This list features four people jailed in December for crimes linked to St Helens.
This month, judges in Merseyside sentenced a thief who stole £100 worth of towels from Matalan while also assaulting a shop worker who got in his way.
Disturbing cases included a deputy head teacher and her 'monster' boyfriend who jointly raped a child under the age of 13.
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Courts heard about a serial woman beater who punched an ex lover at a wedding.
Here is an overview of some of the most serious cases to have concluded this past month.
Anthony Halliwell
Anthony Halliwell assaulted a woman when he stole £100 of towels from a Matalan store in St Helens.
The 25-year-old, of Phoenix Brow, St Helens struck at the shop on Watts Clift Way on Thursday, November 11.
He pushed a staff member out of the way as he ran out of the shop, causing her to fall and bang her head.
Halliwell managed to escape but was later identified on CCTV footage by community police officers.
He was jailed for 18 weeks after being found guilty of assault and theft.
Dean Critchley
Serial woman beater Dean Critchley punched an ex lover in the face at a wedding.
The 27-year-old and the victim, who had split up 10 months earlier, both went to the ceremony at Alder Root Golf Club in Warrington.
The woman thought he would be nice when she went over to say hello but he was "steaming drunk", on Tuesday, December 7, 2020.
A friend of Critchley's tried to chat her up, which angered the thug, who smashed her phone and punched her in the nose, splitting it, before she fell to the ground and hit the back of her head, causing a lump.
Critchley, of Pennine Drive, St Helens, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
He was jailed for 10 months, when he gave a thumbs up sign to the judge.
David Morris
A 'monster' boyfriend and his deputy headteacher partner filmed themselves raping a young girl.
David Morris, 52, and his girlfriend Julie Morris carried out child sex abuse described by a top judge as "depraved".
The couple - who were not married but have the same surname - exchanged vile texts about their sick acts on WhatsApp and videos showed Julie Morris "giggling".
In one conversation, David Morris told his partner "you have created a monster, baby" and she replied: "It's all us baby. Xxx"
Officers found child sex abuse photos on David Morris' devices but also the rape videos and evidence of Julie Morris "sending him photographs of other children to feed his predilection to sexually abusing young children".
Detectives were able to identify the girl the couple abused and video interviewed her, when she disclosed some, but not all of the abuse.
However, the videos and disturbing chats between the pair showed the horrifying true picture.
They later joked about the rapes, David Morris stating "we ruin our conquests together xxx" and Julie Morris replying "haha".
David Morris, who like his partner had no previous convictions, confessed in full.
David Morris, of Sandfield Road, Ecclestone, previously admitted 34 sexual offences, including seven counts of raping a child under the age of 13, causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
He also admitted taking, possessing and distributing indecent photos of a child, engaging in sexual communications with a child, voyeurism and possessing extreme pornography.
Judge Menary jailed David Morris for 16 years with an extended four years on licence.
Julie Morris
Julie Morris, the girlfriend of David Morris, was also arrested this month after they filmed themselves raping a young girl.
Julie Morris assisted David Morris in carrying out child sex abuse described by a top judge as "depraved".
Julie Morris, 44, from Hindley, worked at St George's Central Primary School in Tyldesley, Wigan, but the offences she committed were not related to her job.
However, Liverpool Crown Court heard she sent non-indecent photos of pupils to her mechanic boyfriend "to feed" his depravity.
Mr Wyn Williams said Julie Morris sent David Morris photos of children at her school "for his sexual gratification".
Described by her headteacher as an "introvert", Julie Morris had been deputy head since 2011 and was the school's "safeguarding lead".
When interviewed, Julie Morris admitted her involvement in the abuse but claimed David Morris instigated it and she did it "out of fear that he would distribute naked images that he had of her" and felt he had "a hold" over her.
Julie Morris, of Ancroft Drive, Hindley, admitted 18 sexual offences, including two counts of jointly raping a child under the age of 13, causing or inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, and taking and possessing indecent photos of a child.
The judge jailed Julie Morris for 13 years and four months with an extended four years on licence.
Judge Menary jailed David Morris for 16 years with an extended four years on licence.
