themanchestereveningnews--2020-07-05--Locked Up in June: The criminals put behind bars in Greater Manchester in June

From the the thug who left father-of-the-bride with 'catastrophic ' injuries in horror stag do attack outside Printworks - to the violent bully whose horrific campaign of abuse against his girlfriend saw him threaten to 'break every single bone ' in her body .
The region 's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes in June with M.E.N reporters there to cover the most serious .
An open , transparent criminal justice system is an important part of how our democracy works - so we make no apologies for devoting so much time to letting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
These are just some of the court cases our reporters have covered in June 2020 .
The violent bully whose horrific campaign of abuse against his girlfriend saw him threaten to 'break every single bone ' in her body A jealous , violent bully who subjected his girlfriend to a horrific campaign of mental and physical abuse has been jailed .
Stephen Williams , 30 , held a knife to his partner ’ s throat , punched her in the face , poured a corrosive cleaner over her head and threatened to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give up her job , family and friends .
After forcing her to resign from her job - in case she was unfaithful at work - HGV driver Williams made his girlfriend travel around with him in his lorry cab to make sure she did n't speak to other people while he was on the road .
Williams flew into a jealous rage when she said her young brother looked 'cute ' in a photo .
During one terrifying incident , he told her : `` That ’ s it , you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your street , you ’ re not coming home .
I ’ m taking you to a field and you ’ re dead , and then I ’ m going to come back and I ’ m going to get your mum and sister and then I ’ ll save your little brother 'til last .
`` We ’ re gon na go to a field , I ’ m gon na kick you around and I ’ m gon na break every single bone in your body .
`` You ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Williams , of Newlands Avenue , Bolton , pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship ; assault by beating ; assault occasioning actual bodily harm ; causing an unauthorised transmission from prison ; and witness intimidation .
He was sentenced to two years in prison .
He was made the subject of a restraining order , forbidding him to see or contact his ex-partner for two years .
The ex-cop who lived life of luxury until he was jailed for drugs conspiracy is sentenced AGAIN A former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heading up a drugs conspiracy also sold dodgy TV boxes in order to fund his 'lavish ' lifestyle including slap-up meals and stays at top hotels .
Ex-PC Daniel Aimson , 39 , ran a 'sophisticated ' operation selling ZGemma boxes online , many loaded with software which allowed people to access subscription channels such as Sky Sports and BT Sport and the latest films and TV without paying the normal fees .
He set up a company as part of the operation which raked in £655,000 over just 13 months a court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay for amongst other things luxury breaks and dinners costing hundreds of pounds at Michelin starred restaurants with wife Rachel , who he has now split from .
Aimson has now had a year added to his sentence after a judge said he had deprived companies like Sky of legitimate custom .
Aimson , of Ullswater Road , Astley , Wigan was jailed for six years and four months on December 19 , 2017 for conspiracy to produce cannabis and misconduct in a public office .
Aimson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sentenced by a judge sitting at Manchester Crown Court on Monday morning .
He appeared via videolink from prison with legal counsel appearing and the press observing via Skype as is the current arrangement during the pandemic .
Judge Elizabeth Nicholls sentenced him to a year in prison to run consecutive to his current term of which he will serve half , meaning in practice he will serve an additional six months .
The man who tried to rugby tackle female police officer into Salford Quays canal ... when he failed , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jailed after trying to push a police officer into a Salford Quays canal - claiming it was a cry for help .
Sean Morris , 32 , had approached two officers along the canal and engaged in conversation with them whilst filming them on his phone .
After a few moments , he then ‘ rugby tackled ’ the female officer in an attempt to push her into the canal , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
The male officer , who was stood alongside his colleague , had to hold onto her security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He managed to fight off Morris , from Salford , who then proceeded to jump into the canal and refused to get out .
It wasn ’ t until more officers attended that he was arrested and interviewed .
Morris pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency services officer and was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment .
Morris , of Kershope Grove in Salford , was also ordered to pay £200 compensation to the police officer .
The hapless thief who claimed he 'd found loot , including £200 bracelet , 'in a skip' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stealing items from a car in Bolton less than a month after a judge gave him a chance following an appearance in court in relation to a high speed police chase .
Now Mullineaux , from Bolton , has been jailed for eight months .
He originally appeared in court in December last year after he was chased by police through Newton Heath .
Less than a month later , he was caught while stealing items from a car in Westhoughton , Bolton .
Mullineaux , of Cleveland Gardens , Bolton , pleaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide a specimen , driving without a licence and insurance and theft .
He was also banned from driving for 16 months .
A teenager bared his backside to pub locals three times before brandishing kitchen knife following bust-up A teenager who 'brandished a large and fearsome ' kitchen knife after baring his backside three times at locals during a pub row has been jailed .
CCTV showed Maros Petik swinging the knife in front of him as the argument spilled out onto the pavement outside the Druids Arms in Oldham .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave the Ashton Road pub when he became aggressive towards customers at about 5pm on Sunday , March 1 .
On his way out , he threw punches at a customer stood in the doorway before pulling his trousers down three times to bare his backside .
As the row continued outside , Petik , of Kent Street , Oldham , began waving a stick at a customer , who was swinging his walking stick back at him , Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
The teenager was then handed a kitchen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the direction of several locals who had come out of the pub .
Petik pleaded guilty to possessing a knife ; and using threatening or abusive words or behavior .
Man jailed for 22 weeks after spitting at police officer after 'having an issue with a group of men' A man had been jailed for 22 weeks after spitting in the face of a police officer .
Mohammed Hussain , 42 , had spat at the officer after calling 999 to report an alleged assault against him by a 'group of males ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was taken to hospital and spoken to by the police , but they were called out again once Hussain , of Bolton , had returned home .
Following this , events escalated , and resulted in Hussain spitting in the face of one of the officers and using racially abusive language towards another officer .
Hussain previously entered not guilty pleas to assaulting an emergency worker and racially aggravated harassment , but changed his plea to guilty on June 1 , and a charge of racially aggravated harassment was dropped against him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment for the assault and 12 weeks imprisonment for racially aggravated harassment to run concurrently . '
I run this area ' said drunk who claimed to be in Doddington gang as he waved a fake gun around in a bookies A man walked drunk into a bookies with a fake gun and bullets and claimed to be a member of the notorious 'Doddington ' crime gang , a court heard .
Kevin McMillan threatened a manager at Betfred on Erskine Street , Old Trafford , and put three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a man gambling at a machine after pulling the gun from his waistband , a court heard .
A judge was told McMillan , 39 , 'brandished ' the gun at the man on the machine and told him : `` I going to f**k you up .
`` Who the f**k are you ?
`` I have just come out of prison..doing 15 years .
`` I am a member of the Doddington . ''
McMillan , who Manchester Crown Court heard had been drinking , then apologised to the man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' and again referencing the south Manchester crime gang .
He was said to have been 'waving ' the gun around at the time .
McMillan , of Cornbrook Park Road , Old Trafford , pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of an imitation firearm .
He was jailed for 15 months .
The drug addict robber and his 'dangerous ' mate who targets elderly women A cleaner was attacked and 'humiliated ' in a pub during a terrifying ordeal as two robbers demanded cash , a court heard .
Drug addict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accomplice Carl Siddall , 36 , have both received significant jail terms for the robbery in the early hours at the Angel Inn in Dukinfield , Tameside .
The woman was left 'absolutely terrified ' and said she feared she 'd be raped or killed , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
She had arrived at the pub to clean the downstairs bar area at about 5.30am on September 16 last year , as the pub landlady slept in the flat upstairs .
The pair burst in after banging loudly on the door @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the woman against a wall , and at one point put her in a headlock as he 'marched ' her around the pub , demanding that she hand over cash .
Despite her telling the pair that she had no access to such money , her ordeal continued for several minutes .
She was 'dragged ' along the floor , and at one point suffered the 'indignity ' of having her upper clothing raised to reveal her naked back as they searched for valuables , the court heard .
Both Shockledge and Siddall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Potter declared them 'dangerous ' , ruling that they posed a 'significant risk to members of the public of serious harm ' .
Siddall , of Wellington Street , Ashton-under-Lyne , received an extended sentence comprising of four years and eight years months in prison , and an extended licence period of two years and six months .
He pleaded guilty to robbery and taking a vehicle without consent .
Shockledge , of Assheton Close , Ashton-under-Lyne , also admitted robbery and taking a vehicle without consent .
He also received an extended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight months in custody but with an extended licence period of four years .
The pair will serve two-thirds of those custodial terms in jail , before being considered for release by the Parole Board .
Shockledge also received an additional 10 months in jail after admitting three counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary .
The man jailed for trying to spit at cop after racially abusing bank teller A man has been jailed for trying to spit at a police officer after being arrested for using racist language towards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 53 , had been causing upset at a bank in the city centre to members of the public and staff when he used racially abusive slurs after becoming frustrated .
The man , who was said to be of no fixed abode , was arrested and taken into custody , wherein he spat towards a police officer , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
Fortunately the officer managed to pull the plastic screen across to protect herself from being hit by the spittle .
Erskine , who was subject to a suspended sentence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to racially aggravated harassment and common assault of an emergency worker .
Erskine , of no fixed abode , was sentenced to an activated suspended sentence of 20 weeks imprisonment and 12 weeks imprisonment for the offence of assaulting an emergency worker .
He was also ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge and £85 court costs upon his release .
The £100,000 cocaine dealer whose life of luxury came to an end in Stockport Tesco A drug dealer who was caught with 1kg of cocaine worth £100,000 was found to be living a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expensive designer clothing .
Remi Phythian , 26 , had been shopping in Tesco in Stockport when officers arrested him for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs in March this year It was only when the GMP Special Operations team searched his house that they discovered drug paraphernalia including snap bags and scales , over £4,000 in bundles of cash , designer clothes , trainers and a motorbike .
Further investigations revealed that Phythian , of Denton , had been abroad 16 times between January 2016 and March 2019 .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the selling of class A drugs and deposited the cash through the Post Office , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
The cocaine found in his Mercedes van , which was concealed in a Tesco ’ s bag , weighed one kilo and was said to be worth a street value of £100,000 .
Phythian pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to offences of possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property .
Phythian , of Worths Lane , Denton , was sentenced to six years imprisonment .
A proceeds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October 26 .
The drug addict robber who preyed on women at cash points A drug addict robber preyed on vulnerable women at high street cash points , even wrestling a church trustee for her handbag to feed his addiction to crack cocaine and heroin .
CCTV captured homeless father-of-three Nathan Shepherd , 31 , laying in wait outside Lloyds Bank in Moston where he would take care to leave the male customers and then pounce when he saw a woman .
Among his victims was an NHS worker and a church trustee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 'tug of war ' for her bag which contained the cash from the church collection .
Now Shepherd has been jailed for his crimes , sobbing to the judge who caged him : `` I 'm absolutely ashamed of my actions . ''
Nathan Shepherd , 31 , went on a 13-day crime spree from January 27 this year , targeting lone women aged between 30 and 50 at a Lloyds Bank cash point on Moston Lane in Moston , north Manchester .
Shepherd , formerly of Benchill Road in Wythenshawe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months after he admitted four counts of robbery , one attempted robbery and fraud .
A prolific drug dealer got mum and sisters to help in family operation to flood Salford with cocaine and heroin A drug dealer has been jailed after he enlisted the help of his mum and two sisters in the supply of cocaine and heroin .
Aiden White , 24 , had been 'prolific ' in the supply of class A drugs across Salford during the course of 2018 .
Police officers uncovered texts between him and his mother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also became involved in dealing crack cocaine and heroin .
