{"id":324031,"date":"2025-08-07T02:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324031\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T02:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:06:12","slug":"scouse-mo-arrested-at-caravan-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324031\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scouse Mo&#8217; arrested at caravan park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A phone operated by Huyton man James Donohue was used 40,000 times in the space of three months<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_image-9.jpg\" alt=\"James Donohue, 25 and of Woolfall Crescent in Huyton, was jailed for cocaine and crack cocaine drug supply\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>James Donohue, 25 and of Woolfall Crescent in Huyton, was jailed for cocaine and crack cocaine drug supply(Image: Merseyside Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A &#8220;Scouse Mo&#8221; and &#8220;Scouse Ali&#8221; county lines dealer was arrested at a North Wales caravan park. James Donohue was arrested at the Lyons Robin Hood Caravan Park in Rhyl earlier this year in connection with an <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"investigation into drug supplyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation into drug supply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers from North Wales Police were investigating a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/600000-drugs-found-police-stopped-32205688\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"county lines drug operationLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">county lines drug operation<\/a> with the phone name &#8220;Scouse Mo&#8221;, which had first become active in the Liverpool area in May this year. Later that month, on May 26, it began to be used in the Rhyl area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers had also identified another number being used in a similar operation under the name &#8220;Scouse Ali&#8221;. The second phone was operational from May 28 throughout June, with messages offering drugs for sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/county-lines-drug-dealer-caught-32208556\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NorthWalesLiveLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">NorthWalesLive<\/a> reported that police executed a warrant at the Robin Hood Caravan Park. Two men were inside, including 25-year-old Donohue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Jade Tufail, prosecuting, told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/courts\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Mold Crown CourtLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mold Crown Court<\/a> that officers found cash, an open bag of white powder, drug paraphernalia, bicarbonate of soda powder, cannabis and multiple mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The court heard a phone operated by Donohue was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/county-lines-drug-dealer-caught-32208556\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"found to have been used about 40,000 timesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">found to have been used about 40,000 times<\/a> between April and June, with the messages relating to county lines drug dealing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Donohue, of Woolfall Crescent in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/huyton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Huyton<\/a>, admitted being involved in the supply of cocaine and crack cocaine during May and June 2025 and being in possession of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The court heard Donohue had <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"nine convictions for 22 offencesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">nine convictions for 22 offences<\/a> including eight drugs offences. At the time of the offence he was serving a 26-week suspended sentence for actual bodily harm on his ex-partner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The court heard he was now in breach of that suspended sentence. He had completed around one sixth of a community order in relation to that offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Jemma Gordon, defending, told the court her client had entered an early guilty plea. She added he was a relatively young man who had endured a difficult childhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Judge Timothy Petts sentenced Donohue to a total of four years in prison for the offences, including breaching his suspended ABH sentence, up to half of which must be served in custody with the rest on licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Judge Petts said: &#8220;You haven&#8217;t previously been involved in drug supply,&#8221; but he added: &#8220;This is clearly a significant case of street dealing in class A drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Donohue will appear back before the same court on December 15 for a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Proceeds of Crime ActLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Proceeds of Crime Act<\/a> hearing to determine what money can be recovered. A criminal behaviour order will also be considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Join the Liverpool ECHO Breaking News and Top Stories WhatsApp community to receive the latest news straight to your phone <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/join-liverpool-echos-whatsapp-community-26664885\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A phone operated by Huyton man James Donohue was used 40,000 times in the space of three monthsJames&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,30,188,393,4884,179,11746,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-324031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-north-wales","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114985041141543891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}