themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-04--Locked Up: The criminals put behind bars in Greater Manchester in September

From the two brothers who brutally attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money - to the dealer jailed for throwing drugs over a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside , these are some of the criminals locked up in September .
The region 's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes last month 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letting you know what happens in our courts .
These are just some of the court cases our reporters have covered in September 2020 .
Woman tried to attack police with wine bottle then spat at them - the saliva landed directly in one of their mouths A woman has been jailed after a scuffle with police officers saw her spit at them as she was being restrained - one officer said the spit landed ‘ directly in her mouth ’ .
Michelle Brown , aged 44 , had turned up at her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restraining order against her , and the police were called to attend .
After trying to attack the officers with a wine bottle , Brown , of Salford , was restrained on the floor by the four officers , Manchester Magistrates ' Court heard .
However , during the scuffle Brown lifted her head and spat towards the four officers , hitting them all in the face and body .
One officer said they were worried about potentially being infected with coronavirus and passing it onto their family and friends .
Another officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ landed directly in her mouth , and she had to go to A & E and get an injection for Hepatitis B , the court was told .
Brown pleaded guilty to four offences of assaulting an emergency worker , along with failing to attend court , breaching a restraining order , racially aggravated harassment and breaching a suspended sentence .
Brown was sentenced to a total of 12 months imprisonment and ordered to pay £100 compensation to each officer .
The man jailed following a burglary at a Bolton hotel - he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been stolen A man has been jailed following a burglary at a hotel in Bromley Cross .
John Sokolowski has been sentenced to three months imprisonment following an incident at the hotel on Hospital Road on August 24 .
A hotel staff member reported their coat and car keys had been stolen from an office within the building .
Officers noted that Sokolowski had been stopped by police wearing the coat that had been stolen .
The 32-year-old , of no fixed abode , had also been staying at the hotel prior to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sokolowski was arrested on suspicion of burglary .
He was later charged and remanded in police custody overnight to appear at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates ’ Court on August 27 .
At court , Sokolowski pleaded guilty to burglary other than a dwelling .
The two brothers who brutally attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money Two brothers attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money .
Romaan Mahmood , 19 , and Zidane Mahmood , 21 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' incident in Oldham .
Weeks earlier , Romaan Mahmood and some other men had gone to the victim 's house and made threats to petrol bomb the property .
Then on September 3 last year , the victim , in his 20s , was at a friend 's house and had gone outside to be picked up by his cousin .
As he got in to his cousin 's car , a Nissan Micra approached , which contained the Mahmood brothers , as well as two other men , Jamal Saleem , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The victim urged his cousin to lock the doors and drive off , but the group took the keys .
Zidane Mahmood then came round to the passenger side and attacked the victim with a meat cleaver .
He was hit a number of times with the axe by Romaan Mahmood , who also spat at him .
The victim suffered serious injuries to his hands and arms and was hospitalised .
The Mahmood brothers , both of Chapel Road , Oldham , each admitted section 18 assault .
Romaan Mahmood was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mahmood received a sentence of seven years and eight months .
Abid , also of Chapel Road , and Saleem , of Napier Street East , Oldham , both received 18 month community orders after admitting affray .
The paedophile who raped a girl and 'robbed her of her childhood' A paedophile who raped a girl - and 'robbed her of her childhood ' - has been jailed .
Anthony Churton left his victim so traumatised she has started pulling her hair out and repeatedly banging her head against walls .
She told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be here anymore ' and has expressed suicidal thoughts .
The girl , who is under 13 , has been referred for mental health counselling following her horrific ordeal .
Bolton Crown Court heard Churton , 35 , from Leigh , was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the offences .
In a statement read to the court , the girl 's family said she refuses to leave her home - even to attend school .
Anthony Churton pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a child under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jailed for nine years - and made the subject of a restraining order and a sexual harm prevention order .
Boxer left colleague in hospital for weeks in 'extremely violent ' attack after work party at Indian restaurant A boxer left a colleague in hospital for weeks after subjecting him to an 'extremely violent ' attack after a work party , a court heard .
