These are the faces of 101 criminals who have been locked up during lockdown.
Courts in Liverpool have had to adapt to a new way of working over the past 12 weeks, with a range of measures put in place to allow them to continue operating during the coronavirus pandemic.
Jury trials were halted across the UK for a number of weeks because of the outbreak.
Sentence, plea and mention hearings are still taking place at Liverpool Crown Court, thanks to video link arrangements.
Here is an overview of some of the most serious cases to have concluded in the courts over the past 12 weeks of lockdown.
They include a pervert who arranged to molest a toddler and rape an 11-year-old girl and a benefits fraud who pocketed £1m in stolen cash.
Each of their cases was reported in the ECHO since lockdown restrictions first came into place on March 23.
102. Connor Melia
A cocaine-fuelled lout slashed a young woman's arm with a broken bottle leaving her with an "ugly" scar.
Connor Melia got into an argument with two of Laura Rigby's male friends on a night out in Liverpool city centre.
Both men said the drunken yob approached another pal, Sarah Foster, and made a comment about her knickers.
But when they intervened 25-year-old Melia picked up a bottle, smashed it, then jabbed and swung it at them.
The convicted drug dealer, of Bellamy Road, Walton, inadvertently cut Miss Rigby's right arm, scarring her for life.
Melia admitted wounding Miss Rigby on the basis he was swinging the bottle aggressively and struck her inadvertently.
He also pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and two counts of threatening a person with an offensive weapon.
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, said Melia got into an altercation with the two men for an "unknown reason".
He said he threatened to cause them serious injury, but in fact inadvertently did so to Miss Rigby.
The judge said Miss Rigby had been left with "a very ugly scar" as he jailed Melia for two and a half years.
101. Christina Pomfrey
A benefit cheat who pocketed £1million became one of the region's highest earners during her 15-year operation.
Christina Pomfrey used a false name and a string of fake details to claim a range of support from the public purse.
The 65-year-old was jailed on Monday after a court heard how she lied about being blind and disabled.
Pomfrey, a nan from Runcorn, also laundered £88,994.21 of the money over six years through the bank account of her 34 -year-old daughter Aimee Brown.
Under the names Christina Pomfrey and Christina Brown she claimed a total £1,010,090.66 in Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, Disability Living Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Social Fund Payments, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Direct Payments and Independent Living Fund Payments.
When the fraud was at its height, Pomfrey was receiving more than £13,000 a month.
She was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for 34 counts including fraud, false accounting and making or supplying articles for use in frauds.
100. Lee Blackhurst
Lee Blackhurst set fire to a stranger's home on the same day he was set free from jail.
The dangerous thug was released on licence after being locked up over two assaults and carrying an offensive weapon.
Within hours the 31-year-old had met up with a group of street drinkers, got drunk himself, and high on cannabis.
He then deliberately torched a property at a block of six flats in Widnes - endangering the lives of multiple residents.
Blackhurst, of no fixed address, admitted arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered and possession of cannabis.
His criminal record includes 13 offences of criminal damage, plus violence and public disorder matters.
He was jailed for six years, with an extended two years on licence.
98. Louise Rutter and 99. Oliver Whitehouse
Louise Rutter, 24, and Oliver Whitehouse, 37, were jailed after a shop assistant was held at knifepoint and robbed at a Wallasey off-licence.
The thugs entered the Premier Off Licence in Grove Road on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 1.
They demanded money, before making off with the shop assistant's mobile phone, a quantity of alcohol and cigarettes.
But after a local Wirral PCSO recognised one of the offenders on CCTV images, officers carried out a warrant at a Wallasey address on Sunday 5 April, arresting a man and woman.
They were subsequently charged and after pleading guilty, were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, 8 June.
Rutter, 24 of Liscard Road, Egremont, was charged with robbery and possession of class A drugs, and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Whitehouse, 37, also of Liscard Road, Egremont, was charged with robbery and possession of a knife and was sentenced to three years in prison.
97. Michael Whitty
Michael Whitty was jailed for three years on Monday after carrying out an arson attack on the Vodafone mast in Kirkby after researching theories falsely linking 5G to coronavirus.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 47-year-old was caught after his DNA was found at the scene on Coopers Lane after the April 5 incident.
At the time of the phone mast attack, Whitty was still serving a community order for an offence of battery in 2019.
A victim impact statement read out on behalf of Mr Philip Greedy, from Vodafone, said the damage caused by the fire was estimated between £10,000 and £15,000.
95. Kevin Barlow and 96. Emma Rodgers
A "toxic" couple burst into a man's bedsit and robbed him at knifepoint during a terrifying ordeal.
Kevin Barlow has 43 previous convictions for a staggering 112 offences, including robberies and burglaries.
The 41-year-old crook teamed up with his girlfriend Emma Rodgers, 33, who has 21 convictions for 41 offences.
Together they targeted a stranger's home in Fairfield, when Barlow held two kitchen knives to the victim's stomach, and they made off with £1,750 of items.
Barlow, who admitted robbery and possessing two bladed articles, has burgled homes since he was 13 and is a convicted drug dealer.
Barlow was on licence at the time, while Rodgers was subject to a two-month suspended jail sentence, imposed in January.
She admitted robbery. Her record includes possessing knives, shoplifting and breaching court orders.
Judge Denis Watson, QC, jailed Barlow for eight years and three months, of which he must spend at least two thirds - five and half years - behind bars.
He jailed Rodgers for three and a half years, including the suspended prison sentence.
94. Thomas Rigby
A thug out on licence for plunging a knife into a man's back was caught stashing 22 wraps of cannabis in his underwear.
Thomas Rigby, 26, was handed an eight year prison term in 2014 and was automatically released at the half way point under licence conditions.
But on 21 January 2019, police investigating a car chase burst into a property in Southport and found Rigby in bed.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Rigby had been found with a total of 25 wraps of cannabis, snap bags and weighing scales - but claimed the drugs were for his own personal consumption.
However after a trial at Liverpool Magistrates' Court he was found guilty of possession with intent to supply and committed to the crown court for sentence, although he was cleared of assaulting a police officer.
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, sentenced Rigby to 18 months in prison, and the court heard Rigby would be unable to apply for early parole until the half way point of his new sentence.
93. Darren Jones-Bond
Darren Jones-Bond, 33, was jailed for four years and nine months on Wednesday, after he sexually abused the young girl on February 11 this year.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how the 33-year-old of Leyland Road, Southport, had spotted the child sitting alone on a bench near St John's Precinct, in Liverpool city centre.
He took her to the restaurant, then to a room where he gave her alcohol, forced her onto a bed and abused her.
But an Uber delivery driver - who initially thought the girl must be Jones-Bond's daughter - overheard the pervert in McDonald's.
Police were alerted and went to the hostel, where they found the girl on a bed, with her top on back to front and trousers unzipped
Liverpool Crown Court heard aggressive Jones-Bond was arrested but brazenly claimed the girl had told him she was 24.
Passing sentence, Judge Anil Murray said Jones-Bond, who had a "bad record", could see his victim was "clearly vulnerable" and the Uber driver thought she looked about 13.
He was ordered to sign on the Sex Offenders Register and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely.
92. Jake Rogan
Jake Rogan stashed the Heckler & Koch MP5 - said to be the first of its type seized in England - in his girlfriend's loft.
The German gun had with it three magazines, including one loaded with six 9mm bullets, and another 22 rounds.
The 28-year-old was "very nervous and shaking" when police raided his partner's home in Patmos Close, Everton.
But he later confessed he was "minding" the gun for a brother currently serving a total sentence of seven and a half years in jail.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, jailed him for five and a half years.
91. Christian Dick
Christian Dick was caught in Liverpool city centre with a hunting weapon and a stash of drugs.
He was spotted acting suspiciously by police on Cornwallis Street at the start of June before dumped a number of items and tried to flee.
The 21-year-old attempted to run from officers but was caught just two streets away and arrested.
During the incident police also found a hunting knife, sheath and cannabis.
He was arrested and charged with possession of a knife/sharply bladed article in a public place and possession of cannabis before appearing at court on Thursday, June 11.
Dick, of Balmoral Way in Huyton, pleaded guilty and was jailed for six months and two weeks in jail.
90. Steven Gorvett
Career criminal Steven Gorvett stole iPads meant for the children of essential key workers and said he deserved to go to jail.
His raid left a primary school with a £4,500 repair bill and pupils whose parents include brave heroes of the coronavirus crisis without important educational tools.
The 42-year-old cut himself so badly when he smashed an office window that he left behind pools of his blood.
And that revealed the DNA of the bungling idiot, who has 42 previous convictions for a staggering 160 offences.
Gorvett did not have any legal representation when he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, but insisted he wished to be sentenced anyway.
The judge said he was increasing the starting point for the sentence because of Gorvett's criminal record and jailed him for two years and four months.
89. Stephen Cloney
An ex hero Merseyside Police officer made a despicable pact with organised criminals and sold secret intelligence to gangsters for years – leading to armed raids and a stabbing.
Stephen Cloney betrayed the trust of the public and his colleagues, selling the addresses of suspected drugs stashes or cannabis farms and tipping off hardened criminals about police activity.
In one incident at an address in Lever Terrace, Birkenhead, a man was stabbed by masked men wielding samurai swords and a gun – after Cloney sold information saying drugs were suspected to have been stored there.
He was jailed for five years at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, June 12, after pleading guilty to the relatively new offence of corrupt or improper exercise of police powers and privileges by a constable.
88. Gary Edwards
Gary Edwards stole £30,000 of PPE and sold it on eBay - meaning vital stock couldn't be donated to NHS heroes.
The crooked sales rep claimed he spent his profits on feeding his seven stepchildren and decorating their family home.
But he also confessed to splurging it on VIP trips to professional darts tournaments around the country with his girlfriend.
His cash-strapped boss was forced to shut down one of her struggling businesses and had to make some staff redundant.
Yet cynical Edwards continued to flog stolen PPE stashed at his home during the coronavirus pandemic at "inflated prices".
And police retrieved a huge haul when they raided the property in Bromborough.
Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, said: "You were selling goods of this sort in March, when you knew they were badly required by the NHS and others treating the victims of this dreadful pandemic, and you still had stock advertised for sale as late as May 1.
"Any decent person knowing the widespread suffering in our communities would have returned that stock or found some way of making it available to those who need it.
"It may be no exaggeration to say that the lack of that PPE may have lengthened the illnesses of some involved, it may have made others more vulnerable to catching this virus, and you must have been aware of that, and yet you continued selling or trying to sell it for your own financial gain."
The 40-year-old stole the PPE from Supa Safety, based at Croft Business Park in Bromborough, over a two-and-a-half-year period.
Edwards, now of Coxheath, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, who admitted theft by employee, has no previous convictions.
He was jailed for two years and four months.
87. Daniel Kenwright
Daniel Kenwright sent "vile" racist text messages to a childhood friend before turning up at his door with a knife.
He "swung a knife" towards his victim before saying he needed a "cup of tea and a lie down" on October 17, 2019.
The 24-year-old, of Grosvenor Road, Wavertree, was said to have been suffering a mental health episode.
Jailing him for three years and four months for aggravated burglary, Judge Rachel Smith said the messages were "deeply offensive and they must have been deeply offensive to your victim".
The man feared for his life as Kenwright slashed his coat then hid in his bathroom as the knifeman banged on the door.
Stuart Mills, defending, conceded the text messages were "vile" but said his client did not have any previous convictions.
He said the incident was out of character and Judge Smith accepted it was "inexplicable" as the pair were lifelong friends.
She said the texts were not evidence of racial motivation but likely a manifestation of his mental disorder at the time.
86. Jack Feeney
Jack Feeney was caught carrying a lock knife and drugs when stopped in the street by police.
The 25-year-old was detained during a stop and search in Page Lane, Widnes, at around 1.45pm, on Thursday, April 30 this year.
Cheshire Police said they found a knife, two bags of cocaine and eight bags of cannabis on him during a crackdown on drugs.
However, Feeney, of Green Oaks Path, Widnes, was not charged with intent to supply either Class A or Class B drugs.
He instead admitted simple possession of cocaine and cannabis, along with possessing a bladed article in public.
Feeney was jailed for eight months.
85. Simon Dowden
Simon Dowden attacked his ex-girlfriend after accusing her of trying to poison his eggs with bleach.
