A dad was given a devastating diagnosis and "went off the rails", leading to a descent into criminality which a judge likened to Breaking Bad. Ryan McCormick turned to trafficking cocaine and sourcing firearms on encrypted communications platform EncroChat as he sought to safeguard the "financial wellbeing of his family in the event of his demise".

But he then went onto hold such sway that he was seemingly able to secure discount prices on guns for sale. A Rolex watch and high value designer goods were then seized from his home when police came knocking at his door more than five years later.

Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Thursday, that McCormick, of Elsie Road in Anfield , operated the handle "Grey Farmer" on the network before it was infiltrated by French police during 2020. Me

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