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A sexual predator who raped lone women at knifepoint in Manchester City Centre has been jailed.Stuart Thomson, 34, was jailed for life with an 18-year minimum term at Manchester Crown Court today after being found guilty of raping three women and attempting to rape a fourth.Joanne Lovick, Senior…
A GP from Salford has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually assaulting women whilst examining them.Dr Wayne Davis, 69, was jailed for eight years at Manchester Crown Court on 13 January 2025, after conducting unnecessary, intimate examinations and procedures on two women between 1995 and…
A second man has been jailed following the fatal stabbing of a peacemaker who was trying to intervene in a heated exchange.Kevell Blake, 21, has been sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court to eight years for the manslaughter of Badri Issa, 22. At an earlier hearing Raami Mohamed, 22, was…
A former manager at Savill’s Estate Agency has pleaded guilty to posting a racist comment on social media following the Euro 2020 final.Andrew Bone, 41, posted the comment shortly after 11pm on 11 July 2021, using racist language about the players who failed to score after taking penalties in the…
A police officer who assaulted a vulnerable young girl while on duty and superimposed his face onto child abuse images has been jailed for nine years.Dean Dempster, 35, who was a response officer for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) based in Oldham at the time, sexually touched the child while…
Three brothers have been found guilty of non-recent child sex offences in Barrow and Leeds.Shaha Amran Miah, 48, Shaha Alman Miah, 47, and Shaha Joman Miah, 38, were convicted of child sex offences that occurred between 1996 and 2010.Amran Miah sexually abused three children and faced 16 sexual…
A man who fled to Pakistan to evade justice was convicted today of murdering Andre Marshall in Urmston in 2015.Abdul Qadir Ahsan, 28, was convicted of murdering the 29-year-old after a lengthy trial at Manchester Crown Court.Alan Richardson, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said: “Andre…
A predatory sex offender who targeted students in a secluded Manchester underpass has been found guilty of twelve sexual offences – following a successful prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service.Robert Emmerson, 40, claimed he had been mistakenly identified as the perpetrator, but following a…
A security guard from Carlisle has been found guilty of killing an army veteran and hiding his body in the woods.Jack Crawley, 20, was found guilty of murdering Paul Taylor on 21 October 2024, following the trial at Carlisle Crown Court. He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of a second…
A Burnley season ticket holder was given a football banning order today at Blackburn Magistrates' Court for three years after admitting posting a racist comment on a social media post.John Southwell, 64, told officers in his police interview that he couldn’t remember if he had posted the offensive…
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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.
