Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court sentenced Rowlands, 41, after she admitted conspiracies to supply Class A and B drugs and money laundering.
- Prosecutors described her as a trusted aide to kingpin Terence Clarke, running safehouses, transporting people and drugs, and handling cash and valuables.
- Investigators traced about £84,000 of criminal funds through her Lloyds accounts, with EncroChat messages and surveillance underpinning the case.
- Co-defendants Robert Seville and Aaron Denham received prison terms of eight years eight months and six years following guilty pleas to drug offences.
- January 2023 raids recovered kilogram quantities of heroin, other Class A drugs, and cash, and evidence showed Clarke continued directing activity while on remand.