The violent boyfriend went to his former partner's home in Kensington despite their relationship having already ended.
She had gone out to walk her dog, but returned at around 8am to find Dowden in the property, leading to a row.
The woman told police Dowden, 37, decided to cook himself some eggs in a microwave, but she opened its door.
David Polglase, prosecuting, said: "There was an argument arising from him accusing her of trying to poison his eggs using bleach or cleaning spray, which caused him to lift her up by her ponytail."
She grabbed her dog and fled the property after the assault by Dowden, of Whitehedge Road, Garston, on February 23 this year.
The couple previously rowed at around 5pm, on December 10 last year, when police were called and Dowden was aggressive.
Dowden, who has nine convictions for 16 offences, headbutted the window of a police car and kicked it, causing £80.71 of damage.
He was jailed for one month after admitting common assault and criminal damage.
84. Patrick Duggan
Patrick Duggan lost control of his girlfriend's car in a police chase but was helped by a "stupid" friend who claimed he was at the wheel.
The 26-year-old is serving a 154-day sentence for breaching the terms of a gang injunction order made to stop him blighting Birkenhead.
Duggan was caught in Wirral on the same day police seized a Land Rover, six scrambler bikes and a Rolex watch, and locked up on May 7.
But he reappeared in court over his dangerous driving in Wirral on March 20 last year, when Connor Nixon, 23, tried to take the rap for him.
Officers spotted banned Duggan driving a grey Citroen Picasso, with a male passenger, on the Beechwood estate, then in Birkenhead.
He drove at high speed on the wrong side of the road, towards oncoming traffic, and swerved to avoid other cars.
The yob lost control and ended up mounting a kerb before fleeing on foot, leaving the engine running.
Duggan escaped and Nixon later went to a police station and said he had been driving - a lie he repeated in an interview.
When he spoke to police, Duggan repeated the same claim, yet police never believed anyone other than him was driving.
Duggan, of Fender Way, Woodchurch, Prenton, admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
The gang member, who has 28 convictions for 44 offences, was jailed for 10 months and hit with a further 25-month driving ban.
Nixon, of Farmfield Drive, Beechwood, Prenton, who admitted perverting the course of justice, was spared jail.
83. Shaun Esterhuizen
Shaun Esterhuizen was found slumped at the wheel with hundreds of pounds of Class A drugs.
The dad-of-two was caught with cocaine, heroin and £150 in cash when police spotted him asleep in his car with the engine running.
A court heard the 40-year-old, of Promenade in Southport, began dealing to fund his own drug habit as his life hit a "downward spiral".
Police seized 25 wraps of cocaine worth approximately £245, as well as loose cocaine powder, and crack cocaine stones.
A phone was also recovered inside the car and found to have messages linked to the purchase and supply of drugs.
One message contained a photo of drugs, weighing scales and other related equipment and read: "Started up here in business. Just doing some weighing and bagging. I'm gonna stay here for a while."
Esterhuizen, originally from South Africa, who was of previous good character, admitted possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply.
Jim Smith, defending, said his life had been "ripped apart" by his drug use, which started after a split with his long-term partner and deaths in his family, and led him to the brink of suicide.
Judge Garrett Byrne said Esterhuizen's case was "tragic" but there was no choice but to send him to jail for two years and three months.
82. Sumair Iqbal
Sumair Iqbal committed a £100,000 tax fraud while running a security firm in Liverpool.
The 35-year-old, from Everton, cheated the exchequer out of the money by massively underestimating the turnover of his two security firms.
He was the director of Pulsive Security Solutions and Correx Consultants, two companies providing security services across the UK.
Between June 2012 and May 2017, he told HMRC that his companies had a turnover of around £249,292 - it was four times that amount.
Iqbal signed up to the Flat Rate Scheme with HMRC that was aimed at making tax payments simpler for smaller businesses.
Once he was accepted for the scheme, he massively under-declared his companies' income and paid just £29,915 in tax.
Investigators determined that he had not declared around £124,000.
When questioned by police in 2017, Iqbal claimed he had been threatened and the pressure of his businesses caused him mental health problems.
He later admitted two counts of fraudulently evading VAT.
Iqbal was jailed for two years and four months and banned from being a company director for five years.
81. Gerrard Garrity
Cocaine dealer Gerrard Garrity was rumbled when police spotted him chatting on his mobile phone while driving.
He was seen at the wheel of a blue Ford Mondeo estate, then stopped and spoken to, in Barn Hey Green, West Derby.
One eagle-eyed officer noticed a bag of white powder lying on the ground beneath the driver's door.
That later revealed traces of cocaine and the sugar lactose, but Garrity insisted: "It's not mine, it's not drugs."
Police searched the car and found "a bag of white crystals under the driver's seat" - 20.7g of cocaine worth up to £2,070.
Garrity, now 28, of Max Road, Huyton, again denied that the bag belonged to him, at around 3.15pm on October 24, 2017.
Officers also seized two mobile phones showing evidence of dealing, adding: "They had been ringing throughout the search."
Garrity denied possessing cocaine with intent to supply and was set to stand trial, but changed his plea last month.
He has 22 convictions for 37 offences, including drug dealing, and has since served a prison sentence in Scotland.
Garrity was jailed for three years and nine months.
80. Sonia Harrison
Care home cleaner Sonia Harrison agreed to stash a loaded gun and a silencer in the loft of her home.
She stored a semi-automatic pistol with a magazine containing five bullets, plus a further 15 rounds of ammunition.
But the 42-year-old then told a support worker at Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre that she had the firearm.
The police were informed, leading to officers raiding her house in Horrocks Road, Huyton the following day and seizing the deadly haul.
Harrison suffered from significant mental health difficulties and was feeling suicidal after her mum and brother died.
Prosecutors accepted she built up a £500 gambling debt, took a loan but couldn't repay it, and was told if she agreed to mind the gun, it would be cleared.
She flagged up the gun to a mental health worker on March 9 this year and her house was raided by police the next day, before she confessed to officers.
Harrison, who has no previous convictions, admitted two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
Defence lawyers argued there were "exceptional circumstances" that meant a mandatory minimum five-year jail term should not apply to Harrison.
They said she did not have any past convictions, was of "positive good character", and revealed she had the gun to get it out of her house and off the streets.
Judge Denis Watson, QC, accepted this argument and jailed her for three years and four months.
78. Cuneyt Taskin and 79. Liam Scotton
Cuneyt Taskin and Liam Scotton were stopped with two kilos of cocaine and £26,000 in cash after making a drop-off.
The two couriers for a Liverpool crime gang were caught with two parcels of cocaine worth an estimated £32,000 on June 21 last year.
They drove to the North East and were on their way to make another delivery in West Yorkshire when they were stopped by Northumbria Police on the A19.
Taxi driver Taskin, 47, was driving the Ford Mondeo with Scotton, 29, as his passenger, when they were arrested at around 7.15pm.
Scotton, of Waldgrave Road, Liverpool, and Taskin, of Liscard Road, Wirral, admitted money laundering and possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.
Nick Lane, defending, Scotton, said he was "incredibly disappointed in himself" and had taken on the job after getting into debt due to his own drug use.
David Callan, defending Taskin, 47, said he was an "extremely hard working taxi driver" who, "apart from these incidents, has led a blameless life".
Judge Robert Spragg jailed Scotton, who has previous drug related convictions, for six years, and Taskin for four years and nine months.
77. Geoffrey Bromilow
A dad-of-one made the lives of his former partner's family a misery by bombarding them with obscene and threatening phone calls.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Geoffrey Bromilow had been in a long-standing relationship with the mum of his child, but this had broken down in the months leading up to the offence.
This culminated with Bromilow being charged with assaulting his former partner, Nichola Marlett, which prompted a stream of increasingly abusive and menacing phone calls to her family in St Helens to try and get the charge dropped.
These were directed at his ex-partner's dad, mum, and sister.
At one point Bromilow, 37, threatened he would get a gang in Manchester to "kidnap, rape and torture" the dad, Philip Marlett. He also said he would be "murdered by a f------ crew".
Vile sexualised threats were also made towards Mr Marlett's wife Betty, and daughter Lisa.
Bromilow, of Woodhouse Lane, Wigan, pleaded guilty to one offence of stalking and putting Philip Marlett in fear of violence, after changing his plea the day before a trial was due to start.
Bromilow was jailed for 32 months, of which he must serve half in custody.
The judge also imposed a six-year restraining order to prevent Bromilow contacting Philip, Betty, and Lisa Marlett.
76. Stephen Carney
Stephen Carney lost a bar fight to a grandad nearly twice his age then waited outside and battered him with a hammer.
The drunken lout was being loud and pestering a woman at The Vulcan pub in St Helens on Sunday, February 9 this year.
As he became increasingly aggressive, 57-year-old Stuart Whittingham stepped in to try and calm the situation down.
When Carney, 33, decided to pick on Mr Whittingham instead, the grandad-of-six sent him packing with a flurry of punches.
But the coward went home, got a hammer and repeatedly hit him in the head - even when his victim lay on the ground.
Mr Whittingham suffered multiple head wounds, a wound to his upper lip and a wound under his right eye, at around 6.15pm.
When police attended the Robins Lane pub, they found Carney getting in a car, his tracksuit covered in blood, with the weapon.
A strip search at a police station revealed cocaine in a bag hidden between his buttocks and CCTV laid bare the awful attack.
Carney, of Peckers Hill Road, Sutton, St Helens, admitted wounding with intent plus possessing an offensive weapon and cocaine.
The thug, who has 19 past convictions for 29 offences, including multiple assaults, was jailed for six years and eight months.
75. Jack Ball
Jack Ball, a drug dealer linked to criminal playboy Liam 'The Lam' Cornett, was caught after a dramatic £100,000 cocaine bust.
Cornett, 29, lived a lavish lifestyle in Spain, partied in Marbella and Monte Carlo, and enjoyed helicopter and Bentley rides.
He controlled a sprawling drug network that ran from his Costa del Sol base to estates in Anfield, Hull, Cardiff and Devon.
But the Huyton-born mastermind of cocaine, heroin and amphetamine plots is now serving a 26-year prison sentence.
Ball, 27, was rumbled when police used a stinger to stop a car carrying nearly 1kg of cocaine, set to be delivered to him.
One of Cornett's gang, Kensington dealer Ryan Perry, took the 44% pure stash down to Plymouth on October 9, 2018.
Officers intercepted his Ford Fiesta, recovered a 993.80g haul worth up to £99,380, and linked it by phone evidence to Ball.
Ball fled Plymouth and the next day took a 10am flight to Los Angeles, but was arrested on his return to the UK on November 6.
The crook, of Melbourne Street, Plymouth, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and was jailed for seven years and four months.
74. James Adrian
James Adrian torched two cars outside a young family's Formby home in a mystery attack.
The thug poured petrol on Elliot Hope and Elizabeth Johnson's Jaguar XF and Volkswagen Golf in the dead of night.
The convicted gun crook then set the vehicles ablaze - endangering the lives of the sleeping couple and their four children.
Miraculously, Mr Hope had fallen asleep in a downstairs bedroom without any curtains and was quickly able to alert his partner.
He and Ms Johnson - a midwife who had just finished a gruelling 12-hour shift - then managed to rush their children to safety.
Prosecutors said it was the second arson attack at the couple's three storey, semi-detached home in Queens Road in five months.
But the victims said they were at a loss to understand why they were targeted by 46-year-old Adrian, of Midland Terrace, Waterloo.
The drug dealer - once locked up for six and a half years for stashing a loaded revolver in his girlfriend’s house - refused to explain.
Adrian, originally from Toxteth, was caught as he sped away in the early hours of March 31 and CCTV cameras had filmed the incident.
He admitted two offences of arson being reckless as to whether lives were endangered, having caused around £40,000 of damage.
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, said the crime had "all the hallmarks of a gangland attack" as he jailed Adrian for six years.
73. Dylan Mairs-Lee
Dylan Mairs-Lee threatened to post explicit photographs of his girlfriend online.
The creep sent his partner a series of abusive text messages between July 2019 and February 2020.
In some of the messages the 22-year-old threatened to post explicit pictures of her on the internet.
Mairs-Lee, of Quebec Road, Orford, Warrington, also attacked a member of her family in January.
He admitted engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour, assault, resisting arrest and breaching a suspended sentence.
