A FAMILY of wedding brawlers, a vile voyeur and an illegal immigrant were among the Warrington criminals brought to justice in November.
Every month, the Warrington Guardian takes a look back at some of the court cases that have been featured in the paper in the weeks previously.
Other defendants appearing during November included bullies who tried to control their partners, thugs who turned a pub into the 'wild west' and a child rapist.
Here are 45 criminals who were sentenced by the courts in November:
NAME: Paul Marrow
AGE: 50
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Tuesday, November 1
CRIME: Stalking without fear, alarm or distress
The stalker attended a woman’s home and work and left her abusive voicemails.
SENTENCE: 18-month community order
Warrington Magistrates’ Court
NAME: Jonathan Dearn
AGE: 47
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Tuesday, November 1
CRIME: Stalking without fear, alarm or distress
A STALKER made his ex-partner feel like a ‘prisoner’ in her own home
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “You have led to her feeling unsafe in her own home as a result of the consequences of your actions.”
SENTENCE: 18-month community order
Dearn was sentenced for stalking without fear, alarm or distress
NAME: Huseyin Erdogan
AGE: 54
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 2
CRIME: Threats to kill and common assault
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "You must know that your conduct might be acceptable in Turkey, but it is not acceptable in England, but you did it anyway."
SENTENCE: 23 months in prison
Huseyin Erdogan
NAME: Wojciech Czerniej
AGE: 30
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 2
CRIME: Two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker and one of being drunk and disorderly
SENTENCE: Eight months in prison suspended for two years
Tesco on Winwick Road
NAME: Marta Paszkowska
AGE: 45
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Thursday, November 3
CRIME: Breaching an anti-stalking protection order
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "I am prepared to accept there are some indications of remorse, albeit I am afraid it is perhaps accompanied by a lack of insight into the real impact of this offence on the victim.”
SENTENCE: 18-month community order
Marta Paszkowska
NAME: Liam Brodrick
AGE: 25
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Friday, November 4
CRIME: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
A bully who beat his ex-partner up in front of their child has been spared jail
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “You grabbed and punched her several times and carried on attacking her while on the floor.”
SENTENCE: 16-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months
Liverpool Crown Court
NAME: Astrit Kullsi
AGE: 33
COURT: Chester Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 9
CRIME: Possession of cannabis with intent to supply and possession of a knife in public
SENTENCE: 12 months in prison
Astrit Kullsi
NAME: Wayne Murphy
AGE: 34
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 9
CRIME: Two counts of assault by beating and two counts of assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm
A violent man assaulted his partner while she was heavily pregnant.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “This was in her own home, and more worryingly, this happened while the victim was heavily pregnant and on other occasions when the children were in the house.”
SENTENCE: 12-month prison sentence
Wayne Murphy
NAME: Peter Scott
AGE: 40
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Thursday, November 10
CRIME: Conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “I am satisfied in each case that the offending is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified.”
SENTENCE: Nine years and four months in prison
Peter Scott
NAME: Teddy Pearson
AGE: 24
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Friday, November 11
CRIME: Affray
Seven thugs turned Warrington into the ‘Wild West’ during a violent town centre pub brawl.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “In my judgement, serious harm and distress were caused to a number of people.”
SENTENCE: 15 months suspended for 18 months
Teddy Pearson
NAME: Shah Sikander
AGE: 36
COURT: Preston Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 14
CRIME: Rape, child abduction and sexual communication with a child
The dangerous predator groomed a child on Snapchat and then raped her in a horrendous ordeal.
SENTENCE: 12 years in prison
Shah Sikander
NAME: Jasmine Calland
AGE: 27
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 14
CRIME: Three counts of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “The delay meant there was a real prospect for rehabilitation. Delays of this sort bring the justice system into disrepute."
SENTENCE: Two-year suspended prison sentence
Liverpool Crown Court
NAME: James Brown
AGE: 33
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Tuesday, November 15
CRIME: Engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour
The ‘insidious’ bully poured beer over a woman and made ‘hideous’ accusations about her.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "Your behaviour was insidious, and it involved checking her phone at night to check she was not cheating."