James Lord , 33 , had been with the victim at an Indian restaurant in Radcliffe , Bury , where they and others had gathered to mark the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked together for a car recovery company .
Manchester Crown Court heard they previously had a 'good working relationship ' , but the victim claimed that Lord had become 'jealous ' of him because he was promoted above him at work .
He also said that Lord , a boxer , had 'bulked up ' recently .
The pervert who exposed himself to three young girls within hours of each other A flasher left three young girls 'traumatised ' after exposing himself to them within hours of each other .
Richard Graham , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Lancashire in January .
A judge said each of the children had been 'traumatised in their own way ' .
Now Graham has been jailed for 15 months .
All three victims picked out Graham in a video identity procedure .
Graham , of Bolton Road North , Ramsbottom , will have to sign the sex offender 's register for 10 years .
The speeding coward who crashed a Jaguar into a 13-year-boy then fled , leaving him to die A man who killed a 13-year-old boy in a hit-and-run had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speed limit , despite not even having a licence .
Liam Wilson , 21 , has been jailed for four years after hitting Jack Worwood , 13 , with his car in Old Lane , Ashton-in-Makerfield , at 4.29pm on July 7 .
When Judge Graeme Smith handed out the sentence at Bolton Crown Court , Jack 's parents shook their heads and looked visibly angry , while Wilson 's friends and family cried .
Wilson , of Livingstone Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield , had only bought the Jaguar X-Type a few days earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him to get it insured and make sure it had a valid MOT .
Wilson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving on August 7 , at Bolton Crown Court .
Wilson was also banned from driving for five years and 10 months .
The dealer found with heroin and cocaine 'secreted ' between his buttocks A young drug dealer dad from a 'good family ' was found with heroin and cocaine stashed 'between his buttocks ' .
Police caught Dean Woltman peddling class A drugs in Wigan on three occasions between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two arrests , he was released under investigation - and continued offending .
At Bolton Crown Court on Friday , Woltman , 25 , was locked up for four years and eight months .
He sobbed uncontrollably through much of the hearing .
The court heard he came from ' a good family ' , but started taking drugs following the loss of a loved one and a close friend .
Drug addict who went on a shocking crime spree A drug addict went on a shocking crime spree committing armed robberies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cameron Bland , 28 , who has amassed 111 previous offences , added to his extensive record and left his victims traumatised .
Another man , David Stewart , 42 , who has racked up 169 previous offences , was involved in some of the robberies .
Bland , from Oldham , who became addicted to crack cocaine aged 14 , robbed shops , attacked a taxi driver and threatened to burn properties down during the shocking two week spree in October and November last year .
The pair were both declared 'dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a 'significant risk ' of them causing 'serious harm ' by committing further offences .
Bland received an eight year sentence , comprising of six years in prison and a two year extended licence period .
Stewart was handed a six-and-a-half year sentence , featuring a four-and-a-half year custodial term and a two year extended licence period .
Both will have to serve two-thirds of the custodial term in prison , and the Parole Board will decide if it is safe to release them .
Bland , of no fixed address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offences ; three counts of criminal damage ; one of common assault ; six counts of theft , one of attempted robbery , three counts of possessing a blade and four counts of robbery .
Stewart , of The Green , Fitton Hill , Oldham , admitted two counts of robbery and one of possessing a blade .
The man jailed for harassing mum claims ‘ world is against him ’ and believes she ‘ favours siblings over him ’ A man who repeatedly turned up to his mum ’ s house uninvited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and believed the ‘ world is against him ’ .
James Bennett , aged 25 , attended her house in Middleton on two occasions , and banged on the door , but was told to leave .
Despite this he continued banging and became increasingly aggressive , resulting in the police being called , Manchester Magistrates Court heard .
The second occasion in August this year , the police were called again to remove Bennett , of no fixed abode , as his mum claimed she was in fear of him .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ station , Bennett began kicking off with the custody sergeant after being told he was to attend court .
