Each week, the Daily Post pulls together its files to name and shame the criminals locked up for offences committed in and around North Wales.
Every one of the people named here has appeared in court.
In some of the cases, trials have been held and jurors have deliberated over the evidence.
A judge has decided their crimes are so serious only a custodial sentence will suffice.
Gang who flooded North Wales with 'staggering' amount of drugs
A 26-strong gang are starting sentences totalling nearly 173 years last week after a multi-million pound drug operation was busted by police.
The 24 men and two women from Manchester, Liverpool, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Holyhead were part an organised crime gang whose web spread across the coastal strip of North Wales.
They were responsible for substances and cutting agents that combined could potentially flood the region with class A drugs, primarily cocaine, worth more than £2m.
Mold Crown Court had heard how gangs from Holyhead and Llandudno had joined forces with associates in the Rhyl and Colwyn Bay areas, to deal with suppliers in Manchester and Liverpool.
During the investigation the police recovered Class A drugs and a large amount of Benzocaine, commonly used to bulk out drugs in order to maximise the profit, indicating the scale of setup. The seizures have an estimated value of £2.7m.
Playing a leading role in the supply was 37-year-old Jordan Peeks, known as George, of Mallow Street, Hulme, Manchester, who was an “upstream supplier” of cocaine according to the prosecution. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Phillip Scarisbrick, 37 of Moss Gate Road, Liverpool, was a significant link between the consortium and played a leading role, providing industrial quantities of the mixing agent Benzocaine. He was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Lee Bamber, 45 of Cholmondley Road, Salford, was said to be a courier for Jordan Peeks, meeting with representatives of the Holyhead and Llandudno groups directly. Bamber had “a significant role” in the conspiracy but had no previous convictions and was sentenced to six years in jail for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Cain Jones, 23 of Bodlondeb Terrace was integral to the Holyhead end of the operation, liaising with contacts in Llandudno and working from the Holyhead gang’s bases at The Boston Arms and Dublin Packet pubs in the town.
Judge Parry deemed him to have a leading role and sentenced him to 12 years in jail for conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.
Lee Eastham Jones, 28 of Elwy Gardens, Llandudno, had responsibility for the handling and onward distribution of cocaine and was in contact with Bamber. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Matthew Jones, 28 of Hazelwood Close, Colwyn Bay, controlled the Llandudno crime group. He was sentenced to 12 years jail for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
William Carlisle, 27 of Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, sat alongside Matthew Jones as one of the “principle players in the conspiracy” according to prosecutor Andrew Jones.
He was said to have been “more responsible” for the Rhyl arm of the group, associating with another defendant awaiting sentence, Zach Leuty. He was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Richard Blake Williams, 25 of Cleveland Crescent, Holyhead, was concerned in the supply of heroin and cocaine in Holyhead.
He was a man with no convictions for drugs but was said to be a “trusted lieutenant” of Holyhead gang leader Aled Gray. He was convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin and was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Parry.
Jay Peeks, 33 of Mallow Street, Salford, is the brother of Jordan Peeks and was “enrolled in the family business as his trusted lieutenant” according to prosecutor Andrew Jones.
He was sentenced to six-and-a-half years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Liam Roberts, 30 of Seabank Road, Rhyl, was said to be a courier for Zach Leuty in Rhyl. The judge took into account his barrister Duncan Bould who said you could never describe his involvement as “sophisticated or organisational”. Judge Parry sentenced him to four-and-a-half years in jail.
Matthew Curtis, for Evans, 29, of Ffordd y Maer, Mochdre, said she is a mother and asked whether Judge Niclas Parry could give her a suspended sentence.
She was jailed for two years for the main conspiracy to supply cocaine and a consecutive 12-month term for conspiring to supply cocaine with her ex-partner, making three years in total.
Bennett, 35, of Beech Mount, Colwyn Bay, was sentenced to four years and eight months for his part in the main conspiracy to supply cocaine, and a further 18 months for the conspiracy to supply cocaine with his ex-partner Evans, making a total sentence of six years and four months.
David Cuffin, 42, of Ponthwfa Terrace, Holyhead, was the storeman for the drugs and mixing agents at his home. His address was used to "store, adulterate and re-manufacture class A" drugs, according to the prosecution.
He received six years and nine months for conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.
Thomas Middleton, 23, of Beach Close, Holyhead, provided distribution for the western arm of the group and was also supplying considerable amounts of MDMA.
A search of his address found 997 tablets of the drug and he admitted holding drugs for the group.
He was sentenced to four years and six months for the main conspiracy to supply cocaine, and a further two years to run consecutively for possessing MDMA with intent to supply, making six and a half years in total.