His sisters , Kayleigh White , 28 , and Louise White-Cook , 34 , assisted the family operation by concealing drugs and criminally gained money .
Manchester Crown Court heard that Aiden White was stopped by police in late 2018 , driving a stolen car near junction 17 of the M6 motorway .
Officers searched the vehicle and discovered a handgun and ammunition in the passenger foot well , prosecutor , Julian Taylor told the court .
`` There was a brief pursuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun was found to be in working order but the cartridges were blank , Mr Taylor said .
Upon searching Aiden White 's home address , police found £8,000 in cash and uncovered a number of text messages between him and his mum , concerning the supply of drugs .
On October 18 , 2018 , a VW Golf was spotted driving on false plates by police officers in Eccles , the court heard .
The car had been stolen from a burglary in Warrington earlier that day .
`` The car stopped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driver of that vehicle was Susan White , '' Mr Taylor told the court .
Aiden White , of no fixed abode , was sentenced to eight years in custody for possession of a prohibited firearm , handling stolen goods , being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and possession of criminal property .
Susan White , of Liverpool Road , Eccles was sentenced to 18 months suspended for two years , after admitting possession with intent to supply class A drugs and being concerned in the supply of heroin .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Irlam was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years and ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work , after admitting receiving stolen goods and assisting an offender .
Leanne White-Cook , of Halstead Drive , Irlam , was sentenced to two-year community order after admitting converting criminal property .
A man has been jailed and banned from entering Manchester City Centre after committing a series of distractions thefts .
Mustafa Haji , 30 , targeted men who had been enjoying nights out , in the early hours of the morning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crown Court heard how he would plan each of his attacks , distracting strangers by placing his leg in between theirs and trying to trip them up .
During one theft , Haji followed a 54-year-old man along Portland Street , after Manchester Pride on August 21 , 2019 at around 2am .
The court heard the victim had n't been drinking , and was walking towards the Northern Quarter to pick up his car when he was approached by Haji .
Haji , of no fixed abode , was sentenced to 30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a criminal behaviour order , excluding him from Manchester city centre for five years .
Jealous mum who terrorised boyfriend for years sliced him open with a serrated kitchen knife and left him in a pool of blood because she thought he was cheating A jealous and controlling woman nearly killed her boyfriend when she sliced him with a knife because she thought he was cheating on her .
Janet Kearns , 47 , then cleaned the blade , put it back into the knife block and walked away , leaving her victim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A key artery in his right arm had been severed but his life was saved thanks to the actions of paramedics and doctors .
A court heard the mother-of-two from a previous relationship , who worked as a cleaner , had terrorised her partner for almost two years and when he had previously threatened to call police , she had told him : `` You 'll be dead before they get here . ''
When he finally dumped her , she went to his third floor flat in Wythenshawe in May last year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had n't called to wish her a happy birthday .
She stabbed him during a furious bust-up and then left him for dead .
Kearns , of Minehead Avenue in Withington , was jailed after she admitted GBH with intent .
Sentencing Kearns to six years in prison , Judge Hilary Manley told Kearns her relationship with the man had been 'marred throughout by your jealousy and attempts to control him ' .
The gran who stole £1m through sophisticated , unbelievable 15-year fraud A grandmother pilfered more than £1million in benefits through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Christina Pomfrey , 65 , stole the details of her sister , daughter-in-law and her husband ’ s dead first wife to steal money from the public purse .
A court heard that Pomfrey had even thrown her daughter , Aimee Brown , “ under the bus ” .
Brown found herself in the dock next to her mum at Manchester ’ s Minshull Street Crown Court .
During her offending , Pomfrey , described as “ staggeringly dishonest ” , claimed she was completely blind despite later admitting to police that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that multiple sclerosis ( MS ) left her unable to walk , dress , wash or go to the toilet without help - all details she used to claim money she wasn ’ t owed and to claim payment for a carer .
But she was spotted by surveillance investigators driving , picking up her grandchildren from school and reading a newspaper .
Pomfrey , of The Glen , Palacefield , Runcorn , has now been jailed for three years and eight months after admitting a string of fraud offences .
Pomfrey admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of acquiring criminal property , eight counts of supplying an article for fraud , three counts of possession of an article for fraud and two counts of false accounting .
Brown , 34 , of Wycliffe Road , Runcorn , pleaded guilty to acquiring , using or possessing criminal property .
Judge McKone said she could suspend Brown ’ s 18 month custodial sentence for two years because she is the sole carer of two very young children and has no previous convictions .
She was also ordered to carry out 15 rehabilitation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unpaid work .
Drunk man jailed after making phone call threatening to bomb police station and calling cops 'white b******s' A drunk man has been jailed after calling a police station and threatening to bomb them - then launching a racist tirade against the officers sent to arrest him describing them as ‘ white b******s ’ .
Tariq Khan , 49 , first made the phone call in the early hours of the morning on Saturday June 6 .
Officers sent to arrest Khan , of Crumpsall , found him in a takeaway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but he was ‘ highly intoxicated ’ , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
The incident escalated when Khan went outside , as he became abusive to officers and used racist language towards them .
As he became increasingly aggressive , officers took him to the ground in an attempt to restrain him , but he kicked out and hit the leg of the female officer .
Pleading guilty to charges of sending a communication conveying a threatening message , assaulting an emergency worker and racially aggravated words or behaviour , Khan was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , whose address was recorded as Juniper Ward Park House at the North Manchester General Hospital on Delaunays Road , was also ordered to pay £156 victim surcharge .
Final member of £3m-a-year drug empire who went on the run for months brought to justice - he had n't gone very far A fugitive who went on the run after being sentenced for his role in a £3million a year drug empire has been jailed .
Drew Downes , 23 was convicted of supplying cocaine and MDMA and was sentenced in his absence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ February 2020 .
He was one of eleven members of an Organised Crime Group who were tracked down during Greater Manchester Police 's Operation Telegram .
The OCG ran an extensive drugs racket via four phone lines , dealing cocaine , ecstasy , cannabis , Xanax and ketamine .
Downes acted as one of the gang 's three street dealers , along with his jailed accomplices , Kane O'Connor and Aidan Jones .
The dealers would use stolen cars to visit a stash house in Burnage - where they would collect the drugs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Three men , Faisal Nawaz , Qaisar Nawaz and Yusuf Meah , were identified as heads of the OCG , and were each jailed for 10 years and six months .
Minshull Street Crown Court previously heard how they obtained large supplies of class A and B drugs via criminal connections in London , Oxford and Birmingham .
The drugs were then stored in a Ford Focus and taken to a safe house in Burnage , occupied by Nicola and Connor Kieran - where the drugs were packaged .
Leaders of the OCG @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other street dealers would deliver the drugs across Greater Manchester .
Downes was sentenced in his absence , and had been on the run from police for four months when he was eventually caught .
Officers were able to trace Downes to a vehicle located in Irlam , in Salford , at around 7am on June 2 , 2020 .
He attempted to run away from the police , but they caught up with him a short time later and brought him into custody .
Appearing at Minshull Street Crown Court , Downes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was sentenced to a further one month on top of his original prison sentence .
The 'animalistic ' robbers who terrorised Northern Quarter as they committed seven brutal robberies in 90 minutes A trio of vicious robbers terrorised Manchester 's Northern Quarter as they commmitted seven robberies in just 90 minutes .
They got a taxi into town at 2am before targeting vulnerable revellers at the end of their night .
The thugs surrounded their victims and attacked them with punches , stamps and kicks before fleeing with their valuables .
Victims were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and broken ribs .
Some were in hospital for weeks .
The gang ripped a clump of hair from one woman who fought back .
They celebrated their night 's work with a meal at McDonald 's .
Now the three Romanian nationals , two of whom came to the UK having been convicted of serious crimes on the continent , have been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for their part in seven robberies .
CCTV showed the three - cousins Samuel and Adi Cretu , both 21 ; and a boy of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal reasons - alighting the taxi at about 2am on January 5 on Tib Street .
The cousins were captured urinating against scaffolding before the trio surrounded their first victim .
The Cretus punched him and pinned him against a wall while the teenager kept look-out .
Adi Cretu stamped on and kicked the victim 's head while the youth rifled his pockets .
As the victim lay unconscious on the ground , the three robbers are seen calmly walking away with his mobile and wallet .
The man was taken to hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metal plates for a fractured jaw .
Adi Cretu , 21 , of Alton Street in Oldham , who was said to have taken a leading role , was jailed for six years and eight months .
Samuel Cretu , 21 , also of Alton Street in Oldham , was jailed for six years and two months .
The youth , who can not be named for legal reasons , was handed a two year youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance attached .
He was also handed a 180-day activity requirement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three months .
They all admitted conspiracy to rob , conspiracy to commit fraud and assault .
The Cretu cousins also admitted a further assault .
A woman with 50 previous convictions 'named and shamed ' on Facebook after stealing from elderly women in Wythenshawe A woman has been jailed after carrying out a number of ‘ despicable ’ distraction thefts against elderly and vulnerable people .
Tracey MacDonald , 41 , was caught after being ‘ named and shamed ’ on social media .
She repeatedly approached older women in Wythenshawe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MacDonald , of no fixed address , stole a total of around £1,300 from the five women , Manchester Crown Court heard .
She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a person at an earlier hearing , but the court deferred her sentence to allow her to ‘ go straight ' .
MacDonald failed to attend court in March , so was arrested and remanded into custody .
She was sentenced to 12 months .
MacDonald has 50 previous convictions for 112 offences , including numerous offences of theft from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girls online by offering them fake modelling jobs and then got them to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos A 'depraved ' and 'prolific ' paedophile from Bury groomed young girls online by offering them fake modelling opportunities before getting them to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos .
Daniel Berry , 31 , targeted teenage girls from across the country on social media and 'cunningly ' groomed them into his web of abuse .
He manipulated as many as 16 teenage girls into sending him the most extreme sexually explicit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where he lived with his parents .
The girls , two of them as young as 12-years-old , fell prey to Berry 's lies as he threatened that he would come to their homes and sue their families if they refused .
The abuse , that spanned two years , was systematic , as Berry followed the same method time and again to lure in girls .
It was the 'worst case ' of child sexual abuse one investigator had seen in their career .
His criminal offences took place between February 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finally caught and arrested .
Berry , described as 'depraved ' by Judge Tina Landale , has now been locked up after pleading guilty to 48 counts relating to the online grooming of underage girls .
Berry , of Bannerman Avenue , was sentenced in Minshull Street Crown Court to a custodial sentence of 13 years .
He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life .
The prolific thief banned from entering Didsbury area after string of house burglaries A prolific thief has been jailed and banned from entering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house burglaries .
Patrick Mooney , 34 , of Doncaster Avenue , Withington , was convicted of two residential burglaries in the area during 2019 .
At Manchester Crown Court , he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison .
When he is released , he will be made subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order - excluding him from the entire Didsbury area .
GMP say Mooney has numerous convictions for stealing motor vehicles , and has been targeting the Didsbury area for some time .
A man kicked police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop drinking in the street A drunk man has been jailed after he forcefully kicked a police officer in the groin after he was asked to stop drinking in the street .
Alexander Hall , 31 , was spotted by a couple of PCSO ’ s sat on a bench swigging from a bottle of Frosty Jacks before he was asked to stop drinking .
Becoming abusive , Hall , of Rochdale , said to the officers : “ I ’ ll f****ing kill you , you w*****s !
Don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
He then began ‘ swinging ’ his arms at them before the police were called .
As he was being put into the back of the police van , he repeatedly refused to cooperate with them , resulting in him kicking out at one of the officers , making contact with his groin and inner thigh area .
