A MAN who rammed his victim with a van before stabbing him in the neck with a machete, a thief who was chased down by a Good Samaritan and a woman who defrauded her employer of thousands are among those who have appeared in court this month.

Dean Kermode
St Helens Star:
A MAN was recalled to prison after stealing from a pensioner at an ATM machine and breaking into a chip shop.
The theft which took place outside Asda on Kirkland Street, St Helens on the night of January 26.
It was reported that at around 9pm a man in his 80s was withdrawing cash from the cash machine outside Asda when a man approached him and took the money from the machine, before making off on foot.
A member of the public then pursued the offender and managed to return some of the money to the victim.
A short time later an offender fitting the description of the ATM thief forced entry to Chipmunk chip shop on Boundary Road, before making off with a quantity of cash.
Dean Kermode, 38, has been recalled to prison for the offences.
Following enquiries, Kermode, 38, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with theft and burglary, and recalled to prison on Monday, February 1 after pleading guilty.
He was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison and ordered to pay compensation to the victim.
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John Corrigan

St Helens Star:
A 21-YEAR-OLD man who was put behind bars for vehicle theft offences has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions.
John Corrigan was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison last November after he was convicted for two thefts.
One took place in Sutton Leach in October, during which a BMW was interfered with. Meanwhile, in Earlestown in July Corrigan had stolen a wallet from an Audi.
Corrigan had been given an extended sentence in November as those offences had been committed while he was on licence.
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Faye Wherry

A HUMAN Resources manager at a children's care provider who diverted nearly £17,000 of staff wages to herself has avoided an immediate jail sentence.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Faye Wherry, 29, had worked for St Helens-based Inspire Children's Services between December 2018 and February last year, where she earned a salary of around £35,000 a year.
Over a six-month period between August 14, 2019 and February 19, 2020 Wherry fraudulently claimed a total of £16,927.81 from her employer.
Wherry had received around £12,500 from the fraud, minus tax and National Insurance deductions, and had also made claims for around £1,800 and £2,800 in January and February 2020 which were not paid out.
Wherry, of Parkside Avenue, Sutton Manor pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of a position of trust and was given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.
She was described by judge Thomas Teague CQ as a "thoroughly dishonest woman".
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Thomas Peers
St Helens Star:
A man who rammed his victim against the shutters of a funeral parlour before stabbing him with a machete in a vicious road rage incident was jailed for 16 years.
Thomas Peers, 29, attacked the 42-year-old victim after they had rowed over an incident in Ward Street, Prescot on July 19, 2020.
The "savage" assault happened as a road rage incident turned violent at around 10.15am.
The victim was a front seat passenger in a VW Golf car and Peers was in a white Transit van. Ward Street is narrow and the two vehicles could not immediately pass each other.
Both came to a stop and the drivers and passengers exchanged words. The driver of the Golf drove off towards nearby Evans Street and the driver of the Transit van followed him. The two vehicles came to a stop again.
The argument escalated and one of the men from the Transit van got a machete out. The victim ran off and thought he’d escaped but Peers, of Woodlands Road in Roby, followed him to a car park in Hope Street and drove the van straight at him, ramming him against the shutters of a funeral parlour.
The victim managed to run off into an alleyway but was pursued by Peers who was carrying the machete. The victim tried to climb over a wall but Peers lashed out and cut the victim’s leg. He then aimed the machete at the victim’s neck and inflicted what the CPS said was a “savage and murderous blow”, creating a deep gash about 5cm long.
A jury at Liverpool Crown Court found him guilty of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and dangerous driving. He had previously entered a guilty plea to possessing a bladed article.
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Prescot shooting

St Helens Star:

THREE teenage boys have been jailed over a shooting of a 17-year-old in Prescot.
The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen after he was shot in an alleyway off Station Road on the afternoon of Monday, January 20 last year.
Police were called to the area after the teenager was shot near a housing estate at 4.50pm.
The three boys were sentenced after they were convicted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. 
A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years and nine months' detention in a youth offenders' institute.
A 16-year-old was sentenced to eight years and four months' in a young offenders' institute.
Meanwhile, another 17-year-old was sentenced to nine years, with an extended three years on licence.
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