In short, the Court of Appeal agreed with this analysis and held that the interception of the stored material was rendered lawful by the Targeted Equipment Interference Warrants issued under section 99 of the act. Carl Stewart of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to attempting to . His EncroChat names were Activegamer and Lemonisland. EncroChat dealer moaned South American cartels were 'greedy' He delivered at least 44 kilos of cocaine and stored hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash in his family home in Linkside Road. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Martin Grant, 33 and Liam. Lenehan had connections to Dubai and exchanged messages suggesting his influence may have stretched to India and Iran. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss caused his own downfall after his joke texts. 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. Jordan Talbot was exposed as EncroChat boss "LittleNev" - a leader of a plot involving "at least" 500kg of Class A drugs. In the courts: | News, Sports, Jobs - The Review Man 'distracted by broken traffic light' killed beloved nan in horror crash, Bullied schoolboy's life changed after 'lightbulb moment', Man threatens to kill Merseytravel guard before being sent to the floor, Paedophile threw phone onto garden shed roof when police came knocking, Raids carried out as part of the EncroChat probe Operation Venetic, 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, 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, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences, Liam Garvey, 28, of The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, Kevin Allan was the 'money man' for a 1 million EncroChat cocaine conspiracy, David Holgate, 49 and from Anfield, went by the EncroChat handle LoftyWizard and was sentenced to six years and eight months for drugs offences. READ MORE:Mum who became accountant for drug gang wails 'I can't believe it' as she's jailed. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. George Marsh - SneakyStem and WackySilver. The major drug boss, who used the code name 'Bigmninee', was also known within the criminal underworld as a 'go-to man' for crooks who wanted guns. Many have pleaded, whilst others have challenged the legal admissibility of such evidence. EncroChat - the latest news about Operation Venetic - liverpoolecho McMahon, who used the EncroChat handle 'Limemace', was caught following analysis of his encrypted Encrochat phone, which showed he had been in possession of up to 250,000 or more at a time. The views of the Justices of the Court of the Appeal will no doubt carry great weight north of the border. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. 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. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". Strachan was convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Police say many of the network's customers used the service to plot illicit schemes linked to drug dealing and, in some cases violence. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. 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. Pugh was jailed for eight years and eight months. 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. He was arrested in September 2020 as part of Merseyside Police's response to Operation Venetic as officers cracked down on the mobile encryption network being used to supply drugs across the region. 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. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. The identity of the crook who has adopted the name of the Reds' Brazilian shot stopper on the secret phone network remains a mystery. EncroChat dealer George Marsh 's international crime network was destroyed by personal messages he sent to his contacts. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 58-59. But when EncroChat was hacked last year, his use of his own children's initials as passwords helped lead detectives to his door. He was jailed for 12 years. But when the secret messaging service was cracked by police last year, EncroChat users and their illicit dealings were uncovered. ABL Wholesale Distributors Inc., state . French Supreme Court rejects EncroChat verdict after lawyers question That being so, the appeal is dismissed. Stephen Taylor, 33 years, of Norlands Park, Widnes, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for 12 years eight months for conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. EncroChat drug dealer David Holgate was busted when he was caught with 176kg of caffeine in the back of his car. It operates using specific handsets provided by the EncroChat system operator and functions on the basis that the EncroChat devices can only communicate with other EncroChat devices. Nathan Loftus was involved in importing tens of kilos of heroin and cocaine from Holland into the country through Liverpool. Liam Garvey, 28 at the time, was arrested at his home on The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, St Helens on May 13 this year as part of the police operation targeting criminals who used the encrypted network. As for the Liverpool hearing scheduled for later this month, Jinnah and Schofield said that judges on other cases are waiting for the hearing's outcome which will see whether the Encrochat data . Philip Dearden, 31 at the time, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. There are others on what's on, politics, court news, Knowsley, Wirral, and arts & culture, as well as both Liverpool FC and Everton FC. However, at a Liverpool Crown Court hearing all 11 defendants denied the . The then 29-year-old planned to move abroad as soon as his licence period for a past sentence for trafficking cocaine expired. 