Hall pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker and using threatening words to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence , and was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment .
Hall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was sentenced to a total of 20 weeks imprisonment and was also ordered to pay £150 compensation to the officer .
Racist dad spat vile abuse at men outside their family homes before launching night-time attack A drunk who racially abused two men and attacked one of them with a chain from a chainsaw has been jailed for six-and-a-half years .
Kevin Whelan , 38 , called the men 'pa*** ' and , despite them both being born and raised in the UK , told them they could n't tell him what to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The incident , at about 11.30pm on August 27 last year , started after Whelan stood in front of one of their cars and blocked them as they tried to park outside their house in Cheetham Hill .
Whelan eventually moved after the man flashed his lights and beeped his horn at him .
He saw Whelan had a shiny item in his hand , which he at first thought was a bicycle chain .
After asking him why he was 'loitering ' , Whelan said it 's a 'free country ' and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Whelan , from Moston , told the man he could 'fly at him like a rocket ' , and that he would 'hit him before he knew anything about it ' .
Jailing Whelan , Judge Mansell said the defendant , a father , has a 'long standing drink problem ' and that he was 'intoxicated ' at the time .
Whelan , of Waverley Road , Moston , has previously been convicted of a racially aggravated offence , when he called police officers 'pa*** ' .
Former soldier who 'fell in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severe , life-changing brain injuries A former soldier has been jailed for eight years after beating up a man and leaving him with `` severe life-changing brain injuries '' .
Dean Hughes , 43 , hit Shane Maloney around the head with a magnum of champagne during an argument at a house in Wigan Road , Leigh , on the evening of November 8 2019 .
Hughes , of Church Street , Bickershaw , then used the bottle to hit Mr Maloney , 26 , in the legs and body , before kicking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Police were called to the house , and found Mr Maloney slumped in a ginnel near the house , slipping in and out of consciousness and with a large cut to the back of his head .
Prosecution barrister Michael Brady told Bolton Crown Court that the attack started as an argument about a mobile phone .
The phone belonged to Mr Maloney 's girlfriend , who was also in the house , along with another woman .
Honorary Recorder of Bolton , Judge Martin Walsh sentenced Hughes to eight years imprisonment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be served in prison and the rest out on licence .
Lying drug dealer who ran a lucrative cocaine racket from a flat above a wine bar in Disley Police found cocaine worth up to £100,000 when they raided a drug dealer 's flat above a wine bar .
They also found £3,000 in cash , a debtor list and six mobile phones including an 'encro ' smartphone designed to thwart police investigations when they raided Ryan Ridgeway 's pad in Disley near Stockport .
The 36-year-old drug dealer claimed he knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flat had been hijacked by gangsters in Salford who blamed him for the theft of drugs .
But the dad 's fingerprints were found on the carrier bag which contained one kilo of cocaine and now he has been jailed .
Police raided Ridgeway 's flat above a Frankies Wine bar on Buxton Old Road in Disley on February 20 this year .
They arrested three men including Ridgeway , who had a list on him which was 'likely ' to have been a list of previous cocaine sales , prosecutor Kevin Donnelly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He later pleaded guilty to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply .
Ridgeway was jailed for six years as Judge Tina Landale told him : `` You have got a poor criminal record .
You have involved yourself in all kinds of different offences and that has led to you becoming involved in this drugs arrangement . ''
The judge went on : `` You had a highly trusted role in the drugs trade and you were trusted to carry out a significant role . ''
Paedophile who blackmailed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to cut own throat when police turned up A manipulative paedophile pretended to be a girl and persuaded a teenage boy to send sexually explicit images of himself , before threatening to post them online unless he sent more .
Christian Tymon , 33 , blackmailed the boy , who sent him four videos after fearing the defendant would carry out his threat and post it on Facebook for the boy 's friends to see .
Tymon , who a psychologist said displays 'psychopathic traits ' , also posed online as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to blackmail a woman and causing distress to a girl .
When police went to his home in Crumpsall , Tymon put his mobile phone down the toilet and tried to 'kill himself ' , Manchester Crown Court heard .
Now Tymon has been jailed for six years and nine months , after a judge said the defendant appeared to gain 'pleasure ' from 'manipulating ' his victims .
Thugs hellbent on drink and drugs lifestyle who raided newlywed 's home as they slept in devastating four-month crime spree Young thugs raided the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slept , making off with wedding presents and other valuables worth £20,000 .
Connor Turner , 20 , and Tyler Robinson , 19 , were on police bail at the time , nearing the end of an often violent four-month campaign of robberies and other crime which left a trail of devastation .
The pair , who it 's said had resisted attempts to steer them clear of a 'lifestyle ' of drink and drugs , have now been jailed .
After tying the knot at a ceremony in Yorkshire , the newlywed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with friends in Huddersfield before returning to their home on Mottram Road in Stalybridge on Saturday night August 31 , 2019 .
The pair went to bed , leaving friends to continue to celebrate downstairs , but while they slept burglars broke into their home through a first floor bathroom window , prosecutor Adrian Farrow told Manchester 's Minshull Street Crown Court .
The thieves helped themselves to valuables from holdalls in the living room which had remained unpacked from their wedding , including a £2,500 Cartier watch , £500 of jewellery , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guests bag containing clothes , perfume , bank card and driving licence .
Turner , of no fixed abode , was jailed for seven years and six months after he admitted eight burglaries and attempted burglaries , three robberies , aggravated vehicle taking , three offences of theft , making off without payment , handling stolen goods , four offences of fraud .
He asked for four other burglaries to be taken into consideration .
Robinson , of Philip Way in Mottram , was jailed for six years after pleading guilty to four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aggravated vehicle taking , theft , handling stolen goods and four fraud charges .
Dad who was taking cocaine every day is jailed after hiding drugs and bullets for dealers he owed money to A dad who agreed to store bullets and cocaine for drug dealers to pay off a debt he owed them has been jailed .
Police found 25 bullets wrapped in a bandanna , and a knife , in a cupboard under stairs at Joshua Howard 's ex-girlfriend 's home in Royton , Oldham .
Two days later , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a different address in Chadderton .
He was found there with cocaine worth more than £3,000 .
A court heard Howard , a qualified chef with a young son , had 'acquired ' a drugs debt and was 'put upon ' to act as a 'custodian ' of the ammunition and the drugs for those he owed .
He was said to have been taking cocaine every day at the time , but no longer uses drugs now .
Brian Berlyne , prosecuting at Manchester 's Minshull Street Crown Court , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him the relationship was over and he left her home , leaving the bullets and the knife behind .
He will serve half that in custody and the rest on licence .
The 'tourism burglars ' who stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery from Cheshire homeowners - including ex-Manchester United keeper Two men who stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and watches from luxury Cheshire homes - including one belonging to former Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak - have been jailed .
Jorge Pinto Vallejos , 27 , and Jamie Duarte @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , were part of an organised crime group which ransacked houses in Alderley Edge and Prestbury in the weeks running up to Christmas last year .
Cheshire Police said the men , who they described as coming to the country for 'tourism burglary ' , stole an estimated total of £170,000-worth of goods – which included a £30,000 Patek Philippe watch , diamond bracelets , shotguns and a platinum wedding ring .
They were caught after targeting Kuszczak 's home for a second time .
Vallejos admitted five burglaries and one attempted burglary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one attempted burglary and one offence of going equipped after he was found with a rucksack containing screwdrivers and tools .
Vallejos was jailed for three years and eight months , while Vera was semnetnced to three years and four months in prison .
Both men will be deported after serving their sentences , police said .
The controlling thug who smashed windows of ex 's sister and threatened to ‘ burn the house down ’ A controlling thug who repeatedly threatened to burn the house down of his ex-partner ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brick has been jailed .
Graham Peet , 36 , had been in a relationship with the woman for two years , but it had been ‘ underpinned ’ with violence and she had difficulties leaving him .
In October last year , he was seen shouting at her in a van and punching her to the head , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
After the couple split up , Peet , of no fixed abode , went round to her sister ’ s house in Leicester in search of his ex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ window , narrowly missing her five-year-old son who was sitting in the living room .
He then sent ‘ chilling ’ texts to her sister , threatening to ‘ burn the house down and set fire to the front door ’ .
He added : “ I ’ ll put the whole family at risk , trust me , I will.
” Peet , of no fixed abode , was sentenced to a total of 10 months imprisonment and was banned from contacting her family indefinitely under the terms of a restraining order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sexually assaulting his granddaughter on numerous occasions .
The man , who can not be named at risk of identifying the victim , admitted to five counts of sexual assault on a child under 13 , three offences of sexual assault and one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity .
All of the offences took place at the victim 's home in Kearsley , while her grandfather was babysitting her and her siblings , prosecution barrister Andrew Mackintosh told Bolton Crown Court .
The abuse was uncovered following a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the girl 's father witnessed a sexual assault on one of the security cameras installed in the house .
Honorary Recorder of Bolton , Judge Martin Walsh , sentenced the man to five years and four months imprisonment .
Gunman told uncle 'don ’ t f****** mess with me ' after shooting him in the foot following row A family feud ended with a man shooting his uncle to the foot and telling him 'don ’ t f****** mess with me ' , a court heard .
Daniel Matthews , 35 , also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his ex-girlfriend 's home a fortnight earlier .
Now Matthews has received a sentence of more than 20 years for the shocking shootings , both committed in broad daylight .
They included one count of section 18 wounding ; two counts of possessing a firearm while committing an offence ; two counts of possessing a firearm while prohibited ; two counts of possessing ammunition while prohibited ; one count of possessing a bladed article ; one count of possessing five firearms while prohibited ; two counts of possessing disguised firearms ; and three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of Anfield Close , Moston , received an extended sentence , comprising of 16 years in jail , and a further five years on licence .
He must serve two-thirds of his custodial sentence in prison , and will have to satisfy the Parole Board that he is safe to be released .
Man spat in the face of a police officer and called him ‘ pig ’ A man has been jailed for eight weeks after spitting in the face of a police officer and calling him ‘ pig ’ .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who found Geoffrey Iverson , 27 , leaning against a building in Manchester city centre unresponsive .
Whilst observations were taking place , Iverson came round and began pulling off the heart rate monitor from his finger before telling the emergency workers he wanted to go , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
He then asked them for a lift home , but they directed him the best way to go .
Iverson , of no fixed abode , then ‘ arched ’ his neck back and forcefully spat at one of the officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As he was being arrested he continued trying to spit at them and called the officer a ‘ c**t ’ and ‘ pig ’ .
Iverson pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting an emergency worker .
Iverson , of no fixed abode , was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay £100 compensation to the officer .
The ex-GMP police officer jailed after contacting sex-workers while on duty and meeting them for sex A GMP police officer who contacted sex workers while on duty and met them for sex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 36 , was jailed for eight months at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office .
PC Taylor , previously based at GMP ’ s Openshaw complex , was suspended from duty when his crimes first came to light in March 2019 .
An investigation by GMP ’ s Anti-Corruption Unit found that PC Taylor contacted three known sex-workers on a number of occasions whilst he was on duty .
On two occasions , Taylor met one of the women for sex while off duty .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their services .
The investigation also found that PC Taylor had carried out over 700 unauthorised searches of secure information held on GMP systems between June 2017 and March 2019 .
Taylor was jailed after he previously pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of breaching section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 .
Married paedophile tried to meet a '13-year-old girl ' and sent sick child abuse pictures to 'like-minded ' men A married paedophile who tried to meet up with a '13-year-old girl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sick child abuse pictures to 'like-minded ' men , has been jailed .
