A father and son who received threat to life warnings from police have been jailed for more than 30 years. Professional drug dealers Brian Maxwell, 54, and Brian Thomas Maxwell, 35, received formal Osman warnings from Merseyside Police, which meant there was a threat to their lives.
Yesterday Liverpool Crown Court heard a rival gang suspected Maxwell junior was involved in the theft of drugs that belonged to them. The two men were arrested in September 2021 as a result of information gained by the penetration of the EncroChat phone network.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Nicola Daley, prosecuting, told the court how Maxwell junior tried to buy high powered weapons from criminal contacts in the underworld to defend himself from the threat. Ms Daley described how Maxwell junior used the Encrochat phone network to try and source what is thought to have been an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, an AK47, a Glock 17, a Grand Power pistol, a Walther PPK handgun and ammunition.
