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Showing 41 - 50 of 54 results for crime type "Violent crime" & area "North West"
A man has been found guilty of murdering his friend in his home in Radcliffe in August last year.On the morning of 22 August 2023, Ian Connell, 39, was seen by a postman climbing into the window of a house on Ainsworth Road, then a short time later leaving the property with a dog.When police…
A doctor has been found guilty of ill-treating a vulnerable patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in August 2021.Locum doctor, Xowi Mwimbi, 68, punched the patient to the side of the head and pushed his head into a pillow on 26 August.The patient, who had dementia and limited motor functions, had…
A man and his stepson have been found guilty of manslaughter, following the death of Dorothy Morgan in Whitehaven in February 2021.Robert Morgan, 60, and David Holyoak, 52, denied manslaughter throughout the court proceedings but were found guilty after a trial at Carlisle Crown Court.The deceased,…
A Skelmersdale man has been found guilty of murdering a teenage boy in June last year.Felipe Figueiredo, 28, stabbed 15-year-old Dylan Bragger near a footbridge over Digmoor Road, Skelmersdale at approximately 9pm on 29 June 2023.After receiving messages that his wife's motorbike, which had been…
A Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his neighbour and disposing of his remains at various locations in Blackpool and Kendal in September last year.William Wilkinson, aged 65, from Blackpool murdered Edward Forrester, aged 55, on 1 September at an address on Seafield Road,…
A former police officer who attempted to murder his ex-partner at a hotel before fleeing the scene has been jailed for 16 years.James Riley, 28, was a serving police officer with Lancashire Constabulary when the offence took place in November 2022.He had previously denied attempting to murder the…
A man has been found guilty of murdering a man in his own flat in Blackburn in June 2023.Mohammed Khan, 35 from Blackburn, murdered 50-year-old David Read at his flat on Leamington Road, Blackburn between 6 and 7 June.Khan was captured on CCTV entering Mr Read's flat at 9.40pm on 6 June, leaving…
A 39-year-old Carlisle man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to murder a woman in Carlisle in December last year.
At 3pm on 17 December 2022 Matthew Ryan, chased the woman out of a house on Ellesmere Way, Carlisle and repeatedly stabbed her.
That morning Matthew Ryan,…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeDomestic abuseNorth West
A man who murdered his four-month-old son has been jailed for life.
Reece Kelly, 31, from Workington, Cumbria, was convicted after trial at Carlisle Crown Court of murder and two counts of child cruelty.
His partner, Georgia Wright, also from Workington, Cumbria, was convicted of two counts…
Two men have today been found guilty of murder and two others of manslaughter after carrying out a revenge attack following a drugs dispute in April this year.
Daniel Cunningham, 33, from Blackpool, along with Lee Clarke, 33, and David Bond, 33, from Merseyside, attacked John Hutchinson, 44, at…
Press ReleaseViolent crimeNorth West
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
