A nurse on a neonatal unit attempted to kill a premature baby girl four times before succeeding – and then sent the grieving parents a sy…
The baby was one of seven that Lucy Letby is accused of killing while working in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The 32-year-old is also accused of attempting to murder ten other babies between June 2015 and 2016. She denies all of the charges levelled against her. The death of the […]
A hospital nurse murdered a five-day-old boy on a neonatal unit just days after killing a one-day-old twin, a court heard
Lucy Letby, 32, is accused of injecting air into the tiny, premature child’s stomach via a nose tube, causing his breathing and heart to stop. It was a method described as “fairly effective” by a pathologist because it “doesn’t really leave much trace,” Manchester Crown Court heard. Letby is accused of murdering the boy, known […]
A man has been jailed for horrific attack which left an elderly Sikh priest with life changing injuries
Claudio Campos, 28, of Ladybarn Lane, Manchester appeared before the judge at Manchester Crown Court yesterday afternoon after pleading guilty to the assault of 62-year-old Avtar Singh. He was jailed for three years. The court heard how on the evening of Thursday 23rd June 2022, Avtar was walking home from work through the Tib Street […]
A ‘sexual predator’ has today been sent to jail with life in prison for raping two teenage girls
Faizan Dogar of Bolton Road, Bury, pleaded guilty to 12 offences, including five counts of rape, and was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court. He also previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual communication with a child, three counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of possession of indecent […]
Four men from Huddersfield have appeared in court accused of the murder of Javell Morgan in Moss Side
After two new charges were approved this morning, four men from Huddersfield appeared in court accused of the murder of Javell Morgan in Moss Side.Darius Blackburn and Deontay Crosfield were arrested in West Yorkshire over the weekend and are the latest people to be charged with Javell’s murder by the Major Incident Team.They appeared at […]
Two men have been sentenced to prison for firearms offences
Tyrese Walker of Peakdale Avenue, Crumpsall, and John Dobson of Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, were sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court to six years and five months in prison for two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon, a firearm without a certificate, and possessing prohibited ammunition without a certificate.Police received reports of armed males on Ingelton […]
A fatal ‘one punch’ incident in Leigh, has seen a man sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter
Paul Brierley, of Hendon Street, Leigh, has been sentenced to life in prison for the manslaughter of 57-year-old Paul Ologbose of Leigh.
A fatal ‘one punch’ incident in Leigh, has seen a man sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter
Paul Brierley, of Hendon Street, Leigh, has been sentenced to life in prison for the manslaughter of 57-year-old Paul Ologbose of Leigh. On Sunday, January 23, 2022, just before 2 a.m., police were called to a report of an assault outside Higher Fold Sports and Social Club, Kensington Drive. Paul had suffered a […]
A former doctor has been sentenced to prison for the homicide of one of his patients
Isyaka Mamman, of Cumberland Drive, Royton, was sentenced to three years in prison today at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence of one of his patients at an earlier hearing. Prosecutors told the court that the 48-year-old female patient died on Monday, September 3, 2018, shortly after a diagnostic procedure […]
A 24-year-old man was sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court for causing damage to Manchester’s Glade of Light memorial
A 24-year-old man was sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court for causing damage to Manchester’s Glade of Light memorial. Anwar Hosseni, 24, of Salford, was sentenced to a two-year community order that includes a 12-month mental health treatment requirement and a 10-day activity requirement. A Criminal Behaviour Order was also issued for a period of […]
A man from Newcastle was sentenced to seven years in prison for randomly punching and killing a father on a night out in Manchester city centre
Kevin Wood was punched by Callum Crosbie, 23, of Colebridge Close, Newcastle, outside the Printworks on Dantzic Street in the city centre last year, according to his wife, who had been with him for 38 years. Kevin had arrived at the centre shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday 20 November to celebrate his wife Debbie’s […]
A man from Newcastle was sentenced to seven years in prison for randomly punching and killing a father on a night out in Manchester city centre
Kevin Wood was punched by Callum Crosbie, 23, of Colebridge Close, Newcastle, outside the Printworks on Dantzic Street in the city centre last year, according to his wife, who had been with him for 38 years. Kevin had arrived at the centre shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday 20 November to celebrate his wife Debbie’s […]
A man from Newcastle was sentenced to seven years in prison for randomly punching and killing a father on a night out in Manchester city …
Kevin Wood was punched by Callum Crosbie, 23, of Colebridge Close, Newcastle, outside the Printworks on Dantzic Street in the city centre last year, according to his wife, who had been with him for 38 years. Kevin had arrived at the centre shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday 20 November to celebrate his wife Debbie’s […]
A former pub landlord has been jailed for 21 years after carrying out a series of sexual assaults on four young girls he had groomed
Carl Marland of The Chequers pub, Ilford, London, was convicted of more than 20 offences in October 2021 after a trial at Manchester Crown Court and jailed yesterday. Among the charges he was found guilty of were three counts of rape and secretly filming one of the girls while she undressed. Marland would travel […]
Two men have been jailed in connection with the murder of a taxi driver in Rochdale
< Two men have appeared at Manchester Crown Court today (Monday 23 May 2022), following a 9 day long trial in which they were found guilty in connection with the death of 39 year-old Ali Asghar. • Connor McPartland, of Hollins Road, Oldham was jailed for 14 years, 6 months, after being found guilty of […]
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his baby daughter
Darin Harvey of Birch Road, Wardle stands accused of the murder of his two week old daughter Felicity-May Harvey who passed away in hospital on Monday 11 January 2021 after police were called to a report of concern for her welfare. The case has been sent to Manchester Crown Court to be heard tomorrow, […]
A Lancashire man has today been jailed for two years for posting extreme right-wing and racist material online and for making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child
Thomas Leech of Derby Drive, Preston, pleaded guilty to seven charges. He pleaded guilty to three counts of publishing a statement intending members of the public to be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare, or instigate acts of terrorism or convention offences contrary to section 1(2)(b)(i) of […]
A Lancashire man has today been jailed for two years for posting extreme right-wing and racist material online and for making indecent ph…
Thomas Leech of Derby Drive, Preston, pleaded guilty to seven charges. He pleaded guilty to three counts of publishing a statement intending members of the public to be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare, or instigate acts of terrorism or convention offences contrary to section 1(2)(b)(i) of […]
