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[Locki]

From the Liverpool Echo:

Former Southport footballer is facing drug trial
(Dec 10 2009 Liverpool Echo )

A FORMER Southport FC player was among 11 people to appear in court accused of being involved with a drugs conspiracy.

Striker Terence Fearns, 32, now at Chorley FC, appeared at Liverpool crown court with 10 others yesterday charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs between January 1 and November 25.

The group are: Fearns, of Lincoln Drive, Maghull; Barry Devlin, 32, of Bedford Road, Bootle; Mark Constantine, 32, of Wenning Avenue, Maghull; Stephen Harrison, 20, of Chapel Road, Anfield; Lee Holden, 36, of Weaver Avenue, Kirkby; Darral Fitzsimmons, 41,of Dens Road, Scotland; Paul Campbell, 49, of Lacey Street, Widnes; Darren Spendlove, 33, of Hale Road, Widnes; Patrick Farley, 23, of no fixed address, Robert Soutar, 24, of St Mary Street, Dundee, and Joanne Farrugia, 26, of Whinhowe Road, Croxteth.

Judge Mark Brown fixed a plea and case management hearing for March 26.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/12/10/former-southport-footballer-is-facing-drug-trial-100252-25361575/

[Locki]

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[Paul]

From the clubs point of view has anything else developed on the Terry Fearns front. I think the last statement the club made stated that he had been suspended until further notice. As a contracted player does that mean that he is no longer entitled to the weekly wage agreed in his contract?

[Ian Livesey]

[Ian Livesey]

Nay, why SHOULD we be paying him!?

[Locki]

Just found this on the Liverpool Echo

Former Southport FC footballer Terence Fearns pleads guilty to drug conspiracy charge

Striker Terence Fearns, 32, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday for a plea and case management hearing with 11 others accused of being involved in the plot.

The eleven men and one woman have been charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs between January 1 and November 25 last year.

Fearns, of Lincoln Drive, Maghull; Steven Harrison, 20, of Chapel Road, Anfield; Lee Holden, 36, of Weaver Avenue, Kirkby; Mark Constantine, 32, of Wenning Avenue, Maghull; Joseph Makereth, 24, of Brooklands Road East, Old Swan; Patrick Farley, 23, of no fixed address; Paul Campbell, 49, of Lacey Street, Widnes; Darren Spendlove, 33, of Hale Road, Widnes; and Darral Fitzsimmons, 41, of Dundee, Scotland, all pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on June 18.

Joanne Farrugia, 26, of Whinhowe Road, Croxteth, and Robert Soutar, 24, of St Mary Street, Dundee, deny the charge and face trial on June 1. Barry Devlin, 32, of Bedford Road, Bootle, will enter a plea on April 14.

Fearns was on bail, but Judge Henry Globe, QC, granted his request to be taken into custody. Farrugia and Devlin were released on bail.

The rest were remanded.

The nine men who pleaded guilty were told a custodial sentence was “inevitable”.

(Mar 27 2010 by Lorna Hughes, Liverpool Echo)