It was said he kicked his shoe towards the sergeant , before attempting to headbutt him , and was dragged to his cell as he repeatedly kicked and punched towards the officer .
Bennett pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to an offence of harassment and an offence of assaulting an emergency worker .
He was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment after a District Judge denounced Bennett ’ s claims that ‘ the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of no fixed abode , was also made subject of a restraining order , banning him from contacting his mother or going to her address for three years .
The man that stormed into a house at 7am demanding drugs , asking 'where 's your sh** ? '
A man stormed into a house at 7am and demanded drugs , repeatedly asking 'where 's your sh** ? '
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Wesley Mayo , 37 , knocked on the door of a house in Levenshulme .
A 16-year-old boy answered .
Mayo , from Wythenshawe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'drugs or alcohol ' , started asking 'where 's your sh** ?
where 's your sh** ? '
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The boy said he 'stormed ' into the and started looking around .
He told Mayo there there were no drugs inside .
Mayo then started to punch him repeatedly , before asking 'where 's your coke and weed ? '
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The boy said he would call someone to try and get some cannabis .
He was actually calling his brother to ask for help .
The boy 's mother was woken by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , prosecutor Andy Evans told Manchester Crown Court .
She came downstairs and Mayo told her 'move or I 'll kill you ' .
The incident lasted for about 10 minutes .
Mayo was arrested when police arrived .
The paedophile who arranged to meet '13-year-old girl ' at his house - while his partner was at work ... he was set up A paedophile who arranged to meet a 13-year-old girl at house while his partner was at work has been jailed .
David Reed , 61 , exchanged a series of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vigilante group posing as two underage girls .
Police said he requested indecent images , shared indecent images of himself , and instructed the girls to perform sex acts .
He then went as far as arranging to meet the 13-year-olds , one at his home in Hyde , Tameside , and the other in West Yorkshire .
Reed travelled to Leeds where he was confronted by the paedophile hunter group that set him up and police were called .
He was later charged and pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming , attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity .
Reed has now been jailed for 21 months .
At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court , he was made the subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and a 10-year requirement to sign the sexual offender register .
The 'coward ' who told an elderly dementia sufferer she 'd be thrown out of her home unless she handed over cash A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dementia , saying she 'd be thrown out of her home unless she handed over cash .
John Ward , 25 , has been jailed for his 'despicable ' crimes .
He demanded money for guttering work he claimed he would do .
He also tried to con another elderly woman , who lived alone , into handing over cash .
Ward , who did n't have any tools with him when he turned up at the properties in Blackley , was jailed for 25 months .
Before being sent down , Judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You are a coward , targeting elderly , vulnerable women .
`` What you did was despicable .
`` Your victims were entitled to be left to live their lives in peace - and to be treated with respect .
`` But you sought to defraud them , and intimidated one of them .
`` How low can a person get ? ''
Ward , of Keynsham Road , Clayton , admitted three counts of fraud .
A DJ was punched after a man asked to try on his Rolex watch outside a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sadieky Pridding-Bell , 27 , threw a punch at the man outside Stage and Radio on Port Street in the Northern Quarter .
He then showed him a knife he had on him .
After the incident , Pridding-Bell , from Hulme , sent the DJ a message on Instagram saying he could 'expect to get his head blown off ' if he reported it to the police .
Now Pridding-Bell has been jailed for 15 months .
The men sent down following a series of robberies A grandma bravely intervened as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ busy store at the Arndale .
Sickening footage shows Casey Tighe , 18 , Zeyn Badat , 18 , and Ryan Lavelle , 20 , attacking two men at a Wilko shop , which was full of customers on a Thursday afternoon .
Moments earlier , Lavelle had told one victim he would stab him 'in the face ' unless he handed over his phone and hat .
As the attack unfolded , the grandma , who was out shopping with her daughter and granddaughter , bravely intervened and pulled the attackers away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and another man , Nathan Jones-Lowe , 19 , committed three robberies in the city centre .
Their victims included a 15-year-old boy ; a 20-year-old university student who said he does n't 'feel safe or happy in Manchester now ' ; and an 30-year-old man with autism who already suffered from anxiety .
