Police are appealing for help to trace a man who has been sentenced in his absence when he failed to appear at court? Mohammed Saleem Khan, 47, is wanted after failing to appear at Preston Crown Court where he was given 66 months for conspiring/ handling stolen goods (receiving). Khan, is also still wanted in connection with offences of assault, threats to kill and engaging in coercive behaviour. He is described as being 6ft tall, of medium build with dark/greying, receding hair. He has links to the Preston, Nelson and Burnley areas. Police are appealing to anyone with information about…
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A man from Southport has been jailed for four years, nine months for sexual offences after he was found with a 12-year-old girl. At around 11.50pm on 11 February, we were called to the report of a man with a young girl in McDonalds on Blundell Street. Officers traced the man to a location near to the Strand, where he was detained. The girl was found safe and taken for appropriate safeguarding measures. Darren Jones-Bond, 33, of Eastbank Street in Southport was later charged with two counts of sexual activity with a girl under 13. He was sentenced at Liverpool…
Three men have denied murdering a Southport man who died after being shot at his home. Stephen Maguire was killed when four masked thugs burst into his home in Guildford Road, Birkdale abut 11.30pm on March 16. The men had reportedly kicked down the front door and ordered his terrified girlfriend and six-year-old stepdaughter to go upstairs. https://www.otsnews.co.uk/update-three-men-charged-with-the-murder-of-stephen-maguire/ Maguire (27) died in hospital a short time after the shooting and a post mortem examination found he died from a stomach wound. Karl Corson, Jack Higgins and Ryan Smith appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday, June 4 and during a…
Detectives have welcomed the sentencing of a Sefton man for stalking an ex-partner. Between September 2019 and January 2020, following the breakdown of their relationship, Francis Fitzmaurice stalked his female victim, observing her, calling her and interfering with her vehicle, significantly affecting her day to day life. Following enquiries, 47-year-old Fitzmaurice, of Wicks Lane, Formby was arrested and charged with stalking involving serious harm and distress. At Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, 29 May, he was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after pleading guilty. He was also given a 15 year restraining order. Detective Constable Joe…
A man has been jailed for 16 weeks after claiming he had Coronavirus and threatening to spit at British Transport Police officers in Liverpool. The incident happened at Liverpool Lime Street station at around 5.40pm on Friday 27 March. Officers approached a closely gathered group at the station’s main entrance and intended to advise on the current pandemic. One of the group, Robert Carson, reacted aggressively. He later admitted being under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The 54-year-old, of Fraser Street in Liverpool, began shouting in the face of an officer. Carson refused to leave the station multiple times…
A FORMER Lancashire police officer has been given a suspended prison sentence after trying to pursue sexual relationships with victims of crimes. Stuart Lunt, who worked as a Detective Constable in South division, pleaded guilty to Misconduct in a Public Office in February. The conviction relates to four female victims of crime with whom over the course of a number of years, 2017-2019, Lunt tried to pursue sexual relationships. The case was investigated proactively by Lancashire Constabulary’s Integrity and Anti-Corruption Team and supervised by the Independent Office of Police Conduct. Lunt, of Greaves Close, Wigan was today (April 6th) at…
Stephen Maguire who was shot at his home on Guildford Road in Southport last month after four men smashed the door down was due in Court yesterday, Thursday 2 April 2020. The Court in Liverpool was told that Maguire was an alleged cannabis dealer, and accused of attacking a man in Southport last year. Stephen Maguire was also accused of driving a van into a man bouncing him off the bonnet and then kicking him in the face and shoulder. He also faced charges of assault by beating, dangerous driving and driving while disqualified. He was also accused of possessing…
A terrified Southport taxi driver who filled up his car at Tesco express was horrified to see a stranger pour petrol on it and set it alight. A court heard that but for the quick actions of the station manager there could have been a much more serious incident with the blaze spreading to the nearby store and smoke filling houses. https://www.otsnews.co.uk/police-close-petrol-station-car-explosion/ Krzysztof Sikora, 22, was suffering an amphetamine induced psychotic episode at the time after a four day drugs binge admitted responsibility and was jailed on the 16th March for two and a half years. Sikora, who had bought…
Merseyside Police have welcomed the sentencing of a 30 year old man from Southport following a drugs warrant Jamie Morgan was arrested earlier this year following a warrant at his address on Sefton Street, Southport. When arrested, he was here found in possession of an axe hidden up his sleeve, along with 211 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, a phone, over £2000 separated into different envelopes, a hammer and a balaclava. His car, a white VW Tiguan, was also seized. Morgan was taken to court where he pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon and possession with…
