoulder and leg. On December 9, while under the influence of alcohol, he entered the shop, pulled out a claw hammer from his backpack, and struck the victim on the knuckle during an altercation, shouting threats. The victim defended himself, and a member of the public helped eject Krishnan from the store. The incidents involved verbal threats, physical assault, and wrestling in the aisles, leaving the victim feeling scared.

Dana Mustapha breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by repeatedly failing to keep his GPS tag charged, which was required to monitor his movements after his release from HMP Altcourse on June 12, 2025. This order was imposed in August 2024 following previous convictions for offences including indecent exposure. Despite demonstrations and efforts from his offender manager, he dismissed the requirement as 'not a big deal', leading to his second breach.

Karl Grocott communicated online with undercover police officers posing as a 12-year-old boy named 'Kade' and an adult named 'John'. He falsely claimed to be a 27-year-old STEM teacher who only taught boys and bragged about abusing boys in various locations. He sent explicit messages, including a picture of the Simpsons character Mr. Burns to suggest his plan was progressing, and arranged to meet 'Kade' at a McDonald's in Liverpool on May 10, 2025, intending to take him to a hotel for sexual activity, including penetrative acts. Police arrested him near the location and found condoms, lubricant, and chocolate in his hotel room. The offences occurred over several weeks leading up to the attempted meeting.

Michael Harper, a 21-year-old former scout leader, began contacting a 14-year-old girl on Instagram when he was 17. He pressured her into a relationship primarily for sexual purposes, leading to kissing and intercourse starting when he was 18. They met in Birchwood Forest Park after school, where sexual activity occurred despite her reluctance and physical pain. He sent nude pictures and requested some in return, asking her to keep it secret. The victim felt obligated, experienced bleeding after intercourse, worried about pregnancy due to lack of contraception, and suffered mental health issues including self-harm, isolation from friends and family, nightmares, and academic disruptions.

Saimir Gjoniku was caught tending to 359 cannabis plants with an estimated value of up to £452,000 in a derelict former bank on Bridge Street, Newton-le-Willows. The plants were discovered by police on May 19, and he was arrested at the scene. He had been living in the building and admitted to being in debt and forced to work for an organised crime group. This was not his first involvement in cannabis farms.

Trevor Leach groomed and sexually abused a 12-year-old schoolboy in the early 1990s after meeting him while working at a former petrol station. He regularly took the victim out in his car and to his home in Winnington, where he committed the abuses. Leach also took the boy to a picnic area and abused him in front of other men. The victim witnessed other young boys being abused at Leach's home. The abuses had a lasting impact on the victim, who reported the incidents in 2022 following a chance encounter with Leach.

Liam Shaw sent two threatening and offensive emails containing racist death threats to the victim, the then-Prime Minister and MP for Richmond and Northallerton, via a public email address on the evening of June 15, 2024. The emails were reported by the victim's personal assistant to the police, who traced them to Shaw's email address and mobile phone at a hostel in Birkenhead. Shaw was arrested on September 3, 2024, and charged with the offences. He claimed during interview that he did not remember sending the emails due to being drunk.

On 14 July 2025, around 4am, Daniel Byrne, 38, of no fixed abode, approached a bin full of rubbish at the side of the Liverpool Beatles Museum in Matthew Street and made several attempts to set fire to it with his lighter. He stood back to watch the flames take hold before walking away, looking back several times. The incident was captured on CCTV by City Watch, a Liverpool City Council system. The fire caused damage to the doors of the museum. Byrne was arrested shortly after in the city centre, admitted to the offence during questioning, and was sentenced at a hearing on 12 August 2025.

Robert Forshaw, after a five-week relationship ended due to his controlling behaviour, began a campaign of harassment in December 2023. He made numerous withheld calls, sent abusive emails, contacted her workplace with false accusations, and created fake social media accounts to publish content targeting her. He sent messages between these accounts making false allegations and emailed screenshots to the victim. In late January 2024, he attended a sporting event where she was present and used a fake account to message that he was only 50 yards away, causing serious alarm and distress. Despite attempts to conceal his devices, police linked the accounts to him through digital evidence.

On 27 December 2023, police were managing the scene of a hit-and-run involving a cyclist on Northway, Maghull, with emergency lights flashing. Richard Ainscough's Ford Kuga swerved over the central reservation from the southbound to northbound lanes and struck a police officer who was leaning into a car window. The officer suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured elbow, both requiring extensive surgery. Ainscough was arrested at the scene and faced charges including causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drug use, and driving with eyesight below legal standards.

