Taxi driver paedophile, cocaine bully and millionairess among crooks spared jail
They were hauled before courts but given a chance to prove themselves
Left to right; Kevin Hughes, Patrick Coleman and Kyle Hollomby
A paedophile who told a girl she could get a McDonald s in exchange for sex acts and a man who broke his wife s jaw after repeatedly punching her were among those criminals spared jail this month.
These are the people who were hauled before courts in Merseyside but given a chance to prove themselves.
Judges and magistrates have a variety of options available to them when sentencing, although the sentence must fall within the range of Sentencing Council guidelines.