These are the criminals jailed this week for crimes linked to Merseyside.
They include a "proud dad" who was unmasked as an Encrochat drug dealer responsible for moving kilos of cocaine and heroin and a thug who launched an unprovoked attack on a man in Liverpool city centre.
A thug who robbed a disabled man's home and a pensioner who subjected a child to a vile campaign of sexual abuse for more than a decade were also handed lengthy sentences at courts in our region.
