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Court hears how Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly were described as the superheroes in the mobile phone of one of their couriers
Two Merseyside men accused of running a £1m heroin conspiracy were described as “Batman and Robin” in the mobile phone of one of their couriers.
Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly sold class A drugs in the city but got others to do their “dirty work”, Liverpool crown court heard.
David McLachlan, prosecuting, told jurors: “The prosecution say Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly were in business together. Their business was drug dealing. They supplied class A drugs, mainly heroin, in significant quantities notably of very high purity."
He described how in December 2011 police surveillance of McGirr saw him in a pub car park in Kirkby with another man.
Police moved in to stop that man’s car and in it found 1½kg of high purity heroin worth between £60,000 and £90,000 which after adulteration could have been worth as much as £900,000.
Mr McLachlan said: “In short December 2 had been a bad day for him. He had been caught red handed.”
Mr McLachlan said having lost this courier – who referred to Kelly and McGirr as Batman and Robin on his mobile phone – they recruited Paul Rogers, 29, of Smithford Walk, Tarbock Green, who on Thursday May 3 last year parked his van at Kelly’s family home on Town Row, West Derby, and then went around the corner to meet a “customer” of theirs.
Police stopped the customer and found he had 102g of high purity heroin worth up to £100,000 when cut.
Mr McLachlan said: “The prosecution say Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly dealt class A drugs.
“They were in the phone as Batman and Robin.
“They weren’t fighting evil. They were peddling misery with a name called heroin.”
Paul Rogers and Paul Kelly, 28, of Crantock Close, West Derby, deny conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Christopher McGirr, 28, of Tollerton Road, West Derby admitted the charge and will be sentenced after the trial.
(Proceeding)
Two Merseyside men accused of running a £1m heroin conspiracy were described as “Batman and Robin” in the mobile phone of one of their couriers.
Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly sold class A drugs in the city but got others to do their “dirty work”, Liverpool crown court heard.
David McLachlan, prosecuting, told jurors: “The prosecution say Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly were in business together. Their business was drug dealing. They supplied class A drugs, mainly heroin, in significant quantities notably of very high purity."
He described how in December 2011 police surveillance of McGirr saw him in a pub car park in Kirkby with another man.
Police moved in to stop that man’s car and in it found 1½kg of high purity heroin worth between £60,000 and £90,000 which after adulteration could have been worth as much as £900,000.
Mr McLachlan said: “In short December 2 had been a bad day for him. He had been caught red handed.”
Mr McLachlan said having lost this courier – who referred to Kelly and McGirr as Batman and Robin on his mobile phone – they recruited Paul Rogers, 29, of Smithford Walk, Tarbock Green, who on Thursday May 3 last year parked his van at Kelly’s family home on Town Row, West Derby, and then went around the corner to meet a “customer” of theirs.
Police stopped the customer and found he had 102g of high purity heroin worth up to £100,000 when cut.
Mr McLachlan said: “The prosecution say Christopher McGirr and Paul Kelly dealt class A drugs.
“They were in the phone as Batman and Robin.
“They weren’t fighting evil. They were peddling misery with a name called heroin.”
Paul Rogers and Paul Kelly, 28, of Crantock Close, West Derby, deny conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Christopher McGirr, 28, of Tollerton Road, West Derby admitted the charge and will be sentenced after the trial.
(Proceeding)
