'You had some knowledge of what was to happen... you called your son and your son took steps of retribution'

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A man sent two friends to a woman's home to threaten her at gunpoint after she had a pub row with his mum. Amanda Traynor, 46, called her son, Andrew Rathbone, after the bust-up with sisters Aimee Fagan and Kayleigh Taylor.

The following day Rathbone's pals, Michael Brown and Liam Higham, turned up outside Ms Fagan's home, where she was sitting in her car, and pointed what appeared to be a gun at her.

The weapon was never found and the Crown Prosecution Service went on to accept it was an imitation firearm. Traynor, of Pinfold Crescent in Kirkby, Liverpool, was initially charged in relation to the firearms offences, but those counts were dropped after Rathbone, Brown and Higham admitted conspiring to possess an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. READ MORE: Manhunt underway after group 'targeted' in terrifying shooting before suspect flees scene in car READ MORE: M62 to remain SHUT both ways for hours after serious crash The three men were sentenced in November, but on Thursday at Liverpool Crown Court Traynor appeared for sentence in relation to one count of assaulting an emergency worker after 'completely and utterly' losing her temper when police arrived to arrest her, reports The Echo.

Stephen McNally, prosecuting, told the court the row happened at the Windmill pub in Kirkby on March 12, 2022. "According to Ms Traynor's own account in voice-notes sent via WhatsApp during the course of that evening, the argument had started when Ms Traynor referred to a third party, who was not present.