A woman who killed a schoolgirl from Bolton in a knife attack in park will be able to appeal against her life sentence

Seven-year-old Emily Jones died after being attacked in front of her parents in Queens Park on Mothers Day last March. Eltiona Skana was given an indefinite hospital order and jailed for life with a minimum term of ten years and eight months in December 2020. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of […]
A man who stabbed another man in an unprovoked attack in the street has today, Friday 30 July been jailed for 13 years

Tony Combs, of no fixed abode, was stood outside a shop on Mottram Road, Stalybridge, on the evening of Sunday 21st June 2020, when the victim walked out of a friend’s house and walked in Combs direction. Combs pushed the victim into an alley way before demanding that the victim handed over his possessions to […]
Man charged with attempted murder after incident in Oldham

A man has been charged with attempted murder after an incident in Oldham. Police were called at 8.20pm on Friday 14 May to a report of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Whitehouse Avenue. A man in his 40s was treated in hospital for life-changing leg injuries. Jamil Ahmed (DOB 03/01/1985), of […]
A woman has been sentenced after 7-year-old Emily Jones was killed in Bolton

Eltiona Skana has today (Tuesday 8 December 2020), been sentenced to life with a minimum of eight years at Minshull Street Crown Court, after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Skana has been sentenced under the Mental Health Act 2003 and has been deemed a dangerous offender so will need […]
A paranoid schizophrenic who has admitted slitting the throat of a seven-year-old girl as she played in a park with her mother and father…

The prosecution offered no further evidence in the case and withdrew the charge. Eltiona Skana, 30, had admitted the manslaughter of Emily Jones on the grounds of diminished responsibility but was on trial after pleading not guilty to murder. Skana admitted to medical staff that her actions were ‘premeditated’ when a psychiatric nurse was […]
A paranoid schizophrenic who has admitted slitting the throat of a seven-year-old girl as she played in a park with her mother and father, has been cleared of murder

The prosecution offered no further evidence in the case and withdrew the charge.
An Ex-Scout Leader has been jailed for over five years following non-recent sex offences

Graham Avison of Audenshaw was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court to five years and seven months in jail and issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after pleading guilty to four counts of indecent assault against a child. He will also be required to sign the sex offenders’ register. This sexual abuse occurred […]
A woman from Tameside has been jailed for four years after she stabbed a man in the thigh

Kathleen Dean of Townsley Grove, Ashton was sentenced yesterday (Tuesday 3 November 2020) at Minshull Street Crown Court to four years in jail and received a lifelong restraining order against the victim after pleading guilty to Section 20 assault. Shortly before 11pm on Sunday 17 November 2019, police were called to reports that a […]
A man from Tameside has been jailed for fraud offences

In May 2019, Greater Manchester Police received five reports regarding investments made through Sam Whittingslow (19/02/1991) of Brabyns Road, Hyde. An investigation was launched and officers from GMP’s Economic Crime Unit established that, between September 2017 and May 2019, Whittingslow had conned five victims out of a combined total of nearly £700,000. Whittingslow was […]
Man who carried out brutal attack is jailed for 14 years

Man who carried out brutal attack is jailed for 14 years A drug dealer who bullied, intimidated and brutally attacked a man in the weeks leading up to his death has been jailed. Mohammed Faisal Ubaid of Denver Road, was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison at Manchester Minshull Street, Crown Court […]
Man who carried out brutal attack is jailed for 14 years
Man who carried out brutal attack is jailed for 14 years A drug dealer who bullied, intimidated and brutally attacked a man in the weeks leading up to his death has been jailed. Mohammed Faisal Ubaid of Denver Road, was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison at Manchester Minshull Street, Crown Court […]
A man from Rochdale has been jailed for a series of sex offences against teenage girls across the United Kingdom
A man from Rochdale has been jailed for a series of sex offences against teenage girls across the United Kingdom A man from Rochdale has been jailed for a series of sex offences against teenage girls across the United Kingdom In September 2018, police were called to a report of concern for the welfare of […]