Jack Roach, of Mallaby Street, Birkenhead, breached his criminal behaviour order by entering the Woodchurch Estate on February 14, 2025, which he was prohibited from doing. He also failed to attend required office visits on July 3, 2025, and July 10, 2025, at Wirral Probation Centre and did not provide evidence for his absences within the specified time frame.

Tony Meadows participated in a targeted attack on August 15, 2023, acting as the getaway rider on a stolen Kawasaki motorcycle. He was involved in shootings at two properties in Huyton and Prescot, where a gunman fired at residents, including an incident where shots were fired at an innocent woman trying to protect a grandmother and grandchild. Meadows revved the engine for a quick escape and lost control of the vehicle briefly during their getaway.

Thomas Edwards provided a stolen Kawasaki motorcycle that was used in targeted shootings on August 15, 2023, in Huyton and Prescot. He permitted the bike to be hidden in the garden of his home after the incidents, which involved a gunman firing at residential properties and endangering lives, including an innocent bystander.

Brandon Ormond approached a missing 15-year-old girl alone in New Brighton, Wirral, at night, convincing her he was a good person by giving her religious literature. He then took her to a secluded underpass near the beach, where he subjected her to sexual acts despite knowing her age. He abandoned her afterwards, and she was found in distress by police. His phone contained images of partially dressed young girls, though these did not lead to further charges.

Martin Green, 36, was driving after consuming alcohol at speeds of up to 120mph in a 30mph limit on 10 June 2024. His front seat passenger, a friend, was killed when Green failed to negotiate a left-hand bend and the car left the road, went down an embankment and ended up in a wooded area. He admitted to medical staff that he had drunk six cans of lager but refused to provide a breath sample until more than three hours after the collision.

Damien Evans, in a relationship with the victim, became violent after she objected to his flirting with other women on TikTok. In April 2025, he pinned her to the bed, strangled her until she lost consciousness, and threatened self-harm with a knife. Weeks later, he strangled her again during an argument, slapped her, and threatened to prevent her from leaving. On June 25, 2025, he confronted her at her flat, leading to another altercation that drew neighbours' attention. The incidents left her emotionally devastated.

Geraldine Knibb's American bulldog, Stella, attacked three people in separate incidents. On November 10, 2024, the dog mauled the victim outside a block of flats in Bootle, biting his trainer, calf, face, and hands, and attempting to bite his throat, leading to hospital treatment. On November 11, 2024, the dog attacked the victim inside Knibb's home, biting her hand and wrist after she dropped a tissue, requiring her to be kicked free and later treated at a walk-in centre. On January 10, 2025, the dog bit the victim, an ambulance driver, on the arm while he was assisting a patient, necessitating surgery.

Birdie Trotter was driving on Birchwood Way in Warrington with two young children in her car while over the legal limits for alcohol and drugs. On August 30, she collided with a Skoda Roomster travelling in the opposite direction, resulting in serious injuries to one child, including a deep laceration to the forehead, a broken nose, fractures to both collar bones, and a pelvic fracture, leading to the child being placed in an induced coma until September 3. The second child suffered bruising, Trotter was medically trapped and sustained a leg fracture, and the pregnant Skoda driver and passenger suffered multiple injuries including cuts and bruises.

Richard Woods, amid a history of cocaine abuse and mental health issues, attended his daughter's nursery on June 9, 2025, despite a non-molestation order. He confronted his ex-partner, the victim, with whom he shares three children, behaving aggressively by punching her car windows, spitting at her window, and threatening to shoot her in the face. He continued his threats, including stating she would end up in a body bag, even after police arrived, causing fear for the victim and nursery staff.

Alexander Davidson followed the victim into Kays Pharmacy on London Road, Liverpool, on March 4, and stabbed him in the neck with a sharp bladed implement during a dispute related to a drug deal. He was desperate for heroin and crack cocaine, believed he had been ripped off, and attacked the victim from behind, causing a 2cm deep laceration to the neck. The victim was left in shock with blood on his hands, and Davidson discarded the weapon before being arrested later that day in possession of tweezers.

Laura Greenwood, a former Countdown contestant, sent a series of abusive and threatening messages online targeting a Channel 4 producer and a presenter. These included posts on forums accusing the producer of being a paedophile and editing episodes maliciously, as well as messages via contact forms explicitly threatening to kill the producer and the presenter, sent between December 2023 and July 2024. The threats caused genuine fear for the victims' safety, leading to safeguarding measures. Greenwood was already in prison at the time and claimed the actions stemmed from mental health issues and perceived grievances from her time on the show in 2012-2013.