Just An Ordinary Decent Criminal

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She said: "No one needs to be reminded of the dangers of knife crime after the most recent deaths of teenagers in London and Manchester. We want to do everything we can to remove knives from the streets of the Humberside Police Force area. We are pleased to give our support to this national initiative once again and give everyone an opportunity to get rid of knives and weapons that could potential cause injury or worse to someone in our area." He was looking for information about his ex-partner and his girlfriend accused him of still loving her, the court heard. It's not common but kids can go into care under last resort measures. Family members usually step in and become surrogate parents in situations when its looking like the local authority care team are ready to take actions. You don’t know what you’ve got until you’ve lost it. Regret and remorse always come later." My wife was there from the start. My parents didn’t really understand, but telling the children was the hardest. As they were so young, five, one and unborn at the start, as years went by and I was attending hospital and then in 2007 having my first lot of chemo, we told them dad had funny blood. We found this was the best way to tell them, so we were not keeping them out the picture. As they got older, they were told exactly what was happening. My two oldest, the boys, eventually went for a session of counselling with our local hospice, which they say helped a lot.

Paul Walmsley photographed at Burbo Bank near Crosby in December 2017 ; Liverpool ECHO (Image: Liverpool Echo) It was writing a letter of apology to his mum that he learned the most: “I started writing to her to say sorry – and six months later I was still writing! I wrote 180,000 words – and that became my book,” says Paul who adds that he is in talks for Just An Ordinary Decent Criminal to be turned into a film. Who would play him? “People say there’s only one person – Stephen Graham.” Police had to close the road as his parents Paul and Jayne paid tribute to their son from outside Paul's home in Jubilee Road.

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Timpsons recruits one in 10 of its employees from prisons across the UK and is one of a growing number of big-name UK firms that runs prison recruitment programmes - including Greggs, Halfords and M&S. Dave Cording, Crimestoppers’ Deputy Chief Executive, said: “This is another outstanding result for Operation Captura as we see a wanted man feel the pressure of the campaign and hand himself in. Parents of murdered school boy Luke Walmsley, Paul and Jayne Walmsley at the official opening of the Luke Walmsley sports pavilion at North Somercotes village playing field, built in memory of the murdered school boy (Image: GrimsbyLive)

I worked for the Academy for three years, two while in custody and a year outside, before joining the people referral unit. It offers provision for those young people expelled from school, when no-one else will take them. The Norris Green man returned to the UK in 2011 and handed himself in at Copy Lane police station. He was later jailed for ten years after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

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The woman said he persuaded her to let him into the room but once inside he began throwing her luggage around and threatened to throw himself from a window. Paul also told the ECHO how there was a camaraderie amongst Liverpool’s criminal fraternity in Marbella and Amsterdam. At one point Paul's mugshot appeared on Sky News when he was a fugitive wanted by Crimestoppers trying to avoid the attention of police in Spain.

I’m not saying that outside influences are responsible for my life, actions and reactions – far from it – it’s all my own doing, but I believe things happen for a reason. Read More Related Articles The parents urged schools to have designated staff members to whom children can turn if they suspect or see a fellow student with a knife. Paul has since turned his life around after being released from prison several years ago. Today the Liverpool man is a reformed character and works with organisations across the city to try and deter young people from becoming involved in organised crime. Paul recently spoke to the Sunday Times when he said that cuts to funding was reducing the police's ability to fight serious crime in Liverpool.

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After being released from prison, Paul decided that he wanted to work with young people. He was seconded to a youth club in Bootle, and now visits schools and mentors looked-after children across Merseyside. I’ve transformed my life, I’ve written a book, I’ve won awards and I know that I’m an asset to the business that I’m joining – and this is not a unique situation, there are many, many people that I’ve left behind who are just like me.” Read More Related Articles Just an Ordinary Decent Criminal also captures Paul’s bittersweet childhood in Norris Green, surrounded by close friends and family. This arrest now brings Operation Captura’s success rate to over 75 per cent as 46 of those sought have now been located out of a total of 60 appeals.

The amateur boxing clubs play a great role out there in the communities, but we need more choice. We need places where kids can learn about technology and art too. Read More Related Articles We asked a group of them if there was something that could be provided for them in the parks, and they asked for a safe zone where they could smoke weed.Children with a parent in prison are an entirely neglected group in our society. They are innocent victims of a crime they did not commit, but suffer the consequences of the punishment which is supposedly directed at the offender. Read More Related Articles He also revealed that he had launched the Lewis Dunne foundation (LDF). Lewis, 16, was shot dead on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal in 2015. In 2011, Paul handed himself in at Copy Lane police station, pleaded guilty to ‘conspiracy to supply Class A drugs’ and was jailed for ten years.