78 jailed in April for crimes linked to Merseyside
A murdering husband, triple shooter and child rapists are among those put behind bars this month
05:00, 1 MAY 2021
These are the faces of 78 people jailed in April for crimes linked to Merseyside.
One judge had to deal with a monstrous husband who stabbed his wife 300 times, while another locked up a gunman who shot three people in one home.
Disturbing cases included a child rapist who targeted two teenage girls on Snapchat, a predatory maths teacher who exploited a vulnerable pupil, and a serial child rapist who made the lives of three young victims hell.
Alan McCormick, of Bridgeway West in Windmill Hill, has been committing offences in Halton since 1999. The 40-year-old has been convicted of 29 theft-related offences, the latest of which saw him steal items worth a total of £122 from Runcorn Shopping City’s Wilko store on November 4. In a bid to deter McCormick from committing further shoplifting offences, Halton’s Problem Solving team applied for a three-year criminal behaviour order (CBO). The banning order was imposed on McCormick by Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Monday. It prohibits him from entering eight stores in Runcorn – Wilko at Shopping City; Co-op in Windmill Hill, Balfour Street, Halton Road, Grangeway, Murdishaw and Granville Street; and Asda in West Lane