17 'Scouse Line' gangsters dealing drugs between Liverpool, Gosport and Plymouth face sentence
Seventeen members of a crime gang dubbed the “Scouse Line” will be sentenced next week for their part in drug dealing between Liverpool, Gosport and Plymouth.
A three-day sentence hearing is scheduled at Portsmouth Crown Court from Tuesday as the organised crime group face justice for their crimes.
A police statement said: “The investigation into this county line - known as the 'Scouse Line' - was led by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and has involved the disruption of all tiers of the crime group, from ground level runners, operational managers, couriers, and two senior leaders – brothers Anthony and Brian Siner.
“It is the prosecution's case that Anthony was head of the Scouse Line running drugs into Gosport, whilst Brian oversaw the Plymouth side of the conspiracy.”
The following individuals are due to be sentenced next week:
- Anthony Siner, aged 37, of Monterey Road, Liverpool, who has pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Brian Siner, aged 41, of Clint Way, Liverpool, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Adam Hughes, aged 38, of Speedwell Lane in Heathfield, East Sussex, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Gary Cranney, aged 40, of Eldonian Way in Liverpool, who has pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Lee Richardson aged 26, of Blackhorse Lane, Liverpool, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Demi Hannon, aged 27, of Gorst Street, Liverpool, who has pleaded guilty to participation in the criminal activities of an Organised Crime Group.
- Brett Coe-Quainton, aged 25, of Gale Moor Avenue in Gosport, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Christopher Crewe, aged 39, of no fixed abode, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Sean Harland, aged 42, of Miller Drive, Fareham, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Lee Illingworth, aged 39, of no fixed abode, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Gareth Roberts, aged 42, of York Road in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who has pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Paul Naughton, aged 30, of no fixed abode, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Max Pike, aged 28, of Little Chilworth, Gosport, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Clayton Donnelly, aged 21, of Sunbeam Way, Gosport, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Donna Yuen, aged 48, of Davenport Close, Gosport, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Danny Venning, aged 38, of Beatrice Avenue, Lipson, Devon, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
- Kevin Wealthal, aged 57, of Little Chilworth in Gosport, who has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.