Eight men jailed for drug conspiracy between Staffordshire and Merseyside

Eight men have been jailed for their part in a conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis from Merseyside into Staffordshire.

The men, from Staffordshire and Liverpool, were sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 7 January.

The court heard that between August 2019 and January 2020, Sean Boyle, Daniel Herrity, Owen Doherty and John Roberts, all from Liverpool, sourced

heroin, cocaine and cannabis which was then transported to Staffordshire and smaller quantities would be sold in local areas by Daniel Tew, Aaron, Dawkins, Jordan Smith and Simon Rushton.

Officers from our Disruptions Team North, working with officers from Merseyside Police, carried out a number of drugs warrants across north

Staffordshire and Liverpool in January 2020 and arrested nine people.

Another man was given a suspended sentence and three men were given community orders. 

Two other men and a woman will be sentenced at a date to be confirmed.

DC Colin Jones, from Staffordshire Police, said: “This has been an exhaustive investigation which has resulted in almost 40 years of prison sentences so far. This is a true testament to years of hard work and dedication by officers.

“Conducting hundreds of hours of detective work, we were able to build this case and bring each and every offender operating in this conspiracy to justice, despite their efforts to evade police.”

Our major and organised crime proactive teams are out and about every day across Staffordshire as part of ongoing efforts to take down the criminal networks responsible for high-harm crimes in our communities.

If you’re concerned about drug dealing in your area, call us on 101 or use Live Chat on our website.

To report anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Sean Boyle, 33, of Karonga Road, Liverpool, and Daniel Herrity, 33, of Delagoa Road, Liverpool, were jailed for seven-and-a half-years. They pleaded

guilty to conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine.

Owen Doherty, 33, of Ripon Street, Liverpool, was sentenced to six-years-and-seven-months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine.

John Roberts, 34, of Fieldton Road, Liverpool, was sentenced to five-and-a-half-years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine.

Daniel Tew, 40, of Seaford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for five-years-and-three-months after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin, conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine and conspiring to supply a controlled drug of class B – cannabis resin.

Aaron Dawkins, 34, of Sparrow Terrace, Newcastle-under-Lyme, was jailed for 30 months after he was found guilty of conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine.

Jordan Smith, 29, Pepper Street, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin, conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine, possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place and conspiring to supply a controlled drug of class B – cannabis resin.

Simon Rushton, 39, Tillett Green, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, has been jailed for 23 months after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – heroin and conspiring to supply a class A controlled drug – cocaine.

Ryan Baxter, 26, of Montgomery Court, Newcastle-under-Lyme, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and 120 hours of unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a class B drug – cannabis and being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug of class B – cannabis.

Joshua Rorbach-Pointon, 32, Beech Grove, Newcastle-under-Lyme, was sentenced to a 12-month community order, a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and 100 hours of unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a controlled drug of class B – cannabis resin.

Daniel Ludden, 31, of Douglas Road, Newcastle, under-Lyme, was sentenced to a 12-month community order, a nine-month drug rehabilitation requirement, 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 75 hours of unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a controlled drug of class B – cannabis resin.

William Muncey, 25, of Austin Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to a 12-month community order, a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 50 hours of unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a controlled drug of class B – cannabis resin.