Martial arts expert and boxer John Kinsella, 43, from Mile End, near Scotland Road, Liverpool, went on the run three months ago, moments before he was found guilty of robbery.He had earlier been found guilty of dangerous driving after he sped away from a haulage depot in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where he and three fellow robbers had stolen £41,000 worth of detergents, crisps and Easter eggs.He was sentenced to 13 years for the robbery, 12 months for dangerous driving after a police chase at speeds of up to 130mph, and three months for breaking bail conditions by absconding.
But, when the jury at Lincoln Crown Court finally found him guilty of the robbery, Kinsella was nowhere to be seen.It has now emerged that he has been granted leave for his lawyers to challenge the sentence at the Appeal Court in October, even though he has not contacted them since fleeing.It is understood Kinsella left instructions with his lawyers to appeal if they thought the sentence was excessive.

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12 Drug dealers have been arrested in a widespread crackdown on hard drugs.Officers yesterday seized about a kilo of amphetamine with an approximate street value of £4,000, a small amount of cannabis and £5,000-6,000 cash.The 12 men and women were picked up after 16 raids.They include one from Aughton, Lancs; three each from West Derby and Everton; two from Old Swan; two from Formby and one from Crosby.
The operation is the result of 18 months of work by the Force Crime Operations Unit.
The unit has in that time seized cocaine, heroin, amphetamine and cannabis with an estimated street value of £1m, two handguns with silencers and ammunition and £24,000 cash. also found 51 cannabis plants in a house on DingleVale in Dingle, and three people were arrested.

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