Badat also attacked a man during an incident in Bury town centre .
Lavelle was also in court for affray after two teenage boys were assaulted at a tram stop in Droylsden .
Now the four men have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Newton Heath , pleaded guilty to five counts of robbery .
Sentenced as a youth as he was 17 at the time , Tighe was jailed for three years and four months .
Also sentenced as a youth , Badat received a 24 month community order , to include 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days and a four month curfew from 7pm to 7am .
Badat had previously spent 10 months on remand in prison , and the judge said he had 'responded well ' while in custody and made 'real change ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Jones-Lowe , of Albert Street , Beswick , admitted three counts of robbery .
He was jailed for two years and two months .
His lawyer said that Jones-Lowe did n't punch or kick anybody during the robberies .
A heroin addict broke into a church and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage , including to a 500-year-old door .
Gary Fleming , 56 , smashed a stained glass window and stole items including some mince pies from Christ Church in Harpurhey .
He said he 'd been living across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in in order to get money for drugs .
The church 's warden arrived at the church , just off Rochdale Road , on a Sunday morning in January to discover the damage .
A sound mixer worth £500 , a hoover worth £200 and some mince pies worth £1 were stolen .
During the break in , a 500-year-old oak door was damaged , as was the church 's burglar alarm and a fire exit door .
Manchester Crown Court heard there was about £3,500 worth of damage caused .
Gary Fleming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Salford , has been jailed for eight months .
Murder trial collapsed after mum tried to influence a juror on a bus A murder trial collapsed after a mother tried to influence a juror on the bus .
Munaza Ghazanfar 's son Husam and seven others were previously convicted of murdering Sait Mboob in Moss Side .
A ninth man - Chervon Pinnock - was standing trial also accused of murder in June last year .
Munaza Ghazanfar , a single mum-of-six , spoke with a juror on a bus twice on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was continuing .
She tried to influence the juror on the Pinnock trial , saying that the jury 'seemed like nice people ' .
Prosecutors said she hoped jurors would convict 22-year-old Pinnock of manslaughter rather than murder , to seek an 'avenue of appeal ' for her son .
The jury was discharged after the trial judge learned of the incident .
The trial was nearing its final stages , with the prosecution barrister having delivered his closing speech .
Pinnock was later found guilty after another trial held months later , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mboob , 18 , was murdered in a brutal knife and machete attack in August 2017 .
Referencing Munaza Ghazanfar 's actions towards the juror , prosecutor William Beardmore said : `` She painted her son as the victim of a miscarriage of justice , a young man who had been wrongly imprisoned for a murder he did n't commit .
`` She wanted him ( the juror ) to feel sorry for her son and her family . ''
Now Munaza Ghazanfar , 47 , has been jailed for five months .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside A dealer has been jailed for throwing drugs over a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside .
Anton Daniels , from Sale , Trafford , came up with the idea to sell to HMP Styal prisoners after Tania Dewar , who worked for him , was remanded in custody there .
Dewar , police say , is believed to have sold drugs for Daniels .
The 31-year-old was arrested in January 2020 in connection with a separate case relating to the supply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in custody at HMP Styal in Cheshire , meaning she was unable to sell drugs for Daniels in Macclesfield .
The pair did n't let the set back stop them .
Daniels threw the drugs over a wall at the prison , which Dewar sold to inmates .
Daniels , 36 , threw 'several parcels ' between January 16 and February 9 , Cheshire Police said .
Their actions came to light on February 12 , when Daniels was stopped by cops in Wilmslow .
Police searched his car and found two mobile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Daniels was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs .
Daniels , of Brooklands Road , was sentenced to 10 years .
He previously admitted to conspiracy to supply class A drugs ; money laundering ; and conspiring to throw class A drugs into a prison .
Dewar , of Somerset Close , Macclesfield , was jailed for seven years and six months .
She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs ; and conspiring to throw class A drugs into a prison .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ intent to supply class A drugs - heroin and cocaine - in connection with a separate case .
