'I'm coming for you lad' - the 13 angry courtroom outbursts by criminals and their mums

Courtrooms are well-known for being a place where emotions can run high and tempers can flare - often resulting in heated outbursts from those in the dock and their supporters.

Such an incident occurred at Liverpool Crown Court this week when twins James and Curtis Byrne were convicted of attempted murder.

The brothers rode in tandem on electric bikes before finding their victim near a social club and firing six gunshots at him. As trigger man James Byrne was led down to the cells following the verdict, he turned to police officers who were sat within the courtroom and told told one: "You fat little b***end. Look up lad, you fat c***."

READ MORE: The 17-year-old rapist who held his victim at knifepoint and told her to 'shut up and stop crying'

He then began ranting at another officer, shouting: "I don't know what you're looking at, you little nonce. I’m coming for you lad."

The ECHO has taken a look back at 12 other cases from recent years where defendants - and sometimes their family members - ranted and raved in court. These include one man who claimed that he was "sitting in a courtroom full of lies", while another shouted "go and suck a d***".

'F***ing bulls***'

A drug dealer shouted out in court as a judge locked him up for his role in a drugs gang. Mason Clemonds was part of a county lines operation known as "Long Haired Luke", which flooded the streets with heroin and crack cocaine.

As he was sentenced to seven years in prison, he called the judge a "nonce". His family members in court could also be heard calling his sentence "f***ing bulls***".

'Mum I'll ring you'

A dangerous gun thug who once stabbed a man for refusing to give him a cigarette smiled, laughed and waved to his mum as he was jailed