Mairs-Lee previously received a two-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, for an assault conviction last July.
Magistrates jailed him for 32 weeks and made a restraining order to protect his victims for two years.
72. Nicola Hitchmough
Nicola Hitchmough offered to go shopping for a blind woman at risk from coronavirus so she could steal her pension.
The thief previously helped the disabled 66-year-old across the road, near her sheltered accommodation in Edge Hill.
By doing so she learned the name of the OAP, who is blind in one eye and has very limited sight in the other.
Hitchmough, 39, then tricked her way into the complex where the victim lived, before searching out the woman's flat.
When the pensioner said she didn't need any shopping, Hitchmough asked to use her toilet and for some water.
The crook escaped with around £370 from her purse, then when the OAP pursued her, handed back around £210.
The mum-of-one was captured on CCTV cameras fleeing the building, at around 11.10am on April 14, and admitted burglary.
Hitchmough, of Arnside Road, Edge Hill, who has 12 past convictions for 25 offences, blamed her drug addiction.
She was jailed for three years.
71. Nathan Hakaim
Nathan Hakaim moaned that he was left trapped in a £500,000 cannabis factory by ruthless drug bosses.
Police arrested him when they raided a Wirral warehouse containing 437 cannabis plants and "sophisticated" growing equipment.
When shown photos of the huge farm - initially valued by police at £1.7m - he told officers: "It's a shame that it's going to go to waste."
But he later whinged that he was mistreated by those above him and left without a working shower, "living off noodles and biscuits".
His defence lawyer likened him to "sycophantic" Gareth Keenan, the paper salesman in Ricky Gervais' classic comedy The Office.
Police raided the building in Cleveland Street, Birkenhead and found Hakaim at around 10am, on Monday, November 18 last year.
The 32-year-old, who claimed to have been paid a pittance, was on bail at the time, having previously been caught with drugs in Wirral.
Police arrested Hakaim and another man in a Ford Focus in Cathcart Street, Birkenhead, at around 9.30pm, on July 18 last year.
Hakaim, of Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, was driving around with £230 of cannabis cuttings and £2,160 of mature plants.
He admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply and production of cannabis and was jailed for three and a half years.
70. David Power
David Power swiped two charity boxes then repeatedly spat around the interior of a police car interior when arrested.
The heartless burglar, of no fixed address but living in Kirkby, broke into Appleton Village Pharmacy in Widnes on February 27.
The 37-year-old caused around £2,500 worth of damage before making off with the charity boxes following the overnight raid.
CCTV enabled investigators to identify Power as the culprit and on February 29, an officer driving spotted him walking past.
The burglar was seen putting something in a bin before his arrest and a Stanley knife was found lying on top of the rubbish.
Power, who became aggressive and abusive, "continually" spat inside the police car, before kicking out at an officer in custody.
He admitted burglary, assaulting an emergency service worker and causing criminal damage to a police vehicle.
Power denied possessing a bladed article in public and a second burglary, which were both ordered to lie on the file.
He was jailed for two years and four months.
69. Julian Hakim
Julian Hakim "potted" a female prison officer with a bucket full of urine and faeces from multiple inmates.
The vile inmate hurled the mixture over the woman, who the ECHO chose not to name, at HMP Risley in Warrington.
CCTV footage captured the horrific moment the contents landed on her face and she could taste urine in her mouth.
Hakim, 34, of Viola Street, Bootle, claimed he was told to do it by someone else and was "expecting drugs as a reward".
He was moved to HMP Altcourse after the attack at the shower block on the prison's E wing on October 10 last year.
Hakim, who has 49 past convictions for 105 offences including robbery, admitted administering a noxious substance.
He was serving a sentence for multiple thefts and claimed he had been vulnerable in jail because of events in his past.
Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, said: "It's hard to imagine any human being doing that to another, but it's something that is becoming increasingly common in our prisons and it's something that you did to a female prison officer."
He jailed Hakim for 20 months.
68. Kevin McMullen
Kevin McMullen stole hand sanitiser, toilet rolls and chocolates donated to brave nurses and doctors at Alder Hey.
The serial burglar has a "horrendous" criminal record, featuring 82 past convictions for a staggering 135 offences.
He is subject to a 10-year Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order (CRASBO), banning him from all schools, churches and care homes.
The 56-year-old is also not allowed to enter any medical facility, without first making his presence known to its staff.
But on April 7 - when subject to four suspended sentences, one for raiding a church - he targeted the children's hospital.
CCTV footage showed McMullen entering the building in West Derby to steal from the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.
He was identified by police on the video and arrested at home, when officers discovered items seemingly taken from Alder Hey.
McMullen, of Lister Road, Fairfield, admitted burglary, breaching his CRASBO, and breaching four suspended jail sentences adding up to 20 weeks, imposed in January and March this year.
Judge David Swinnerton said targeting the hospital was an "abhorrent" thing to do and jailed him for 30 months in total.
67. Wayne McCarthy
Serial banned driver Wayne McCarthy gave police his uncle's details in a desperate bid to avoid prison.
The 34-year-old was subject to three separate driving bans when he went out in his Ford Transit van in Wirral.
The builder had already been convicted of driving while disqualified three times and without insurance four times.
McCarthy, of Sceptre Road, Croxteth, was also serving a suspended jail sentence for both of these offences.
He later claimed he was only driving "on an errand of mercy" to collect his sister, who has learning difficulties.
Police carried out a routine stop on McCarthy's white van in Poulton Road, Wallasey on March 24 this year.
The "nervous" driver gave his uncle Paul Crawley's name and address, then admitted that he didn't have insurance or a licence.
This put Mr Crawley at risk of being prosecuted for both offences and an officer gave McCarthy a penalty notice and seized his van.
McCarthy, who has seven previous convictions for 12 offences, was later arrested and confessed after the officer discovered his true identity.
He admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice, driving while disqualified and without insurance, and breaching a suspended sentence.
McCarthy was jailed for 30 weeks and handed a new three-year driving ban.
66. William Neenan
William Neenan called a police officer "an English bastard" after accusing him of "kneeing him in the bollocks".
The 42-year-old demanded money from 66-year-old shopkeeper Ali Dahsam, at Anfield News, in Anfield Road.
The Irishman claimed he was owed £200 by the victim's son, but Mr Dahsam said he had no idea what he was talking about.
Neenan, of Holbeck Street, Anfield, flew into a rage, lent over the counter and tried to slap the terrified OAP in the face.
In front of horrified customers, including children, he then pulled over a glass mobile phone display cabinet, which smashed.
When caught by police, put inside their car and handcuffed, he yelled at one officer: "You kneed me in the b*****ks you English bastard!"
He admitted saying this "explaining the officer was English and was being a bastard" and said English people were "arrogant and uneducated".
Neenan admitted criminal damage, common assault, racially aggravated harassment and breaching a suspended sentence.
Last May he was handed an eight-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, for producing and possessing cannabis, and abstracting electricity.
He was jailed for three months and given a three-year restraining order to protect Mr Dahsam and his family.
65. Barry Ellis
Barry Ellis deliberately coughed and blew smoke in the face of a nurse after lowering his mask on a coronavirus ward.
The 47-year-old claimed he was showing symptoms of the disease and was admitted to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.
A court heard the drunken crook didn't in fact have coronavirus, or think that he did, but medical staff didn't know that.
And his vile act left the nurse fearing she had caught Covid-19 and may have passed it on to her family or other patients.
Ellis - who has 42 convictions for 65 offences - was "aggressive, abusive and threatening", at around 3pm, on April 13.
The victim endured sleepless nights, became more anxious and lost confidence when dealing with confrontational patients.
Ellis, of Rock Lane East, Rock Ferry, admitted assaulting an emergency worker and breaching a suspended sentence.
Last July he was given 18 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, for wasting police time.
That was after he falsely claimed there was a gunman at a pub in Upton.
Ellis was jailed for nine months in total.
64. Joel Dowling
Joel Dowling made threatening phone calls from inside a prison cell - landing him even more time in jail.
The 23-year-old, from Skelmersdale, was slapped with the injunction last year along with his associate Stephen Grimes, meaning they were not allowed to communicate with each other, or a list of eight other people.
The pair were sentenced together after they went on a rampage at The Elmridge Arms pub in September and threatened a man with a knife.
In April, Dowling was given a 42-day suspended prison sentence, after being caught speaking to Grimes and breaching the injunction.
But he was returned to jail anyway for breaching his prison licence, after being released from custody early.
Despite only being back in prison for less than a month, Dowling, of no fixed address, then made the threatening calls.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to another 42 days in prison, consecutive to the 42-day suspended term.
63. Jason Downey
Jason Downey kept a "dark secret" that he once raped a little boy and girl for more than three decades.
The 48-year-old, of Trent Close, Rainhill, molested three children in Huyton in the 1980s, when he was aged 15.
He raped a boy who was three or four, raped a girl under the age of 10, and groped another girl under 10.
Downey - now a married man with three children of his own - blamed his sick crimes on his absent parents.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "For many years, indeed decades, you held onto a dark secret.
"You're not the only one who has kept these offences stored in the mind - so have your victims, who were such a tender age when you sexually abused them."
The two now adult rape victims told the court how the abuse had ruined their lives and left them traumatised.
Downey confessed, said he was sorry and claimed he didn't intend to hurt his victims, but "couldn't help himself".
He admitted nine counts of gross indecency with a child, two of which would be classified as rapes today.
Judge Aubrey said: "You took away from your three victims their childhood, happiness and innocence."
The judge added: "You have scarred them all greatly and, in truth, given to them a life sentence."
However, under sentencing guidelines he had to take into account the fact Downey was 15 at the time.
Judge Aubrey jailed him for four and a half years and told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
62. Jack Quinton
Jack Quinton hid two loaded guns above a chimney but was caught with his hands covered in black dust.
A member of the notorious Fernhill gang, he desperately stashed an Italian revolver and a semi-automatic Glock with a silencer, plus bullets capable of being fired with either weapon.
But armed police burst into a garage he had taken over in Bedford Road, Bootle, shortly after 5pm, on March 28 last year.
Quinton, 26, who was on licence from prison for a gangland kidnapping and terrifying burglary, had only been freed six months earlier.
His DNA was on the weapons, which prosecutors said were "ready to go", in a bag hidden on top of a very dusty chimney breast.
The mother of his seven-month-old daughter, Darhyl Hannah-Smith, 29, who ferried the crook around in her car, drove to the scene when he was arrested.
She later sent him phone numbers to use on a new SIM card, which he acquired within hours of going into custody.
He was also seen driving an Audi RS4 on March 22, stolen in Nottinghamshire on March 8, from which his DNA was later recovered.
Quinton, of Garden View, Caspian Place, Bootle, admitted possessing the Glock with intent to endanger life, possessing the silencer, possessing the revolver, two counts of possessing ammunition and handling stolen goods.
He was jailed for 13 and a half years, with an extended two and a half years on licence.
Smith, of Crompton Street, Kirkdale, who admitted participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, was handed 16 months in jail, suspended for two years, plus 120 hours of unpaid work and a 10-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.
61. Robert Lingham
Teenage drug dealer Robert Lingham hid £4,000 of heroin and crack cocaine under a mattress in a hotel bedroom.
The then 18-year-old was caught with the stash at a Travelodge in Fiddlers Ferry Road, Widnes in the early hours of August 3 last year.
Police also discovered £575 in cash, a small amount of cannabis and two mobile phones, which later revealed evidence of drug dealing.
Lingham, from the Runcorn area, remained tight-lipped during a police interview and was released on bail, pending further investigations.
Just over a month later, officers raided another hotel room Lingham was staying in, this time at the Days Inn, in Liverpool city centre.
They seized 54g of crack cocaine - said by police to be worth "thousands of pounds" - and a small bag of cannabis on September 11.
On October 11, he admitted possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply and possessing a Class B drug, in relation to the September 11 find.
But the judge wasn't made aware of the outstanding investigation relating to the August 3 haul and jailed him for two years and seven months.
Lingham, now 19, admitted two more counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, and possessing cannabis, earlier this month.
Judge Rachel Smith said if she had sentenced Lingham for all of the offences in October, she would have jailed him for three years.
As a result, she sentenced him to a further five months behind bars.