A woman was left devastated after her father-in-law 's ashes were stolen during a burglary .
She told a court of the upset the theft caused as the man responsible - Anthony Sheffield - appeared in the dock .
The 51-year-old also stole three sets of golf clubs ; two TVs ; a laptop ; a keyboard ; perfume ; and jewellery from the woman 's Rochdale home .
Manchester Crown Court heard the woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ door five days before Christmas in 2018 .
She later received a worried call from a friend .
The woman discovered someone had broken in through the French doors .
A number of 'sentimental and expensive ' items were taken - including her father-in-law 's ashes .
Sheffield , who was being hunted by police after blood at the scene was DNA-matched , went on to commit another burglary , this time in Salford , with pal Vincent Middleton .
Police were tipped off by a member of the public who saw Sheffield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front mat at the house in Eccles .
The men were disturbed and left empty-handed .
Sheffield , from Irlam , pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary ; and one count of attempted burglary .
He was jailed for three years .
Middleton , from Eccles , pleaded guilty to one count of burglary .
He was given an 18-month community order .
Sheffield , of Falcon Drive , was sentenced to three years in prison .
Middleton , of Bridgewater Street , was sentenced to an 18-month community order and ordered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requirements .
Band of homeless people attacked innocent man in city centre during 'spice rage ' when he tried to save his girlfriend from them A gang of homeless men attacked and stabbed a victim in Manchester city centre after he had tried to save his girlfriend from their clutches , a court heard .
The victim emerged from a shop to protect his girlfriend who had become involved in a row with the group of men only to be stabbed twice and beaten to the ground where he was kicked and stamped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been brought to justice for the vicious attack , with one of them blaming 'spice rage ' .
Both pleaded guilty to violent disorder .
Jeremy Lasker , prosecuting , told Manchester Crown Court that the victim was attacked by a group of men after he went to the aid of his girlfriend who had become involved in a 'verbal exchange ' with the gang about nationality .
The victim was stabbed twice as well as being repeatedly kicked and stamped on , suffering a fractured pelvis during the onslaught .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only able to identify two members of the gang , two homeless men Kyle Yates and Ryan Hughes .
Detectives were unable to establish who had stabbed the victim but found that Yates had repeatedly stamped on his head while prone on the ground .
When he was arrested , Yates admitted he was one of the men who could be seen on CCTV taken from a bus which captured the incident .
Hughes was arrested and admitted during his police interview he had also been involved although he denied stabbing the man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He blamed 'spice rage ' .
Kyle Yates , 23 , of Old Road in Failsworth , was jailed for two years while Ryan Hughes , 26 , of Pool Bank Street in Middleton , was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence .
Hughes was also handed 80 hours unpaid work and must carry out 25 days of rehabilitation activity .
The burglar and his pals who snaffled £11k-worth of booze and cigarettes from off-licence after making hole in the wall A burglar and his two accomplices snaffled £11,000-worth of cigarettes and alcohol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 32 , was caught on the south Manchester shop 's CCTV cameras breaking in through after making a hole in a wall with two other men .
Balaclava-clad , he pushed his way through before making his way to the counter , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
One of his accomplices took cash from the till , while Oates , from Gorton , and the other man emptied the shelves of cigarettes into a sack .
They also stole bottles of a vodka before fleeing .
It only took about an hour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gang of three .
Two of the men dropped the bags and scarpered , but Oates gave himself up and lay down .
He was arrested .
Quizzed by cops , he initially gave 'no comment ' answers .
Shown CCTV footage , he later admitted his crime .
Oates , of Hemsworth Road , pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to two years .
The 24-hour drug-fuelled crime spree by one man A man has been jailed following a 24-hour cocaine-fuelled crime spree , where he stole two cars , burgled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuel without paying .
Samuel Arden , 23 , was spotted loitering outside a house in Stockport last year on CCTV where a VW Golf and Audi were parked .
Arden , of Adswood in Stockport , was seen going to and from the address numerous times as he took the VW then the Audi , before returning once more to the house .