Shaun Gillings , 49 , believed he was meeting up with a young girl named 'Daisy ' in a car park in Eccles .
He had been chatting to the '13-year-old ' for over a month on Kik , an instant messaging app , before arranging to meet her for sexual contact .
The grandad had also sent her explicit pictures of himself , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
But Gillings was in fact being snared by a police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrested in January when he showed up at their meeting place .
He now been jailed for three years and four months .
Gillings , of no fixed abode , pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing indecent images ; three counts of downloading indecent images ; six counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child ; two count of attempting to cause a child to view an image of sexual activity ; one count of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming .
He was also made subject @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 years and must sign the sex offenders register for life .
The drug addict jailed after he went into shop with samurai sword and said ' I need help' A drug addict walked into a shop with a samurai sword and said `` I need help '' , a court heard .
Lee Cope , 38 , has been jailed for six months following the incident at a convenience store in Eccles , Salford .
The court was told he was suffering from a 'mental health crisis ' at the time .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parrin Lane , on a Saturday night in February at about 8pm , Cope asked staff to call the police .
He went outside , then walked back into the shop but left again in an 'agitated state ' after being told the police had n't been called .
Officers did arrive later , and he told them : `` I need help '' .
At Manchester Crown Court he was jailed for six months , the minimum sentence he could expect having previously been convicted of two offences of possessing offensive weapons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eccles , has reduced his amphetamine use and hopes to make a 'fresh start ' when he is released from prison , the court was told .
Vicious bully threatened ex with hammer , punched her dog and said he would petrol bomb her house A vicious bully who repeatedly punched his ex-girlfriend 's dog and threatened to petrol bomb her house has been jailed .
Dale Stanley left his former partner feeling “ numb ” and “ terrified ” following two violent ordeals earlier this year .
The victim woke to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knife in the early hours of April 11 .
She said he was sat on a stool staring at her .
When the victim questioned him and tried to take the blade , he “ went mental ” and cut her leg during the tussle .
Bolton Crown Court heard how she threw the knife out the bedroom window and Stanley , of Glebe Street , Leigh , left the house .
However he returned just three days later to subject her to more terrifying abuse .
Dale Stanley pleaded guilty to threatening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damage and two counts of assault by beating .
He also breached his community order from a previous offence of being in possession of class A drugs with intent to supply .
He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for all offences and handed a five-year restraining order .
The woman banned from owning a wig after stealing and assaulting people A serial thief has been jailed and banned from town centre shops after stealing and assaulting people .
Natalie Belfield , 34 , has been put in prison after pleading guilty to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of assault , say Greater Manchester Police 's Bolton South team .
Belfield has also been forbidden from owning a wig and has been ordered to pay her assault victims compensation after she attacked them .
Belfield , of Harper Green Road , will no longer be able to enter Farnworth town centre shops or Tesco in Longcauseway .
She was sentenced to 48 weeks in prison and has been told to pay her assault victims a total of £100 in compensation , say the police .
The man who chopped off McDonald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A man who took a machete to McDonald 's before almost totally amputating another customer 's hand has been jailed .
Jordan Hughes , 22 , went out in the middle of the night with the huge 40cm blade hidden down his trousers .
The Liverpool Echo reports he carried out the horrifying attack on Samuel Liggett , 20 , who needed 12 hours of surgery to reattach his left hand .
Hughes later posted a picture of himself spattered in blood on Snapchat - 'revelling ' in what he had done .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ jailed him for 12 years , with an extended three years on licence .
He must spend at least two thirds of the sentence - eight years - behind bars before he is eligible for parole .
Judge Woodhall also made an indefinite restraining order to protect the victim .
Hughes showed no emotion as he was sent down .
Banned driver knocked down a tree while trying to get away from police A banned driver who knocked down a tree while trying to get away from police has been jailed .
Mustafa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from driving for three years weeks before the incident , was caught behind the wheel of a black Audi in Trafford , in September 2019 .
Officers recognised Isik on Chester Road and realised he was a disqualified driver .
He turned onto Poplar Grove , and reversed and crashed into a parked car twice .
Police got out of their car and told him to stop , on September 30 last year .
He began to drive towards one of the officers , before swerving around police and hitting a tree .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ off 'at speed ' , prosecutor Daniel Lister told Minshull Street Crown Court .
Isik later admitted dangerous driving , driving while disqualified and possession of amphetamine .
Judge Neild sentenced Isik to eight months in jail , and banned him from driving for three years and four months .
The thug who left father-of-the-bride with 'catastrophic ' injuries in horror stag do attack outside Printworks This is the thug who left a father with 'catastrophic ' injuries after he went to help his son during a brawl on a stag do .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Haysom with considerable force , causing him to fall unconscious after banging his head on the road outside Printworks .
Mr Haysom , now 61 , was part of a group of friends and family who had travelled to Manchester for a night out from their home in Somerset to celebrate the marriage of his daughter , Amie , and future son-in-law , Munya .
But he spent 11 months in hospital and rehabilitation after suffering a significant brain injury .
His daughter 's wedding had to be postponed but Mr Haysom , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to walk her down the aisle using a walking stick after being allowed out of hospital for the day .
Earlier this week at Manchester Crown Court , Loftus , who previously served in the Army until being medically discharged , was jailed for 18 months .
Loftus , 29 , of Floyd Avenue , Chorlton , pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and affray .
Sofian Bouskouchi , who swung a wrench at Mr Haysom but missed , was also jailed , receiving a 12 month sentence .
The 28-year-old of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affray and possessing an offensive weapon .
Deniro Collins , who was also with Loftus and Bouskouchi , received a 12 month sentence , suspended for 18 months .
Father-of-two launched racist attack on neighbour hitting him 10 times with cosh A father-of-two has been jailed after launching a brutal and racist attack on his neighbour , hitting him ten times with a ‘ police-style ’ cosh and calling him a ‘ f***ing P**i ’ .
Jordan Murphy , 26 , had already drunkenly broken into another house on the same road as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he asked her for drugs .
He then pulled his pants down , causing her to think he was going to urinate , then threatened to steal her TV off the wall , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
Murphy , of Rochdale , then stole the woman ’ s phone as she was using it , threatening to sell it if she didn ’ t get him some drugs .
Moments later he called for his neighbour to come outside and acted aggressively towards him , staring at him and moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind his back .
As the neighbour tried to calm him down , Murphy ‘ lunged ’ at him , calling him a ‘ f***ing P**i ’ and began hitting him with a baton he had hidden behind his back .
The man put his arms up to protect his head as he was hit ten times , and said afterwards he ‘ felt like they had been broken ’ , but only received cuts and bruising .
Murphy pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm which was racially aggravated , possession @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment .
Dealer stole car , drove it wrong way up streets at 110mph and smashed into minibus - before being caught with 600 wraps of drugs A prolific drug dealer was found with almost 600 wraps of heroin and cocaine in a stolen car after leading police on a 110mph pursuit through residential streets .
Shabaz Ali , 28 , was pursued by officers after they spotted him driving with false registration plates on his vehicle in Rochdale .
He reached speeds of up to 110mph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ streets , a court heard .
He then crashed into a minibus on Longfield Road and tried to run away from officers before being detained .
Police found 171 wraps of diamorphine - more commonly known as heroin - and 423 wraps of cocaine in his possession , as well as £550 in cash and a burner phone .
In street value , the drugs would have been worth a total of around £6,000 to £8,000 , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
Now , Ali has been put behind bars after a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ familiar ' in Greater Manchester .
Ali , of Darlington Road , Rochdale , pleaded guilty to two offences of possession of a class A drug with intent to supply , two offences of handling a stolen vehicle , dangerous driving , driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance .
Ali was jailed for five years and seven months .
He was also banned from driving for three years .
The former soldier and Greater Manchester Police worker caught trying to groom '13-year-old girls ' for sex A pervert grandad was caught trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paedophile sting operations .
Phillip Thompson , 63 , from Royton has now been disowned by his wife of 40 years and their two children after he as exposed by adults posing as young girls on internet chatrooms .
The dad , who served in the army and Greater Manchester Police , arranged to meet one of intended victims at a Morrisons supermarket , sent her pictures of an erect penis and told her : `` You will have to lie to your mummy .
This is our little secret princess . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ separate sting operations , one by a police officer and the second by a group of paedophile hunters who both posed as young girls online .
Thompson , who has no previous convictions , was jailed for three years and six months after he admitted two counts of attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child , attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act , attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and arranging the commission of a child sex offence .
He was ordered to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life and made the subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order .
Mum 's car set upon by masked teens as she waited at traffic lights with her two young children A mum was left 'terrified ' after a group of masked teenagers tried to smash through the window of her car with a rock as she waited at traffic lights with her two young children .
Kade Ferguson , 19 , and Dylan Irvine , 18 , have now been sentenced in court for their part in the 'horrendous incident ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lights on Middleton Road in Blackley when the front window of her Audi SQ5 was suddenly smashed through , Manchester Crown Court heard .
Her two children - who were seven and three years old at the time of the incident on May 18 last year - were sat in the back of the vehicle .
Three men wearing balaclavas tried to smash her car windows in with a rock , before running away when the traffic lights changed .
Prosecutor Peter Cadwallader told the court how one of these males was suspected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 at the time .
The group made off from the scene in a getaway car driven by then 17-year-old Dylan Irvine , the court heard .
Ferguson , of Rochdale Road , Blackley , admitted robbery , attempted robbery and burglary of dwelling .
Sentencing him to four years detention in a young offenders institution , Judge Richard Mansell told him : `` It 's a real sadness to see a young lad like you having to waste your young life in custody .
`` You will have to make the choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you want to go back to living this kind of existence or whether you want to turn your life around . ''
Irvine , of Brinsworth Drive , Cheetham Hill , pleaded guilty to handling a stolen car , attempted robbery and robbery .
He was sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order for two years , which includes 100 hours of unpaid work and 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days .
Beggar damaged petrol station worker 's BMW after being asked to move along A beggar damaged a petrol station worker 's BMW just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court for robbing a mosque .
Nazreen Akhtar , 42 , was asked to move along by a member of staff at the Esso petrol station on Cheetham Hill Road after they found her begging next to the cash machine .
But she became 'aggressive ' and threatened to damage the worker 's car , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
She was then caught on CCTV using an 'implement ' to scratch the black BMW which was parked on the petrol station forecourt .
When she was arrested , Akhtar tested positive for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court .
Akhtar , of Oakhill Way , Cheetham Hill , pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the requirements of a community order , begging in a public place and criminal damage .
She was jailed for 18 weeks and ordered to pay £150 in compensation .

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From the the thug who left father-of-the-bride with 'catastrophic' injuries in horror stag do attack outside Printworks - to the violent bully whose horrific campaign of abuse against his girlfriend saw him threaten to 'break every single bone' in her body.
The region's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes in June with M.E.N reporters there to cover the most serious.
An open, transparent criminal justice system is an important part of how our democracy works - so we make no apologies for devoting so much time to letting you know what happens in our courts.
These are just some of the court cases our reporters have covered in June 2020.
The violent bully whose horrific campaign of abuse against his girlfriend saw him threaten to 'break every single bone' in her body
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A jealous, violent bully who subjected his girlfriend to a horrific campaign of mental and physical abuse has been jailed.
Stephen Williams, 30, held a knife to his partner’s throat, punched her in the face, poured a corrosive cleaner over her head and threatened to kill her. He ordered her to give up her job, family and friends.
The controlling behaviour lasted months.
After forcing her to resign from her job - in case she was unfaithful at work - HGV driver Williams made his girlfriend travel around with him in his lorry cab to make sure she didn't speak to other people while he was on the road.
