These are the 11 people locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this week.
One judge heard the case of Leo Meek, who admitted killing 15-year-old Jack Jones in a hit and run.
Jack was cycling on Manor Drive in Upton when Meek, speeding on the residential road, crashed into him and didn't even slow down.
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The 15-year-old was taken to hospital but died the following morning, surrounded by his family.
This week one court heard of a dad who tortured and killed pets because he had urges to "harm people".
Jason Campbell was jailed after he bought two hamsters and a guinea pig which he then subjected to horrific torture.
Here is an overview of some of the most serious cases to have concluded this past week.
Michael Clandillon
A dad-of-10 helped to steal BMW, Audi and Mercedes vehicles from properties while families were inside.
Michael Clandillon was part of a gang that burgled cars from eight homes over three months in 2019.
The 37-year-old acted as a driver for the gang, who stole keys for high-value cars from people's homes.
A court heard the dad, of Bootle, said he took part in eight out of 13 burglaries because he was "struggling financially".
He was jailed for four years and three months for conspiracy to burgle eight properties, two in Blackburn and six in Warrington.
Shannon Stafford
Shannon Stafford stole £22,000 from two vulnerable women in their 90s, and splashed it on clothes to model on her YouTube channel.
The young carer fleeced the women during a seven month spree by taking photos of their bank cards.
She then used the details to buy food from Domino's Pizza, Just Eat, Deliveroo, and clothing from companies including Boohoo and Asos.
The 23-year-old had a YouTube channel and she bought large orders of clothes using the 96-year-old's and 91-year-old's cash which she then showed off online to her followers.
After admitting two counts of fraud and one of theft Stafford, of Frampton Road, Walton, was jailed for two years.
Jake Hampson
Jake Hampson, who sold 'Joker the Grower' cannabis, stashed £27,000 in his airing cupboard.
During a raid of his Belle Vale home in May 2020 police found 84.5g of herbal cannabis and cannabis resin, split by flavour, worth up to £1,616.
The 28-year-old claimed the money was from a family business which was closed during lockdown, and claimed the cannabis was for his own use.
He also breached a previous suspended sentence of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs when he was found drug driving.
After a community order was imposed he failed to show up for unpaid work and comply with curfew requirements.
Hampson, of Cranleigh Road, was jailed for two years and eight months for possession with intent to supply cannabis, possession of criminal property and suspended sentence and community order breaches.
Anthony Buck
Anthony Buck tried to hide a sock filled with drugs in the back of a police van after being caught dealing on the streets.
The dad-of-five also wedged a Kinder Egg capsule between the bench and wall of the vehicle as he attempted to hide his stash.
But the wraps of heroin and cocaine were quickly discovered - as were dozens of street deals later found at his home.
In total, Buck, of Shakespeare Street, Southport, was linked to 103 wraps of cocaine and heroin, split into £20 street deals, with a combined value of £2,060.
Buck, who had 22 convictions for 30 offences, admitted possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin.
He was jailed for two years and three months.
Nicholas Larkey
Nicholas Larkey burgled the home of his own nan after forcing his way into her house while demanding money.
He first shouted at his grandmother, telling her he needed money to get his laptop back from a pawn shop.
But the 76-year-old refused, telling him "I'm not going to give it to you, you'll just spend it on drugs".
Her 38-year-old grandson then forced his way into her Southport home the next morning, pushing the elderly and "infirm" woman onto the sofa and making off with her phone and keys.
Larkey, of Stanley Road, Bootle, admitted common assault, burglary and threat to damage property.
He was jailed for six months and a restraining order to protect his grandmother was put in place for two years.
Jason Campbell
A dad tortured and killed two hamsters and a guinea pig after admitting to having "urges to harm people and animals".
Jason Campbell drove to a pet shop in Wallasey and used a fake name to buy the animals one at a time on separate dates between December 25, 2020 and January 27 this year.
The 32-year-old, who has no previous convictions, then went to his car and subjected each animal to horrific torture before killing them and throwing the bodies in a bin.
He confessed the crimes to a mental health worker, prompting an RSPCA investigation.
The court heard Campbell suffered from depression and anxiety and had been in pain due to a prolapsed disc in his spine.
Campbell, of The Mount, Heswall, admitted three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
He was jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
Michael Devine
A top EncroChat drugs boss was busted after police identified him through his Costco membership.
Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform.
Following a police hack of the EncroChat network, officers were able to link the 45-year-old to the phone, on which he discussed smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine on boats.
The drugs boss talked about importation runs from Colombia, St Lucia and Brazil, and also discussed his love of poker.
Devine, of Pete Best Drive, West Derby, was jailed for 17 years and three months after admitting conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and ketamine.
Joseph Drury
Joseph Drury ran drug deals across the North West on behalf of an operation nicknamed 'Scouse JJ'.
The dad, known as 'Red', travelled from Liverpool to supply and monitor addicts selling crack cocaine and heroin in Cheshire.
After police raided the 28-year-old's home they then discovered evidence linking him to similar activity in Blackpool and a drugs hotline that exchanged more than 300 calls and texts with addicts every day.
A court heard he wasn't a leading figure in the operation, but recruited others to work as part of the gang.
Drury, of Griffin Close, Croxteth, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
He was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Shaun Murray
Shaun Murray was jailed after tying his robbery victim to a building site and leaving him there bleeding.
Murray, 35, worked with his then-girlfriend, Amy Smith, 27, to lure the man from near Liverpool Lime Street, where he was watching filming take place on October 15 last year.
After they offered "sexual services", which the victim accepted, he was taken to an alleyway and hit over the head by Murray.
As he lay bleeding they stole a £20 note before attaching him to a staircase on the building site using cable ties.
The victim had to burn himself free using a cigarette lighter.
Murray, of Vauxhall Road, Liverpool city centre, and Smith, of Graham Road, Sheffield, both admitted robbery and false imprisonment.
Smith admitted the offences on the basis she was coerced into them.
Murray was jailed for three years and seven months.
Due to a "wholly exceptional set of circumstances" Smith was handed 18 months suspended for two years and ordered to complete 60 Rehabilitation Activity Requirements and 150 hours of unpaid work.
Leo Meek
Leo Meek, who mowed down and killed a 15-year-old boy riding his bike, was jailed this week for 40 months.
The cowardly driver 'took out' Jack Jones while driving a Volkswagen Tiguan on Manor Drive at around 9.40pm on April 26 this year.
The 15-year-old from Moreton had been cycling the familiar route to his aunt's house after spending the evening watching a film with his little brother.
Meek, 22, left Jack with fatal head and neck injuries while speeding at between 53 and 55mph on a 30mph residential road.
Jack was taken to hospital where he died the following morning surrounded by his family.
Meek then fled the scene, and didn't even apply his brakes, ditching his friend's dad's car and getting a taxi home, where he went to bed.
Meek, who has eight previous convictions, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene.
Barry Jones
Barry Jones taped an alleged paedophile into a chair and battered him with a metal table leg.
The vigilante attacker, originally from Liverpool, took a picture of the 65-year-old victim’s battered face and posted it on social media with the word 'nonce' superimposed over it and a tag saying he looked like The Elephant Man.
The 28-year-old held the terrified man prisoner for nine hours and left him with a broken wrist and two broken eye sockets on February 22.
The victim was on holiday with two women in Torquay where they had crack cocaine delivered by a 15-year-old boy.
Jones thought his victim made a sexual comment about the boy, and he punched him in the face, dragged him bleeding to a living room where he used gaffer tape to bind him to a chair.
Jones, aged 28, now of Wykes Road, Exeter, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and was jailed for four years and four months.
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