Nurse Lucy Letby to Face Retrial on Allegation She Tried to Murder Baby Girl
Nurse Lucy Letby, who was previously sentenced to a whole life order for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, will face a retrial on an outstanding allegation that she attempted to murder a baby girl. This decision was made after the jury in her trial at Manchester Crown Court […]
Prosecutors to Decide on Retrial for Child Serial Killer Nurse Lucy Letby
Prosecutors are poised to make a crucial decision regarding the possibility of a retrial for Lucy Letby, the former nurse sentenced to a whole life order after being found guilty of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit during 2015 and 2016. […]
Three men sentenced for raft of firearms, drugs and money laundering offences
Three men who conspired together in plots to supply guns and drugs have been jailed in a National Crime Agency investigation. Drug dealers Jamaine Salmon, 32, and Gary Fenton, 45, dealt wholesale, multi-kilo levels to customers across the north west of England. The duo also did business together on Encrochat, the encrypted comms platform taken […]
Man Jailed for Life for Murdering Tyson Fury’s Cousin with a Single Knife Blow
Manchester Crown Court sentenced 22-year-old Liam O’Pray (pictured left) to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of Rico Burton, the cousin of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. The fatal incident occurred during a violent brawl outside a bar in Altrincham’s Goose Green area. During the trial, the […]
Ryan Giggs Found Not Guilty as Domestic Violence Charges Dropped
Former footballer Ryan Giggs has been formally cleared of all charges related to domestic violence after his ex-partner indicated an unwillingness to continue with the case. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced the withdrawal of charges and abandoned plans for a retrial during a pre-trial review at Manchester Crown Court. Giggs, 49, who served as […]
The retrial of former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs over domestic violence allegations has been abandoned as the charges were w…
The decision was announced during a hearing at Manchester Crown Court. Giggs, a prominent figure in English football, was originally charged in November 2020 with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his ex-girlfriend and her sister. He denied all charges and the case had been scheduled for trial earlier this year. However, the trial was […]
The retrial of former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs over domestic violence allegations has been abandoned as the charges were withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service
The decision was announced during a hearing at Manchester Crown Court. Giggs, a prominent figure in English football, was originally charged in November 2020 with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his ex-girlfriend and her sister. He denied all charges and the case had been scheduled for trial earlier this year. However, the trial was […]
Thug for hire jailed for drugs and firearms offences
At Manchester Crown Court, Khassim Lawrence was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months behind bars years after he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and conspiracy to supply cocaine. Offenders are not known by their real names on EncroChat but by ‘handles’, with Khassim Lawrence being known […]
Man jailed for seven years after huge wholesale drug supply uncovered
A man has been jailed for seven years after GMP officers uncovered a kilogram of cocaine during a stop – before an investigation revealed links to wholesale drugs supply. Alan Nisbet (05/10/1986) of Towyn Avenue, Salford, received the sentence at Manchester Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday 28 June 2023) In Salford on 18 December 2022, officers […]
Adetunji Akona-Dosunmo, a 35-year-old man with no fixed address, was handed a prison sentence of two years and four months for committing…
The sentencing took place at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday, May 9. Akona-Dosunmo was also issued an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order to protect potential future victims. The investigation leading to the charges against Akona-Dosunmo was conducted by Merseyside Police, who discovered that he had engaged in sexual activity with underage girls between February and […]
Adetunji Akona-Dosunmo, a 35-year-old man with no fixed address, was handed a prison sentence of two years and four months for committing sex offences in Merseyside and Manchester
The sentencing took place at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday, May 9. Akona-Dosunmo was also issued an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order to protect potential future victims. The investigation leading to the charges against Akona-Dosunmo was conducted by Merseyside Police, who discovered that he had engaged in sexual activity with underage girls between February and […]
A teenager who killed a motorcyclist while driving a stolen car has been jailed for more than seven years
Shikeo Bell, who was 17 at the time, chased moped rider Carl Dawson through the streets of north Manchester in September 2021. CCTV footage showed that Bell’s stolen Seat Leon was just three metres behind Dawson at times, eventually hitting his back wheel on Hillier Street, Harpurhey. Carl, 43, from Moston, was thrown from his […]
A man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 32 years for the murder of 19-year-old law student Aya Hachem
Aya was killed in a drive-by shooting in Blackburn in May 2020. Louis Junior Otway, 42, from Manchester, was found guilty of her murder and the attempted murder of Pachah Khan. The case was related to a feud between two rival businesses in King Street, Blackburn. Quickshine Tyres, which previously only washed cars, started selling […]
Jail time for Salford Encrochat drug supplier who fled to Amsterdam
Francis McAnulty, of Ordsall, used the encrypted platform to arrange the purchase, importation, and onward high-level supply of multi-kilo quantities of class A and class B drugs. From conversations between 24 March 2020 and 15 June 2020 and from a recovered debt list, the 27-year-old received at least 31kg of cocaine, three kilos of heroin, […]
The final member of the drugs and firearms OCG jailed
Yesterday, (Friday 21st April), Tareanio Blake of Peakdale Avenue, Crumpsall was jailed for 19 years at Manchester Crown Court after being found guilty of conspiracy to sell/transfer prohibited weapons, conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. In total, the group have been jailed for […]
A criminal who went on the run for eight years over his role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been jailed for 12 years
The National Crime Agency worked relentlessly to trace Michael Paul Moogan, who was one of the UK’s most wanted men. Moogan, 37, from Croxteth, Liverpool, fled in October 2013 after a raid on a cafe suspected of being a front for meetings between drug traffickers and cartels. The Café de Ketel in Rotterdam was a […]
A criminal who went on the run for eight years over his role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been jailed for 12 years
The National Crime Agency worked relentlessly to trace Michael Paul Moogan, who was one of the UK’s most wanted men. Moogan, 37, from Croxteth, Liverpool, fled in October 2013 after a raid on a cafe suspected of being a front for meetings between drug traffickers and cartels. The Café de Ketel in Rotterdam was a […]
A criminal who went on the run for eight years over his role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been jailed for 12 …
The National Crime Agency worked relentlessly to trace Michael Paul Moogan, who was one of the UK’s most wanted men. Moogan, 37, from Croxteth, Liverpool, fled in October 2013 after a raid on a cafe suspected of being a front for meetings between drug traffickers and cartels. The Café de Ketel in Rotterdam was a […]