Williams flew into a jealous rage when she said her young brother looked 'cute' in a photo.
During one terrifying incident, he told her: "That’s it, you’re dead.
"Say bye to your street, you’re not coming home. I’m taking you to a field and you’re dead, and then I’m going to come back and I’m going to get your mum and sister and then I’ll save your little brother 'til last.
"We’re gonna go to a field, I’m gonna kick you around and I’m gonna break every single bone in your body.
"You’re never gonna feel pain like it."
Williams, of Newlands Avenue, Bolton, pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship; assault by beating; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; causing an unauthorised transmission from prison; and witness intimidation.
He was sentenced to two years in prison. He was made the subject of a restraining order, forbidding him to see or contact his ex-partner for two years.
The ex-cop who lived life of luxury until he was jailed for drugs conspiracy is sentenced AGAIN
A former 'Breaking Bad' police officer jailed for heading up a drugs conspiracy also sold dodgy TV boxes in order to fund his 'lavish' lifestyle including slap-up meals and stays at top hotels.
Ex-PC Daniel Aimson, 39, ran a 'sophisticated' operation selling ZGemma boxes online, many loaded with software which allowed people to access subscription channels such as Sky Sports and BT Sport and the latest films and TV without paying the normal fees.
He set up a company as part of the operation which raked in £655,000 over just 13 months a court heard and he used the profits to pay for amongst other things luxury breaks and dinners costing hundreds of pounds at Michelin starred restaurants with wife Rachel, who he has now split from.
Aimson has now had a year added to his sentence after a judge said he had deprived companies like Sky of legitimate custom.
Aimson, of Ullswater Road, Astley, Wigan was jailed for six years and four months on December 19, 2017 for conspiracy to produce cannabis and misconduct in a public office.
Aimson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at an earlier hearing.
He was sentenced by a judge sitting at Manchester Crown Court on Monday morning.
He appeared via videolink from prison with legal counsel appearing and the press observing via Skype as is the current arrangement during the pandemic.
Judge Elizabeth Nicholls sentenced him to a year in prison to run consecutive to his current term of which he will serve half, meaning in practice he will serve an additional six months.
The man who tried to rugby tackle female police officer into Salford Quays canal...when he failed, he jumped in himself
A man has been jailed after trying to push a police officer into a Salford Quays canal - claiming it was a cry for help.
Sean Morris, 32, had approached two officers along the canal and engaged in conversation with them whilst filming them on his phone.
After a few moments, he then ‘rugby tackled’ the female officer in an attempt to push her into the canal, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
The male officer, who was stood alongside his colleague, had to hold onto her security tags to stop her falling in.
He managed to fight off Morris, from Salford, who then proceeded to jump into the canal and refused to get out. It wasn’t until more officers attended that he was arrested and interviewed.
Morris pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency services officer and was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment.
Morris, of Kershope Grove in Salford, was also ordered to pay £200 compensation to the police officer.
The hapless thief who claimed he'd found loot, including £200 bracelet, 'in a skip'
A hapless thief claimed he'd found his loot, including a £200 bracelet, 'in a skip'.
Lee Mullineaux, 26, was out stealing items from a car in Bolton less than a month after a judge gave him a chance following an appearance in court in relation to a high speed police chase.
Now Mullineaux, from Bolton, has been jailed for eight months.
He originally appeared in court in December last year after he was chased by police through Newton Heath.
Less than a month later, he was caught while stealing items from a car in Westhoughton, Bolton.
Mullineaux, of Cleveland Gardens, Bolton, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen, driving without a licence and insurance and theft.
He was also banned from driving for 16 months.
A teenager bared his backside to pub locals three times before brandishing kitchen knife following bust-up
A teenager who 'brandished a large and fearsome' kitchen knife after baring his backside three times at locals during a pub row has been jailed.
CCTV showed Maros Petik swinging the knife in front of him as the argument spilled out onto the pavement outside the Druids Arms in Oldham.
It came after the 18-year-old was told to leave the Ashton Road pub when he became aggressive towards customers at about 5pm on Sunday, March 1.
On his way out, he threw punches at a customer stood in the doorway before pulling his trousers down three times to bare his backside.
As the row continued outside, Petik, of Kent Street, Oldham, began waving a stick at a customer, who was swinging his walking stick back at him, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
The teenager was then handed a kitchen knife, which he also waved in the direction of several locals who had come out of the pub.
Petik pleaded guilty to possessing a knife; and using threatening or abusive words or behavior.
Judge Bernadette Baxter sentenced Petik to 12 months in a young offenders institute.
Man jailed for 22 weeks after spitting at police officer after 'having an issue with a group of men'
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A man had been jailed for 22 weeks after spitting in the face of a police officer.
Mohammed Hussain, 42, had spat at the officer after calling 999 to report an alleged assault against him by a 'group of males', Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
He was taken to hospital and spoken to by the police, but they were called out again once Hussain, of Bolton, had returned home.
Following this, events escalated, and resulted in Hussain spitting in the face of one of the officers and using racially abusive language towards another officer.
Hussain previously entered not guilty pleas to assaulting an emergency worker and racially aggravated harassment, but changed his plea to guilty on June 1, and a charge of racially aggravated harassment was dropped against him.
Hussain, of Bromwich Street, was sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment for the assault and 12 weeks imprisonment for racially aggravated harassment to run concurrently.
'I run this area' said drunk who claimed to be in Doddington gang as he waved a fake gun around in a bookies
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A man walked drunk into a bookies with a fake gun and bullets and claimed to be a member of the notorious 'Doddington' crime gang, a court heard.
Kevin McMillan threatened a manager at Betfred on Erskine Street, Old Trafford, and put three bullets down on a table in front of a man gambling at a machine after pulling the gun from his waistband, a court heard.
A judge was told McMillan, 39, 'brandished' the gun at the man on the machine and told him: "I going to f**k you up.
"Who the f**k are you?
"I have just come out of prison..doing 15 years.
"I am a member of the Doddington."
McMillan, who Manchester Crown Court heard had been drinking, then apologised to the man before saying 'I run this area' and again referencing the south Manchester crime gang.
He was said to have been 'waving' the gun around at the time.
McMillan, of Cornbrook Park Road, Old Trafford, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of an imitation firearm.
He was jailed for 15 months.
The drug addict robber and his 'dangerous' mate who targets elderly women
A cleaner was attacked and 'humiliated' in a pub during a terrifying ordeal as two robbers demanded cash, a court heard.
Drug addict Sonny Shockledge, 37, and his accomplice Carl Siddall, 36, have both received significant jail terms for the robbery in the early hours at the Angel Inn in Dukinfield, Tameside.
The woman was left 'absolutely terrified' and said she feared she'd be raped or killed, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
She had arrived at the pub to clean the downstairs bar area at about 5.30am on September 16 last year, as the pub landlady slept in the flat upstairs.
The pair burst in after banging loudly on the door, before demanding money.
Shockledge threw the woman against a wall, and at one point put her in a headlock as he 'marched' her around the pub, demanding that she hand over cash.
Despite her telling the pair that she had no access to such money, her ordeal continued for several minutes.
She was 'dragged' along the floor, and at one point suffered the 'indignity' of having her upper clothing raised to reveal her naked back as they searched for valuables, the court heard.
Both Shockledge and Siddall were handed extended sentences, after Judge Potter declared them 'dangerous', ruling that they posed a 'significant risk to members of the public of serious harm'.
Siddall, of Wellington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, received an extended sentence comprising of four years and eight years months in prison, and an extended licence period of two years and six months.
He pleaded guilty to robbery and taking a vehicle without consent.
Shockledge, of Assheton Close, Ashton-under-Lyne, also admitted robbery and taking a vehicle without consent.
He also received an extended sentence, comprising of four years and eight months in custody but with an extended licence period of four years.
The pair will serve two-thirds of those custodial terms in jail, before being considered for release by the Parole Board.
Shockledge also received an additional 10 months in jail after admitting three counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary.
The man jailed for trying to spit at cop after racially abusing bank teller
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A man has been jailed for trying to spit at a police officer after being arrested for using racist language towards a building society teller.
Bernard Erskine, 53, had been causing upset at a bank in the city centre to members of the public and staff when he used racially abusive slurs after becoming frustrated.
The man, who was said to be of no fixed abode, was arrested and taken into custody, wherein he spat towards a police officer, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
Fortunately the officer managed to pull the plastic screen across to protect herself from being hit by the spittle.
Erskine, who was subject to a suspended sentence for a different matter, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment and common assault of an emergency worker.
Erskine, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to an activated suspended sentence of 20 weeks imprisonment and 12 weeks imprisonment for the offence of assaulting an emergency worker.
He was also ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge and £85 court costs upon his release.
The £100,000 cocaine dealer whose life of luxury came to an end in Stockport Tesco
A drug dealer who was caught with 1kg of cocaine worth £100,000 was found to be living a lavish lifestyle with trips to Dubai and expensive designer clothing.
Remi Phythian, 26, had been shopping in Tesco in Stockport when officers arrested him for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs in March this year
It was only when the GMP Special Operations team searched his house that they discovered drug paraphernalia including snap bags and scales, over £4,000 in bundles of cash, designer clothes, trainers and a motorbike.
Further investigations revealed that Phythian, of Denton, had been abroad 16 times between January 2016 and March 2019.
He funded his ‘lavish lifestyle’ through the selling of class A drugs and deposited the cash through the Post Office, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
The cocaine found in his Mercedes van, which was concealed in a Tesco’s bag, weighed one kilo and was said to be worth a street value of £100,000.
Phythian pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to offences of possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property.
Phythian, of Worths Lane, Denton, was sentenced to six years imprisonment.
A proceeds of crime act hearing was set for October 26.
The drug addict robber who preyed on women at cash points
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A drug addict robber preyed on vulnerable women at high street cash points, even wrestling a church trustee for her handbag to feed his addiction to crack cocaine and heroin.
CCTV captured homeless father-of-three Nathan Shepherd, 31, laying in wait outside Lloyds Bank in Moston where he would take care to leave the male customers and then pounce when he saw a woman.
Among his victims was an NHS worker and a church trustee, the latter fighting him off after a 'tug of war' for her bag which contained the cash from the church collection.
Now Shepherd has been jailed for his crimes, sobbing to the judge who caged him: "I'm absolutely ashamed of my actions."
Nathan Shepherd, 31, went on a 13-day crime spree from January 27 this year, targeting lone women aged between 30 and 50 at a Lloyds Bank cash point on Moston Lane in Moston, north Manchester.
Shepherd, formerly of Benchill Road in Wythenshawe, was jailed for four years and six months after he admitted four counts of robbery, one attempted robbery and fraud.
A prolific drug dealer got mum and sisters to help in family operation to flood Salford with cocaine and heroin
A drug dealer has been jailed after he enlisted the help of his mum and two sisters in the supply of cocaine and heroin.
Aiden White, 24, had been 'prolific' in the supply of class A drugs across Salford during the course of 2018.
Police officers uncovered texts between him and his mother, Susan White, 54, who also became involved in dealing crack cocaine and heroin.
His sisters, Kayleigh White, 28, and Louise White-Cook, 34, assisted the family operation by concealing drugs and criminally gained money.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Aiden White was stopped by police in late 2018, driving a stolen car near junction 17 of the M6 motorway.
Officers searched the vehicle and discovered a handgun and ammunition in the passenger foot well, prosecutor, Julian Taylor told the court.
"There was a brief pursuit and the defendant was arrested. The gun was found to be in working order but the cartridges were blank, Mr Taylor said.