POLICE ave welcomed the sentencing of Colin Howard at Liverpool Crown Court today (Monday, 20 January) following a stabbing in Southport last year. At 3.40pm on Saturday, 13 July 2019, emergency services were called to Southport Promenade to reports that a man had been found injured near to the Royal Clifton Hotel. The victim, a man in his 40’s, was found with serious stab wounds to his chest and was taken to hospital for treatment. Following enquiries, 43-year-old Colin Howard was located nearby and arrested. He has today been sentenced to 11 years in prison with a further four on…
Police are reiterating the dangers of taking class A drugs after a man from Southport appeared in court for possession of magic mushrooms and cannabis. Calvin Wright, 33, of Fell View, pleaded guilty at Sefton Magistrates Court on January 8 2020. The drugs were found at his home during a police search on November 17 in 2018. The court heard Wright had a previous conviction for production of cannabis from 2016 which was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court with a community order. The magistrates fined him £450 with £135 costs. The chair of the bench said it was the first…
POLICE have welcomed the sentencing of a man who pushed an elderly man to the ground before stealing his car in Formby. Jack Jenkins, 20, from Kirkby was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday (10 January) for four-and-a-half years for the incident on 21 November 2017. Jenkins and an unknown accomplice forced entry to the back door at the home of a couple in their 70s, and demanded the keys to their car. Jenkins attacked the 76-year-old man as he tried to defend his wife, putting him in a headlock before pushing him to the floor where he sustained…
A Southport firm has found itself in hot water for failing to properly licence a massive property portfolio. The company has been labelled ‘foolish’ and ‘negligent’ by a judge and hit with a fine and costs totalling more than £11,000 for failing to license a huge portfolio of properties in Liverpool. Roach Estates and Property Management Limited of Duke Street in Southport was charged with failing to license 29 properties as part of the city’s Landlord Licensing scheme, and found guilty in its absence in October. During the sentencing hearing in December, District Judge Wendy Lloyd heard how the properties,…
A university under-graduate caught operating as a drugs dealer claimed to police that cash on him was from his student loan. Connor Prescott (21) had been using cannabis for a decade – also alleged that some of it was from ‘cash-in-hand’ work, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday, January 8 2019. When police had stopped him driving a BMW in Southport they immediately noticed a strong smell of cannabis and told him there was going to be a search, said Paul Blasbery, prosecuting. https://www.otsnews.co.uk/police-catch-resort-drug-dealer-pants/ Officers noticed a large ball-shape in his underwear and found a single bag containing nine further…
Judges in a Merseyside Court have been told how a drug dealer from Southport kept his gear in his underwear. Connor Prescott (21) of Cambridge Road, plead guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply when he appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court on December 11 2019. The court heard that he was driving a BMW in Southport on August 2, 2019 when he was pulled over by police. The officer noticed a strong smell of marijuana, the prosecutor said, and following a search Prescott was found to be have nine bags of cannabis kept in a bag in his…
A MAN has been jailed for child sex offences following a Lancashire Constabulary investigation. Colin Mooney, 31, arranged online to carry out the sickening abuse but was arrested in May after turning up for a face to face meeting. Mooney, of Ormskirk Road, Skelmersdale, admitted offences of arranging and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and attempting sexual communication with a child. He was sentenced at Preston Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, December 19th) to four years imprisonment with an extra two years on licence. Mooney is deemed as a Dangerous Person so cannot be released until two thirds…
Everton FC coach and former player Francis Jeffers has pleaded guilty to sending offensive and menacing messages to his wife Lucy Jeffers. The Crown Prosecution Service said that Jeffers, 38, who played for Everton, Arsenal and England during his career, sent the offensive messages on 30 May 2019. Their 20-year relationship had broken down and Jeffers became convinced she was having an affair. He then sent her several messages via the social media platform Whatsapp, telling Lucy Jeffers, 38, that her life was over and that she wouldn’t need many of her clothes as she would be in a coffin.…
Police are cracking down on the growing numbers of beggars in Southport town centre. Recently three men and one woman have been fined at Sefton Magistrates Court for begging in Southport. The four, all of whom have addresses in the town, were summoned to appear at the court on October 2 but none of them appeared. However, the magistrates agreed to hear their cases in their absence. Harvey Stallard, 46, of Sefton Street, who plead guilty by post, was said to have been sitting on Lord Street on September 4, with a cup in front of him containing a small…
A man who drove at speed through Southport while police were in pursuit before going through a red light and smashing into two cars, had been having an argument with his partner, a court was told. As Gary Roberts, 50, appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court on October 2, where he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, prosecutor Andrew Page said the matter was so serious that it needed to be sentenced at the crown court. Mr Page said that Roberts caught the attention of a mobile police patrol at 9.30pm on Friday, April 19 because he was driving along Portland Street,…
