Criminology and Psychology

Robert McDowall, 48, a driver for a Lisburn-based flower importer, and Frank Gallagher, 39, a career criminal from Springburn, Glasgow, appeared at the High Court in Kilmarnock to admit being concerned in the supply of drugs. SCDEA officers had trailed the lorry from Holland and tracked it 400 miles north after it was driven through Customs at the Harwich ferry terminal in Essex. They had been watching as McDowall met Gallagher at a Little Chef restaurant on the M74 at Dumfries. They were watching as Gallagher drove to the deserted Lochside Industrial Estate, with McDowall's truck following. And they were watching as Gallagher reversed up to the lorry trailer and the men started moving boxes to the car. Only then did they swoop, arresting both men. On December 17, the pair were back in court for sentencing. Gallagher, who had a previous drug dealing conviction, got 12 years and McDowall, an Irishman living in Ballantrae, Ayrshire, 10. Jailing the pair, Lord Hardie told Gallagher: ...

Ringleader Christopher Pimblett, 34, of Newmarket Gardens, St Helens. Sharon Pimblett, 36, also of Newmarket Gardens. Darren Platt, 42, of Nutgrove Hall Drive, Nutgrove, St Helens. Thomas Green, 26, of Lilley Road, Kensington, was a courier of cocaine. Ian Moffatt, 37, of Falcondale, Winnick, Warrington. Carl Moffat, 25, of Taylor Road, Haydock. Fergus Smith, 26, of Fraser Street, Barrowfield, Glasgow. John Dunbar, 26, of Byers Road, Glasgow. Philip Browne, 63, of Appleby Lawn, Netherley, St Helens, was Christopher Pimblett’s step father-in-law. Barry Brownbill, 35, of Constance Street, St Helens. Peter Jones, 35, of Richard Grove, St Helens. Christopher Kay, 23, Snowberry Crescent, Warrington. John Johnson, 26, of Fairclough Road, St Helens Kenneth Whitfield, 51, of Marina Avenue, Sutton, St Helens. John Carr, 47, of Elephant Lane, Thatto Heath, St Helens. Qamaruddin Munshi , 29, from Avondale Street, Bolton. Michael Peel, 22, Larkspur Road, Sankey Bridges, Warrington Christopher Pim...