Upon searching Aiden White's home address, police found £8,000 in cash and uncovered a number of text messages between him and his mum, concerning the supply of drugs.
On October 18, 2018, a VW Golf was spotted driving on false plates by police officers in Eccles, the court heard. The car had been stolen from a burglary in Warrington earlier that day.
"The car stopped on Liverpool Road in Eccles and the driver of that vehicle was Susan White," Mr Taylor told the court.
Aiden White, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to eight years in custody for possession of a prohibited firearm, handling stolen goods, being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and possession of criminal property.
Susan White, of Liverpool Road, Eccles was sentenced to 18 months suspended for two years, after admitting possession with intent to supply class A drugs and being concerned in the supply of heroin.
Kayleigh White, of Morillon Road, Irlam was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years and ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work, after admitting receiving stolen goods and assisting an offender.
Leanne White-Cook, of Halstead Drive, Irlam, was sentenced to two-year community order after admitting converting criminal property.
The persistent mobile phone thief banned from Manchester city centre
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A man has been jailed and banned from entering Manchester City Centre after committing a series of distractions thefts.
Mustafa Haji, 30, targeted men who had been enjoying nights out, in the early hours of the morning, and stole their mobile phones.
Manchester Crown Court heard how he would plan each of his attacks, distracting strangers by placing his leg in between theirs and trying to trip them up.
During one theft, Haji followed a 54-year-old man along Portland Street, after Manchester Pride on August 21, 2019 at around 2am.
The court heard the victim hadn't been drinking, and was walking towards the Northern Quarter to pick up his car when he was approached by Haji.
Haji, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and made subject to a criminal behaviour order, excluding him from Manchester city centre for five years.
Jealous mum who terrorised boyfriend for years sliced him open with a serrated kitchen knife and left him in a pool of blood because she thought he was cheating
A jealous and controlling woman nearly killed her boyfriend when she sliced him with a knife because she thought he was cheating on her.
Janet Kearns, 47, then cleaned the blade, put it back into the knife block and walked away, leaving her victim bleeding to death outside his flat.
A key artery in his right arm had been severed but his life was saved thanks to the actions of paramedics and doctors.
A court heard the mother-of-two from a previous relationship, who worked as a cleaner, had terrorised her partner for almost two years and when he had previously threatened to call police, she had told him: "You'll be dead before they get here."
When he finally dumped her, she went to his third floor flat in Wythenshawe in May last year and flew into a rage because he hadn't called to wish her a happy birthday.
She stabbed him during a furious bust-up and then left him for dead.
Kearns, of Minehead Avenue in Withington, was jailed after she admitted GBH with intent.
Sentencing Kearns to six years in prison, Judge Hilary Manley told Kearns her relationship with the man had been 'marred throughout by your jealousy and attempts to control him'.
The gran who stole £1m through sophisticated, unbelievable 15-year fraud
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A grandmother pilfered more than £1million in benefits through an elaborate fraud that lasted 15 years.
Christina Pomfrey, 65, stole the details of her sister, daughter-in-law and her husband’s dead first wife to steal money from the public purse.
A court heard that Pomfrey had even thrown her daughter, Aimee Brown, “under the bus”. Brown found herself in the dock next to her mum at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court.
During her offending, Pomfrey, described as “staggeringly dishonest”, claimed she was completely blind despite later admitting to police that she could drive.
She also claimed that multiple sclerosis (MS) left her unable to walk, dress, wash or go to the toilet without help - all details she used to claim money she wasn’t owed and to claim payment for a carer.
But she was spotted by surveillance investigators driving, picking up her grandchildren from school and reading a newspaper.
Pomfrey, of The Glen, Palacefield, Runcorn, has now been jailed for three years and eight months after admitting a string of fraud offences.
Pomfrey admitted 13 counts of fraud, eight counts of acquiring criminal property, eight counts of supplying an article for fraud, three counts of possession of an article for fraud and two counts of false accounting.
Brown, 34, of Wycliffe Road, Runcorn, pleaded guilty to acquiring, using or possessing criminal property.
Judge McKone said she could suspend Brown’s 18 month custodial sentence for two years because she is the sole carer of two very young children and has no previous convictions.
She was also ordered to carry out 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 150 hours of unpaid work.
Drunk man jailed after making phone call threatening to bomb police station and calling cops 'white b******s'
A drunk man has been jailed after calling a police station and threatening to bomb them - then launching a racist tirade against the officers sent to arrest him describing them as ‘white b******s’.
Tariq Khan, 49, first made the phone call in the early hours of the morning on Saturday June 6.
Officers sent to arrest Khan, of Crumpsall, found him in a takeaway where they tried to speak to him, but he was ‘highly intoxicated’, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
The incident escalated when Khan went outside, as he became abusive to officers and used racist language towards them.
As he became increasingly aggressive, officers took him to the ground in an attempt to restrain him, but he kicked out and hit the leg of the female officer.
Pleading guilty to charges of sending a communication conveying a threatening message, assaulting an emergency worker and racially aggravated words or behaviour, Khan was sentenced to 32 weeks imprisonment.
Khan, whose address was recorded as Juniper Ward Park House at the North Manchester General Hospital on Delaunays Road, was also ordered to pay £156 victim surcharge.
Final member of £3m-a-year drug empire who went on the run for months brought to justice - he hadn't gone very far
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A fugitive who went on the run after being sentenced for his role in a £3million a year drug empire has been jailed.
Drew Downes, 23 was convicted of supplying cocaine and MDMA and was sentenced in his absence to seven years and six months in February 2020.
He was one of eleven members of an Organised Crime Group who were tracked down during Greater Manchester Police's Operation Telegram.
The OCG ran an extensive drugs racket via four phone lines, dealing cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis, Xanax and ketamine. Downes acted as one of the gang's three street dealers, along with his jailed accomplices, Kane O'Connor and Aidan Jones.
The dealers would use stolen cars to visit a stash house in Burnage - where they would collect the drugs and deposit the proceeds of sales.
Three men, Faisal Nawaz, Qaisar Nawaz and Yusuf Meah, were identified as heads of the OCG, and were each jailed for 10 years and six months.
Minshull Street Crown Court previously heard how they obtained large supplies of class A and B drugs via criminal connections in London, Oxford and Birmingham.
The drugs were then stored in a Ford Focus and taken to a safe house in Burnage, occupied by Nicola and Connor Kieran - where the drugs were packaged.
Leaders of the OCG would take orders, and Downes and other street dealers would deliver the drugs across Greater Manchester.
Downes was sentenced in his absence, and had been on the run from police for four months when he was eventually caught.
Officers were able to trace Downes to a vehicle located in Irlam, in Salford, at around 7am on June 2, 2020.
He attempted to run away from the police, but they caught up with him a short time later and brought him into custody.
Appearing at Minshull Street Crown Court, Downes, of Newsham Road, Stockport, was sentenced to a further one month on top of his original prison sentence.
The 'animalistic' robbers who terrorised Northern Quarter as they committed seven brutal robberies in 90 minutes
A trio of vicious robbers terrorised Manchester's Northern Quarter as they commmitted seven robberies in just 90 minutes.
They got a taxi into town at 2am before targeting vulnerable revellers at the end of their night. The thugs surrounded their victims and attacked them with punches, stamps and kicks before fleeing with their valuables.
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They inflicted serious injuries.
Victims were left with fractured jaws, damaged vertabrae and broken ribs. Some were in hospital for weeks.
The gang ripped a clump of hair from one woman who fought back. They celebrated their night's work with a meal at McDonald's.
Now the three Romanian nationals, two of whom came to the UK having been convicted of serious crimes on the continent, have been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for their part in seven robberies.
CCTV showed the three - cousins Samuel and Adi Cretu, both 21; and a boy of 15 who cannot be named for legal reasons - alighting the taxi at about 2am on January 5 on Tib Street.
The cousins were captured urinating against scaffolding before the trio surrounded their first victim.
The Cretus punched him and pinned him against a wall while the teenager kept look-out.
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Adi Cretu stamped on and kicked the victim's head while the youth rifled his pockets.
As the victim lay unconscious on the ground, the three robbers are seen calmly walking away with his mobile and wallet.
The man was taken to hospital, where he needed surgery to insert metal plates for a fractured jaw.
Adi Cretu, 21, of Alton Street in Oldham, who was said to have taken a leading role, was jailed for six years and eight months.
Samuel Cretu, 21, also of Alton Street in Oldham, was jailed for six years and two months.
The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a two year youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance attached. He was also handed a 180-day activity requirement and placed on an electronically-monitored curfew for three months.
They all admitted conspiracy to rob, conspiracy to commit fraud and assault. The Cretu cousins also admitted a further assault.
A woman with 50 previous convictions 'named and shamed' on Facebook after stealing from elderly women in Wythenshawe
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A woman has been jailed after carrying out a number of ‘despicable’ distraction thefts against elderly and vulnerable people.
Tracey MacDonald, 41, was caught after being ‘named and shamed’ on social media.
She repeatedly approached older women in Wythenshawe, distracted them, before stealing cash.
MacDonald, of no fixed address, stole a total of around £1,300 from the five women, Manchester Crown Court heard.
She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a person at an earlier hearing, but the court deferred her sentence to allow her to ‘go straight'.
MacDonald failed to attend court in March, so was arrested and remanded into custody.
She was sentenced to 12 months.
MacDonald has 50 previous convictions for 112 offences, including numerous offences of theft from a person.
'Depraved' paedophile groomed young girls online by offering them fake modelling jobs and then got them to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos
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A 'depraved' and 'prolific' paedophile from Bury groomed young girls online by offering them fake modelling opportunities before getting them to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos.
Daniel Berry, 31, targeted teenage girls from across the country on social media and 'cunningly' groomed them into his web of abuse.
He manipulated as many as 16 teenage girls into sending him the most extreme sexually explicit pictures and videos from his Prestwich home where he lived with his parents.
The girls, two of them as young as 12-years-old, fell prey to Berry's lies as he threatened that he would come to their homes and sue their families if they refused.
The abuse, that spanned two years, was systematic, as Berry followed the same method time and again to lure in girls.
It was the 'worst case' of child sexual abuse one investigator had seen in their career.
His criminal offences took place between February 2017 and January 2019, when Berry was finally caught and arrested.
Berry, described as 'depraved' by Judge Tina Landale, has now been locked up after pleading guilty to 48 counts relating to the online grooming of underage girls.
Berry, of Bannerman Avenue, was sentenced in Minshull Street Crown Court to a custodial sentence of 13 years. He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.
The prolific thief banned from entering Didsbury area after string of house burglaries
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A prolific thief has been jailed and banned from entering the Didsbury area after a string of house burglaries.
Patrick Mooney, 34, of Doncaster Avenue, Withington, was convicted of two residential burglaries in the area during 2019.
At Manchester Crown Court, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. When he is released, he will be made subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order - excluding him from the entire Didsbury area.
GMP say Mooney has numerous convictions for stealing motor vehicles, and has been targeting the Didsbury area for some time.
A man kicked police officer in the groin after being asked to stop drinking in the street
A drunk man has been jailed after he forcefully kicked a police officer in the groin after he was asked to stop drinking in the street.
Alexander Hall, 31, was spotted by a couple of PCSO’s sat on a bench swigging from a bottle of Frosty Jacks before he was asked to stop drinking.
Becoming abusive, Hall, of Rochdale, said to the officers: “I’ll f****ing kill you, you w*****s! Don’t you know who I am?”, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
He then began ‘swinging’ his arms at them before the police were called.
As he was being put into the back of the police van, he repeatedly refused to cooperate with them, resulting in him kicking out at one of the officers, making contact with his groin and inner thigh area.
