ADAM EVERETT

This Week in Court: Kieran Scholes was one of two 15-year-old boys who battered the retired police officer but could not previously be named due to reporting restrictions

Joseph McCollum, 39, was linked to a second gun used in a Liverpool shooting seven years ago — both weapons were recovered from a grandad's home in Dovecot

Connor Kelly and Joseph McCarthy-Harrington were seen being chased down the street while brandishing weapons by brothers Kieran and Corey Scholes outside a New Brighton convenience store

16 criminals from our region were locked up for a combined total of 54 years and four months over the past week

Candace Desilva pleaded "I just wanna go home to my children" after the PC was dragged along a main road by her 4x4

A drunk mum shouted "you're not stopping me" then drove away with a police officer clinging to the side of her Range Rover.

Candace Desilva shouted 'you're not stopping me' before driving away with the PC clinging to the side of her 4x4

Rachael Talbot attempted to smuggle thousands of pounds of drugs into Walton prison on behalf of an inmate called 'Carlos'

A mother asked "am I going to jail?" as she was sent down. Rachael Talbot tried to sneak thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Walton prison concealed in her bra on behalf of a prisoner known as "Carlos".

Rachael Talbot was jailed after she tried to bring drugs worth thousands into a prison