A taxi driver and former postman whose son was a promising Everton Academy footballer was secretly part of a major heroin and cocaine ring.
A series of court cases heard over the past four years have been subject to a media blackout until this week, following the conclusion of the trial of co-conspirator Edward Jarvis. Details of Rimmer’s sentencing hearing back in October 2022 can therefore now finally be reported.READ MORE: Michael Riccio puts head in hands as he's found guilty of plotting 'retribution' shooting
Andrew Alty, defending, told the court that his client had acted as carer to his 87-year-old mum. He added that Rimmer - who also previously worked for the Royal Mail and was a dad-to-four children including 17-year-old twins, one of whom was said to have played for Everton’s academy - was "somebody who had clearly worked hard throughout his life" and "at all times was acting under the direction of others".
Vincent Coggins Dean Borrows, aged 39 and of Ledson Grove in Aughton, 46-year-old Darren Tierney, of Chatham Street in Stockport, 60-year-old Paul Fitzsimmons, of Birch Tree Court in West Derby, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin. They were handed respective terms 14 years and three months, 12 years and nine months and 12-and-a-half years.
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