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. Holgate admitted conspiring to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. 2) Put your email in the box where indicated. The network, said by the authorities to have been a hotbed for gangland plots, was penetrated in a joint French-Dutch probe in April 2020. EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing . Mathew Badibanga used the EncroChat nickname "Bagbangboomboom" to make "vast profits" using the encrypted phone service. Both men admitted conspiring to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Kevin Daniels handled 1.5m of dirty cash for a drug boss who used the name of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker on EncroChat. READ MORE: Block of Stilton cheese led to the downfall of EncroChat drug dealer. Police say Encrochat, a secret communications network, was used by criminals to trade guns and drugs. Like him, we consider that the communications were not being transmitted but stored at that time. Dentith, 29, of College View, Huyton, was sentenced to 17 years three months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine and ecstasy. Roberts, 57 at the time, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. Dean Anderson, who used the handles tendayer and famoussquid, was described as being "top of the tree" of an organised crime gang supplying drugs across the country. Dooley, 35, of no fixed address but from St Helens, was jailed for nine years after admitting conspiring to supply Class A and B drugs. 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. The Liverpool Echo sends newsletters on a wide range of topics - including our daily news bulletin, now going out three times a day. Ricardo Hughes - NovaCoast and Christopher Dooley - OctoOx. He added: "And it wasn't just in France. Detectives intercepted Alexander Keating, 30, and Dylan Garforth, 25, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent. The Tobin brothers Alan Tobin, 52, (left) and John Tobin, 40, (right). Two drug dealers involved in a huge cocaine plot were arrested as they tried to board a flight to Spain at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Laughingstorm', 'Kindtailor' and 'Wiredfork' see empires crumble after hack. READ MORE:EncroChat dealers 'MangyStaff' and 'WideOrchid' supplied Liverpool underworld. The 43-year-old used the clandestine phone network to trade at least 12 kilos of cocaine and five kilos of heroin in just 10 weeks. The then 25-year-old, of Moss Way, Croxteth, sent text messages under the handle "LoadedSun" discussing the sale of 136,000 of cannabis. Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. The Premier League has been urged to re-examine assurances given by Newcastle's Saudi owners that the Middle East state would not have control of the club following the filing of a new court . Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. Ryan Pugh was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply multi-kilo quantities of Class A and B drugs. Roberts, 57, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. France's Supreme Court has referred a criminal case that relies on evidence from the hacked EncroChat encrypted phone network back to the court of appeal after finding that prosecutors. His EncroChat names were Speciallivy and Customcab. Bradley Luxton laughed with a fellow drug dealer that they would need 'loads of Skys' - an alternative platform to EncroChat. 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. Ryan Mulcahy, 29 at the time, of Maregreen Road, Everton, was sentenced to six years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. His EncroChat names were TrustPilot and PrawnPilot. Steven Strachan, 49, of School Lane, Bidston, was sentenced to six years in prisoners. In conclusion, the court stated (at paragraph 79) we have concluded that the only substantial question which the judge was required to answer was whether the EncroChat material was stored by or in the telecommunications system when it was intercepted. John, formerly of Manor Road in Prescot, was handed two and a half years for participating in the activities of an organised crime group. Jordan Talbot was exposed as EncroChat boss "LittleNev" - a leader of a plot involving "at least" 500kg of Class A drugs. He was jailed for eight and a half years. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. 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. A crew of EncroChat drug dealers who traded with figures in the Liverpool underworld ran an operation spanning the length and breadth of the UK. In the case of the sender the material was recovered in the form of unencrypted messages stored in the RAM of the device in a form in which they existed before they were transmitted from the device to the servers in Roubaix, via the telecommunications system. Anthony Lenehan, 57 and of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, was jailed for drugs and passport offences. A text messages sent to Encrochat users after police infiltrated the network (Image: Liverpool Echo). 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 . Image: Cheshire Police. The insight into his life allowed detectives to match the messages of EncroChat codenames "SneakyStem" and "WackySilver" to the then 33-year-old. READ MORE: Businessman was drug boss 'FastSilver' flogging Orange Cream, Stardog, Gelato and Jaffa. John liverpoolecho.co.uk - Gemma Bradley 16h The Court of Appeal has now issued a ruling following preliminary rulings at Liverpool Crown Court. Pinnington was jailed for nine years and four months. