A pizza man's attacker, a child rapist and a sex offender who battered his mum with her walking stick were among the Merseyside criminals jailed this week.
Also locked up was a thug who subjected a carer to a brutal assault which left him fearing for his life and jumping out of a window in order to escape. Meanwhile, a knifeman stabbed his flatmate five times wrongly believing he had stolen his motorbike.
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Here are the faces of nine criminals who were imprisoned in our region in the past week:
Darren MacPhee
A shopkeeper suffered a "horrific" 17cm wound after being attacked by a thief.
Darren MacPhee, from Birkenhead, left the employee with a "grave laceration" to his back after the worker attempted to stop him from shoplifting. But the "danger to the public" then called the police claiming that he was the one who had been attacked.
The fighting, which was captured on CCTV, lasted more than 10 minutes both in and outside the premises. During a "fairly prolonged" incident, MacPhee threw the man to the floor and punched and pushed him.
He is thought to have suffered the nasty cut when he was shoved into a shelving unit. The 29-year-old defendant, of Prince Edward Street, admitted wounding and was jailed for two years.
Rebecca Chisnall
A woman punched a hotel manager after being asked to leave for rowdy behaviour.
Rebecca Chisnall was turfed out of the Ibis in Haydock after noise complaints kept other occupants awake in the early hours. The 23-year-old, who is currently serving jail time for attacking a love rival by dragging her down a St Helens town centre street by her hair, has been handed another sentence of imprisonment over the unprovoked assault on the hotel worker.
Several guests had complained over noise from Chisnall's room, including hearing loud arguments, with her and her roommates having been spoken to by staff throughout the night. They were told they had 10 minutes to collect their belongings after she threatened to "knock out" the employee.
Shortly afterwards in the reception area, Chisnall - of Newton Road in Parr - inhaled her vape, blew the smoke in the manager's face and punched her in the head before departing. She pleaded guilty to assault and was handed six weeks behind bars.
Paul Maylor
A thug subjected a carer to a brutal attack that left him so scared for his own life he jumped out a first floor window to escape.
Paul Maylor left his victim in a coma for days after beating, kicking and biting him in a prolonged assault in early 2020. Liverpool Crown Court heard Maylor had been drinking and taking cocaine before the attack at the home of a friend in north Liverpool.
Maylor later went on to seriously injure his nephew in a separate incident while on bail for his attack on Peter Gibbons. He is now blind in his left eye due to the attack.
The 58-year-old defendant, of Clapham Road, was convicted of two counts of wounding. He received 14 years and five months.
Mark Garry
A drug dealer who flooded the streets of Runcorn with class A drugs climbed onto his roof when officers raided his home.
Mark Garry, of Swainson Road in Fazakerley, was selling crack cocaine on the streets of Runcorn until police raided his address on May 30 2022. When they arrived, he was seen climbing out of the window and onto the roof.
Drug paraphernalia and equipment were found inside the property. The 26-year-old later admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine.
Garry was jailed for four years. Detective Inspector Gary Stratton said: "Garry thought he could evade justice but he is now paying for his crime."
Phil McAlary
A knifeman repeatedly stabbed his flatmate in the stomach after wrongly believing he had stolen his motorbike.
Phil McAlary, of Keble Road in Bootle, flew into a rage with his neighbour over the misunderstanding and laughed maniacally after smearing poo over a communal toilet. He spent hours simmering over the dispute before plunging a knife into the innocent man five times the following morning.
The victim felt three punches to the stomach and stuck his leg out in order to block the attack, receiving two more hits to the knee and shin. He did not realise that 48-year-old McAlary was brandishing a knife and he was actually being repeatedly stabbed.
Doctors discovered that the blade had perforated the abdominal wall and had to perform emergency surgery. The attacker admitted wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm and was locked up for four years.
Adam Challoner
A thug who lured a pizza delivery driver into an ambush and robbed his car at knifepoint remains on crutches months after smashing it into a tree.
Adam Challoner, 26, was hospitalised for three weeks after being pulled from the destroyed Vauxhall Astra on Netherley Road, Tarbock Green, on April 28 this year. The crash, which was not witnessed and involved no other vehicles, came only eight minutes after the terrifying robbery on Hastie Close in Netherley.
The driver was sent to deliver the pizza after a call from Challoner's mobile phone to a takeaway at 10.10pm that night. However, as the driver pulled up, he was approached by Challoner, of Bechers, Widnes, who snatched his car keys from his hand.
Residents living near the scene of the accident later heard a loud bang and found the robber trapped in the driver's seat. He admitted robbery and was jailed for 40 months.
John Skelton
A paedophile was caught attempting to groom 13-year-old girls after savagely attacking his 66-year-old mum with her own walking stick.
Police discovered vile Facebook chats on John Skelton's mobile phone after his arrest over the serious assault, which saw the pensioner suffer a broken arm and have her head split open. In the messages, he implored the 'teenagers' to perform sexual acts and sent naked pictures of himself.
Upon analysis, it was discovered that the 46-year-old had been "deliberately targeting" two teens - who were actually decoys set up by paedophile hunters - by engaging in sexual conversations over Facebook Messenger. The defendant had initiated first contact before "turning sexual".
Skelton - of no fixed address, but previously from Kensington - sent the fake profiles pictures of his penis and asked for indecent images of the pair. He admitted two counts of attempting sexual communications with a child and two of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and was handed a further two-and-a-half years behind bars.
Brian Morton
A child rapist who groomed a girl with sweets and cigarettes has been jailed for 14 years.
Brian Morton, from Halewood, turned his victim against her own family in order to manipulate her for his sick sexual urges - even telling her that her parents did not love her. He also bought her mobile phone top-ups and took her for rides in his car, where he would sexually assault her.
The pervert would watch her while she bathed and "offer to clean her". Then, when she was aged 15, he raped her while she was sleeping in the spare bedroom of his home.
More than a decade later, the now 61-year-old attempted to groom another 14-year-old. Morton was found guilty of two counts of rape and jailed for 14 years.
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