A WOMAN who stole money her mum had bequeathed to Willowbrook Hospice, a man who tried to smuggle cocaine into the country and a man who rode a scrambler bike dangerously ahead of a funeral are among those who were sentenced in July.
Deborah Nilsson
Deborah Nilsson
A mum who kept and spent thousands of pounds which her mother had bequeathed to Willowbrook Hospice was jailed.
Deborah Nilsson, of Evelyn Street in Parr, had spent money on a new kitchen, bathroom, washing machine, a family holiday as well as other items.
Her estranged daughter informed the hospice of the crime.
Nilsson, 52, was jailed for 18 months.
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Christopher Bullows
Christopher Bullows
A man who attempted to smuggle 243 kilos of cocaine hidden on a passenger coach into the UK was jailed.
Christopher Bullows, of Lord Street, St Helens, was arrested after the National Crime Agency (NCA) stopped their empty passenger coach at Dover Docks in September 2020.
A search by the Border Force uncovered the cocaine hidden in a specially constructed wastewater tank.
The drugs would have been worth around £19.4 million if sold on the streets of the UK.
Bullows was jailed for 14 years and 4 months.
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Kane Hughes
A teenager who was pursued by police for about five miles after dangerously riding an off-road motorbike following a close friend's funeral, was sentenced.
Kane Hughes, 18, of Acorn Street, Newton-le-Willows, appeared before a judge at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to dangerously driving a propelled vehicle on Newton Road, Billinge, on January 25.
He also admitted to driving without a licence or insurance.
During the pursuit, it was explained that Hughes created serious risks to the public, which included dangerous overtaking, driving towards oncoming traffic, driving on a footpath, and contravening a red light.
Hughes, who was aged seventeen at the time of the incident, was driving home from a close friend’s funeral, who had recently taken his own life.
Hughes was given an 18-month community order, including 140 hours of unpaid work, as well as 10 Rehabilitation Activity Days.
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