27 August 2024 , 19:44
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Gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren says he wants to be out of the ’public glare’ after admitting to breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order he was slapped with for drug importation
Notorious gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren has avoided jail with a suspended prison sentence after admitting to breaching a court order today.
The 61-year-old was handed a 14-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty to six charges of failing to comply with a Serious Crime Prevention Order at Liverpool Crown Court. He admitted a further charge, which he asked to be taken into account when he was being sentenced.
The Order imposes severe restrictions on his movements, finances, access to cash, vehicles, mobile phones and ability to travel overseas. It came into force following Warren’s release from HMP Whitemoor in November 2022 after serving a 14-year sentence for a conspiracy to import cannabis into Jersey.
His prison sentence also included a spell for failing to hand over £198million of his ill-gotten criminal gains – which he had been ordered to pay back by a judge under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
He was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency for breaching the order at an address in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, on July 5 last year.
But now his barrister said he wants "peace" and to be "out of the public glare."
Warren, who has previously been convicted in the Netherlands for drugs offences, previously denied 18 breaches of the order and was due to stand trial in November.
Prosecutor Paul Mitchell asked for the other counts to lie on the file (Image: Liverpool Echo)
He was accused of failing to notify the authorities of a change of communication device, of his use of credit cards, that he had set up a business, the true nature of that business and of his application for a passport.