60. Alex Lloyd
Dangerous driver Alex Lloyd killed his passenger Paul Hayes - a young support worker and beloved Liverpool fan.
The uninsured and unlicensed driver left the 25-year-old dead and his victim's girlfriend Lauren Hay, 19, critically injured.
The 26-year-old was at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta which collided head-on with a Ford S-Max private hire taxi in West Derby.
The impact left the car flipped on its side, the taxi rolling in the road, and Lauren trapped in the Fiesta, at 1am, on June 29 last year.
Witnesses said Mr Hayes was found lying underneath the Fiesta, on Princess Drive, after they described hearing a loud "bang".
Mr Hayes, who cared for people with mental health difficulties, and the driver knew each other, but the extent of their relationship is unclear.
Two men travelling in the S-Max private, aged 34 and 66, were treated at the scene for slight injuries, while Lauren was taken to hospital.
Lloyd, who refused to be breathalysed, was seen shouting out in shock, covered in blood, before he was arrested by police.
He admitted causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing death by driving a vehicle while uninsured and unlicensed, and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
Lloyd, of Lawson Walk, West Derby, was jailed for seven years and four months.
He was banned from driving for eight years and seven months.
59. Lennon Lowry
Shameful photos showed Lennon Lowry and his robbery gang posing for selfies in an OAP's stolen motability car.
Lowry and two friends took the Nissan X-Trail in a cruel burglary from a Wirral woman who cares for her elderly mum, aged 89.
Within hours of the early morning raid in Wallasey, it had been filled with stolen petrol and fitted with stolen licence plates.
Lowry, then 17, Callum Carr, 22, and Jack O'Connor, 18, smoked and made hand gestures as they sat in the car and on its roof.
A disgraceful video later showed Lowry - wearing latex gloves - at the wheel, as Carr asked: "Who are we going to rob today boys?"
The laughing gang were joined by Carr's brother, Lewis Carr, 18, when they robbed a 16-year-old boy of an iPhone in Upton that same day.
Lowry then shot through red lights to escape police, but officers used a stop stick to puncture two of the Nissan's tyres and rammed it off the road.
The Carr brothers and O'Connor were locked up in March, but Lowry, 18, of Burns Avenue, Wallasey, wasn't sentenced until this week.
He already had 26 convictions for 62 offences, dating back to when he was just 12, before the burglary and robbery on August 21 last year.
Lowry, who admitted burglary, theft, making off without payment, robbery and dangerous driving, was locked up for two years and a half years.
He was banned from driving for 33 months.
58. Tricamo Farid
Tricamo Farid illegally claimed more than £120,000 in benefits after stealing the identity of a family friend.
The dad-of-two stole the huge sum by conning his way into falsely claiming benefits including Job Seekers Allowance, Employment Support and Personal Independence Payments, as well as council tax and housing benefits.
The 40-year-old, of St Thomas More Drive in Southport, carried out the deception for 17 years, before being arrested in May 2018 and had largely used the money to feed an alcohol addiction.
Born in Mozambique, he left the country to earn money for his ill mother and, while he was in Lisbon in 1999, he stole identification documents belonging to Portuguese national Dercio Quinta.
He then used the stolen ID to gain entry to Dublin, before moving to England in 2001 and obtaining a National Insurance number using Mr Quinta's ID.
Judge Thomas Teague, QC, said: "You stole the ID of a Portuguese man and got a National Insurance number using that fake ID.
"You even had the cheek to complete and sign documentation for an appeal for a decision you didn't like in 2016."
Farid, who admitted 20 charges relating to fraud, acquiring criminal property and dishonestly claiming a wrongful credit, was jailed for two years.
57. Anthony Corish
Anthony Corish was caught with a gun, silencer and bullets plus £13,000 of high purity cocaine.
The dad-of-three stashed the semi-automatic pistol, sound moderator and ammunition in a bathroom airing cupboard.
The 39-year-old also had 131g of 81% pure cocaine - believed to have been cut from a kilo block - secreted under the stairs.
Prosecutors said the haul was found at a house where he was living with his wife and children in Chatham Close, Seaforth.
That was while builders carried out £80,000 of renovations on their family home in Church Road, Seaforth, after Corish paid a £15,000 deposit in cash.
No one was present when police raided the house, at 9.55am, on February 5 this year, and found the American .380 ACP calibre self-loading pistol, with a "silencer or sound moderator", a magazine containing 11 bullets, and a further 26 rounds stored separately, all capable for use in that firearm.
Officers also found a set of scales, plastic bags and £225 in cash under a sink, then in a master bedroom £1,780 in cash, latex gloves and a face mask.
In a cupboard under the stairs an officer retrieved three blocks of cocaine, valued at up to £13,160, a white bag bearing traces of the drug, and sandwich bags.
Corish admitted two counts of possessing a firearm, possessing ammunition, and possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
He was jailed for 10 years.
55. Ben Humphries and 56. Alan Grimes
Benjamin Humphries was caught trying to climb out the window of a drug den where he sold crack cocaine and heroin.
The 19-year-old, from Speke, moved into the Brentfield, Widnes home of alcoholic and cannabis smoker Alan Grimes, 52.
Humphries tried to escape just moments before police raided the first floor flat, at around 8am, on November 27 last year.
But when he spotted officers he decided to hurl a package out the window, scattering Class A drugs in the car park below.
The package and his manbag contained 92 wraps of 55% pure heroin, weighing 11.46g in total, with an estimated street value of £1,146, plus 107 wraps of 75% pure crack, weighing 8.26g in total, valued at £826.
Police also seized 23g of cannabis, which prosecutors accepted Humphries had for his personal use, and £245 in cash.
Humphries, of Alderwood Avenue, Speke, who has no previous convictions, admitted two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and possessing cannabis.
Grimes, who pleaded guilty to two counts of permitting his premises to be used for the supply of Class A drugs, has a long criminal record dating back to 1992.
Humphries was locked up for two years and four months, while Grimes was jailed for eight months.
Grimes was also handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order, which bans him from activity including having three or more visitors to his home at any one time.
54. Lisa Overton
Mum-of-three Lisa Overton started a fire which left her own children and her husband's 94-year-old gran homeless.
The 33-year-old took a cocktail of alcohol and prescription drugs before lighting her own bedding at their house in Southport.
She had to be rescued by a hero neighbour as the blaze destroyed much of the first floor of the home in Fylde Road on December 10 last year.
Anthony McCullough ran into the burning building and brought Overton to safety, after seeing her calling for help through a smashed window.
She explained she had hit "the lowest ebb of my life" and not thinking straight, having struggled with anxiety and depression, combined with exhaustion caused by the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia.
Her mum and husband had gone to collect the children from Ormskirk and her mum told Overton she couldn't give her a lift to Chorley to see a friend.
Overton seemingly accepted this, but later rang her mum, as a smoke alarm could be heard, and said: "I've killed the dogs and set fire to the house."
In fact the dogs were safe and well in the garden but the repair bill to the property is estimated to cost thousands of pounds.
Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, said her children had lost their home and her husband's gran had to leave her lifelong home and move into care.
Overton was jailed for 22 months.
53. Kevin Lloyd
Kevin Lloyd broke into the Wetherspoons pub at Lime Street station but was caught red handed with three packets of peanuts.
Lloyd and his "partner in crime" Dean Kempster raided the North Western pub - closed due to lockdown - at around 9pm on May 9.
But the manager was alerted when he received notification that the alarm had been activated, headed to the pub and spotted their escape.
He alerted the authorities and when police arrested the men they had managed to steal just three packets of peanuts.
The pair both admitted burglary.
Lloyd, 35, of Duke Street, Liverpool, was jailed for 12 weeks at Liverpool Magistrates' Court and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £156.
Kempster, 42, of no fixed address, was handed 12 months in jail, suspended for 12 months and told to pay £85 towards court costs.
Chief inspector Dave Rams, from British Transport Police, said: "Using the lockdown as an opportunity to commit crime at a time of national emergency when people were being asked to stay at home to save lives, is particularly heinous, as demonstrated by the severity of the sentences.
"Thankfully, due to the alarm activation system, the fruits of Lloyd and Kempster's criminal labour amounted to just three packets of peanuts – which should give both pause for thought."
52. Gerard Laverty
Serial armed robber Gerard Laverty raided a Spar store with a cordless drill disguised as a gun.
He held the makeshift weapon to a shop assistant's face and demanded: "Empty the till or I will blow your head off."
Brave Gbolahan Balogun wrestled it off him and when drunken Laverty tried to flee, a heroic customer dragged him to the floor.
Laverty, of Clifton Road East, Anfield, was then arrested at the store, which is attached to the BP garage in Sefton Street, Toxteth.
Just two weeks earlier, the 41-year-old had been handed a suspended sentence for theft and possession of a blade last June.
And police had not yet caught up with him over a bungled burglary at Delifonseca, the gourmet deli at Brunswick Quay.
Laverty struck at the food hall in the early hours of November 11, but cut himself on a window and left blood at the scene.
He left empty handed and when police identified his DNA and arrested him, he confessed, but was released on bail.
On January 22, Laverty was handed eight months in jail, suspended for 18 months, for stealing alcohol from a Lidl when carrying a Stanley knife.
The masked crook then targeted the Spar store, at around 8.15pm, on Saturday, February 8, only for that raid to end in disaster for him too.
He again confessed and admitted robbery, possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and burglary.
Laverty, originally from Toxteth, who has 21 convictions for 68 offences, was jailed for six and a half years.
51. Tony Gath
Tony Gath threatened to blow up his ex-partner's family home after turning on all four gas rings on her cooker.
He was meant to go shopping with his partner in Wirral, before picking up their children from school and having them for the weekend.
But when she arrived at his Devonshire Road, Birkenhead home, she found the 38-year-old sitting in the bath, after an all-night bender.
She argued with Gath, who confessed he only got in at 7am, and when she left, he sent her a text threatening to blow up her house.
The dad-of-three then broke into the mid-terraced property in Darlington Close, Wallasey, sparking a siege lasting two and a half hours.
Armed police, firefighters and paramedics were called and Egremont Primary School was put on lockdown during the "terrifying" ordeal.
Gath - who has a conviction for grievous bodily harm against another ex partner - also threatened officers with a knife on February 28.
He gained entry by smashing a window - one of three he broke - then smashed the TV, slashed furniture and left stab marks in a wall.
Prosecutors said he told police: "I've lost my kids, I have nothing to lose, stay back or I'll stab you."
Gath, who has 22 past convictions for 35 offences, admitted threatening to damage property and affray.
Judge Thomas Teague, QC, said it was "an outpouring of self-pity" and jailed him for two and a half years.
50. Michelle Eccleston
Michelle Eccleston snatched an elderly woman's purse as she returned home from her first solo shopping trip after suffering a stroke.
The 84-year-old victim was said to be making good progress until the heartless crack and heroin addict struck outside her front door.
A court heard how the cruel theft on March 11 had a "huge" impact on the fragile and vulnerable OAP - setting back her recovery.
Eccleston - a 38-year-old grandmother - was on bail at the time of the theft for smuggling cannabis into prison, for the second time.
She followed the OAP to her home in St Helens, at around 9.40am, and grabbed her purse, containing up to £100, but was filmed on CCTV.
Eccleston, of Brook End, St Helens, admitted theft and conveying a prohibited article into prison.
She was also caught on CCTV on August 28 last year, when she visited her boyfriend, Frankie Parr, an inmate at HMP Risley in Warrington.
Eccleston was seen to hug Parr then pass him a package, which contained 47g of cannabis in three half ounce deals, along with 72g of tobacco.
The mum of three adult children, formerly of Cranfield Road, Norris Green, has 36 past convictions for 82 offences.
Judge Denis Watson, QC, said the theft from the OAP was a "wicked offence" and jailed her for two years and three months.
49. Thomas Walker
Dad-of-four Thomas Walker arranged to molest a toddler and rape an 11-year-old girl during twisted online chats.
The pervert told a person he thought was the children's father that he was "into young girls" and had "no limits".
The 40-year-old said he would wear children's underwear when abusing the pair and wanted to "touch them all over".
But the sick paedophile, of Hurlingham Road, Walton, was actually talking to two undercover police officers using a decoy profile.
They raided his home and found a vile stash, including indecent images of babies and animal porn, and evidence he shared some files online.