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 59 - 60. Both men admitted conspiring to supply Class A and Class B drugs. A grandad EncroChat dealer was busted after posting selfies from his own home. Swedish court finds ambiguities in hacked EncroChat cryptophone Bradley Luxton - SoupHedge and MerrySword. Ahead of his big trip Talbot went on a two-week spending spree, buying himself more than 40,000 of Rolex watches. Harding, who used the handle "MagicCider", sold heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth around 1.5million through the encrypted phone network. Devine, of Pete Best Drive, West Derby, was jailed for 17 years and three months after admitting conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and ketamine. Carlton had been involved in transporting 20kg of Class A drugs from May 1, 2020 for five or six weeks. From drug dealers caught through their love of cheese to major. This is a process which is like any other means of downloading the content of a mobile phone handset. Following a police hack of the EncroChat network, officers were able to link the 45-year-old to the phone, on which he discussed smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine on boats. The then 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. Moore, whose four previous convictions include a money laundering conspiracy, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin, from April to June last year. 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. They were both then sentenced in connection to a gangland shooting in Warrington. Alan Tobin - CapeRocket and John Tobin - SlightDrake. Stephen Taylor, 33 at the time, of Norlands Park, Widnes, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for 12 years eight months for conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. Simon Roberts, 57, of Circular Drive, Greasby, was sentenced to 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. 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. Faye Dunn was found to have been in close contact with a user known as LedZeppelin, with messages revealing she had "involvement in the supply and production of cannabis". The CPS has been pushing people charged under Operation Venetic to enter early guilty pleas to avoid large numbers of lengthy trials. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. Keating admitted conspiring to supply 30kg of cocaine and large quantities of cannabis; Dillon admitted conspiring to supply 3kg of cocaine, large amounts of ketamine, and to supplying more than 500,000 of cannabis, and Garforth admitted conspiring to supply 10kg of cocaine. It was within section 4(4)(b). Caine Tanswell, 28, who used the handle Ivyhawk acted largely alone, purchasing class B drugs from another member of the group. Liverpool Crown Court has heard dozens of cases where the network's users crimes were undone by their EncroChat connections. 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. 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Mark Evans - MangyStaff, John James Reilly - Wideorchid, Keith Kemp, and Caine Tanswell - Ivyhawk. A successful businesswoman who worked as an accountant for a drug gang wailed "I can't believe it" as she was jailed. But authorities gained access to the network in 2020, with Operation Venetic subsequently revealing that the daughter had been using the handle StiffNinja. Dean Deary, 39, of Pinehurst Avenue, Anfield, was sentenced to 12 years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis. A top EncroChat drugs boss was busted after police identified him through his Costco membership. Thomas Ross QC dissects the latest judgment in the fascinating EncroChat saga. Claire McGlone, then 35, of Mintor Road, Kirkby, was jailed for four years and nine months. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Laughingstorm', 'Kindtailor' and 'Wiredfork' see empires crumble after hack. 31 people sentenced to 366 years in prison in first year after If any legal professionals have any enquiries regarding the issues raised in this article please contact me at www.benchmarkadvocates.co.uk. EncroChat cocaine smuggler 'SwiftHawk' moaned South American cartels READ MORE: EncroChat cocaine boss with international links asked dealers to call him 'Jethawk'. 3) Tick as many boxes as you like, for each newsletter you want. The fact that Dove J found that the material was obtained in compliance with French Domestic law in undoubtedly important, as is the fact that the Investigatory Powers 2016 is (by section 272) extended to Scotland. Italy Public Records READ MORE: Underworld banker 'MessyZebra' 'flicked' 1m of dirty cash for drug bosses. Craig O'Hare - also MagicCider. Jordan Quinn, 31, at the time of Valiant Close, West Derby, was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and ketamine and possession of criminal property. Laite admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis. The 48-year-old, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree, used the handle "TameWelder" on the secret phone network. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. Importantly Dove J found that the French police had all the necessary legal instruments in place to undertake the lawful extraction of the material from the devices all over the world as a matter of French law. 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. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. Steven Strachan, 49 at the time, of School Lane, Bidston, was sentenced to six years in prisoners. Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32 at the time, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. He supplied large quantities of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines around the country and was arrested in September last year. 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. He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. James Duckworth, 42 at the time, of Langdale Close, Kirkby, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.