Hall pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker and using threatening words to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence, and was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment.
Hall, of Bay Street in Rochdale, was sentenced to a total of 20 weeks imprisonment and was also ordered to pay £150 compensation to the officer.
Racist dad spat vile abuse at men outside their family homes before launching night-time attack
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A drunk who racially abused two men and attacked one of them with a chain from a chainsaw has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Kevin Whelan, 38, called the men 'pa***' and, despite them both being born and raised in the UK, told them they couldn't tell him what to do in 'his own country'.
The incident, at about 11.30pm on August 27 last year, started after Whelan stood in front of one of their cars and blocked them as they tried to park outside their house in Cheetham Hill.
Whelan eventually moved after the man flashed his lights and beeped his horn at him.
He saw Whelan had a shiny item in his hand, which he at first thought was a bicycle chain.
After asking him why he was 'loitering', Whelan said it's a 'free country' and that he could do what he liked.
Whelan, from Moston, told the man he could 'fly at him like a rocket', and that he would 'hit him before he knew anything about it'.
Jailing Whelan, Judge Mansell said the defendant, a father, has a 'long standing drink problem' and that he was 'intoxicated' at the time.
Whelan, of Waverley Road, Moston, has previously been convicted of a racially aggravated offence, when he called police officers 'pa***'.
Former soldier who 'fell in with wrong crowd' left man with severe, life-changing brain injuries
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A former soldier has been jailed for eight years after beating up a man and leaving him with "severe life-changing brain injuries".
Dean Hughes, 43, hit Shane Maloney around the head with a magnum of champagne during an argument at a house in Wigan Road, Leigh, on the evening of November 8 2019.
Hughes, of Church Street, Bickershaw, then used the bottle to hit Mr Maloney, 26, in the legs and body, before kicking him in the head at least once.
Police were called to the house, and found Mr Maloney slumped in a ginnel near the house, slipping in and out of consciousness and with a large cut to the back of his head.
Prosecution barrister Michael Brady told Bolton Crown Court that the attack started as an argument about a mobile phone. The phone belonged to Mr Maloney's girlfriend, who was also in the house, along with another woman.
Honorary Recorder of Bolton, Judge Martin Walsh sentenced Hughes to eight years imprisonment, with two thirds of the sentence to be served in prison and the rest out on licence.
Lying drug dealer who ran a lucrative cocaine racket from a flat above a wine bar in Disley
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Police found cocaine worth up to £100,000 when they raided a drug dealer's flat above a wine bar.
They also found £3,000 in cash, a debtor list and six mobile phones including an 'encro' smartphone designed to thwart police investigations when they raided Ryan Ridgeway's pad in Disley near Stockport.
The 36-year-old drug dealer claimed he knew nothing about the cocaine and that his flat had been hijacked by gangsters in Salford who blamed him for the theft of drugs.
But the dad's fingerprints were found on the carrier bag which contained one kilo of cocaine and now he has been jailed.
Police raided Ridgeway's flat above a Frankies Wine bar on Buxton Old Road in Disley on February 20 this year.
They arrested three men including Ridgeway, who had a list on him which was 'likely' to have been a list of previous cocaine sales, prosecutor Kevin Donnelly told Manchester's Mnshull Street Crown Court.
He later pleaded guilty to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.
Ridgeway was jailed for six years as Judge Tina Landale told him: "You have got a poor criminal record. You have involved yourself in all kinds of different offences and that has led to you becoming involved in this drugs arrangement."
The judge went on: "You had a highly trusted role in the drugs trade and you were trusted to carry out a significant role."
Paedophile who blackmailed boy and threw phone down toilet and tried to cut own throat when police turned up
A manipulative paedophile pretended to be a girl and persuaded a teenage boy to send sexually explicit images of himself, before threatening to post them online unless he sent more.
Christian Tymon, 33, blackmailed the boy, who sent him four videos after fearing the defendant would carry out his threat and post it on Facebook for the boy's friends to see.
Tymon, who a psychologist said displays 'psychopathic traits', also posed online as an adult woman and a girl, attempting to blackmail a woman and causing distress to a girl.
When police went to his home in Crumpsall, Tymon put his mobile phone down the toilet and tried to 'kill himself', Manchester Crown Court heard.
Now Tymon has been jailed for six years and nine months, after a judge said the defendant appeared to gain 'pleasure' from 'manipulating' his victims.
Thugs hellbent on drink and drugs lifestyle who raided newlywed's home as they slept in devastating four-month crime spree
Young thugs raided the home of a newlywed couple as they slept, making off with wedding presents and other valuables worth £20,000.
Connor Turner, 20, and Tyler Robinson, 19, were on police bail at the time, nearing the end of an often violent four-month campaign of robberies and other crime which left a trail of devastation.
The pair, who it's said had resisted attempts to steer them clear of a 'lifestyle' of drink and drugs, have now been jailed.
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After tying the knot at a ceremony in Yorkshire, the newlywed couple spent the day celebrating their nuptials with friends in Huddersfield before returning to their home on Mottram Road in Stalybridge on Saturday night August 31, 2019.
The pair went to bed, leaving friends to continue to celebrate downstairs, but while they slept burglars broke into their home through a first floor bathroom window, prosecutor Adrian Farrow told Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court.
The thieves helped themselves to valuables from holdalls in the living room which had remained unpacked from their wedding, including a £2,500 Cartier watch, £500 of jewellery, a £1,600 Apple Macbook and a wedding guests bag containing clothes, perfume, bank card and driving licence.
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Turner, of no fixed abode, was jailed for seven years and six months after he admitted eight burglaries and attempted burglaries, three robberies, aggravated vehicle taking, three offences of theft, making off without payment, handling stolen goods, four offences of fraud. He asked for four other burglaries to be taken into consideration.
Robinson, of Philip Way in Mottram, was jailed for six years after pleading guilty to four burglaries and attempted burglaries, robbery, aggravated vehicle taking, theft, handling stolen goods and four fraud charges.
Dad who was taking cocaine every day is jailed after hiding drugs and bullets for dealers he owed money to
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A dad who agreed to store bullets and cocaine for drug dealers to pay off a debt he owed them has been jailed.
Police found 25 bullets wrapped in a bandanna, and a knife, in a cupboard under stairs at Joshua Howard's ex-girlfriend's home in Royton, Oldham.
Two days later, in November 2018, the 27-year-old was arrested at a different address in Chadderton.
He was found there with cocaine worth more than £3,000.
A court heard Howard, a qualified chef with a young son, had 'acquired' a drugs debt and was 'put upon' to act as a 'custodian' of the ammunition and the drugs for those he owed.
He was said to have been taking cocaine every day at the time, but no longer uses drugs now.
Brian Berlyne, prosecuting at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, said Howard's partner at the time told him the relationship was over and he left her home, leaving the bullets and the knife behind.
Howard was jailed for 27 months.
He will serve half that in custody and the rest on licence.
The 'tourism burglars' who stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery from Cheshire homeowners - including ex-Manchester United keeper
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Two men who stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and watches from luxury Cheshire homes - including one belonging to former Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak - have been jailed.
Jorge Pinto Vallejos, 27, and Jamie Duarte Vera, 40, both from Chile, were part of an organised crime group which ransacked houses in Alderley Edge and Prestbury in the weeks running up to Christmas last year.
Cheshire Police said the men, who they described as coming to the country for 'tourism burglary', stole an estimated total of £170,000-worth of goods – which included a £30,000 Patek Philippe watch, diamond bracelets, shotguns and a platinum wedding ring.
They were caught after targeting Kuszczak's home for a second time.
Vallejos admitted five burglaries and one attempted burglary while Vera pleaded guilty to three burglaries, one attempted burglary and one offence of going equipped after he was found with a rucksack containing screwdrivers and tools.
Vallejos was jailed for three years and eight months, while Vera was semnetnced to three years and four months in prison.
Both men will be deported after serving their sentences, police said.
The controlling thug who smashed windows of ex's sister and threatened to ‘burn the house down’
A controlling thug who repeatedly threatened to burn the house down of his ex-partner’s sister after smashing her windows with a brick has been jailed.
Graham Peet, 36, had been in a relationship with the woman for two years, but it had been ‘underpinned’ with violence and she had difficulties leaving him.
In October last year, he was seen shouting at her in a van and punching her to the head, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
After the couple split up, Peet, of no fixed abode, went round to her sister’s house in Leicester in search of his ex and threw a brick through her front window, narrowly missing her five-year-old son who was sitting in the living room.
He then sent ‘chilling’ texts to her sister, threatening to ‘burn the house down and set fire to the front door’.
He added: “I’ll put the whole family at risk, trust me, I will.”
Peet, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to a total of 10 months imprisonment and was banned from contacting her family indefinitely under the terms of a restraining order.
Disgusting paedophile admits abusing his own granddaughter
A man has been jailed after sexually assaulting his granddaughter on numerous occasions.
The man, who cannot be named at risk of identifying the victim, admitted to five counts of sexual assault on a child under 13, three offences of sexual assault and one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
All of the offences took place at the victim's home in Kearsley, while her grandfather was babysitting her and her siblings, prosecution barrister Andrew Mackintosh told Bolton Crown Court.
The abuse was uncovered following a specific incident in 2018, in which the girl's father witnessed a sexual assault on one of the security cameras installed in the house.
Honorary Recorder of Bolton, Judge Martin Walsh, sentenced the man to five years and four months imprisonment.
Gunman told uncle 'don’t f****** mess with me' after shooting him in the foot following row
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A family feud ended with a man shooting his uncle to the foot and telling him 'don’t f****** mess with me', a court heard.
Daniel Matthews, 35, also shot at a Land Rover parked near his ex-girlfriend's home a fortnight earlier.
Now Matthews has received a sentence of more than 20 years for the shocking shootings, both committed in broad daylight.
Matthews pleaded guilty to 14 offences.
They included one count of section 18 wounding; two counts of possessing a firearm while committing an offence; two counts of possessing a firearm while prohibited; two counts of possessing ammunition while prohibited; one count of possessing a bladed article; one count of possessing five firearms while prohibited; two counts of possessing disguised firearms; and three counts of possessing prohibited weapons.
Matthews, of Anfield Close, Moston, received an extended sentence, comprising of 16 years in jail, and a further five years on licence.
He must serve two-thirds of his custodial sentence in prison, and will have to satisfy the Parole Board that he is safe to be released.
Man spat in the face of a police officer and called him ‘pig’
A man has been jailed for eight weeks after spitting in the face of a police officer and calling him ‘pig’.
Paramedics were called by two patrolling officers who found Geoffrey Iverson, 27, leaning against a building in Manchester city centre unresponsive.
Whilst observations were taking place, Iverson came round and began pulling off the heart rate monitor from his finger before telling the emergency workers he wanted to go, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
He then asked them for a lift home, but they directed him the best way to go.
Iverson, of no fixed abode, then ‘arched’ his neck back and forcefully spat at one of the officers - it hit him in the face.
As he was being arrested he continued trying to spit at them and called the officer a ‘c**t’ and ‘pig’.
Iverson pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting an emergency worker.
Iverson, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay £100 compensation to the officer.
The ex-GMP police officer jailed after contacting sex-workers while on duty and meeting them for sex
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A GMP police officer who contacted sex workers while on duty and met them for sex has been jailed.
PC Christopher Taylor, 36, was jailed for eight months at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office.
PC Taylor, previously based at GMP’s Openshaw complex, was suspended from duty when his crimes first came to light in March 2019.
An investigation by GMP’s Anti-Corruption Unit found that PC Taylor contacted three known sex-workers on a number of occasions whilst he was on duty.