Walker first started talking to the officers on the website FabSwingers on July 30 last year, before they chatted on WhatsApp and Kik Messenger.
He arranged to meet on August 6, stating that he "couldn't wait to see the children", and asking whether it was okay for him to "f*** them".
However, he did not turn up and later apologised, before confirming that he was still definitely "up for it", and arranging a second meet on August 29.
Again he failed to attend, so officers arrested him on September 2, and seized two mobile phones, which revealed more than 1,000 indecent images.
He admitted two counts of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of sexual offences, three counts of downloading indecent images of children, three counts of distributing indecent images of children, and one count of possessing extreme porn.
Walker was jailed for three and a half years and told to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
48. Karen Kavanagh
Former Knowsley Council worker Karen Kavanagh stole £260,000 from the cash-strapped local authority.
The 60-year-old admitted diverting money initially intended for care homes into her own bank account in a "sophisticated and devious" fraud.
The grandmother, of Malvern Close in Kirkby, made a total of 122 fraudulent transactions over 11 years, stealing money meant for those most in need.
While working as a payments team leader, she was responsible for voiding cheques issued to care homes if they had not been deposited for six months.
But starting in March 2008, she began instead to pay that money into her own bank account, subsequently changing the payment details so it looked like the money had been paid to the care home.
Her offending was eventually uncovered in April last year, when an investigation found that a payment of £6,542 meant for a St Stephen's Nursing Home had in fact been made to Kavanagh's bank account.
When confronted by police, she said she had taken the money in order to pay off debts left by her financially abusive ex-husband and did not live "a fancy life".
She was sacked after a major internal investigation at the council, which took significant amounts of senior officers' time and caused distress to colleagues.
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, said she had abused her "elevated position" to defraud "one of the most vulnerable local authorities in the country".
Kavanagh, who pleaded guilty to the fraud, was jailed for four years.
47. Stephen McHugh
Stephen McHugh whose DNA was found on a sawn-off shotgun avoided a five-year minimum jail sentence.
Police spotted a suspected stolen Volkswagen Golf in Tower Hill, Kirkby, at around 9.20pm, on September 3 last year.
The Golf sped off and was chased to Rainbow Drive, Melling, where it smashed into a parked vehicle, and two men got out and fled.
The pair were never caught, but in a package on the back seat of the car officers discovered a weapons arsenal, including a sawn-off shotgun, a long barrelled shotgun, two shotgun cartridges and a shotgun bolt.
The Miroku sawn-off shotgun was examined, which revealed the DNA of McHugh, a 25-year-old convicted cocaine and cannabis dealer.
Sawn-off shotguns are prohibited firearms and possession of such a weapon carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison.
But his defence lawyers challenged the Crown Prosecution Service to prove when their client had possession of the firearm.
Prosecutors conceded that due to the limitations of DNA evidence, they could not rule out that McHugh handled the weapon before it was shortened.
It is not illegal to possess a long barrelled shotgun, as long as you have a firearms certificate, and while possessing it without a certificate is illegal, it is not subject to the minimum five years behind bars.
McHugh, of Ashbrook Drive, Fazakerley, admitted possessing the firearm without a certificate, and was jailed for two years and three months.
46. Arwel Smith
Arwel Smith - described as a "well mannered and polite young man" - tried to smuggle 82% pure cocaine into prison.
The apprentice plumber went to visit an inmate locked up at HMP Altcourse, the Category B men's jail in Fazakerley.
But prison officers at the G4S-run facility were suspicious because the 20-year-old visitor appeared "extremely nervous".
They found he was carrying a package in his jacket, which included high purity cocaine, cannabis, a mobile phone and SIM card.
Officers seized a black Samsung mobile phone, a SIM card, 3.38g of 82% pure cocaine, a Class A drug which police said had an estimated street value between £135 and £338, plus 7.85g of cannabis resin, a Class B drug valued between £78 and £117.
There were also two quantities of Class C drugs, including Buprenorphine tablets - an opioid sold under the brand name Subutex - and the steroid Oxandrolone.
Smith was arrested and interviewed on September 14 last year, when he would not name the person who he said had asked him to make the delivery.
He said he was an apprentice plumber on £900 a month, that he had a £900 overdraft, and he was offered £300 to take the items into the prison.
Smith, of Glan Alun, Mold, Wales, who admitted six counts of conveying a prohibited article into prison, did not have any previous convictions.
He was jailed for two years.
45. Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter risked his family's lives and gutted their home when he started a fire in his young sons' bedroom.
The drunken dad had to be rescued from their burning mid-terrace rented house in Kingsway, Huyton.
He had earlier twice stabbed his girlfriend - the mother of his three children - in the bottom with a flick knife.
The 51-year-old, from Runcorn, told police he only did it "for a laugh", during an all-day drinking bender, which started at 6am.
But he wasn't finished and using a lighter started a blaze in the box room shared by his sons, aged three and four.
The fire was so ferocious it blew out the front bedroom window and caused "devastating" damage upstairs.
A judge said it was a miracle that his sons, who were downstairs with their mum, were unharmed.
Hunter attacked his partner on Monday, January 27 this year and gave no explanation when challenged by her.
The mum thought he had later gone to sleep upstairs, but at around 8pm she smelt smoke and heard the fire alarm.
She discovered the blaze, woke Hunter, then escaped with her two sons and went to her parents next door, where their daughter, 13, was staying.
Hunter initially denied any wrongdoing, but admitted arson reckless as to whether life was endangered and common assault.
No value was given for the damage, but the mum and children had to move in with her parents, as their home is now unlivable.
Hunter was jailed for five years.
44. Paul Martin
Paul Martin broke his partner's arm - just because she went to the pub with a female friend.
The drunken 58-year-old flew into a rage after Karen McIntyre didn't meet him at a Wetherspoons pub in Liverpool.
And when he learned she had gone for a drink with a pal instead, he repeatedly stamped on the vulnerable victim.
The couple were together for some 10 years and lived in Lind Street, Walton, before the attack on February 7 this year.
Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, said: "She asked him what the problem was and he said he had been in the pub on his own."
Martin grabbed her from behind by the hair, dragged her to the floor, then kicked and stamped on her, and punched her.
A friend later took her to hospital by taxi, but Martin followed and was heard to say: "Tell them you just fell over."
Martin, now of no fixed address, initially denied any wrongdoing, but he later admitted causing grievous bodily harm.
He has 33 previous convictions for 40 offences, mostly for theft, but his record includes battery in 2013.
Martin was jailed for 23 months and handed a two-year restraining order.
42. Ryan Kennedy and 43. Liam Rogan
Ryan Kennedy and Liam Rogan kidnapped a vulnerable teenager outside a pizza shop before attacking him with a stun gun.
The 17-year-old boy was shoved into a blue Ford Fiesta outside Luigi's Pizza on William Henry Street, in Everton, last September.
It is believed the boy was being criminally exploited at the time of the kidnapping and assault by Kennedy, 26, and Rogan, 30.
While holding the teen, Kennedy and Rogan tried to burgle Lazer Schoolwear on London Road, before threatening him with a Samurai sword.
The kidnap was reported to police before the victim escaped and hid in a woodland near Netherfield Road South, where officers found him.
Kennedy, of Westmoreland Place, Vauxhall, and, Rogan, of no fixed address, were found guilty of kidnapping and assault after a trial.
Kennedy was also convicted of possession of a controlled drug.
He was jailed for eight years and Rogan was jailed for six years.
41. Daniel Grattan
Daniel Grattan slashed a woman's face with scissors before raping her in a horrifying ordeal.
The remorseless 29-year-old also tried to burn the breast of the victim - who has anonymity for life - with a lighter.
He kicked, punched and attempted to strangle the woman, banged her head against a wall, and even bit her.
Grattan, of no fixed address but from Wirral, sexually assaulted the victim, then carried out the disturbing rape.
But when jailed over his terrifying attacks, he stuck both of his middle fingers up at a judge, in a final act of defiance.
Grattan headbutted the woman, spat at her, warned her not to contact police, threatened to kill her family, then raped her.
He admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and another charge, which cannot be reported for legal reasons.
Grattan denied assault by penetration and rape, but a jury unanimously found him guilty of both charges after a trial.
He has a history of convictions for assaults against ex-partners and for battering a homeless person in Birkenhead.
His latest victim was left feeling anxious, nervous about going out in public, had problems sleeping, and suffered depression.
Grattan was jailed for 10 years and three months, with an extended five years on licence.
He was told to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life and made an indefinite restraining order.
40. David McLeary
David McLeary drugged a young girl with amphetamines and beat, molested and raped her.
A jury unanimously found the 47-year-old pervert guilty of 10 sexual offences on March 19, after a harrowing trial.
But he didn't turn up that morning because McLeary claimed his girlfriend had started showing symptoms of coronavirus overnight.
McLeary said he was told not to attend by NHS 111 - leaving Liverpool's top judge with no option but to adjourn sentencing for two weeks.
However, a new law, which has seen the automatic release point for serious sexual and violent offenders increased from halfway to two thirds into a jail sentence, came into effect on April 1.
Judge Andrew Menary, QC, hit McLeary with a 16-year sentence - meaning he will now have to serve 10 years and eight months behind bars, rather than the eight years he would have done - and told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
McLeary, of Bedford Road, Birkenhead, abused the girl from the age of 13 - raping her, hurling vile insults, and slapping her when she fought back.
He also gave the girl the Class B drug amphetamine - nicknamed "speed or whizz" - as part of his sickening abuse, before molesting her.
McLeary accused the girl of lying, but was found guilty of five counts of rape, one of indecent assault, and three of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
A jury also found him guilty of administering a substance with intent of stupefying or overpowering the girl, so as to enable him to engage in sexual activity.
The now adult woman said her childhood was ruined.
39. David Newton
David Newton spat at a nurse in an under-strain hospital after claiming to have taken heroin, amphetamine and crack cocaine.
The yob attacked the nurse as she dutifully tried to monitor his heart rate in the emergency unit at Arrowe Park Hospital on April 2.
The staff nurse had just come back from her break and was asked to monitor the heart rate of a man calling himself Michael Collins.
She called that name and Newton came into a cubicle and appeared calm, but she could smell alcohol on him, at around 1.15am.
The 50-year-old then started to throw himself around the trolley, which made it difficult to connect the device to monitor his heart.
Newton, of Manor Road, Liscard, then started to cough and spit at her, and when asked to stop, kicked out and began to swear.
He revealed he was a drug addict, then jumped off the trolley, kicked chairs and a bin, and coughed and spat in the nurse's direction.
She tried to calm him down, but didn't want to go too near as she wasn't wearing protective equipment - fearing he might have coronavirus.
He admitted assaulting an emergency worker and was jailed for six months and ordered to pay £300 compensation.
38. Liam Malvern
Drug dealer Liam Malvern was caught trying to flush crack cocaine down a toilet when police raided a house.
The 19-year-old was found sitting on a toilet with his trousers by his ankles when officers gained entry to a property in Warrington.
They believed he was disposing of drugs during the raid in Watkin Street, Orford and £200 was recovered from his trouser pocket.
Police also seized two mobile phones, a debt list found on the kitchen worktop with handwritten names and amounts, and two train tickets.
After examining the phones, officers uncovered Malvern had been visiting the address on a regular basis and offering drugs to users.
Malvern, from Dam Wood Road in Speke, was jailed for three and a half years after admitting being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine.
Detective Sergeant Tom Hall, from Cheshire Police, said: "Malvern had only just been released from prison after admitting supplying heroin and crack cocaine when he was caught once again by my team.
"He thought he could flush away the drugs and no police action would be taken, however he has learnt it isn't as easy as that."
37. Leighton Gardiner
Leighton Gardiner made his vulnerable partner's life a misery with his controlling behaviour - then boasted about it.
He said he was "proud of himself" after he hit his victim's head against a car door frame, and threatened to do it again so she would have "a nice lump on the other side of her face".
Gardiner, 32, also subjected the woman - who suffered with bipolar disorder - to humiliating and degrading treatment over the 10 months of their stormy relationship.
The jealous dad-of-two was found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour after a trial, but cleared of other charges including assault causing actual bodily harm.
Gardiner, of Ravenhead Avenue, Kirkby, accused the woman of infidelity, took her mobile phone away and prevented her from seeing family and friends.
