Yahoo News Gangster Curtis Warren avoids jail after arrest in Boldon and admitting breaching order
Convicted gangster Curtis Warren had avoided jail after breaching an order designed to prevent him committing serious crime.
Warren appeared before Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to six charges of failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order. He admitted a further charge, which he asked to be taken into account when he was being sentenced.
Warren, who is originally from Liverpool, was arrested by the National Crime Agency in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, in July last year. He was charged in November.
He was accused of failing to notify the authorities of a change of communication device, of his use of credit cards, that he had set up a business, the true nature of that business and of his application for a passport.
He was alleged to have breached the order by having more than £1,000 in his possession and failing to declare his income.
Warren, who has previously received convictions for drug offences in the Netherlands and Jersey, was to stand trial charged with 18 breaches of the order, but changed his pleas to six of the counts.
Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC handed him a 14-month jail term, suspended for 18 months.
Warren had been due to stand trial charged with 18 breaches of the order, but changed his pleas to six of the counts.
Paul Mitchell, prosecuting, asked the court to lie the remaining counts on file.
Anthony Barraclough, defending Warren, said: “He doesn’t want to be in the public glare any more, he wants peace and an end to it.”
