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A man who made threats towards the House of Commons Speaker has been sentenced.Mark Innes, 56, initially emailed Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP to express his concern around the events in Gaza.Innes took issue with the reply from Sir Lindsay’s office and on 21 December responded with an aggressive email with…
A man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to murder a woman in her home in Preston in December last year.On 11 December 2023 Aiden Bernes, 46, attempted to murder a 51-year-old woman. He subjected her to verbal abuse whilst he was carrying out a prolonged attack.At 22.45pm the…
A man who filmed himself raping unconscious women and sexually abusing children has been jailed for a string of offences including prostitution and modern slavery.Nicholas Moxham, 52, was deemed dangerous at the sentence hearing today before Manchester Crown Court and jailed for life with a minimum…
A third woman has today been sentenced for stealing money from an 88–year-old man in March this year.Kelly Bowman, 47, has been sentenced today to 27 weeks' imprisonment for theft, attempted theft and fraud on 18 and 19 March 2024. Last month, Lisa Nunn, 44, and Rachael Dixon, 32, were sentenced…
A Bury man has been sentenced today at Manchester Magistrates’ Court following a string of hate crime offences across Greater Manchester.On 23 March 2024, Irfan Younis, 44, entered a letting agency in Prestwich shortly after 10am and asked a female member of staff questions about the conflict in…
A father from Blackpool has been found guilty of murdering his son.Daniel Hardcastle, 31, denied being responsible for the death of his son, Damion Russell, who was just two years old when he died as a result of a traumatic head injury.Hardcastle claimed that the toddler had fallen and banged his…
A man from Oswaldtwistle was jailed today at Preston Crown Court for 44 sexual offences.Peter Barnes, 57, was deemed a dangerous offender at the sentence hearing and jailed for 24 years with a six-year extended licence period. He was given a lifetime sexual harm prevention order and was…
A former teacher has been jailed for sexual offences against two pupils at the school where she worked.Rebecca Joynes, 30, who taught at a Manchester high school, claimed there was no sexual contact between her and the first schoolboy and claimed sexual contact did not take place with the second…
A Rochdale man has been found guilty of murdering his friend and aggravated burglary of his ex-partner's home following an attack in January last year.Andrew Hall, 59, attended the home of Geoffrey Ives, 75, on Hardfield Street, Heywood, at approximately 10pm on Friday 27 January 2023. He was armed…
A former prison officer from HMP Manchester has been found guilty of perjury.Following a lengthy trial at Minshull Street Crown Court, Ray Cook, 54, was found guilty of perjury, after wilfully making a statement which he knew to be false during an inquest.John Ahmed died on 29 July 2015 after being…
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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.