Prosecutors said he would frequently hit her - on one occasion with her own fists, causing bleeding - even though she was carrying his child.
In the end, the woman fled the house with her children and was left homeless, having to be put up in hostel accommodation.
Jailing him for four years and imposing a restraining order, Judge Anil Murray told Gardiner: "You made her life completely miserable."
36. Daniel McCann
Drug dealer Daniel McCann was given the shortest possible sentence after a court heard of coronavirus lockdown conditions at HMP Liverpool.
The 32-year-old, of Waterloo Street, St Helens, faced a sentence between 42 months and seven years after admitting two counts of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, plus criminal damage.
However, McCann received the minimum of three and a half years, after defence lawyer John Rowan told Judge Garrett Byrne prisoners had "no toilet roll" and "no hand sanitiser".
Confined to his cell 23 hours, 45 minutes a day, McCann was only allowed out for 15 minutes' exercise a day, Mr Rowan said, with no access to courses, prison jobs or family visits.
A prison spokesperson said it had "robust plans" in place to keep prisoners safe, based on advice from Public Health England.
McCann was caught by police in a Volkswagen Golf when heading to Widnes to sell Class A drugs on January 28 this year.
He climbed on the roof of Widnes Spiritualist Church, where he caused £60 of damage, after dropping two wraps of heroin.
Firefighters brought him down and police discovered 26 wraps of crack cocaine and 26 wraps of heroin in the vehicle.
They searched McCann's home and found a "golf-ball-sized bag of powder", paracetamol and caffeine, for mixing with drugs.
The married dad-of-three has previous convictions including producing cannabis.
35. Paul McCarten
Paul McCarten - who once killed his pregnant wife's unborn baby after stabbing her in Asda - was branded a continuing danger to women.
The serial domestic abuser's latest victim was Aintree barmaid Stephanie Johnstone, who he abused throughout their 15-month relationship.
The 54-year-old hit and choked his girlfriend, hit her with a mobile phone so hard it left her with a head wound, and punched her without reason.
She was terrified for the safety of her child and he made threats to "slit her throat", shoved her into the side of his van, and deliberately drove at her.
The final straw was when in a jealous rage he promised to "kill her," pinched her nostrils together, and held her throat so she couldn't breathe.
McCarten, from Huyton, was convicted of controlling and coercive behaviour after a trial, having already been recalled to prison on licence.
He stabbed his ex-wife Laura three times at Asda Huyton in January 2002, penetrating her heart and lungs, and was found guilty of attempted murder.
By a "miracle", she survived the ferocious attack, but the unborn baby died, and McCarten, then 35, was jailed for 11 years that summer.
The lout was then locked up indefinitely in 2010 for threatening to kill a new girlfriend, with whom he started a relationship from behind bars.
He was released in 2016 after Parole Board officials deemed him no longer a threat, yet within 12 months was abusing Miss Johnstone.
Judge Rachel Smith jailed him for three years and said: "You present a continuing risk to women with whom you are able to form a relationship."
34. Daniel Townsend
Daniel Townsend said he hoped his children's mum would die of cancer after months of abusing her.
The manipulative dad attacked Jade Morgan, smashed her phone, and even broke into her home to steal her clothes.
He was handed a suspended jail sentence for harassment, battery, damaging property and burglary last October.
Yet within two months, the 32-year-old "exploited" child contact arrangements to terrify his victim.
On October 25, he was hit with 15 months in jail, suspended for two years, and an indefinite restraining order.
However, between December 16 and 19 he sent texts to her friend, supposedly to facilitate child contact.
Townsend said: "Tell her to f*** off. She's ruined my life. Tell her to f*** off, tell her to f*** off the dirty slag. I hope she dies of cancer."
On December 31, Townsend's mum came to pick the children up from Miss Morgan's Widnes home, but he was also in the car.
On March 3, the victim was walking in Widnes town centre with her daughter, when Townsend approached without warning.
Townsend admitted three counts of breaching a restraining order and breaching his suspended sentence.
The dad, of Penman Crescent, Halewood, who has eight previous convictions for 16 offences, was jailed for 22 months.
The ECHO is unable to show you his face because Cheshire Police refused to release his mugshot, despite official guidelines stating it should be provided.
33. Leroy Allen
Leroy Allen stabbed a 15-year-old boy in the neck during a cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol-fuelled house party.
The then 19-year-old attacked him from behind, inflicting a "deep cut" and permanent scar, stretching across the back of his neck.
Yet when the victim collapsed in pain, Allen's friend Charlie Agnew, then 18, kicked the defenceless boy in the head.
The court heard there were up to 30 teens at the home, in Rock Ferry, Wirral, early on March 18, 2017.
Prosecutors said the boy fell out with a third youth, who may also have been underage, leading to a kitchen fight.
The boy was getting the better of the third person, but Agnew started punching and kicking the victim, then he felt a blow to his neck.
The victim turned around to see Allen, who ran outside, then went after him, but collapsed, and Agnew kicked him in the head.
Allen went on the run for two years and was caught in a car containing around £40,000 of heroin at Southwaite Services, off the M6, on February 19, 2019.
He admitted possessing heroin with intent to supply and was jailed for three years and four months in April 2019.
Allen, now 22, of Paterson Street, Birkenhead, who admitted wounding, was jailed for 27 months, consecutive to his existing sentence.
Agnew, now 22, of Parkview Close, Birkenhead, admitted common assault and received an 18-month community order.
He was also hit with 200 hours of unpaid work, and a 10-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.
32. Ryan Wall
Ryan Wall spat at a woman and baby while claiming he had coronavirus.
He also assaulted the woman, who was holding the baby, during what police described as a "domestic incident" in Tuebrook.
The 22-year-old, of Lakenheath Road, Halewood, claimed he had been self-isolating with a cough and a temperature.
But he was assessed after his arrest on Tuesday last week and found not to be showing symptoms of Covid-19.
He admitted two counts of assault and was jailed for 22 weeks.
Wall was also ordered to pay £122 to his victim and a restraining order was granted.
31. Pheleim Andrews
A young mum called police on her drunken ex Pheleim Andrews when he turned up at her house with a loaded gun.
He was alleged to have pointed the weapon at Caitlin Mawdsley while she was home alone with their little boy.
They argued when he attended her Prescot address in the early hours and she called 999 after he finally left in a taxi.
Armed police stopped the vehicle on the M62 on the way to Manchester and seized a self-loading Baikal pistol.
It was loaded with six bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber and the safety catch was off.
Andrews, 27, is a convicted robber with a history of gun crime, who was serving an indefinite licence and has been recalled.
He was set to stand trial charged with possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
However, Miss Mawdsley was summoned to court on the opening day, when she made a further statement.
She said the allegations she made about seeing the gun in his hand were not true, and she actually felt it in his jacket pocket.
He was instead sentenced for offences he always admitted - possessing a firearm and two counts of possessing ammunition.
Andrews, of Tarporley Avenue, Fallowfield, Manchester, who has 11 convictions for 22 offences, was arrested on September 27 last year.
He was jailed for five years and two months.
30. Robert Carson
Robert Carson said he had coronavirus and threatened to spit at police after being confronted over social distancing fears.
The 54-year-old, of Fraser Street, in Liverpool city centre, was among a "closely gathered group" spotted outside the main entrance of Liverpool Lime Street.
British Transport Police (BTP) officers approached to advise the group, prompting a shameful response from Carson, at around 5.40pm, on Friday, March 27.
BTP said Carson, who later admitted being under the influence of drugs and alcohol, reacted aggressively and began shouting in the face of an officer.
He refused to leave the station multiple times and "soon started launching violent threats and insults", including that he had coronavirus and would spit in the officers' faces.
His shameful behaviour continued on his arrest, with police confirming he "continually spat at the dividing glass as he was being driven to custody in a police van".
Carson pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour and common assault of an emergency worker.
He was jailed for 16 weeks.
29. Ben Hoofe
Ben Hoofe headbutted his ex-partner but was caught by police cowering in her kitchen cupboard.
The "jealous and possessive" yob also repeatedly punched Claire Martin at her St Helens home.
When she begged him not to take her iPhone and cash, he simply replied: "I'm going to jail anyway."
However, when the cowardly 33-year-old was eventually arrested, officers found him hiding at her flat.
Hoofe received a community order in October after twice breaching a restraining order made last year.
But on November 2 Hoofe was waiting in a car park near her flat in Prescot Road, when she got home at around 10.30pm.
The drunken lout said he wanted to talk, but once inside he grabbed her hair and started punched her.
He headbutted her, leaving her with a cut to her nose and bruising, then fled and remained at large until March 13.
Prosecutors said that day officers went to Miss Martin's home and found Hoofe "hiding in a cupboard".
He admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and two counts of breaching a restraining order.
His past convictions include two assaults against Miss Martin in September 2018 and March 2019.
Hoofe, of School Way, Wigan, was jailed for 16 months.
28. Ashley Melvin
Notorious crook Ashley Melvin was caught dealing cocaine at a shopping centre.
The convicted armed robber was spotted by police speaking with a man at Golden Square Shopping Centre in Warrington.
Officers approached the pair but they ran off, only for Melvin to be caught nearby, and seen "fiddling" with the back of his pants.
Four snap bags were found on the 31-year-old - two containing cocaine and two empty - before officers raided his home in Appleton.
Police discovered £1,490 in cash, two mobile phones showing evidence of dealing, more snap bags and checklists at his Dale Lane property.
Melvin, who admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply, has 14 previous convictions for 43 offences.
He was locked up for six years in 2009 for supplying Class A drugs and three shop robberies as part of a gang armed with knives and a baton.
Melvin was jailed for three years and four months for supplying cocaine, and banned from the road for dangerous driving, in 2015.
In February 2018, he rammed police cars during a 60mph chase, which led to a 12-month jail sentence.
Melvin was jailed for five years and eight months this week, which was welcomed by Superintendent Martin Cleworth, of Warrington Local Policing Unit.
He said: "This is a significant sentence handed to a drug dealer who is associated with well-known organised criminals in Warrington.
"Melvin plays a pivotal role in dealing cocaine across the town and repeatedly comes up on our radar."
27. Damian Rimmer
Cowardly burglar Damian Rimmer was caught thanks to a lioness-like mum defending her children from his gang.
The 37-year-old and two other masked thugs raided a family's home in Rainhill, looking for money that wasn't there.
Cheryl Jones was sleeping upstairs with her six-year-old daughter and son, aged nine, who is severely disabled.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said her partner was away that night and described it as "a mother's worst nightmare".
But he said: "In fact you and your accomplices got more than you bargained for - probably more than you have ever done in your criminal career."
The heroic mum shouted "who the f*** are you?" then wrestled with Rimmer, of Max Road, Dovecot, exposing the coward's face.
As they fought in front of her children she scratched him - capturing vital DNA evidence beneath her fingernails.
However, her son, who is blind and quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, has been left traumatised.
Rimmer admitted burglary after raiding the home, at around 12.20am, on December 5 last year.
The drug addict has 33 convictions for 68 offences, including multiple burglaries and armed robbery.
He was jailed for six years and nine months.
26. Carl Daniels
Police found a cannabis farm in a loft at the Allerton home of Carl Daniels after catching him in a car with a stash of drugs.
Officers stopped a Volkswagen Golf heading to Widnes along Speke Boulevard, at around 1pm, on Tuesday, January 28 this year.
The driver fled, throwing away wraps of drugs, but in the passenger seat where Daniels was sitting were 26 wraps of crack cocaine and 26 wraps of heroin.
A search of the 57-year-old's home in Lascelles Road uncovered another 24 wraps of crack, plus a sophisticated cannabis farm including 30 plants.
He claimed he was involved in "bagging" drugs and admitted two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and production of a Class B drug.
The driver of the car, Daniel McCann, 32, of Waterloo Street, St Helens, was jailed for three and a half years at an earlier hearing.
Daniels was jailed for three years.
25. Kayne Kennedy
Kayne Kennedy was caught hiding crack cocaine inside a box of jalapenos.
The 20-year-old was leaving a café on Orford Lane in Warrington when he was stopped by two police officers.
Kennedy tried to run off and then threw the box of jalapenos he was holding on to the ground, on April 23 last year.
In the box were 36 individual wraps of crack cocaine, worth £360 in total.
Police said Kennedy is believed to have been a drugs runner for a county lines drug gang.