SENTENCE: 26 weeks in prison suspended for 24 months
James Brown was sentenced at Warrington Magistrates’ Court
NAME: Stephen Stokes
AGE: 25
COURT: Chester Crown Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 16
CRIME: Violent disorder
He was one of nine chair hurlers and sweet cart smashers sentenced after wedding party pandemonium.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "What should have been a happy occasion, a wedding, turned into a bloodbath."
SENTENCE: 20 months in prison
Stephen Stokes
NAME: David Marsh
AGE: 72
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Thursday, November 17
CRIME: Two counts of money laundering
The pensioner brothel visitor laundered money as an ‘errand boy’ from the business back to China.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “I am satisfied that she was taking advantage of you, but the jury was satisfied that you knew what you were doing and that it was a crime.”
SENTENCE: Six-month community order
David Marsh
NAME: Jamie Scott
AGE: 35
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Friday, November 18
CRIME: Exposure and breaching his sexual harm prevention order
The pervert left young girls traumatised after exposing himself near to a children’s play area.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "There is an entrenched pattern of you exposing your penis in public for your own sexual gratification."
SENTENCE: 27 months in prison
Jamie Scott
NAME: Ewan Burrow
AGE: 22
COURT: Chester Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 21
CRIME: Two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of ABH, assault and criminal damage
A depraved predator raped a young woman at a party in front of people – while laughing
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “You simply would not take no for an answer.”
SENTENCE: 12-year extended prison sentence
Ewan Burrows
NAME: Billie-jo Pownall
AGE: 35
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 21
CRIME: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, racially aggravated common assault and five counts of assaulting an emergency worker
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “No medical staff or emergency worker should ever have to put up with this sort of abuse.”
SENTENCE: 16 months in prison suspended for 18 months
Billie-jo Pownall
NAME: Dorniel Nica
AGE: 28
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Monday, November 21
CRIME: Voyeurism and attempt to observe a person doing a private act
The vile pervert was caught trying to video a girl using the women’s toilets at a shopping centre.
SENTENCE: 36 weeks in prison
Dorniel Nica
NAME: Luke Geraghty
AGE: 26
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 21
CRIME: Arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered, possession of cannabis and failing to surrender to bail
The drunk threatened to burn a house down before setting fire to a jacket.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: "You said you intend to change, and I hope you do as if you do not, you will spend a lot of your life in prison."
SENTENCE: 16 months in prison suspended for two years
Luke Geraghty
NAME: Steven Harper
AGE: 59
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Tuesday, November 22
CRIME: Possessing an indecent photograph of a child
The offender was caught with a vile child abuse video graded in the most severe category.
SENTENCE: 26 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months
He was caught with the video
NAME: Siobhan Speak
AGE: 33
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Tuesday, November 22
CRIME: Driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and failing to provide a specimen for analysis
She refused to provide a sample for police for analysis and was banned from the roads.
SENTENCE: 16 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months
The offences occurred on Wilson Patten Street
NAME: Jason Thomason
AGE: 53
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Wednesday, November 23
CRIME: Dishonestly failing to disclose information to make a gain for self/another cause/or exposing others to loss
An Amazon worker stole nearly £3k of taxpayers' money during a three-year campaign of dishonesty
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “It was more or less that you just buried your head in the sand which was a very silly thing to do as it was not going to go away.”
SENTENCE: 12-month community order
Inside the Amazon warehouse in Warrington
NAME: Brandon Cain
AGE: 20
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Thursday, November 25
CRIME: Affray
He was one of two youths involved in a fight which led to one teen being left with a bleed on the brain
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “I have watched the footage and it was an unpleasant incident involving wide-scale violence outside a pub.”
SENTENCE: 12-month community order
Warrington Magistrates' Court
NAME: Sian Hughes
AGE: 31
COURT: Warrington Magistrates’ Court
DATE: Thursday, November 25
CRIME: Threats to damage/destroy property
A Latchford mum threatened to blow up and burn her neighbour’s house down
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “This matter was a serious matter and your behaviour caused a serious effect on your victim.”
SENTENCE: 12-month community order
Sian Hughes
NAME: Mark Warburton
AGE: 38
COURT: Liverpool Crown Court
DATE: Monday, November 28
CRIME: Attempted arson with intent to endanger life.
The offender was jailed after the court heard his actions could have caused a ‘violent explosion’.
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID: “The effects of your behaviour could have been catastrophic.”
SENTENCE: 32 months imprisonment
Mark Warburton
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