Overview

• In February Rothwell pleaded guilty to six conspiracy counts covering firearms possession with intent to endanger life, ammunition possession, cocaine supply, two counts of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and ketamine supply.
• Newly revealed details show his August 2024 trial was paused after he was stabbed at HMP Manchester, not due to illness as jurors were told.
• Reporting restrictions were lifted on July 10, 2025, allowing public disclosure of both his February guilty pleas and the prison attack.
• He faces a likely lengthy sentence when he appears for sentencing in August at Manchester Crown Court under heightened security.
• Following a 2020 acquittal on murder conspiracy charges, Rothwell was arrested in Amsterdam in December 2020 and extradited to the UK in March 2021.