Eric Rowlands, 48, of Tara Street, Holyhead, was a taxi driver who worked as a courier for the gang's western arm. He was adept at counter-surveillance techniques, according to the prosecution, who described how he was pulled over near Northop in his vehicle and failed a roadside drugs test.
Police recovered £397 in cash and 250 grams of compressed cocaine that had an upper tier purity of 85%.
He was jailed for five years and four months.
Gareth Hastie, 37, of Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, was involved in four transactions distributing cocaine, and police found 11 cannabis plants and £12,500 of dried cannabis in his home. He already had 34 convictions for 117 offences, including serious burglaries.
He was found guilty of producing cannabis and conspiracy to supply cocaine, and was sentenced to five years and four months.
James Hendry, 42, of Lon Goed, Llandudno Junction, provided a safe house for distribution for the Llandudno arm of the gang. He was also a sub-dealer himself, said the prosecution, and allowed his house to be used for the storage and preparation of cocaine prior to sale.
A search of his house found 487.91 grams of cocaine with an upper tier purity range of between 84% and 89%.
He was arrested in a caravan on his drive which was being used to "adulterate" the cocaine to a lesser purity ready for sale. Hendry received a sentence of five years and four months.
Andrew Aldred, 31, of Hawarden Road, Colwyn Bay, was a trusted courier for the Llandudno-based gang. On one trip to Manchester to collect cocaine, he took his mother with him to act as a cover in case he was stopped.
He was stopped on his way to Tenerife on a one-way ticket at Manchester Airport recently.
Judge Parry sentenced him to five years and four months for his part in the conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Nathan Jeavons, 25, of Cwrt Elin, Erw Wen Road, Colwyn Bay, was described as another "trusted distributor" of cocaine. His basis of plea was accepted and he was sentenced to six years and four months in jail.
All those sentenced will serve half of their time and will remain on licence for the rest, meaning if they commit an offence they will be recalled to jail.
Others sentenced were: Darren Myles, 42 of Windsor View, Toxteth, Liverpool (nine years); Shaun Kearns, 46, of Swindon Close, Liverpool (three years and 10 months); Simon Farrar, 39 of Ffordd y Maer, Mochdre, Conwy, (four years and eight months); Kelly Mercer, 29, of Maes Derw, Llandudno Junction (18 months); Zach Leuty, 29, of Lake Avenue, Rhyl (six years); Ben Hayward, 24, Maes Llan, Eglwysbach, Colwyn Bay (four years) and Barry Haigh, 36, of Tan yr Efail, Holyhead (four years, six months).
John James Purcell and John Delaney
Two men who raped vulnerable girls they trafficked around the country have been jailed for 28 years.
John James Purcell and John Delaney took the girls - who were underage - from a care home and drove them to various sites where they exploited them for their own gratification, Mold Crown Court heard.
Purcell, 31, from Ellesmere Port, and 33-year-old Delaney, from Wrexham, were sentenced to 14 years each for their crimes today.
Their trial heard they had plied the girls with alcohol and raped them. They used them as ‘a sexual resource’.
Daniel Beck
A cowardly driver who aimed his car at pedestrians and drove “like an idiot” before killing a teenager has been jailed for eight years.
Daniel Beck from Mostyn, Flintshire, pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court to the death by dangerous driving of 18 year-old Liam Simpson in Holywell, on September 30 last year.
Prosecutor Ffion Tomos told the court how Mr Simpson, who wanted to become a primary school teacher, was on his way to celebrate his friend’s birthday on what would have been his first visit to a club - but he was destined never to make it.
As he walked along Greenfield Road, Holywell, he was struck from behind by Beck’s black BMW car.
The 29-year-old of Y Gerddi, Maes Pennant, was driving uninsured and unlicensed.
Angieszka Kielar
A woman wept in court as she was locked up for snatching cash from a 74-year-old blind man in a “desperately mean” robbery.
Angieszka Kielar, 31, of Yorke Street, Wrexham, grabbed £80 from the pensioner, who had a white stick, after he left a public house in the town centre.
Judge Rhys Rowlands told her at Mold Crown Court: “You had been drinking. Nonetheless, I have absolutely no doubt you recognised his vulnerability.
“You decided to take advantage of him in a heartless and quite cynical way.”
The judge said Kielar’s behaviour “beggars belief”, although the court heard force used by the mum was “fairly modest”.
Judge Rowlands said he admired the “remarkable fortitude” of the victim.
Kielar admitted robbery of Terrence Reeves on November 14 and was jailed for 27 months.
