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A Manchester United fan has been sentenced for tragedy chanting at Liverpool fans, mocking the Hillsborough disaster.Kevin Drinkwater, 59, attended the Old Trafford football stadium on Sunday 17 March 2024 to watch Manchester United FC play Liverpool FC, which was due to kick off at 3.30pm.Ten…
An Everton supporter has been sentenced for tragedy chanting after making gestures at Manchester United fans, mocking the Munich air disaster.Mark Finnigan, 24, was at Old Trafford football stadium on 9 March 2024 watching the two teams play a Premier League game when Man United were awarded a…
Updated 03 April 2024. Originally published 08 March 2024A Wythenshawe man has today been sentenced for the manslaughter of his sister's ex-partner in Stockport in December 2021.Liam Fosbrook, 29, was at his sister's home in Stockport on 17 December, when her ex-partner Dylan Towers, 35, turned up…
A man has been jailed for life after raping a teenager and a woman in June and November 2022.On 28 March 2024, Paul Creedy, 31, from Manchester, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years and four months.On 11 June 2022, Creedy invited a 15-year-old girl to a house in Oldham.He gave her…
A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a man in Atherton.The 17-year-old had previously admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice.Paul Marsh, 49, was stabbed in his right shoulder by the teenager.The knife severed a major blood vessel and Mr Marsh suffered a cardiac arrest and…
A Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman after offering her a place to stay.Alexander Hindley, 35, murdered Alison Dodds, 51, at his home on Redcar Road, Blackpool, in September last year.On the morning of 21 September 2023 social workers, who had called at the address to see…
A man and his stepson have been jailed today at Carlisle Crown Court after being found guilty of manslaughter, following the death of Dorothy Morgan in Whitehaven in February 2021.Robert Morgan, 60, was jailed for three years and David Holyoak, 52, was jailed for two years and eight months.The…
Two men have been found guilty of killing a stranger with one punch in Preston.Jake Parkinson, 22, was convicted of manslaughter following a trial at Preston Crown Court.Jak Fairclough, 29, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at an earlier hearing.The actions of Parkinson and Fairclough led to the death…
Two North Manchester General Hospital security guards have today been sentenced for assaulting a patient in February last year. A third security guard was sentenced at a previous hearing.Supervisor Abdul Saleem, 36, along with Owa Darling, 55, and Benjamin Monese, 39, were working at the hospital…
Two men and one teenager have been found guilty of murdering Callum Riley on a residential street in September 2022.The group were also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a 20-year-old man.Tony Adams, 34, Dale Heywood, 26, and a 17-year-old boy were convicted of the offences following a…
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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.
