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Sam Walker threats case withdrawn as no evidence offered

Walker was said to have sent two voice notes to a woman and allegedly threatened her dad

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Sam Walker outside Liverpool Crown Court during an earlier court appearance(Image: Liverpool ECHO)

A criminal case against Sam Walker has been discontinued after the prosecution said there wasn't a realistic prospect of conviction. Walker, 42 and of the Strand in Liverpool city centre, was charged with a sole offence of sending a communication threatening serious violence.

The alleged charge on August 24 2025 was listed as "sending communications that threatened serious harm, intending, or being reckless as to whether, an individual encountering the message would fear that the threat would be carried out".

This related to two alleged voice notes which were sent to a woman called Sharnie Williams, with the threat said to have concerned her dad Clive Williams.

Walker denied the alleged offence and a three-day trial was listed at Liverpool Crown Court on September 28 this year. But at a brief hearing today, Wednesday, Paulinus Barnes told the court the prosecution would not be offering any evidence in the case.

[Sam Walker at Liverpool Crown Court on a previous occasion]

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Sam Walker at Liverpool Crown Court on a previous occasion(Image: Liverpool Echo)

Mr Barnes told the court the prosecution did not believe "that there is a reasonable prospect of a conviction". Judge Robert Trevor-Jones, presiding, entered a not guilty verdict and the case against Walker was discontinued.

Walker, who was represented by Peter Killen in the hearing which lasted around one minute, was not present in court.

Walker's counsel said he was driving from south Wales and would be late to the hearing listed at 10.30am. The judge said Walker was not needed in court and proceedings resumed in his absence.

Walker previously failed to appear in court in October last year for a listed plea and trial preparation hearing.

His then counsel Robert Wyn Jones said: "Sadly, he is in A&E at Chester Hospital waiting to be seen. It is to do with a serious assault that he suffered over the summer. He was stabbed and shot in July.

"He says that he has been suffering problems as a result of that damage. He has at least been in contact with those instructing me up until today, so I seek that we give him the benefit of the doubt today."

[Sam Walker outside Liverpool Crown Court ]

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Sam Walker outside Liverpool Crown Court(Image: Liverpool Echo)

Walker previously said in an online video that the threats charge was in response to a man who allegedly rang the hospital and claimed he was in possession of firearm while his children were being born.

Walker claimed officers arrested him on suspicion of possession of a firearm and held in a cell. The force confirmed to the ECHO that a man was held in custody and detained. A spokesperson added no firearm was found.

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