Kennedy, of Whitland Drive in Oldham, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
He was jailed for 30 months.
24. Lee Smith
Lee Smith beat a karaoke-loving disabled man to a pulp after targeting him because of his vulnerability.
Paul Humphries has learning difficulties, a speech impediment and is deaf in both ears, requiring hearing aids.
The 51-year-old found a safe haven at The Alexandra pub in Bootle, where regulars took him to their hearts.
He became known as 'Elvis', thanks to his love of Elvis Presley, and was also nicknamed 'Podger'.
But he was left too scared to visit the pub after a gutless attack by Smith, 36, which left him with a bleed on the brain.
Smith, who was heard to say "I'm going to get that Elvis Presley", followed Mr Humphries as he walked home.
He then savagely battered him in the street - breaking his victim's nose, right eye socket and right cheekbone.
Both men had been in the Marsh Lane pub, on Boxing Day 2018, prior to the cowardly attack, at around 2am.
A group of people spotted Smith near Bootle's Asda store at around 3pm that day, but he was armed with a knife and escaped.
Smith, of Warrenhouse Road, Kirkby, admitted causing grievous bodily harm, which carries a maximum five-year sentence.
He had already pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in public and was jailed for 16 months for that offence last year.
Smith was jailed for three years and four months, with an extended 18 months on licence.
23. Stephen Fletcher
Filthy Stephen Fletcher "swilled" a female prison officer with urine and faeces that splashed into her mouth.
The disgusting crook targeted the woman, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, at HMP Altcourse.
He called out "miss" to get her attention and when she turned to speak to him, took the lid off a container taken from the prison kitchens.
The 39-year-old, who has 45 past convictions for 90 offences, hurled the vile contents at close range in a "humiliating" attack.
He then walked off before the shocked victim and a colleague wrestled him to the floor, with Fletcher landing in his own mess.
Fletcher was jailed for six months on November 19 last year for threatening behaviour and possessing an offensive weapon.
He launched his attack, known as either "swilling" or "potting", 10 days later.
Fletcher claimed he was paid to do it and if he refused he would have been slashed.
But the next month he was overheard in a patient unit saying he "swilled a screw", adding: "They spoke to me like s***."
Fletcher, of no fixed address, admitted administering a noxious substance.
The dad-of-five's criminal record includes robbery, affray, eight common assaults and seven offences of resisting police.
He was jailed for two years and two months.
22. Michael McCloud
Jealous dad Michael McCloud kicked his pregnant ex-partner in the stomach and broke her jaw in half.
He was furious Laura Adams slept with someone else after she ended their relationship and became obsessed with finding out who.
Prosecutors said Miss Adams told him she was expecting and 29-year-old McCloud didn't know whether or not he was the baby's father.
He invited her to help wrap their two children's Christmas presents at the family's Wirral home, but lost his temper and launched a "vicious assault".
McCloud only stopped when their young daughter came downstairs, before threatening her cousin and sister and demanding they name her lover.
He denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent, malicious communications and threatening criminal damage in an astonishing five-day trial.
Prosecutors treated Miss Adams as a "hostile witness", after she supported his "implausible" claim that she had fallen, after tripping on Christmas lights.
However, her original police statement and a voicemail inadvertently left on her nan's phone revealed the true horror of the December 23 attack.
He was heard to say "I'll break your face you little slag", Miss Adams to scream "get off me", and McCloud telling their daughter to go back to bed.
The victim underwent surgery on Christmas Eve to insert plates and bone screws in her jaw, which had been "literally split down the middle".
A jury unanimously convicted former soldier McCloud, of Cherry Tree Road, Moreton, of all charges and a judge said he showed no remorse.
He was jailed for eight years, of which he must serve two thirds - five years and four months - behind bars.
21. Ashley Gray
Racist and homophobic woman beater Ashley Gray said he had coronavirus and hoped police would catch it.
Gray, who once stabbed the mum of his four children with a pair of scissors, attacked her again last month.
The 36-year-old had "pitched camp" in Claire Hamilton's Toxteth home, because she was too scared to turn him away.
Flouting a restraining order, he punched her in the face, causing two black eyes and blood to pour from a cut to her nose.
When arrested, he subjected a Polish woman - a neighbour who once gave evidence against him - to racist abuse.
The bully, of no fixed address, then made the Covid-19 threats in a disgusting homophobic rant to two officers.
Gray attacked Miss Hamilton on March 14, then threatened the neighbour and police on March 15 when arrested.
He admitted common assault, breaching a restraining order, racially aggravated threatening behaviour, and two counts of "homophobically aggravated" threatening behaviour.
Gray was jailed for two years and four months. His restraining order was extended until 2025.
20. David Kelly
Brutal torturer David Kelly tried to escape justice by issuing sinister threats from the jail cell he shared with an evil killer.
Kelly and gun thug Dylan Westall were set to stand trial over kidnapping a dad and subjecting him to sadistic violence in Huyton in July 2018.
They were locked up together at Preston prison, as Westall, 29, also awaited trial over the shooting of 17-year-old James Meadows in Huyton.
Westall was later cleared of murdering James, but found guilty of manslaughter, and jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years last December.
Kelly, 29, had tried to derail their gang's kidnap trial, using a smuggled phone to recruit Daniel Shimmin and Craig Wright to intimidate the victim.
Westall, of Rudgate, Whiston, and Kelly, of Gonville Road, Bootle, were charged with kidnap, false imprisonment and grievous bodily harm with intent.
In November 2018, Kelly told Shimmin and Wright to go to the torture victim's home, where they handed him a phone, with Kelly on the other end of the line.
Kelly said there would be "consequences" for the man's family if he attended the trial, but his wife was "severely distressed" and they called the police.
Ahead of the trial last February, Kelly admitted the charges, and was locked up for 14 years and four months.
Westall was found guilty of false imprisonment and causing GBH with intent, but a jury couldn't decide whether he was involved in the kidnap.
The Crown Prosecution Service intended to hold another trial against Westall in May, despite the fact he was now serving a 22-year life sentence.
Westall was going to be joined in the dock by Shimmin, 28, of Bewsey Road, Warrington, and Wright, 32, of Princess Avenue, Poulton, Warrington.
All three men denied conspiring to pervert the course of justice and Westall denied the kidnapping, but this week prosecutors dropped these charges.
Kelly, who admitted perverting the course of justice, was hit with two more years in prison, increasing his sentence to 16 years and four months.
19. Dylan Thompson
Dylan Thompson raped a girl at knifepoint then threatened to cut her up and send the pieces to her mum in a bin bag.
The now 18-year-old, of Church Road West, Walton, molested and raped two frightened girls in horrifying ordeals.
A court heard the "very damaged" teen, who spent time in care, could become violent in an instant - "with no trigger".
The teen, who thought about and visualised killing his parents, inflicted vile abuse on the children, leaving them mentally scarred.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "Your offending behaviour upon them will live with them for the rest of their lives."
Thompson denied any wrongdoing and was set to stand trial charged with 10 sexual offences, before changing his pleas to guilty.
He admitted three counts of rape, one of attempted rape, three of assault by penetration and three of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
Thompson was locked up for 11 years, with an extended six years on licence, and told to sign on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
This sentence means Thompson must serve at least two thirds of the sentence - seven years and four months - behind bars.
He will only be released before the end of the sentence if a parole board considers he is no longer a risk and will remain on licence until he is 35.
18. Stefan McCormick
Stefan McCormick threw a bloodied tissue at a hospital worker and told nurses: "I hope you get coronavirus."
Medics were trying to help the cruel thug, previously jailed for snapping a puppy's legs by ripping them apart.
But he repaid them by becoming abusive when they wouldn't let his girlfriend accompany him because of Covid 19 fears.
After shouting at nurses, telling them he hoped they get the disease, he also called a female security officer a "bitch" and a "slag".
McCormick, 29, blamed his outburst at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral on March 26 on his fears over having bowel cancer.
He threw a bloodied tissue at a security guard, before he was wrestled to the floor, then became apologetic.
McCormick, of Woodchurch Lane, Prenton, Wirral, admitted intentionally causing harassment, assaulting an emergency worker and breaching a suspended sentence.
His previous convictions include injuring a four-month old Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Ty so badly he had to be put down in December 2013.
At the time of this latest hospital incident he had a nine-month suspended sentence hanging over him, for an affray at San Carlo restaurant.
He was jailed for 10 months, including six months of his suspended sentence.
17. Ryan Howard
Ryan Howard killed two parents after speeding through red lights at twice the limit before crashing into a taxi.
The drunken idiot's BMW ploughed into a Ford Mondeo on the East Lancashire Road in February of last year.
Passenger Michelle Jennings, 35, a mum-of-two who was heading to work at the time, was killed in the 5am crash.
And taxi driver Dave Sherwin, 51, suffered a host of severe injuries and died after a two-week hospital battle.
Despicably, Howard claimed Mr Sherwin crashed into him, before eventually admitting he caused the tragedy.
The liar, who had been drinking in pubs and clubs until about 4.30am, drove a friend home on February 27.
The 27-year-old went through traffic lights which had already been on red for 16 seconds, at an estimated 83mph.
Howard later said he had no recollection of the crash or whether he was driving, but his DNA was found on the driver's airbag.
With no lies left, the killer, of Windermere Avenue, St Helens, admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Judge Andrew Menary, QC, said cases of dangerous driving "do not get much worse than this".
He jailed Howard for nine years and banned him from driving for 13 and a half years.
16. Jason Gilmartin
Convicted killer Jason Gilmartin's own sisters helped put him back behind bars after a terrifying burglary.
The 47-year-old ferried a masked gang to and from an armed raid on a businessman's family home in West Derby.
The thugs manhandled the owner's daughter, threatened her at knifepoint and stole her sapphire ring and Cartier watch.
They also threatened to stab her dogs, before escaping with an £80,000 haul, including luxury watches and £25,000 in cash.
Getaway driver Gilmartin was found guilty of aggravated burglary after a trial when two of his sisters gave evidence against him.
Mary Sheila Au said her brother confessed he had "done a job", while Christine Lau recalled Gilmartin said he needed to "lie low".
They did so 18 years after he killed his older brother Colin Duffy, 37, by stabbing him through the heart during a drunken row in 2002.
Gilmartin stood trial charged with murder in 2003, but prosecutors accepted his plea to manslaughter and he was jailed for five years.
The burglary, described by prosecutors as a "home invasion", happened in Eaton Road, at around 1pm, on August 30, 2018.
Gilmartin, of no fixed address, was jailed for 13 years, of which he must serve two thirds behind bars.
15. Patrick Garrett
Prisoner Patrick Garrett went to hospital after swallowing batteries and razor blades but "slipped his cuffs" and escaped.
The 30-year-old was serving a jail sentence for dangerous driving at Altcourse Prison in Fazakerley earlier this year.
The inmate, from Vauxhall, was rushed to Aintree hospital for emergency treatment after endangering his own life.
But despite being handcuffed and attached by a chain to a prison officer, Garrett somehow got the better of his guard.
The crook fled out the main entrance and reached Manchester before he was finally caught, after 36 hours on the run.
He pulled away from the guard when handing in dirty laundry, after taking a shower, at around 8.15am on March 25.
Garrett, who admitted the escape, was sentenced last July for aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
He was handed a four-month prison sentence, but was not due for release until September anyway.
14. Lee Cunliffe
Lee Cunliffe asked a hotel receptionist "what beer would you recommend having before killing someone?" then viciously attacked a young mum.
The 35-year-old subjected his girlfriend to a sustained assault after she fled into a road, following an angry phone call and aggressive behaviour.
Cunliffe swung the nurse around by the hair after punching her in the head, and repeatedly slapped her face, near the Trafford Centre, in Manchester.
The couple, who have a four-year-old daughter together, stayed overnight at a hotel during a shopping trip that turned nasty on January 4.
Cunliffe, of Patterdale Avenue, Orford, Warrington, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.
He was already serving a suspended sentence for possessing an offensive weapon.
Cunliffe was jailed for 12 months.
13. Melvin Miller
Melvin Miller filmed himself raping two young girls to add to his "library" of 255,000 sick photos and videos.
The 44-year-old molested his victims - from the ages of six and 11 respectively - in a horrifying campaign of abuse.
