These are the defendants from our region who were locked up over the past seven days
A dad and son, a thug who accused his girlfriend of sleeping with her cousin and a football ticket fraudster were among the Merseyside criminals jailed over the past week. Also locked up were members of the “Scouse Baz” drug dealing team.
Meanwhile, Liverpool Crown Court heard that a thug watched television in his his friend’s flat before turning violent and hurling a glass candle holder and cups at him. Here are the faces of eight defendants from our region who were imprisoned over the last seven days:
Sasha Ball and Brandon McAllister
Members of the “Scouse Baz” county lines drug dealing ring hid £10,000 worth of cocaine inside an Easter egg box. Officers arrested Sasha Ball and Dylan Jode when they stopped a car on the motorway and seized the egg box and four mobile phones.
A search carried out at Ball’s home revealed further items linked to the supply of drugs, including a notebook containing names, weights and values. Detectives were able to identify Brandon McAllister as the controller operation and arrested him at his address in Rock Ferry.
Analysis of mobile phone data showed numerous trips between Merseyside and Cornwall and the sending of messages discussing money and drugs. Burner phones also showed hundreds of messages offering cocaine to users.
Jode was sentenced to a two-year imprisonment suspended for two years. Ball was jailed for four years and eight months and McAllister was locked up for five years.
Shannon and Ben Gibson
A dad ranted that “real criminals were being released from prison” after he and his son were arrested over their involvement in rioting in Southport. Shannon and Ben Gibson hurled bricks at police officers and engaged in racist chanting during the widespread disorder in the summer.
The latter was jailed for 32 months. His dad was meanwhile sentenced to 28 months, with neither showing any reaction as they were led to the cells.
John Gill
A fraudster scammed two supporters out of “significant amounts of money” by selling fake tickets to them outside Anfield Stadium. John Gill duped the fans outside Anfield Stadium ahead of Liverpool’s game with Wolverhampton Wanderers in May.
He pleaded guilty to fraud. The 50-year-old was sentenced to 17 weeks in prison and issued a fine.
Neil Bason
A convicted drink driver who walked free from court was hauled back into the dock after attacking his on-off girlfriend. Neil Bason had been watching television with the woman when he snatched her mobile phone and accused her of cheating on him.
The woman tried to take her phone back but was grabbed by the 38-year-old, causing bruises to her arms. A struggle broke out but the woman was eventually able to flee his property and return to her own home, although he then followed her and attempted to force his way inside while accusing her of “sleeping with her cousin”.
Bason pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and breaching a suspended sentence order. He was jailed for 25 weeks.
Filmon Tesfamariam
A man was forced to flee his home covered in blood only moments after he had been watching TV with a friend who suddenly turned violent. Homeless Filmon Tesfamariam had been kindly allowed into his victim’s flat but snapped when the other male refused to lend him a duvet and pillow.
He then punched the homeowner and hurled objects including a glass candle holder at him, striking him on the head, as he begged for the assault to stop. Police later followed a trail of blood to find the casualty with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
Tesfamariam, who was assisted in court by an interpreter, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm. Appearing in the dock wearing a grey prison issue tracksuit, he was jailed for two-and-a-half years and handed a 10-year restraining order.
Lawrence Howarth
A man who threw missiles at police in Southport became the 73rd person to be sentenced in connection with the violence. Lawrence Howarth was identified as having hurled objects at officers and at a police vehicle during the riot with the 33-year-old, of Carnoustie Close in Manchester, being sentenced to two years and two months in prison.
