Pugh was jailed for eight years and eight months. A judge said it was an "extremely grave offence" as he jailed Talbot for 21 years and nine months. Their EncroChat names were DullTuna and WealthyMace, WaspLawn, and DiorIce. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. It is done remotely, but it is done by interrogating the RAM of the phone, not by intercepting the communication after it has left the phone. Garvey, who used the EncroChat handles "ChopperReid" and "ButterflyJuice" admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, cannabis and ketamine, conspiring to produce cannabis, and possessing cannabis. In October, a regional court in Berlin sent an EncroChat appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), one of the continent's highest courts. He was jailed for 12 years. Swedish court finds ambiguities in hacked EncroChat cryptophone Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major drugs operators who supported shooting plots, this is an overview of 60 of the cases the region had heard about so far. Something went wrong, please try again later. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, David Pinnington, 39, (left), and David Blackburn, 29, (right), were jailed for their part in the drugs conspiracy, Kevin Daniels, 40, of Linkside Road, Woolton, Packages of cocaine and or cash ready for delivery by EncroChat drug dealer Kevin Daniels, Harrison Laite, 25, of Moss Way, Croxteth, Nathan Harding, 30, of Maud Street, Toxteth, Craig OHare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, George Marsh, 33, of Park Road North in Birkenhead, George Marsh, from Birkenhead, was linked to an EncroChat account through this photograph, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Bradley Luxton, an EncroChat boss, laughed about the hack that would land him in prison for 16 years, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, A photo of a kilo of cocaine shared on EncroChat by Sean Moore, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences. Peter Heron, 48, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree. READ MORE: Underworld banker 'MessyZebra' 'flicked' 1m of dirty cash for drug bosses. EncroChat conversations between Simon Roberts, who used the names 'MajorFox' and 'FanaticFirm' and other members of the conspiracy revealed that on one occasion he was entrusted with 8kg of cocaine and 485,000 in cash. READ MORE: 'Bro we be multimillionaires in three months haha' boasted dealer. Five of the men also conspired to commit a robbery in which they planned to tie up the victims at their home and cut off the ear of one of them. Daniel Wilson, 33, of Silverbeech Road, Wallasey, was sentenced to seven years and eight months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and conspiracy to convert criminal property in relation to the proceeds of his crimes. READ MORE: 1m operation smuggled cannabis in cars between Isle of Man and Merseyside. Brian Heffey - Activegamer and Lemonisland. READ MORE: Brothers' 20m drug empire came crashing down after M6 cocaine swoop. READ MORE:EncroChat dealer 'Lemonisland' shared photos of cocaine blocks and 16k cash, 64-65. PROSECUTORS are gearing up for a major Encrochat trial after 11 men pleaded not guilty to a string of offences, including drug supply and production, firearms supply and money laundering. A successful businesswoman who worked as an accountant for a drug gang wailed "I can't believe it" as she was jailed. READ MORE: 27m drug boss caught fleeing to Spain in BMW with girlfriend after spending spree, 56 - 58: Alexander Keating - DullTuna and WealthyMace, Paul Dillon - WaspLawn, and Dylan Garforth - DiorIce. 13:42, 20 JAN 2022. A Swedish court has overturned a ruling to convict a 23-year-old man accused of illegal firearm possession based on evidence obtained from the EncroChat hack, raising questions about its . READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. But detectives swooped on the cocaine, heroin and cannabis dealer as he tried to cross the channel at Folkestone in Kent, on July 20, 2020. To win the argument, the defence first required to persuade the court that the material obtained was intercept material (classically phone tapping) which would then allow a discussion of whether the 2016 Act prohibited its admission. what? Two convicted in first murder plot case involving EncroChat messaging READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. Officers searched his home in St Ambrose Close, Anfield and found an EncroChat phone box, containing the password to the device, written on a piece of paper. Alexander Keating, 30, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes. Philip Dearden, 31, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. The court heard how Roberts' involvement in the supply of class A drugs, totalled 11kg of cocaine worth 385,000, and 3kg of heroin worth 54,000. In the courts: | News, Sports, Jobs - The Review Steven Strachan, 49, of School Lane, Bidston, was sentenced to six years in prisoners. #Opinion RE: An OPEN letter to Mr Peter Obi. EncroChat hack case: RAM, bam what? Data in transit is data at rest That hearing ran for 15 days - between 16th November and 3rd December 2020 and involved a great deal of oral evidence, including expert evidence. EncroChat case goes to Court of Appeal - Exchange Chambers Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. Police raided his home in Marley Close, Rainhill on June 16 last year and found rooms matched photos sent by Moore on EncroChat. As it was succinctly put by Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon in the Court of Appeal, the issue in this appeal is whether evidence obtained from a mobile phone system known as