On two occasions, Taylor met one of the women for sex while off duty. He also met other sex workers and used their services.
The investigation also found that PC Taylor had carried out over 700 unauthorised searches of secure information held on GMP systems between June 2017 and March 2019.
Taylor was jailed after he previously pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of breaching section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Married paedophile tried to meet a '13-year-old girl' and sent sick child abuse pictures to 'like-minded' men
A married paedophile who tried to meet up with a '13-year-old girl' he had groomed, and sent sick child abuse pictures to 'like-minded' men, has been jailed.
Shaun Gillings, 49, believed he was meeting up with a young girl named 'Daisy' in a car park in Eccles.
He had been chatting to the '13-year-old' for over a month on Kik, an instant messaging app, before arranging to meet her for sexual contact.
The grandad had also sent her explicit pictures of himself, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
But Gillings was in fact being snared by a police officer posing as 'Daisy' and was arrested in January when he showed up at their meeting place.
He now been jailed for three years and four months.
Gillings, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing indecent images; three counts of downloading indecent images; six counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child; two count of attempting to cause a child to view an image of sexual activity; one count of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming.
He was also made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years and must sign the sex offenders register for life.
The drug addict jailed after he went into shop with samurai sword and said 'I need help'
A drug addict walked into a shop with a samurai sword and said "I need help", a court heard.
Lee Cope, 38, has been jailed for six months following the incident at a convenience store in Eccles, Salford.
The court was told he was suffering from a 'mental health crisis' at the time.
When he went into the shop on Parrin Lane, on a Saturday night in February at about 8pm, Cope asked staff to call the police.
He went outside, then walked back into the shop but left again in an 'agitated state' after being told the police hadn't been called.
Officers did arrive later, and he told them: "I need help".
Cope admitted possessing an offensive weapon.
At Manchester Crown Court he was jailed for six months, the minimum sentence he could expect having previously been convicted of two offences of possessing offensive weapons.
Cope, of Barton Lane, Eccles, has reduced his amphetamine use and hopes to make a 'fresh start' when he is released from prison, the court was told.
Vicious bully threatened ex with hammer, punched her dog and said he would petrol bomb her house
A vicious bully who repeatedly punched his ex-girlfriend's dog and threatened to petrol bomb her house has been jailed.
Dale Stanley left his former partner feeling “numb” and “terrified” following two violent ordeals earlier this year.
The victim woke to find the 25-year-old in her bedroom holding a knife in the early hours of April 11. She said he was sat on a stool staring at her.
When the victim questioned him and tried to take the blade, he “went mental” and cut her leg during the tussle.
Bolton Crown Court heard how she threw the knife out the bedroom window and Stanley, of Glebe Street, Leigh, left the house.
However he returned just three days later to subject her to more terrifying abuse.
Dale Stanley pleaded guilty to threatening to damage or destroy property, criminal damage and two counts of assault by beating.
He also breached his community order from a previous offence of being in possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for all offences and handed a five-year restraining order.
The woman banned from owning a wig after stealing and assaulting people
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A serial thief has been jailed and banned from town centre shops after stealing and assaulting people.
Natalie Belfield, 34, has been put in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of theft and two charges of assault, say Greater Manchester Police's Bolton South team.
Belfield has also been forbidden from owning a wig and has been ordered to pay her assault victims compensation after she attacked them.
Belfield, of Harper Green Road, will no longer be able to enter Farnworth town centre shops or Tesco in Longcauseway.
She was sentenced to 48 weeks in prison and has been told to pay her assault victims a total of £100 in compensation, say the police.
The man who chopped off McDonald's customer's hand with a machete
A man who took a machete to McDonald's before almost totally amputating another customer's hand has been jailed.
Jordan Hughes, 22, went out in the middle of the night with the huge 40cm blade hidden down his trousers.
The Liverpool Echo reports he carried out the horrifying attack on Samuel Liggett, 20, who needed 12 hours of surgery to reattach his left hand.
Hughes later posted a picture of himself spattered in blood on Snapchat - 'revelling' in what he had done.
Judge Woodhall said Hughes was dangerous and jailed him for 12 years, with an extended three years on licence.
He must spend at least two thirds of the sentence - eight years - behind bars before he is eligible for parole.
Judge Woodhall also made an indefinite restraining order to protect the victim.
Hughes showed no emotion as he was sent down.
Banned driver knocked down a tree while trying to get away from police
A banned driver who knocked down a tree while trying to get away from police has been jailed.
Mustafa Isik, 34, who was banned from driving for three years weeks before the incident, was caught behind the wheel of a black Audi in Trafford, in September 2019.
Officers recognised Isik on Chester Road and realised he was a disqualified driver.
He turned onto Poplar Grove, and reversed and crashed into a parked car twice.
Police got out of their car and told him to stop, on September 30 last year.
He began to drive towards one of the officers, before swerving around police and hitting a tree.
He knocked the tree over before making off 'at speed', prosecutor Daniel Lister told Minshull Street Crown Court.
Isik later admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and possession of amphetamine.
Judge Neild sentenced Isik to eight months in jail, and banned him from driving for three years and four months.
The thug who left father-of-the-bride with 'catastrophic' injuries in horror stag do attack outside Printworks
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This is the thug who left a father with 'catastrophic' injuries after he went to help his son during a brawl on a stag do.
Nicholas Loftus, 29, punched Gary Haysom with considerable force, causing him to fall unconscious after banging his head on the road outside Printworks.
Mr Haysom, now 61, was part of a group of friends and family who had travelled to Manchester for a night out from their home in Somerset to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Amie, and future son-in-law, Munya.
But he spent 11 months in hospital and rehabilitation after suffering a significant brain injury.
His daughter's wedding had to be postponed but Mr Haysom, a former builder, was later able to walk her down the aisle using a walking stick after being allowed out of hospital for the day.
Earlier this week at Manchester Crown Court, Loftus, who previously served in the Army until being medically discharged, was jailed for 18 months.
Loftus, 29, of Floyd Avenue, Chorlton, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and affray.
Sofian Bouskouchi, who swung a wrench at Mr Haysom but missed, was also jailed, receiving a 12 month sentence. The 28-year-old of Clarendon Road West, Chorlton, admitted affray and possessing an offensive weapon.
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Deniro Collins, who was also with Loftus and Bouskouchi, received a 12 month sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Collins, 29, of Russell Avenue, Whalley Range, admitted affray.
Father-of-two launched racist attack on neighbour hitting him 10 times with cosh
A father-of-two has been jailed after launching a brutal and racist attack on his neighbour, hitting him ten times with a ‘police-style’ cosh and calling him a ‘f***ing P**i’.
Jordan Murphy, 26, had already drunkenly broken into another house on the same road as his address, and frightened a woman as he asked her for drugs.
He then pulled his pants down, causing her to think he was going to urinate, then threatened to steal her TV off the wall, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Murphy, of Rochdale, then stole the woman’s phone as she was using it, threatening to sell it if she didn’t get him some drugs.
Moments later he called for his neighbour to come outside and acted aggressively towards him, staring at him and moving forwards whilst he held his right hand behind his back.
As the neighbour tried to calm him down, Murphy ‘lunged’ at him, calling him a ‘f***ing P**i’ and began hitting him with a baton he had hidden behind his back.
The man put his arms up to protect his head as he was hit ten times, and said afterwards he ‘felt like they had been broken’, but only received cuts and bruising.
Murphy pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm which was racially aggravated, possession of an offensive weapon and burglary.
He was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment.
Dealer stole car, drove it wrong way up streets at 110mph and smashed into minibus - before being caught with 600 wraps of drugs
A prolific drug dealer was found with almost 600 wraps of heroin and cocaine in a stolen car after leading police on a 110mph pursuit through residential streets.
Shabaz Ali, 28, was pursued by officers after they spotted him driving with false registration plates on his vehicle in Rochdale.
He reached speeds of up to 110mph and drove the wrong way up residential streets, a court heard.
He then crashed into a minibus on Longfield Road and tried to run away from officers before being detained.
Police found 171 wraps of diamorphine - more commonly known as heroin - and 423 wraps of cocaine in his possession, as well as £550 in cash and a burner phone.
In street value, the drugs would have been worth a total of around £6,000 to £8,000, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Now, Ali has been put behind bars after a judge told said his offending was 'depressingly familiar' in Greater Manchester.
Ali, of Darlington Road, Rochdale, pleaded guilty to two offences of possession of a class A drug with intent to supply, two offences of handling a stolen vehicle, dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance.
Ali was jailed for five years and seven months.
He was also banned from driving for three years.
The former soldier and Greater Manchester Police worker caught trying to groom '13-year-old girls' for sex
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A pervert grandad was caught trying to groom 13-year-old girls for sex in paedophile sting operations.
Phillip Thompson, 63, from Royton has now been disowned by his wife of 40 years and their two children after he as exposed by adults posing as young girls on internet chatrooms.
The dad, who served in the army and Greater Manchester Police, arranged to meet one of intended victims at a Morrisons supermarket, sent her pictures of an erect penis and told her: "You will have to lie to your mummy. This is our little secret princess."
He has now been jailed following two separate sting operations, one by a police officer and the second by a group of paedophile hunters who both posed as young girls online.
Thompson, who has no previous convictions, was jailed for three years and six months after he admitted two counts of attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child, attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and arranging the commission of a child sex offence.
He was ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for life and made the subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order.
Mum's car set upon by masked teens as she waited at traffic lights with her two young children
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A mum was left 'terrified' after a group of masked teenagers tried to smash through the window of her car with a rock as she waited at traffic lights with her two young children.
Kade Ferguson, 19, and Dylan Irvine, 18, have now been sentenced in court for their part in the 'horrendous incident'.
The victim was waiting at traffic lights on Middleton Road in Blackley when the front window of her Audi SQ5 was suddenly smashed through, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Her two children - who were seven and three years old at the time of the incident on May 18 last year - were sat in the back of the vehicle.
Three men wearing balaclavas tried to smash her car windows in with a rock, before running away when the traffic lights changed.
Prosecutor Peter Cadwallader told the court how one of these males was suspected to be Kade Ferguson, who was 18 at the time.
The group made off from the scene in a getaway car driven by then 17-year-old Dylan Irvine, the court heard.
Ferguson, of Rochdale Road, Blackley, admitted robbery, attempted robbery and burglary of dwelling.
Sentencing him to four years detention in a young offenders institution, Judge Richard Mansell told him: "It's a real sadness to see a young lad like you having to waste your young life in custody.
"You will have to make the choice at the end of your sentence whether you want to go back to living this kind of existence or whether you want to turn your life around."
Irvine, of Brinsworth Drive, Cheetham Hill, pleaded guilty to handling a stolen car, attempted robbery and robbery.
He was sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order for two years, which includes 100 hours of unpaid work and 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
Beggar damaged petrol station worker's BMW after being asked to move along
A beggar damaged a petrol station worker's BMW just two days after she was sentenced in court for robbing a mosque.
Nazreen Akhtar, 42, was asked to move along by a member of staff at the Esso petrol station on Cheetham Hill Road after they found her begging next to the cash machine.
But she became 'aggressive' and threatened to damage the worker's car, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
She was then caught on CCTV using an 'implement' to scratch the black BMW which was parked on the petrol station forecourt.
When she was arrested, Akhtar tested positive for opiates, prosecutor Tess Kenyon told the court.
Akhtar, of Oakhill Way, Cheetham Hill, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the requirements of a community order, begging in a public place and criminal damage.
She was jailed for 18 weeks and ordered to pay £150 in compensation.