It came to light when the younger of the girls confided in a friend, who told a schoolteacher, then police were alerted.
The "embarrassed" children were interviewed and at that stage simply said Miller had asked them to rub his genitals.
The fiend was arrested and denied any wrongdoing - claiming that officers wouldn't find anything illegal on his computer.
But when police raided his home in St Helens, they uncovered the biggest collection of vile images ever seen by one officer.
And they also discovered explicit video footage on Miller's hard drives ojoin f him raping and sexually abusing both victims.
The evil paedophile, who has no previous convictions, had since moved to Mountsfield, Frome, Somerset.
He admitted 30 sexual offences against the girls and five counts of making or possessing indecent images of children.
Miller was jailed for 16 years, of which he must serve at least eight years, before he is eligible for parole.
He will then be on an extended licence for 12 months and must sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
12. Marlon Finneran
Marlon Finneran launched a kung-fu kick at a prison guard handing out toilet roll to inmates.
He "snatched" a pack of four from the prisoner officer, who then scolded him for his behaviour.
In response, Finneran walked away, turned and ran at the guard. before leaping into a "flying kick".
The attack, at Warrington's HMP Risley, connected with the guard's arms and stomach, leaving him with pain and bruising.
When the officer reached for his pepper spray, Finneran said: "What do you think that's going to do?"
However, the cocky thug, 26, of no fixed address, was incapacitated after being sprayed to the face in August 2019.
Finneran previously punched another prison officer in the nose at HMP Forest Bank in Manchester in November 2018.
He admitted one count of assault causing actual bodily harm and one count of assault by beating on an emergency worker.
Finneran was jailed for 18 months.
11. Daniel Thompson
Daniel Thompson was caught with a knife at Lime Street Station which he said he forgot he had because he smokes so much cannabis.
The self-confessed stoner, 31, of Botanic Road, Edge Hill, was wandering around with the blade in his backpack on Monday, March 23.
Liverpool Magistrates' Court heard he appeared "nervous" and was stopped by a plain clothes police officer on patrol, at around 11.55am.
Thompson was searched, and when the officer discovered a kitchen knife in his bag and arrested him, he replied: "I forgot it was there."
Lucy Fitch-Adams, prosecuting, said: "He said he smokes a lot of cannabis and he forgot the knife was in his backpack."
Thompson, who has 15 previous convictions for 23 offences, dating back to 2006 when he was 17, pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in public.
This was the second time he had been caught with a blade, meaning he was subject to a minimum sentence of six months, minus credit for his plea.
Thompson was also on licence at the time, which doesn't expire until January 2021, and is now awaiting a prison recall.
He was jailed for 21 weeks.
10. Jeffrey Dey
Jeffrey Dey had the smile wiped off his face after he was jailed for targeting a pub forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The grinning burglar was caught by police just yards away from The Richard John Blackler, which he broke into during the early hours of Tuesday, March 24.
The Wetherspoons branch in Great Charlotte Street was one of a number of Liverpool city centre venues targeted in separate burglaries amid the lockdown.
Merseyside Police said 30-year-old Dey, of Langton Road, Wavertree, was found empty handed in the same street as the pub, at around 2am.
He pleaded guilty to burglary at Liverpool Magistrates' Court and was jailed for 26 weeks.
9. Brian Healless
Brian Healless murdered an innocent teen in a "savage" knife attack after targeting him on dating website Grindr.
A judge branded the 18-year-old "extremely dangerous" after he lured Alex Davies, from Skelmersdale, to a brutal death.
The evil killer stabbed his victim more than 100 times, battered and choked him, then buried his body under branches.
Healless even kept 18-year-old Alex's wallet, found in a tin hidden in his bedroom, as a "trophy" to mark his vicious attack.
And a court heard he may well have gone on to become a serial killer, after contacting four other gay men to arrange dates.
Defence lawyers argued the murderer's paranoid schizophrenia meant he had diminished responsibility for his attack on Alex.
But a jury heard he arranged to meet Alex, guided him to woods at Parbold Hill, near Ormskirk, then knifed him at least 128 times.
And jurors took less than an hour to find Healless guilty of murder, following a harrowing five-day trial.
Judge Mark Brown said: "You were messaging him on Grindr and Instagram for the purpose of meeting him at a remote location.
"You were undoubtedly setting him up to kill and you are a manipulative, calculating and devious person."
He added: "In my judgement, you are a cold blooded killer and this was a most brutal murder.
"Alex was a kind-hearted, gentle and hard-working young man who would never have harmed anyone.
"You lulled him to his death and executed the killing in a savage way."
David McLachlan, QC, prosecuting, said Healless had researched how to delete the memory from the Home Bargain worker's mobile phone.
He stole the victim's two devices - along with his watch, headphones, wallet and rucksack - before wiping them when he returned home.
Judge Brown said: "You stole Alex's property, which included a leather wallet, and perhaps the wallet and the phone were intended as trophies."
After killing Alex on April 29, 2019, the coldblooded teenager contacted four other men on Grindr and attempted to arrange meetings with them.
Judge Brown said: "There can be no doubt you were setting up the next victim to kill and it is extremely fortuitous you were arrested before anybody else suffered the same fate.”
"In my judgement you are an extremely dangerous person and although you have paranoid schizophrenia, the illness did not reduce your culpability in any significant way."
Healless, of Rylands Road, Chorley, was jailed for life with a minimum of 24 years.
6. Callum Carr 7. Lewis Carr and 8. Jack O'Connor
Callum Carr, Jack O'Connor and Lennon Lowry stole a Nissan X-Trail in a cruel burglary from a woman who cares for her elderly mum.
They were later joined by Callum Carr's brother Lewis Carr, when they robbed a 16-year-old boy of an iPhone he was given for his birthday.
But when they tried to escape police, officers used a spiked stop stick to puncture two of the Nissan's tyres, then rammed it off the road.
Photos found on Callum Carr and Lowry's phones showed them and O'Connor sitting on the car roof, making hand gestures and smoking.
And a shameful video on 22-year-old Callum Carr's device showed the laughing yob in the car, asking his gang: "Who are we going to rob today boys?"
The car was taken when the home in Rivington Road, Wallasey was burgled, at around 5am, on August 21 last year.
Lowry, then 17, drove it through the Wallasey Tunnel to a Shell garage on Scotland Road, where O'Connor, 18, stole £31 of petrol, and they sped away.
Joined by Lewis Carr, 18, they headed to Woodland Road, Upton, where they robbed the boy, at around 10.30pm.
The victim was surrounded by the gang, one of whom pointed his hand out in his pocket, as if he had a knife.
Police tracked the Nissan through the Birkenhead tunnel to Islington, where they deployed a stop stick, chased the car at high speed through red lights, then brought it to a halt on Islington.
Callum Carr claimed his comment on camera was about robbing cannabis dealers, but was found guilty after a trial of burglary, theft, robbery and aggravated vehicle taking.
The crook, of Amelia Close, Islington, has 27 convictions for 40 offences, dating back to when he was 11, including five counts of robbery or attempted robbery, and possessing a knife.
He was locked up for four years and 10 months, and banned from driving for 38 months.
O'Connor, of Bridge Street, Birkenhead, who has one conviction for possessing cannabis, admitted burglary, theft, making off without payment and aggravated vehicle taking. He was found guilty of robbery.
He was locked up for two years and eight months, and given a 25-month road ban.
Lewis Carr, of Amelia Close, Islington, who has 10 convictions for 20 offences, admitted robbery and aggravated vehicle taking.
His rap sheet, dating back to when he was 13, includes arson, burglaries, robbery and attempted robbery, racially aggravated threatening behaviour and possessing a knife.
He received 22 months in a young offenders institution, with a 20-month driving ban.
Lowry, 18, of Burns Avenue, Wallasey, admitted burglary, theft, making off without payment, robbery and dangerous driving.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
5. David Watkinson
David Watkinson was caught with a lock knife at an Asda supermarket in Wirral during the coronavirus lockdown.
Merseyside Police said officers on patrol spotted him at the entrance of the Asda Grange Road store in Birkenhead.
They stopped and searched the 42-year-old, of Ballantyne Walk, Bidston, at around 3.40pm on Friday, March 27.
He was arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article in a public place and later charged with the offence.
Watkinson pleaded guilty to the charge and was jailed for 20 weeks.
4. Mark Doyle
Mark Doyle made a young mum's life "a living nightmare" with a disgusting "campaign of terror".
The 35-year-old targeted an "extremely vulnerable" victim, who he humiliated and degraded "on an almost daily basis".
He mocked her weight, put her food in a dog bowl, wouldn't let her go to the toilet alone, and destroyed her clothes.
Doyle stabbed, punched, bit and choked the woman, robbed her at knifepoint, and even wished her children dead.
The vile bully, of Frederick Street, St Helens, has a history of attacking women, including three former partners.
Judge Garret Byrne said: "This is one of the most serious cases of its type that the court has seen in recent years."
Doyle admitted controlling and coercive behaviour, robbery, two counts of battery, criminal damage, assault causing actual bodily harm, and malicious communication, during 13 months of abuse, which began in February 2019.
Desmond Lennon, defending, said he was a drug addict and alcoholic and there was "almost a Jekyll and Hyde aspect to his character".
Doyle was jailed for seven and a half years, with an extended two and a half years on licence.
3. Jon Womack
Convicted rapist Jon Womack was released from jail on licence then tried to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.
The now 40-year-old was locked up for six years in August 2016, after raping a vulnerable woman in her 30s.
The registered sex offender served half of the sentence behind bars, before he was set free in August last year.
But within six months Womack, of Greenfield Way, Allerton, was online looking for a new victim - this time a child.
However, the person the evil pervert thought was a young girl was in fact an adult, from a 'paedophile hunter' group.
Justice4Kids set up a fake profile on a dating website called Oasis in January and a judge said Womack "took the bait".
He sent her a picture of his penis, discussed how she could perform sex acts on him, and arranged to meet up.
But members of the group met him near Liverpool Lime Street Station on February 8 and he was arrested by the police.
Womack admitted attempted sexual communication with a child and attempting to meet a child following grooming.
The dad-of-three was jailed for four years, with an extended two years on licence.
He must sign on the Sex Offenders Register and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.
2. Dean Weaver
Dean Weaver stabbed a guest at his house party with a combat knife before setting off a ferocious dog attack.
The convicted heroin dealer, 28, of Fidler Street in Thatto Heath, St Helens, struck at around 5.15am on September 15 last year.
Joshua Goddard, 30, had been on a night out with friends in St Helens town centre and ended up at the party in Weaver's home.
Things turned ugly and Weaver plunged the knife into Mr Goddard's arm, before setting his Staffordshire bull terrier on the victim.
The dog, named Snoop, caused deep puncture wounds to Mr Goddard's upper arms and both legs, leaving him with severe scarring.
The dog attack continued even as Mr Goddard ran into the street in a bid to escape, before police and paramedics attended.
Weaver admitted being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and was convicted of wounding with intent after a trial.
He was previously jailed for three years and four months for two counts of supplying heroin and two of supplying crack cocaine in 2017.
Weaver was locked up for eight years in total and the court ordered the dog be destroyed.
1. Stephen Farrell
Cocaine addict Stephen Farrell repeatedly stabbed a young mum when she rescued her seven-year-old daughter from him.
The woman, who along with her child cannot be named for legal reasons, woke one night to hear her little girl screaming in bed.
The Wirral mum found the 32-year-old with his hands around the scared child's neck, gripping tight, while holding the eight inch blade.
Farrell released his grip and stabbed the mum, knifing her seven times in total, after pinning her down on the floor, in a pool of blood.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "The events were a mother's worst nightmare... she believed that her time was up and she was going to die."
The victim managed to disarm Farrell, of Upton Road, Moreton, and following a fight when he shoved her daughter, locked the bedroom door.
The woman suffered multiple wounds to both buttocks, the right side of her chest, her right foot, both thighs, and her left arm, elbow, hand and fingers.
She underwent surgery to open and close the chest wound, received further stitches, and sustained tendon and nerve damage to her left arm and hand.
Farrell was charged with attempted murder of the woman and assault causing actual bodily harm against the child.
However, having consulted with the mum, prosecutors accepted guilty pleas to the lesser offences of wounding with intent and common assault.
Farrell was jailed for eight years and eight months, with an extended three years and four months on licence.
