The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Laite admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis. In short, the Court of Appeal agreed with this analysis and held that the interception of the stored material was rendered lawful by the Targeted Equipment Interference Warrants issued under section 99 of the act. He will serve half of that time behind bars before being released on licence. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), working with regional organised crime units and regional police forces, has made more than 1,550 arrests in the UK based on EncroChat evidence. Peter Heron, 48, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree. Liverpool Crown Court heard messages from his Encrochat handle included mention of seven kilos of heroin costing 20,000 as well as talking about five kilos of cocaine costing 41,000 and the use of adulterants. Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32 at the time, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. READ MORE:EncroChat dealers 'MangyStaff' and 'WideOrchid' supplied Liverpool underworld. Bradley Luxton - SoupHedge and MerrySword. Talbot, Carlton and Ward all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. READ MORE: Underworld banker 'MessyZebra' 'flicked' 1m of dirty cash for drug bosses. Peter Heron was caught supplying cocaine and cannabis as part of the EncroChat hack. Five of the men also conspired to commit a robbery in which they planned to tie up the victims at their home and cut off the ear of one of them. He was jailed for eight and a half years. Carlton had been involved in transporting 20kg of Class A drugs from May 1, 2020 for five or six weeks. Amphetamine marked up with pictures of The Beano character Billy Whizz traded by an EncroChat drug gang based in St Helens, Christopher Dooley, 35, of no fixed address but from St Helens, James Ward, 32, of no fixed address but from Kirkby, Jamie Carlton, 40, of Church Road, Waterloo. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. READ MORE: Encrochat dealer 'Magiccider' busted after posing for photo with cannabis, 37. Detectives identified the handprints of the 30-year-old, of Maud Street, Toxteth, on a photo he took showing him holding cannabis in his hand. Anthony Lenehan, 57 and of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, was jailed for drugs and passport offences. His EncroChat handle was LaughingStorm. His EncroChat names were ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. The 43-year-old used the clandestine phone network to trade at least 12 kilos of cocaine and five kilos of heroin in just 10 weeks. Detectives identified the handprints of the then 30-year-old, of Maud Street, Toxteth, on a photo he took showing him holding cannabis in his hand. Jordan Hughes, 30 at the time, of Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supplying multi-kilos of heroin and cocaine. Both men admitted conspiring to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Two EncroChat drug dealers conspired to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis across Merseyside. Dean Anderson, who used the handles tendayer and famoussquid, was described as being "top of the tree" of an organised crime gang supplying drugs across the country. Their EncroChat names were NovaCoast and OctoOx. Messages on EncroChat were said to link both men to the supply of multi-kilo amounts of the two Class A drugs and smaller amounts of Class B cannabis. The judge summarized the nature of the EncroChat system in this way: EncroChat is a system of encrypted communication. A vast number of cases are awaiting a criminal trial that will rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on the admissibility of communications made via the supposedly highly encrypted Encrochat service. Alexander Keating, 30, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes. Dooley, 35 at the time, of no fixed address but from St Helens, was jailed for nine years after admitting conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs. Anderson, of Tudorville Road in Higher Bebington, Wirral, used the EncroChat network to run his large-scale business, and sold large quantities of drugs to Scotland and various other towns and cities across the UK. C (along with co-defendants A, B and D) took his fight to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) following upon a judgment in the Crowns favour at Liverpool Crown Court (see A, B, D & C v R [2021] EWCA Crim 128). This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Underworld banker Kevin Allan moved 1m of dirty cash for cocaine and cannabis bosses. An EncroChat drug gang moved nearly 500,000 of amphetamine branded with pictures of The Beano character Billy Whizz. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major drugs operators who supported shooting plots, this is an overview of 60 of the cases the region had heard about so far. That article focused upon an unsuccessful attempt by C to pursue judicial review proceedings designed to challenge the European Investigation Order (see R v Director of Public Prosecutions [2020] EWHC 2967 Admin). Police said many of the network's customers used the service to plot illicit schemes linked to drug dealing and, in some cases, violence. He was jailed for 14 years four months. The EncroChat servers have now been shut down. Importantly Dove J found that the French police had all the necessary legal instruments in place to undertake the lawful extraction of the material from the devices all over the world as a matter of French law. This would involve deciding whether, at the point when they were intercepted, the. