A paedophile, drug dealers and a 'Jesus lookalike' from the Wirral peninsula were all locked up in May.
Cases from the courts last month include a man who was jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl and then threatened to "burn her house".
Others included a fairground pervert who slapped and groped the bottoms of two girls while working as a security guard at a fair in Wirral.
There was also the Seacombe grandad who engaged in filthy online conversations with a "13-year-old girl" hoping they could meet up - but he was actually chatting to an undercover officer.
Here are all the people now behind bars for their crimes after being sentenced in May.
Wayne McColl and Shane Gaffney
Wayne McColl led police to a "substantial amount of crack cocaine and heroin" when caught for the second time in two weeks.
The 48-year-old, of Grosvenor Road, Birkenhead was first arrested on June 5, 2020 mid drug deal after being spotted by members of the public.
He was arrested and a search of his home recovered more drugs and another suspected dealer, Shane Gaffney, 49, also of Grosvenor Road.
Both were arrested for possessing crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis with intent to supply
Just over a month later, McColl was arrested again on July 19 after being caught in the middle of another drug deal.
Another search of his home led police to find a "substantial amount of crack cocaine and heroin".
McColl was jailed for two years and eight months, while Gaffney received two years and three months.
Paul Long
Paul Long slapped and groped the bottoms of two girls while working as a security guard at a fairground.
The former doorman was employed at a temporary funfair when it came to Birkenhead Road in Seacombe.
But the "large and physically imposing" 59-year-old preyed on two children in separate incidents on the same day.
He slapped the bottom of a 15-year-old girl while giving her first aid, then laughed in her face and followed after her.
Long then trapped a second girl, 14, on a Waltzer ride and grabbed her bottom, before squaring up to her dad when he arrived.
The now 61-year-old, of Huddleston Close, Woodchurch, Birkenhead, struck twice on the evening of Thursday, March 28, 2019.
He was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault after a trial, when the girls had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.
Long was previously handed a community order in January 2017 for causing death by careless driving.
He was jailed for eight months.
Philip Jones
Philip Jones raped a little girl who had just been sick while pretending to comfort her.
He was previously branded a "danger to women" after he made thousands of searches on internet rape sites, then spiked a victim's drink.
The former soldier was caught by a doorman at a Wirral pub putting powder into a woman's drink so he could sexually assault her in 2013.
The paedophile, who also downloaded child sex abuse images, was jailed for five years, with an extended three years on licence, in 2014.
Last December he was sent back to jail for hiding a mobile phone from police, after secretly working as a maintenance man in family homes.
But this week it emerged that the 59-year-old had also raped and molested a little girl prior to his arrest in 2013.
That abuse only came to light when the child revealed last May that she had been living with the trauma for nearly a decade.
Jones, of Poulton Road, Seacombe, admitted two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault.
He was jailed for 13 and a half years, with an extended five years on licence.
Colin Robinson
Colin Robinson engaged in filthy online conversations with a 13-year-old girl hoping they could meet up.
The 75-year-old encouraged the child to bunk off school, sent her an indecent video of himself, and said he wanted to seduce her.
When told she lived in Manchester, he replied: "You are now in big trouble, it's just down the M57."
But unknown to the Wirral grandad he was actually chatting with an undercover officer going by the name of Lucy, posing as the school girl, in September 2019.
The retired Cammell Lairds worker, of Borough Road, Seacombe, admitted five offences involving attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, attempting to incite a child to engage in a sexual act, and attempted sexual communication.
He was jailed for two years.
Simon Fitzgerald
Simon Fitzgerald was jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl and then threatening to "burn her house".
The 29-year-old, of Whitford Road, Birkenhead, originally denied assaulting the victim, who was under 16.
After being released by police, Fitzgerald then went to the victim's home and shouted through her window.
On another occasion, the paedophile was seen trying to get into her house in the early hours of the morning.
He was spotted again later, when the victim's mum found an empty petrol can outside her front door in Bury.
She believed it had been left as a "warning" by the convicted robber, who had threatened to "burn her house".
He finally pleaded guilty ahead of a trial to causing a child to engage in sexual activity and witness intimidation.
Fitzgerald was jailed for four years and eight months.
The ECHO understands Greater Manchester Police said it was unable to provide an image of him.
Joseph McCarthy
A crook described as a 'Jesus lookalike' was sent back to prison after spending seven months on the run.
Joseph McCarthy was recalled to prison but refused to hand himself in, telling a probation officer he had a job outside of Merseyside.
Merseyside Police took to social media to try and track down the 26-year-old, posting his mugshot on their Facebook account.
People were quick to comment on McCarthy's appearance, with many people online likening him to Jesus Christ.
McCarthy was jailed for possessing ammunition in 2018, then set free and recalled once in 2019, then re-released in June that same year.
But he then failed to engage with the probation service and following yet another recall in April 2020, he remained at large until October 2020.
McCarthy, of no fixed address but with links to Kirkby and Ellesmere Port, was jailed for six months.