He was spooked and drove away to a nearby service station where he filled the Audi with £60 worth of petrol , before making off without payment , Minshull @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempted to use a bank card he had stolen , but was unable to as the owner had cancelled it .
At midday he then broke into another house and swiped £13,000 in cash , jewellery and designer clothes and handbags before heading upstairs .
However , a 16-year-old girl who was upstairs called out thinking it was her dad just as Arden went to open her bedroom door .
He quickly shut it and left as the girl realised they had been burgled .
Arden pleaded guilty to burglary , theft of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possession of drugs and false representation at an earlier hearing .
Arden , of Alvanley Crescent , was sentenced to a total of 32 months imprisonment .
Two drug-peddling brothers have been jailed after officers discovered a sophisticated cocaine ring operating in Rochdale .
Sulman Khan , 26 , and Zafran Khan , 24 , convinced a drug user to allow them to use her home as a base for their ‘ business ’ , cooking and bagging up the class A drug before selling it on through burner phones .
Sulman , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time , Dana Pickering-Raczycki , aged 20 , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
She helped bag up the drugs , she took orders and even drove the brothers around the country it was said .
The drug user , who also had mental health issues , said that the brother controlled her day-to-day life , threatened to damage her home , hurt her pets and caused her to fear for the safety of her family .
It wasn ’ t until Sulman was spotted by the police driving erratically in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eventually tracked down and arrested .
At an earlier hearing , Sulman and Zafran both pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs , and Pickering-Raczycki , also of Rochdale , pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of an organised crime group .
Both brothers were sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment each , whereas Pickering-Raczycki was handed 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years .
Zafran Khan and Sulman Khan , both of Kingsway , were handed 7 years 6 months imprisonment .
Dana Pickering-Raczycki @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years , 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirements , 150 hours unpaid work and an electronically monitored curfew for four months between the hours of 9pm to 7am .
The lorry driver fiddling with temperature and radio killed woman in horror smash A distracted lorry driver killed a Wigan pensioner while fiddling with the temperature and radio controls inside his vehicle .
Leon Stott ploughed into a row of stationary cars at 56mph after taking his eyes off the road for a “ considerable ” period while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from her injuries a week after the horror crash on the M58 in Lancashire last year .
The 91-year-old had been on the way to a hospital appointment at the time , the Liverpool Echo reports .
Three others were also left seriously injured as vehicles were shunted as far as 66 metres into the air , across lanes and into the central reservation .
Stott , 35 , was jailed for three years and four months at Preston Crown Court .
After the crash , he told police officers : “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I wasn ’ t paying attention , I was fiddling with the temperature gauge.
” Stott , of St David ’ s Road , Leyland , pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving back in July .
The financial advisor who fled crash scene , leaving young woman seriously hurt ... he told police his car keys had been stolen in a club A financial advisor reported his Audi A4 as stolen after fleeing the scene of a crash which left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sohail Yousif , 28 , phoned police to say his car keys had been stolen in a nightclub - just hours after he smashed into a taxi while speeding through Bolton in the early hours of the morning .
But when forensics officers combed the car , they found his DNA on an air bag .
The Barclays worker was jailed for two years and two months at Bolton Crown Court .
Yousif , of Brook Hey Avenue , Great Lever , later pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also admitted to having consumed alcohol in the hours leading up to the crash .
However , the court was told that , as he had not remained at the scene , there was no evidence to prove he was over the legal limit .
Yousif was also disqualified from driving for four years and one month .
The bodybuilder jailed for selling steroids on Instagram A bodybuilder has been jailed for three years after selling anabolic steroids using his Instagram account which had 50,000 followers .
Daniel Lawless , aged 28 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was approached by a firm called King ’ s North to become a sales rep for the steroids .
Lawless , of Altrincham , began promoting the product on his Instagram account , telling his followers to go to the website in return for free drugs , Manchester Crown Court heard .
He kept in contact with the company , also known as TNP , through the social networking site Wickr , which had end-to-end encrypted messages .
