WHAT’S IN YOUR CAB?
MAN JAILED FOR 90 MONTHS AFTER LEAVING GUN IN LIVERPOOL PHV AND HIS BANK CARD
A man was caught with a “crudely modified” airgun in his man bag after being spotted by
police
acting “suspiciously” in a PHV. Kyle Simm, 39, from Dingle, was caught with a gas-powered revolver, modified to shoot lead bullets, and four rounds of live ammunition on September 29 2023. Police had been on patrol in Old Swan, at around 8.15pm when they noticed a white KIA Niro PHV driving onto Derby Lane with a “suspicious” male passenger in the back seat. Prosecutor Neil Bisarya, at Liverpool Crown Court on 17 November, said: “The male sat in the rear of the taxi slouched with only his head visible. It appeared
he was attempting to make himself less conspicuous so the police decided to stop the vehicle to find out where the male was going and what he was doing.” The vehicle was pulled over and officers spoke to the passenger, identified as Simm.
Simm got out of the car and said “nervously” that he was going to
MAN RAN FROM TAXI WHILST CARRYING DRUGS IN TELFORD
A man tried to run off from a taxi away from police whilst carrying cocaine and cannabis. Tobias Conway-Graham was being tailed by a police officer in Telford on May 1, 2020. During the resulting chase on foot, the 32-year-old dropped a bag before being caught by a PC Armstrong, but managed to get away.
The bag was later found to have 46 sealed bags containing 13.7g of cocaine and 37.5g of cannabis in another six bags, while Conway- Graham was later caught. Police also seized a total of £960 that was in his possession. Shrewsbury Crown Court was told how Conway-Graham had 35
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offences to his name, mainly for dishonesty and violence, from 15 court appearances over the years. After admitting possessing a controlled drug of class A and class B with intent to supply, Judge Anthony Lowe
gave Conway-
Graham a 21-month prison term suspended for two years. “I’m giving you a huge chance here, you would be really, really stupid not to take it,” he told the defendant. “You have played your final card.” Conway-Graham, now of Bradford, was also ordered to go on a thinking and skills programme, carry out 20 rehabilitation activity days and carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
Dovecot to visit his son. As police looked into the back seat of the vehicle and noticed Simm’s “man bag” in the footwell, Simm fled and vanished after “likely jumping over an alley gate”. Police then searched the bag, which was found to contain a Brocock ME38 Magnum self- contained gas cartridge revolver and four rounds of Remington brand .22 rimfire cartridges, along with Simm’s bank card, cash, a pipe and a lighter. The airgun had been “crudely modified” to
fire real bullets,
however, an examination of the weapon found the ham-handed alteration would not have been able to fire as intended. Police visited Simm’s address the next day but he had not been seen since the previous evening. Further enquiries led police to a family member’s home where he was found hiding in the loft, and arrested. He later pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the possession of the firearm, and two charges relating to the possession of the ammunition. Matthew O’Neill, defending, said Simm, who has 17 convictions for 30 offences, “did not wish for him to offer any explanation as to why he has found with a dangerous weapon”, but added: “There was no indication on his behalf for it to be used for any criminal purposes and he hadn’t used it that evening.” Sentencing Simm to a total of seven and a half years in prison, Judge Andrew Menary said: “I’m sure your possession of the weapon was in connection with serious criminal offending.”
DECEMBER 2023 PHTM
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