An uninsured and unlicensed driver from Oldham, who fatally collided with a 14-year-old girl on her way to school in Moston before fleein…
Kevin Pryce of Quail Street, was sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square) for the incident in October, after he had previously pleaded guilty to five driving offences including causing death by dangerous driving. Officers were notified of the collision shortly after 08.15 on Monday 5 October 2020 after being called to a […]
A man from Manchester has been jailed for slashing three mens’ faces on nights out
Milo Lindsay of Longport Avenue, Withington was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 14 years imprisonment for two counts of section 18 assault, section 20 assault and two counts of possessing a bladed article. He will also spend an extended period of four years on licence. Lindsay was arrested and taken into police custody […]
A man has been jailed for the murder of a woman in Wigan and the attempted murder of a member of the public who tried to intervene
At around 4pm on Wednesday 20 May 2020, police were called to reports of a stabbing on Upholland Road in the Orrell area. Officers attended a property and found 32-year-old Melissa Belshaw with serious injuries. She was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries established that a man had also been attacked whilst trying […]
Two members of a Salford organised crime group have been sentenced for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm
In 2015, there were a number of incidents as a result of a dispute between two Salford organised crime groups who called themselves the ‘A Team’ and ‘Anti-A Team. The incidents were all investigated as part of ‘Operation Leopard’, led by detectives from GMP’s Major Incident Team. These sentences are the culmination of Operation […]
Salford Man jailed for terrorism offences after he was found to be in possession of so-called ‘Islamic State’ propaganda material on his electronic devices
Ataubaq Taj of Hacking Street, Salford, was sentenced today (Wednesday 4 November 2020) at Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square) to six years – five of which are to be spent in jail. Last month (Thursday 15 October), a jury found Taj guilty of section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 – possessing a document […]
Salford Man jailed for terrorism offences after he was found to be in possession of so-called ‘Islamic State’ propaganda material on his …
Ataubaq Taj of Hacking Street, Salford, was sentenced today (Wednesday 4 November 2020) at Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square) to six years – five of which are to be spent in jail. Last month (Thursday 15 October), a jury found Taj guilty of section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 – possessing a document […]
A woman has been jailed for stabbing a woman 30 times and inflicting multiple burns during a rampaging assault in Wigan
Awa Zongo of Atherton Road, Hindley Green, Wigan, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square, today (Friday 30 October 2020) to life in prison, with a minimum of seven years before parole is considered, after pleading guilty to section 18 assault. The court heard that at around 10.20am on Saturday 14 December 2019, […]
A woman who placed a lit barbeque beneath a bed as a man slept has been jailed.
A woman who placed a lit barbeque beneath a bed as a man slept has been jailed.At Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square today Thursday 15 October 2020 Lisa Walmsley of Radnormere Drive, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport was sentenced to five years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted murder.At around […]
A man has been jailed after police found more than 400,000 indecent pictures of children on his work computer
Michael Donkin, 59, downloaded hundreds of thousands of vile, illegal images of children as young as one-year-old, including almost 25,000 classed as being of the most serious category showing the rape and torture of young children
A part-time DJ who fantasised about raping and murdering a child has been sentenced
A part-time DJ who fantasised about raping and murdering a child has been sentenced for making and showing some of the worst child sexual abuse images NCA investigators have ever seen. Haitch Macklin, 38, sold access to his horrendous catalogue to other offenders via an encrypted messaging app from his home in Higher Broughton, Salford, […]
