An Eritrean national seeking asylum in the United Kingdom was jailed for nine years on Thursday for the rape of a drunken woman on a nigh…

Bolton Crown Court heard how the 37-year-old female victim had been socializing in the Wigan town center during the early hours of Dec. 18 when she became separated from her friends. She was approached by 27-year-old Eritrean national, Ablolom Okbazge, who had visited a friend in Wigan. He discovered the woman in a “heavily intoxicated […]
An Eritrean national seeking asylum in the United Kingdom was jailed for nine years on Thursday for the rape of a drunken woman on a night out in Wigan

Bolton Crown Court heard how the 37-year-old female victim had been socializing in the Wigan town center during the early hours of Dec. 18 when she became separated from her friends. She was approached by 27-year-old Eritrean national, Ablolom Okbazge, who had visited a friend in Wigan. He discovered the woman in a “heavily intoxicated […]
Two men have been charged and remanded into custody after possessing a firearm in Manchester City Centre

Detectives are appealing for further witnesses after a disturbance on Wood Street which subsequently led to the arrests and charges of two men. The incident occurred close to the Oast house and BLVD nightclub which took place shortly after 4am on Saturday the 5th of November 2022. CCTV clearly shows that a number of people […]
Two men have been charged and remanded into custody after possessing a firearm in Manchester City Centre

Detectives are appealing for further witnesses after a disturbance on Wood Street which subsequently led to the arrests and charges of two men. The incident occurred close to the Oast house and BLVD nightclub which took place shortly after 4am on Saturday the 5th of November 2022. CCTV clearly shows that a number of people […]
Two men have been charged and remanded into custody after possessing a firearm in Manchester City Centre – (ID 533076)

Detectives are appealing for further witnesses after a disturbance on Wood Street which subsequently led to the arrests and charges of two men. The incident occurred close to the Oast house and BLVD nightclub which took place shortly after 4am on Saturday the 5th of November 2022. CCTV clearly shows that a number of people […]
An Oldham drug conspirator has been jailed for a million-pound cocaine and heroin plot

Nabeel Rasheed of Southbank Road in Bury was involved in a million-pound Class A drug ring in Oldham, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin and conspiracy to money launder. At the forefront of this sentencing is the use of Encrypted mobile […]
Detectives are appealing for information after a stabbing on Deansgate in Manchester City Centre

At around 3.35am on Saturday officers received reports of a stabbing on Deansgate in Manchester City Centre. Officers attended the scene, and three men were taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Enquiries suggest that the incident started as a result of a fight between 6-8 males outside Club Liv on Deansgate. […]
Police are appealing for further information after a vehicle collided with a pedestrian

At around 12:30pm on Friday 4 November 2022, an 81-year-old woman was waiting to cross at a pedestrian crossing on Foundry Street near to the junction with Jefferys Drive in #Dukinfield. At the same time, a Mercedes VITO people carrier travelling along Birch Lane crosses the junction onto Foundry Street and collided with the 81-year-old […]
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 9 years for the rape of a female in Wigan town centre

Ablolom Okbazge of no fixed abode was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court yesterday to 9 years imprisonment and placed on the sex offenders register for life after being found guilty of rape. In the early hours of Saturday 18 December 2021, a 37 year old female had been socialising with friends in Wigan town centre, […]
Victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were left “waiting in vain” and “desperate for help” which did not come, a damning second report has found

A dismal second investigation has determined that victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were kept “waiting in vain” and “desperate for rescue, which did not come.The “inadequacies” in the emergency response also meant that at least one of the 22 victims’ deaths may have been avoided.Because of a “loss of communication” between emergency services, […]
Victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were left “waiting in vain” and “desperate for help” which did not come, a damning second r…

A dismal second investigation has determined that victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were kept “waiting in vain” and “desperate for rescue, which did not come.The “inadequacies” in the emergency response also meant that at least one of the 22 victims’ deaths may have been avoided.Because of a “loss of communication” between emergency services, […]
Victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were left “waiting in vain” and “desperate for help” which did not come, a damning second report has found

A dismal second investigation has determined that victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack were kept “waiting in vain” and “desperate for rescue, which did not come.The “inadequacies” in the emergency response also meant that at least one of the 22 victims’ deaths may have been avoided.Because of a “loss of communication” between emergency services, […]
A man has been arrested after vehicle was stolen at knife point in Little Lever, Bolton

Greater Manchester Police were called to Mytham Road, Bolton at around 5pm yesterday to reports of a knife-point robbery of a vehicle involving a young mother and baby. Later that evening at around 19.30 GMT officers quickly responded to a road traffic collision in relation to the suspected stolen vehicle on Great Western Street, Manchester […]
Greater Manchester Police are looking for the public to help in their enquiries after an incident on Saturday 22 October 2022 where a 66-…

At around 8.45pm on the Saturday evening at the Esso KP Garage on Victoria Avenue, Manchester the victim was carrying out painting maintenance on the disabled ramp to the shop when a white man, described as around 19/20 years-old, 5’10” wearing a baseball cap under a hood and dark clothing, who was driving a white/silver […]
Greater Manchester Police are looking for the public to help in their enquiries after an incident on Saturday 22 October 2022 where a 66-year-old man was assaulted

At around 8.45pm on the Saturday evening at the Esso KP Garage on Victoria Avenue, Manchester the victim was carrying out painting maintenance on the disabled ramp to the shop when a white man, described as around 19/20 years-old, 5’10” wearing a baseball cap under a hood and dark clothing, who was driving a white/silver […]
Two serial offenders jailed for a total of eight and half years – (ID 532609)

Declan Flynn of Moorfield Avenue, Denton, and Ryan McCormack of no fixed abode, were both jailed on Friday (28 October 2022) at Manchester Crown Court for four-and-a-half years and four years respectively.They were charged with a number of offences, including: two counts of robbery (including the theft of a motor vehicle), burglary dwelling with a […]
Two serial offenders jailed for a total of eight and half years

Declan Flynn of Moorfield Avenue, Denton, and Ryan McCormack of no fixed abode, were both jailed on Friday (28 October 2022) at Manchester Crown Court for four-and-a-half years and four years respectively.They were charged with a number of offences, including: two counts of robbery (including the theft of a motor vehicle), burglary dwelling with a […]
Two serial offenders jailed for a total of eight and half years

Declan Flynn of Moorfield Avenue, Denton, and Ryan McCormack of no fixed abode, were both jailed on Friday (28 October 2022) at Manchester Crown Court for four-and-a-half years and four years respectively.They were charged with a number of offences, including: two counts of robbery (including the theft of a motor vehicle), burglary dwelling with a […]