That hearing ran for 15 days - between 16th November and 3rd December 2020 - and involved a great deal of oral evidence, including expert evidence. READ MORE: Dealer 'Vilecrusher' told police: 'Anyone whos had those Encros is f***ing going'. Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. Simon Roberts became a "trusted" member of a large-scale drugs gang after his window cleaning business dried up. He admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis and conspiring to convert criminal property, between December 29, 2019 and May 30, 2020. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer busted after being caught with 176kg caffeine haul. O'Hare, 33 at the time, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, transported drugs for Harding and supplied up to three kilos of Class A drugs and 10 kilos of cannabis. He was jailed for 12 years. Dillon and Keating also admitted conspiracy to transfer a firearm.. Keating was jailed for 22 years and five months; Dillon for 18 years; and Garforth for 15 years. 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. Nine men have been sentenced for . Peter Heron, 48, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree. In my last article on this topic I predicted widespread legal challenges to attempts by prosecutors to lead evidence obtained as part of the Encro Hack carried out by French police in May 2020. He operated on EncroChat as Jethawk. A Lego Duplo box and other toy boxes full of cocaine imported by Jack Jones, Isaac Rasmussen and Paul Jones (Image: Liverpool Echo) Liverpool Crown Court heard the first EncroChat texts recovered . The approach of those facing charges based on Encrochat devices has been varied. Jack Stanley Jones, 27 at the time, of Hey Park in Huyton, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, cannabis and methamphetamine. Scottish Legal News is your daily service for the latest news, jobs and events, delivered directly to your email inbox. The judge summarized the nature of the EncroChat system in this way: EncroChat is a system of encrypted communication. Anthony Connolly, 29, of Ellerman Road, Liverpool, was sentenced to 14 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin, conspiracy to supply cannabis, and conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. He was charged with conspiracy to supply class B drugs cannabis and money laundering. Ward was involved in transporting about 48kg of Class A drugs, from March 31, 2020 for about two and a half months. READ MORE: Grandad EncroChat dealer 'lockstar' busted after posting selfies at home, 61. Kevin Daniels handled 1.5m of dirty cash for a drug boss who used the name of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker on EncroChat. Meanwhile, her convicted drug smuggler father went under the name ZincBat. The answer to that question, so far as proceedings in England and Wales are concerned, was given on Friday 5th February 2021. The dad-of-three was exposed as a "wholesale" drug dealer behind the secret handles "TrustPilot" and "PrawnPilot".
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