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. Talbot, of Elson Road, Formby, was locked up alongside James Ward, 32 at the time, of no fixed address but from Kirkby, and Jamie Carlton, 40 at the time, of Church Road, Waterloo. what? Daniels, who was arrested in November, admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine and convert criminal property. The pair were jailed for their roles in the plot this morning - but Liverpool Crown Court heard they were taking orders from a remote boss in Spain. Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here. That being so, the appeal is dismissed. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. Ward went by the name "StableToast", Carlton used the handle "StaleSloth", and another Merseyside man - who is still at large - was called "DampHedge". It then supplied the material obtained to UK authorities where it was used in a large number of criminal investigations, including the one that led to this prosecution. In the case of the sender the material was recovered in the form of unencrypted messages stored in the RAM of the device in a form in which they existed before they were transmitted from the device to the servers in Roubaix, via the telecommunications system. It is done remotely, but it is done by interrogating the RAM of the phone, not by intercepting the communication after it has left the phone. The then 30-year-old used the handles Specialivy and Customcab to sell a variety of class A and class B drugs including ecstasy tablets, cocaine and cannabis. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. Brian Marshall, 46, of Robson Street, Everton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs cocaine, and was sentenced to 10 years. Detectives intercepted Alexander Keating, 30 at the time, and Dylan Garforth, 25 at the time, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. Mark Evans - MangyStaff, John James Reilly - Wideorchid, Keith Kemp, and Caine Tanswell - Ivyhawk. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, was sentenced to seven years six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply and two counts of possession of criminal property and possession of cannabis. Jamie Lyon, of Clovelly Grove was sentenced to 12 years, for his involvement in dealing drugs through the encrypted phone network. A prolific drug dealer was busted over messages from . Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. The court heard how Roberts' involvement in the supply of class A drugs, totalled 11kg of cocaine worth 385,000, and 3kg of heroin worth 54,000. Dentith, 29 at the time, of College View, Huyton, was sentenced to 17 years three months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine and ecstasy. His EncroChat handle was NormalAir. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back to January 2019. His Encrochat handle was AtomicMantis and he was the first to be convicted on Merseyside as part of Operation Venetic. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. READ MORE:Mum who became accountant for drug gang wails 'I can't believe it' as she's jailed. Ultimately Dove J ruled that the EncroChat evidence was admissible and parties went off to the Court of Appeal. O'Hare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, transported drugs for Harding and supplied up to three kilos of Class A drugs and 10 kilos of cannabis. Investigators had been monitoring Keating, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes, Garforth, of no fixed address, and Dillon, of Norlands Park, Widnes, for three months via the hacked EncroChat network. Their EncroChat names were LoftyHail and SuperBiking. The key findings of Dove J on this question are to be found at paragraph 63 of the judgment: (Dove J) found that the communications were extracted directly from the handset of the user and not while they were travelling to, through or from any other part of the system. But when EncroChat was hacked last year, his use of his own children's initials as passwords helped lead detectives to his door. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. Amy McGlone, 38 at the time, of Kennelwood Avenue, Kirkby, was jailed for four years and six months. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months. Steven Nicholls, 41, of Ibbotson Lane, Aigburth, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit arsons with intent, conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and transferring criminal property. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer bragged he'd use cocaine and heroin to fund house extension, 42. Claire and Amy McGlone admitted their role in a conspiracy which saw them move 17kgs of Class A drugs across the UK in a six week period in 2020 along with cannabis and tens of thousands in cash. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Ahead of his big trip Talbot went on a two-week spending spree, buying himself more than 40,000 of Rolex watches. Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. The MangyStaff handle was also used by co-conspirator Keith Kemp at times. Ricardo Hughes, aka EncroChat user "NovaCoast", and Christopher Dooley, aka "OctoOx", were identified as key players in the plot. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major drugs operators who supported shooting plots, this is an overview of -- cases the region has heard so far. The approach of those facing charges based on Encrochat devices has been varied. Liam Garvey, 28 at the time, was arrested at his home on The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, St Helens on May 13 this year as part of the police operation targeting criminals who used the encrypted network. EncroChat drug dealer Anthony Lenehan was the man behind the codename 'JetHawk'. A "top level controller" of a 27m drug gang was caught as he tried to flee with his girlfriend in a BMW to Spain. Nine men have been sentenced for . You can also sign up to our court newsletter here and get a twice weekly roundup of court cases sent your email inbox for free. Ricardo Hughes, aka EncroChat user "NovaCoast", and Christopher Dooley, aka "OctoOx", were identified as key players in the plot. Talbot and Ward also admitted conspiring to supply Class B drugs. He used the MagicCider handle between April to May 2020, before it was passed over to another dealer, his drug courier Craig O'Hare. January 7, 2021. He was brought down by an investigation that led to police storming his home on Park Road North in Birkenhead, as well as two container units in the town, in June, when they seized a Rolex watch and 82,000 in cash. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. The principal question for the Court of Appeal accordingly was whether the Dove J was correct in this conclusion (as the Crown submitted) or whether the communications fell within section 4(4)(a) (as the appellants submitted). An EncroChat dealer who arranged to import cocaine from Spain moaned that South American drug cartels were "becoming greedy", a court heard. Texts showed he discussed the sale of cocaine and heroin with an estimated wholesale value of 521,000, plus 193 kilos of cannabis, worth around 1m. Jordan Talbot - LittleNev, James Ward - StableToast, and Jamie Carlton - StaleSloth. David Blackburn - SuperBiking. Their EncroChat names were LittleNev, StableToast, and StaleSloth. The 29-year-old planned to move abroad as soon as his licence period for a past sentence for trafficking cocaine expired. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss caused his own downfall after his joke texts. Sam Lewis, 30 at the time, of Mardale Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between March 20 and June 3 last year.. READ MORE: EncroChat boss 'KeySilver' stockpiled drugs over lockdown fears. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 58-59. As it was succinctly put by Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon in the Court of Appeal, the issue in this appeal is whether evidence obtained from a mobile phone system known as EncroChat, which was marketed to its users as totally secure, can be admitted in evidence in criminal proceedings or is excluded by the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. David Pinnington, 39, was arrested at his home in Rushey Hey Road, Kirkby after being identified as the user of the "LoftyHail" handle on the secret phone network. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply each of the drugs and was jailed for 16 years. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing . Five of the men also conspired to commit a robbery in which they planned to tie up the victims at their home and cut off the ear of one of them. Garvey, who used the EncroChat handles "ChopperReid" and "ButterflyJuice" admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, cannabis and ketamine, conspiring to produce cannabis, and possessing cannabis. It was within section 4(4)(b). He was jailed for 12 years. Bradley Luxton laughed with a fellow drug dealer that they would need 'loads of Skys' - an alternative platform to EncroChat. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. Christopher Dooley, 35, of no fixed address but from St Helens, James Ward, 32, of no fixed address but from Kirkby, Jamie Carlton, 40, of Church Road, Waterloo. When the case came before Liverpool Crown Court the judge (Dove J) directed that a preparatory hearing should be held to determine the admissibility of the EncroChat evidence. Their EncroChat names were MangyStaff, Wideorchid and Ivyhawk. A successful businesswoman who worked as an accountant for a drug gang wailed "I can't believe it" as she was jailed. A drug dealer who was the "money man" in a major EncroChat gang counted and stored up to 800,000 in cash. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Akin to other systems of encrypted communication, any message using the EncroChat system is encoded or encrypted as it passes through the EncroChat server between one handset and another, being decoded or de-encrypted at the receiving handset so that the user can read it.. On the same day, David Blackburn, 29, was arrested at his home in Springvale Close, Kirkby after detectives linked him to a handle titled "SuperBiking". COLUMBIANA COUNTY COMMON PLEAS New Cases Kevan Merriman, Lang Street, East Liverpool, and Ellen Merriman, Lang Street, East Liverpool; dissolution sought. Daniel Wilson, 33 at the time, of Silverbeech Road, Wallasey, was sentenced to seven years and eight months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and conspiracy to convert criminal property in relation to the proceeds of his crimes. The insight into his life allowed detectives to match the messages of EncroChat codenames "SneakyStem" and "WackySilver" to the then 33-year-old. The judgement will have major implications for cases against suspected organised. The infiltration by police investigators of the EncroChat messaging service, dubbed the "Crime Chat Network" by major media outlets, has so far led to over 800 arrests and multiple prosecutions across Europe. Dentith, 29, of College View, Huyton, was sentenced to 17 years three months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine and ecstasy. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. READ MORE: 'Money man' stashed 800k of dirty cash for EncroChat gang, 63. McMahon was jailed for 12 years seven months. That hearing ran for 15 days - between 16th November and 3rd December 2020 - and involved a great deal of oral evidence, including expert evidence. Operation Venetic was a British national response initiated by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. Pugh was arrested as part of Operation Venetic - targeting criminals who used the encrypted phone network to try and evade detection. An EncroChat dealer has been jailed after he posted photos of blocks of cocaine and 16k cash on the service. READ MORE:Sisters used Encrochat handle 'MoodyAlpha' to ferry kilos of drugs across UK, 66. Alan Tobin - CapeRocket and John Tobin - SlightDrake. Amphetamine is commonly nicknamed speed, whizz and Billy Whizz - the latter after the famous character in the children's comic. Carl Stewart, 39 at the time, of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine and transferring criminal property. He was jailed for four years. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. He was arrested when he flew into Manchester Airport from Amsterdam after police recovered more than 100 pages of chat logs from his encrypted phone. Dozens of Merseyside's most hardened criminals have been jailed in recent years after an international operation brought down the EncroChat network. He also pooled together with a group of other suppliers to source a mega-shipment of 100kg of cocaine through Hamburg in Germany. Strachan was convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. The judge then embarked upon a technical description of the way in messages were sent, received and stored. Texts showed he discussed the sale of cocaine and heroin with an estimated wholesale value of 521,000, plus 193 kilos of cannabis, worth around 1m. The views of the Justices of the Court of the Appeal will no doubt carry great weight north of the border. He added: "And it wasn't just in France. Roberts, of Circular Drive, Greasby, Wirral was sentenced to 10 years and six months. His Encrochat handle was ToffeeForce and he was identified after sharing an image on his Encro device of a block of cheese in the palm of his hand, from which his fingerprints were analysed. Paul Dillon, 32, of Norlands Park, Widnes. EncroChat dealer George Marsh 's international crime network was destroyed by personal messages he sent to his contacts. Philip Dearden, 31, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. John liverpoolecho.co.uk - Gemma Bradley 16h READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 40. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major. Garry Reid, then 54, who used the handle 'Lockstar', supplied huge quantities of heroin, cocaine and cannabis across Wirral. Simon Roberts, 57, of Circular Drive, Greasby, was sentenced to 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". Townsend was convicted of conspiracy to supply cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property. PROSECUTORS are gearing up for a major Encrochat trial after 11 men pleaded not guilty to a string of offences, including drug supply and production, firearms supply and money laundering. Quinn used the EncroChat handle WiredFork. The NCA, Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) and. I await developments in England, and particularly the first Scottish prosecution based on EncroChat, with interest. READ MORE:EncroChat dealer 'famoussquid' flooded UK with cocaine from Colombia. An EncroChat dealer flooded towns and cities across the UK with high purity cocaine from Colombia. Scottish Legal News is your daily service for the latest news, jobs and events, delivered directly to your email inbox. A text messages sent to Encrochat users after police infiltrated the network (Image: Liverpool Echo). Ryan Mulcahy, 29, of Maregreen Road, Everton, was sentenced to six years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. An EncroChat cocaine boss joked in texts about the hack that would later see him locked up. Harding, who used the handle "MagicCider", sold heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth around 1.5million through the encrypted phone network.
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