Between 2006 and 2011 Paul Walmsley was ‘Britain’s Most Wanted’ –
spending five years on the run from the police on European shores.
Acknowledging the certainty of a lengthy spell in prison, he handed
himself in to the Police in 2011 and was sentenced to 10 years for
a drugs conspiracy. Whilst in custody Paul decided to engage in
education and became what HMP Service described as a ‘model
prisoner’. Paul is now a qualified life coach, humanistic counsellor and
NLP practitioner.
Lecturing about the desistance theory (To desist from criminal
behaviours by using educational creativity, the arts and music) in
Universities across the north-west, Paul regularly participates in
intervention projects in the Merseyside area to help and guide young
people. Volunteering in a wide range of activities within the community
Paul helps the families of prisoners come to terms with the realities of
what incarceration brings.
Paul was awarded numerous accolades for creative writing and his (
published) book; Just an Ordinary Decent Criminal is a Koestler Trust,
double-award winning piece.