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Mother and two adult children jailed for life after fatal revenge stabbing

A mother and her two adult children have been jailed for life after fatally stabbing a distant relative.
Press Release Violent crime North West

Man charged with gross negligence manslaughter after death of eight-year-old in Cumbria

The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced that a 64-year-old man has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the death of eight-year-old schoolboy Jay Cartmell. Allan Thursby, 64, of Cleator Moor in Cumbria has been charged following an incident at Wheatsheaf farm in…
Press Release CPS North West
Greater Manchester sexual predators jailed following convictions for 66 child sex offences

Greater Manchester child sex offenders jailed

Karl Sharples, 38, and Mark Whitworth, 57, were previously found guilty of a total of 66 sexual offences against children as young as seven and eight.
Press Release Sexual offences North West

Domestic abuser who broke his partner’s neck leaving her paralysed is jailed

An abuser who suggested it was a ‘playfight’ that broke his partner’s neck, leaving her paralysed and in need of round the clock care, has been jailed for grievous bodily harm. Landscape gardener, Robert Easom, 57, was jailed for 16 years plus a four-year extended licence period. He had…
Press Release Domestic abuse CPS North West

Updated with Sentence – Man who restrained and suffocated his date convicted of grievous bodily harm and intentional suffocation

On 24 February 2026, at Manchester Minshull Crown Court, Josh Baxter was jailed for four years. The release below was originally published on 21 January 2026.Josh Baxter, 28, was convicted of inflicting GBH and intentional suffocation after he restrained, choked and suffocated his date during sex.
Press Release Violent crime North West

Man sentenced after waving imitation firearm and causing fear to the Jewish community in Salford

Julius Goncarukas, 42, was sentenced, with an uplift due to the hate crime element, after invoking fear in the Jewish community in Salford.
Press Release Hate crime North West

Mum jailed after admitting shaking her two-year-old daughter to death

A mother has been jailed for killing her two-year-old daughter after lying that she had choked on a biscuit.
Press Release Violent crime North West

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Terrorists convicted over plot targeting Jewish communities

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted of making preparations to commit a large-scale terrorist attack, while Walid Saadaoui's younger brother Bilel Saadaoui, 36, was convicted of failing to disclose to authorities the information he knew about their plans, following a trial at Preston Crown Court.
Press Release Terrorism CPS North West

Man who attempted to kill a nurse in hospital stabbing jailed

A man who attempted to kill a nurse in a hospital stabbing has today been jailed.Romon Haque, 38, was jailed for 22 years plus a six-year extended licence, at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, after being found guilty of attempting to murder a nurse in a hospital stabbing last year.Claire…
Press Release Violent crime North West

Father guilty of killing his baby son

A father has admitted killing his baby son during the trial at Preston Crown Court.Peter Sayle, 32, had previously denied inflicting any injuries on his six-week-old son, Huxley, despite him being in his sole care as the time the fatal injuries were inflicted. Part way through his trial, Sayle…
Press Release Violent crime North West

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