Harding was jailed for 18 years and five months. Police gained access to the encrypted network that Reid had included his home address, photographs of himself and his home and mention of his children. The hefty fees may explain why the majority of the EncroChat clientele could be found on the wrong side of the law. He was jailed for nine years and nine months. A Swedish court has overturned a ruling to convict a 23-year-old man accused of illegal firearm possession based on evidence obtained from the EncroChat hack, raising questions about its . 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. 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. Hundreds of. Alan Tobin - CapeRocket and John Tobin - SlightDrake. 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, Packages of cocaine and or cash ready for delivery by EncroChat drug dealer Kevin Daniels, 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, George Marsh, from Birkenhead, was linked to an EncroChat account through this photograph, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Bradley Luxton, an EncroChat boss, laughed about the hack that would land him in prison for 16 years, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, A photo of a kilo of cocaine shared on EncroChat by Sean Moore, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences. He was charged with conspiracy to supply class B drugs cannabis and money laundering. Police were able to prove he had supplied six kilos of cocaine and approximately four kilos of cannabis. They both pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply the three drugs. But detectives swooped on the cocaine, heroin and cannabis dealer as he tried to cross the channel at Folkestone in Kent, on July 20, 2020. He was arrested in April at Stansted Airport as he returned from Spain, where he had stayed for a few weeks. Townsend was convicted of conspiracy to supply cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property. Strachan was convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Holgate admitted conspiring to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. EncroChat : How France's Supreme Court Decision affects the UK 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: 1m operation smuggled cannabis in cars between Isle of Man and Merseyside. British prosecutors can make use of evidence gathered by the French and Dutch police from encrypted messaging service EncroChat's servers thanks to a legal interpretation of whether RAM counts as data storage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The then 34-year-old, who also interchanged the spelling of his surname to "Badibango", was detained by detectives after a series of raids in Formby and another in Whiston, which led to him being taken into custody. READ MORE: 'Milliondolla' EncroChat user said he had cocaine 'coming out me ears'. READ MORE: 27m drug boss caught fleeing to Spain in BMW with girlfriend after spending spree, 55-57. EncroChat drug dealer David Holgate was busted when he was caught with 176kg of caffeine in the back of his car. 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. When he finally pulled over, police searched the vehicle, revealing the huge quantity of caffeine, set to be used to adulterate ketamine, and 1,030 in cash. He used the Encrochat handle LoyalAnimal. Gang used Encrochat to hide million pound drug operation | ITV News This came to be the key conflict in the case. Depending upon how the handset is switched on, it will start in either EncroChat or the Android system mode. READ MORE: Brothers' 20m drug empire came crashing down after M6 cocaine swoop. Holgate admitted conspiring to supply ketamine, possessing criminal property and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply. Opinion: US talc litigation a cause for concern, Opinion: Human rights defence not so easy elsewhere, Opinion: Blasphemy, human rights and a very naughty boy. When the case came before Liverpool Crown Court the judge (Dove J) directed that a preparatory hearing should be held to determine the admissibility of the EncroChat evidence. 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. READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. Operation Venetic was a British national response initiated by the National Crime Agency (NCA). ABL Wholesale Distributors Inc., state . READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'boredgiraffe' made 'vast profits' trafficking multi-kilos of drugs. and at least one case involves an ex-military operative selling devices . When the case came before Liverpool Crown Court the judge (Dove J) directed that a preparatory hearing should be held to determine the admissibility of the EncroChat evidence. Operation Venetic is the biggest and most significant operation of its kind in the UK. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss panicked after cocaine market 'stood still' during lockdown. Simon Roberts became a "trusted" member of a large-scale drugs gang after his window cleaning business dried up. 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. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Wealthymace' and 'Dior Ice' caught at Liverpool airport before Spain flight, 58-59. The insight into his life allowed detectives to match the messages of EncroChat codenames "SneakyStem" and "WackySilver" to the 33-year-old. 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. Roberts, of Circular Drive, Greasby, Wirral was sentenced to 10 years and six months. John James Reilly, known as 'JJ', used the handle Wideorchid and widely acted alone, but the 39-year-old also had connections with the rest of the group, carrying out some "business" transactions. James Duckworth, 42, of Langdale Close, Kirkby, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. Cocaine dealer William Skillen was linked to a sinister drug gang who threatened to "chop off ears" and batter an OAP in a 500,000 robbery plot. That helped detectives link Holgate to an EncroChat profile with the handle LoftyWizard and the supply of more than 50kg of ketamine, to five different contacts. The infiltration by police investigators of the EncroChat messaging service, dubbed the "Crime Chat Network" by major media outlets, has so far led to over 800 arrests and multiple prosecutions across Europe. The then 48-year-old, of Grosvenor Road in Wavertree, used the handle "TameWelder" on the secret phone network. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. Talbot and Ward also admitted conspiring to supply Class B drugs. He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. The then 30-year-old used the handles Specialivy and Customcab to sell a variety of class A and class B drugs including ecstasy tablets, cocaine and cannabis. Sam Lewis, 30 at the time, of Mardale Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between March 20 and June 3 last year.. READ MORE: EncroChat boss 'KeySilver' stockpiled drugs over lockdown fears. Liam Hughes, 24 at the time, of Robson Street, Everton, was sentenced to 14 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs (cocaine and heroin); conspiracy to supply Class B drugs (cannabis and conspiracy to possess/convert/acquire criminal property. He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. READ MORE: EncroChat drug runner 'Ladbrookes' given away when contact calls him 'Kurt', 69-72. Isaac Rasmussen, 28 at the time, from Heath Road Widnes, previously from the Huyton area was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiring to fraudulently evade prohibition on the import of Class A drugs and conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the import of Class B drugs. Police say many of the network's customers used the service to. He used the MagicCider handle between April to May 2020, before it was passed over to another dealer, his drug courier Craig O'Hare. Daniels, who was arrested in November, admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine and convert criminal property. Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. He was jailed for 15 years and nine months. He operated on EncroChat as Jethawk. 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. He used an EncroChat phone to update the drug bosses on their income, dealing with hundreds of thousands of pounds at a time. Thomas Ross QC: EncroChat - The Court of Appeal judgment READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. 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. EncroChat - Wikipedia Ultimately Dove J ruled that the EncroChat evidence was admissible and parties went off to the Court of Appeal. READ MORE: Underworld banker 'MessyZebra' 'flicked' 1m of dirty cash for drug bosses. He will serve half of that time behind bars before being released on licence. Ward was involved in transporting about 48kg of Class A drugs, from March 31, 2020 for about two and a half months. Officers searched his home in St Ambrose Close, Anfield and found an EncroChat phone box, containing the password to the device, written on a piece of paper. Liverpool Crown Court heard messages from his Encrochat handle included mention of seven kilos of heroin costing 20,000 as well as talking about five kilos of cocaine costing 41,000 and the use of adulterants. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. Dozens of criminals embedded in Merseyside's underworld have been jailed after an international operation brought down EncroChat. Shaun Done, 25 at the time, of Beech Road, Huyton was sentenced to seven years, nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to acquire/use/possess criminal property. The trial of A, B, D & C is yet to come, but the Court of Appeal allowed reporting on the basis that there are a significant number of cases pending in England and Wales derived from EncroChat material For this reason it is important that legal admissibility issues in this case should be determined in a judgment of this Court which can now be published. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. 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. 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. EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back to January 2019. He used the MagicCider handle between April to May 2020, before it was passed over to another dealer, his drug courier Craig O'Hare. 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. His EncroChat names were tendayer and famoussquid. 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.