A 32 year old man has been sentenced to six years in jail for a ‘particularly nasty and violent assault’ on a football fan who died in hospital three days later. James Peter Gelling assaulted 51 year-old Ventsislav Marginov, on Lord Street in the town on the evening of Saturday 1st June 2019 . Mr Marginov was a Bulgarian national who was a resident in Southport. Gelling admitted manslaughter at an earlier court hearing and was sentenced today (Friday 13th September) at Liverpool Crown Court to six years in jail plus an extended four years on licence. Detective Inspector Gary Stratton…
A drink driver from Southport was caught after overtaking a police car at speed on the Promenade. Richard Gaskell, 22, of Kingston Crescent, pleaded guilty to six charges in total at Sefton Magistrates Court on September 4. They were for offences of possession of cocaine and cannabis, drug driving with benzoylecgonine and cocaine, drink driving and assaulting an emergency worker. Natalie Cassidy, prosecuting, said: “A police officer was on patrol on the Promenade about 12.50am on March 16 when he saw the defendant driving a silver Ford Fiesta overtake him at speed. He followed the car into Morrisons car park…
Police are appealing for information to find a wanted man who escaped from Liverpool Crown Court, Monday 9 September. An arrest warrant was issued at court for 28-year-old Adam Bennett following his earlier conviction for domestic abuse offences, namely engaging in controlling behaviour. Bennett, from Scarisbrick Drive in Norris Green, is described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build and has blue eyes, brown receding hair and a beard. Inspector Jane Moreau from Merseyside Police’s Fugitive Team said: “Extensive enquiries are ongoing to locate Bennett since the warrant was issued yesterday. “Please share his image as far and wide as…
Merseyside Police has released the following statement. Callum Mawdsley aged 19 years from Southport was arrested (Aug 9) in relation to breaching the conditions of his Domestic Violence Protection Order. Following his arrest he was charged and appeared in Court, where he has been remanded in to Custody for 4-weeks.
A disgraced ex Sunday league football manager has been ‘caught’ having sex in front of a young girl in a series of unfortunate events, a court has heard. David Baker and his partner plead guilty to outraging public decency by having sex in view of the public. Baker, of Catterick Fold, Southport, and his partner Carol McCann, of Caithness Drive Crosby, both pleaded guilty during a hearing at Sefton Magistrates. The incident happened at around 2.30pm on April 12 this year. Magistrates ordered Baker and McCann to do 100 hours unpaid work each. They were both ordered to pay £85…
A man has been jailed for 16 years today (Wednesday 19 June) for the rape of a girl in Melling in the early 2000s. William Bresnahan, 75 years, of Waddicar Lane in Melling was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for the rape of a female under 16 after allegations were reported to police in April 2017. Bresnahan was found guilty of three counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court on 20 May following a trial. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison with an extended one year on licence. Detective…
Dane Ellard (24) of Argo Road, Liverpool was jailed for two years and eight months in December for a spate of crimes in Southport, including a home burglary and aggravated vehicle taking. Ellard was this week produced from jail to answer another charge of burglary in Southport that took place on 31st October 2018. On this occasion a handbag was stolen from a nursing home and bank cards were used to purchase goods. Ellard pleaded guilty to the burglary and four counts of fraud and was sentenced to a further 8 months to run following his current 2 year 8…
Merseyside Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace wanted man James Alexander McCabe. McCabe, who is 27 from Southport, is wanted in relation to a driving offence as well as breaching his court order. He is described as white, around 5ft8, of proportionate build with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone that has seen James or knows where he is, is asked to DM @MerPolCC or call 101 quoting 18200034038.
An angry window cleaner who called a traffic warden a paedophile when he received a parking ticket has been given a curfew and told to pay compensation. John Joseph, 55, of Princes Street, Southport, appeared for sentencing at Sefton Magistrates Court recently after previously pleading guilty to two charges of using abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and also to driving without a licence or insurance. The court heard that Joseph took issue with a parking ticket he was given saying he is a window cleaner and can park anywhere. He was abusive shouting…
Brant OJOUNRU 46 yrs from Southport was sentenced to a 3.5 year custodial sentence on 7th April 2019, for his involvement in a residential burglary in Southport, which dates back to August 2018.
Detectives investigating a series of business robberies in South Liverpool and Crosby last year are welcoming prison sentences totalling over 43 years for the two men and one woman responsible. The robberies took place between June and July 2018 in restaurants and cafés in Smithdown Road, Lark Lane, Aigburth Road, Edge Lane, Allerton Road; and one robbery in Crosby. On all occasions, the offenders entered the businesses armed with weapons including hammers and machetes, and either caused damage or made threats in order to steal cash. Following an extensive investigation, including CCTV and forensic enquiries, two men and one woman were charged…