Warrington

The identity of AceProspect was revealed last week as Philip Waugh, from Warrington in Cheshire.

Waugh has now admitted conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm by hatching a plan to blind a Warrington man called Nathan Simpson in April 2020.

According to the NCA, Waugh's right-hand man Robert Brazendale, from Thelwall in Warrington, would then be responsible for storing the weapons and passing them on to customers.

Professional songwriters were banished, too, in favour of a close group of collaborators, including guitarist Adam Warrington, and Matt Schwartz, the Israeli-British producer who helmed his 2018 debut.

The 16-year-old was stabbed 28 times by teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson - who also attended Birchwood Community High School - and Eddie Ratcliffe in a park near Warrington, Cheshire in February 2023.