The 19-year-old gangster who fled police in stolen Range Rover, crashed it through a brick wall and told cops: "I do admit I am stoned"

A stoned gun thug smashed a stolen Range Rover through a brick wall and wrote off a woman's car. Daniel Lawler, 19, joined 16-year-old gang boss Harry O'Brien in two 'callous and cowardly' shootings on an electric bike.

The pair fired into a family's occupied living room and shot into another victim's bedroom as part of a violent feud. Cannabis dealer O'Brien also launched a third shooting and a firebombing on a mum's home. Last week he was locked up for nine years and eight months. Lawler, now 21, has also been found guilty of being part of O'Brien's firearms plot. He also admitted dangerous driving and handling stolen goods, the Liverpool Echo has reported.

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Liverpool Crown Court heard police in an unmarked vehicle spotted a black Range Rover at traffic lights on Green Lane, near West Derby Road in Tuebrook, Liverpool, at 1.40am on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The Range Rover shot through red lights at speed.

Officers gave chase. The Range Rover accelerated towards a roundabout and turned left onto 20mph Lisburn Lane, where Lawler later confessed he was doing about 70mph.

David Temkin, QC, prosecuting, told the court: "The Range Rover approached a bend at the junction of Sandringham Road, but due to the excessive speed, it crashed through a brick wall, smashing through it and causing extensive damage to a parked car, which had to be written off. The cost of repair to the wall was over £4,000."

Lawler, of Halewood Road, Woolton, jumped out of the driver's seat and ran away, but was caught in a nearby garden. Officers noted he smelt strongly of cannabis and following a roadside test he tested positive for the drug.

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