EncroChat, which was marketed to its users as totally secure, can be admitted in evidence in criminal proceedings or is excluded by the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. He was jailed for 10 years and eight months. A grandad EncroChat dealer was busted after posting selfies from his own home. Michael Devine - LawfulArbor and MixedTree. Mathew Badibanga used the EncroChat nickname "Bagbangboomboom" to make "vast profits" using the encrypted phone service. Encrochat Hack That Brought Down Hundreds of Criminals Faces - Vice Carl Stewart, 39 at the time, of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine and transferring criminal property. Some people believe that you Show more . READ MORE:EncroChat dealer 'famoussquid' flooded UK with cocaine from Colombia. Two EncroChat drug dealers conspired to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis across Merseyside. Craig O'Hare - also MagicCider. The Wirral crook - who had contacts in Portugal, Spain and Germany - shared details about his birthday and the dates of his father's death and funeral. David Pinnington, 39 at the time, was arrested at his home in Rushey Hey Road, Kirkby after being identified as the user of the "LoftyHail" handle on the secret phone network. Depending upon how the handset is switched on, it will start in either EncroChat or the Android system mode. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 59 - 60. A vast number of cases are awaiting a criminal trial that will rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on the admissibility of communications made via the supposedly highly encrypted Encrochat service. They both pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply the three drugs. That being so, the appeal is dismissed. The material was STORED when it was intercepted. Talbot, Carlton and Ward all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. Garvey, who used the EncroChat handles "ChopperReid" and "ButterflyJuice" admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, cannabis and ketamine, conspiring to produce cannabis, and possessing cannabis. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. EncroChat dealer moaned South American cartels were 'greedy' The 34-year-old kept his two EncroChat phones until March the following year, when police raided his house and exposed his multi-kilo cocaine business. You can also sign up to our court newsletter here and get a twice weekly roundup of court cases sent your email inbox for free. Carl Stewart of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to attempting to . Ultimately this led him to the conclusion that the messages had not been intercepted the EncroChat date was not being transmitted at the time when it was taken by the French police - and was properly to be taken as stored in or by the system and thus subject to section 4(4)(b) of the 2016 Act. The EncroChat servers were in France and the French Gendarmerie found a way to send an implant to all EncroChat devices in the world under cover of an apparent software update. READ MORE: Window cleaner became 'MajorFox' in EncroChat ring after business dried up, 50 - 51. On the same day, David Blackburn, then 29, was arrested at his home in Springvale Close, Kirkby after detectives linked him to a handle titled "SuperBiking". Operation Venetic was a British national response initiated by the National Crime Agency (NCA). His EncroChat names were SneakyStem and WackySilver. Adam Lonergan, 30, of Rydal Avenue in Prescot, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months for conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis between March 29 and June 5 and possession with intent to supply amphetamine. Sam Lewis, 30, of Mardale Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between March 20 and June 3 last year.. READ MORE: EncroChat boss 'KeySilver' stockpiled drugs over lockdown fears. Police also found a kilo of amphetamines in his basement, valued at 800 to 2,000, which when adulterated could have sold for up to 10,000. He was brought down by an investigation that led to police storming his home on Park Road North in Birkenhead, as well as two container units in the town, in June, when they seized a Rolex watch and 82,000 in cash. Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. The 26-year-old, of Hoblyn Road, Bidston, appeared to be working for a user with the EncroChat handle 'PoundCake', and had been involved in collecting and transporting around 305,000 in dirty cash as part of the conspiracy. Ryan Mulcahy, 29, of Maregreen Road, Everton, was sentenced to six years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. Luxton, of Birch Avenue, Upton, was jailed for 16 years. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. But then 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. READ MORE:Warning issued to drivers travelling home for Christmas over new motorway rule. The 29-year-old planned to move abroad as soon as his licence period for a past sentence for trafficking cocaine expired. READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. Craig O'Hare - also MagicCider. EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back to January 2019. READ MORE: Secret gang messages of SnowEmu, SacredMask and MancJoey that brought them down. Texts showed he discussed the sale of cocaine and heroin with an estimated wholesale value of 521,000, plus 193 kilos of cannabis, worth around 1m. But when EncroChat was hacked last year, his use of his own children's initials as passwords helped lead detectives to his door. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Messages on EncroChat were said to link both men to the supply of multi-kilo amounts of the two Class A drugs and smaller amounts of Class B cannabis. O'Hare was jailed for six and a half years. Marsh was linked to the distribution of 25 kilos of cocaine, 110 kilos of cannabis and one kilo of ketamine. The McGlones used their Encrochat-enabled phone, with the handle MoodyAlpha to communicate with their boss, who used the handle secretgold. 2) Put your email in the box where indicated. Reid, of Ackers Road, Woodchurch, pleaded guilty to three conspiracies involving the supply of cocaine, heroin and cannabis between March 23 and June 5, 2020. Holgate admitted conspiring to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Heron was arrested at his home in July this year and admitted conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs and possession of criminal property. Critics say the decision means phone tapping no longer has a 'clear meaning in the digital age' Luxton, of Birch Avenue, Upton, was jailed for 16 years. Their EncroChat names were LittleNev, StableToast, and StaleSloth. There are other newsletters available too if you want them as well. That hearing. EncroChat case goes to Court of Appeal. EncroChat users paid thousands of dollars per year, per device to use this service. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'butterflyjuice' jailed for almost a decade. READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. Police raided his home in Marley Close, Rainhill on June 16 last year and found rooms matched photos sent by Moore on EncroChat. David Pinnington, 39, was arrested at his home in Rushey Hey Road, Kirkby after being identified as the user of the "LoftyHail" handle on the secret phone network. Michael Burns, 39, of Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs. He was jailed for eight and a half years. Harding, who used the handle "MagicCider", sold heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth around 1.5million through the encrypted phone network. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. Alexander Keating, 30, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months. The contrary argument of course was that the court was not dealing with intercept material at all it was not intercepted in the classic sense, simply recovered from storage. Detectives discovered Dillon and Keating had used EncroChat to discuss the transfer of a "viable firearm" - referring to a pistol and revolver - and conspired with Garforth over the supply of Class A and B drugs. When you've made your choice, press the Save Changes button at the bottom. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. His EncroChat names were ChopperReid and ButterflyJuice. Both men admitted conspiring to supply Class A and Class B drugs. An overview of the cases linked to the major investigation into the use of communications network EncroChat by the region's underworld. Index of over 400,000 death and burial records filed in Italy between 1809 and 1900. His EncroChat handle was LaughingStorm. READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. Mark Dumbell, 30 at the time, of Warrington Road, Prescot, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, cannabis and ketamine. Liam Hughes, 24 at the time, of Robson Street, Everton, was sentenced to 14 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs (cocaine and heroin); conspiracy to supply Class B drugs (cannabis and conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. The Dutch phone messaging company charges around 1,500-a-month for. Jamie Lyon - Speciallivy and Customcab. Premier League told to re-examine Newcastle's links to Saudi Arabia by Alan, formerly of Regency Park, Widnes, was sentenced to a further eight years for conspiracies to cause GBH with intent to both Liam Byrne Jnr and Liam Byrne Snr. READ MORE: Block of Stilton cheese led to the downfall of EncroChat drug dealer. Christopher Dooley, 35, of no fixed address but from St Helens, James Ward, 32, of no fixed address but from Kirkby, Jamie Carlton, 40, of Church Road, Waterloo. Bryan Stephen Heffey, 46 at the time, of Woodend Avenue, Maghull was due to stand trial on Monday, March 28, but changed his plea at the last minute to guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs. But 40-year-old Woolton roofer Daniels worked as a drug and cash courier for him, under the handle "ExoticApe", in 2020. John James Reilly, of Broadoak Road, Wythenshawe was jailed for 12 years, also for conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs, as well as money laundering. 1) Go to our dedicated newsletter page at this link. Anderson, who was the owner of Bromborough Skip Hire at the time, was found to have sourced, purchased and sold approximately 30kg of cannabis, 20kg of heroin and 20kg of high purity cocaine between April 3, 2020 and June 2, 2020. READ MORE: 'Money man' stashed 800k of dirty cash for EncroChat gang, 63. The pair were jailed for their roles in the plot this morning - but Liverpool Crown Court heard they were taking orders from a remote boss in Spain. Many have pleaded, whilst others have challenged the legal admissibility of such evidence. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major drugs operators who supported shooting plots, this is an overview of -- cases the region has heard so far. The six-man crime group from Warrington, Manchester and Hertfordshire were all involved in supplying drugs worth almost a quarter of a million pounds. One of the lead cases in the EncroChat criminal litigation has, after a ruling by Mr Justice Dove following a 14 day preparatory hearing, gone to the Court of Appeal after leave to appeal was granted by the Judge due to the issues of public importance that the case raised.. Ian Whitehurst was part of the defence team, instructed by Paolo .