Throughout a 10-month period , Lawless made over £166,000 , for which he kept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £40,000 .
Lawless pleaded guilty earlier this year to possession of criminal property , being concerned in the supply of class C drugs and possession of class C drugs .
Lawless , of Princes Road , was sentenced to a total of 36 months imprisonment .
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has been set for March 19 2021 .
The man who downloaded guides on how to make a bomb and suicide vest A Muslim convert from Wigan who downloaded extremist videos and documents which 'glorifies and encourages terrorism ' has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downloaded an 'enormous ' amount of material , even after receiving a 'clear warning ' when he was referred to the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme .
Now Fenn has been jailed for four years and eight months .
He must serve two-thirds of his sentence , and will only be released when the Parole Board deem it safe to do so .
The new laws were announced by the Government following the terror attack in Streatham , London , earlier this year .
Manchester Crown Court heard Fenn , who is autistic , developed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ converted to Islam , taught himself classical Arabic and memorised verses of the Quran .
But a judge said much of the material Fenn downloaded 'had not even passing relevance ' to his interest in Islam , and ruled that he had 'at least some terrorist motivation ' .
As well as the prison sentence , Fenn will be subject to an additional year of monitoring on licence when he is released , after the judge ruled he is an offender 'of particular concern ' .
The two men jailed after MDMA worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Two Swinton men who were caught with drugs worth more than £40k have been jailed .
Andrew Pierce , 57 , of Buchannan Street , and Ernie Wilkes , 33 , of Leinster Road , were sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Monday ( September 28 ) .
Manchester Crown Court heard how officers executed a warrant at Pierce 's home address just after 7am on February 19 this year .
Following a search , a bag of white powder was found underneath a mattress .
Almost half a kilo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £42,000 was also discovered inside a sofa .
Police found a total of £27,030 in cash at the address along with drugs debtor 's lists , paraphernalia and digital scales .
Wilkes was staying with Pierce at his address at the time .
Wilkes was jailed for six years and six months after pleading guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply .
Peirce was jailed for two years and three months after pleading guilty to allowing his premises to be used in the supply of drugs .
The Piccadilly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cannabis while children played just yards away The reality of drug dealing in Piccadilly Gardens has been exposed once again as another dealer was jailed .
Cannabis was being sold in broad daylight on a summer 's afternoon , as children played in a play area just yards away .
CCTV footage showed Basha Norie , 19 , Jija Osman , 20 , and Kamila Zieba , 19 , involved in the supply of the class B drug at about 4pm on June 24 , as the coronavirus crisis continued .
A judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ footballer ' who was once captain of his school team , used his two female co-defendants as 'cover ' for his dealing .
Manchester Crown Court was told that Norie was the 'banker ' who held cash , while two women Osman and Zieba acted as a 'runner ' and 'distributor ' respectively .
The three could be seen on CCTV at the benches near the Tampopo restaurant in the Gardens .
Norie had previously been a talented footballer with a 'bright future ' , who later became homeless and started committing crimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was jailed for 18 months .
The two female defendants both had no previous convictions , and probation officers said they were deemed to pose a low risk of re-offending .
They were both spared jail .
Zieba was handed a three month sentence suspended for 12 months , while Osman received a 12 month community order .
Norie , of no fixed address ; Osman , of Puritan Walk , Collyhurst , and Zieba , formerly of Wellington Road , Crumpsall , now of Accrington ; all pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis @

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From the two brothers who brutally attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money - to the dealer jailed for throwing drugs over a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside, these are some of the criminals locked up in September.
The region's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes last month 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 September 2020.
Woman tried to attack police with wine bottle then spat at them - the saliva landed directly in one of their mouths
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A woman has been jailed after a scuffle with police officers saw her spit at them as she was being restrained - one officer said the spit landed ‘directly in her mouth’.
Michelle Brown, aged 44, had turned up at her ex’s house, breaching a restraining order against her, and the police were called to attend.
After trying to attack the officers with a wine bottle, Brown, of Salford, was restrained on the floor by the four officers, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard.
However, during the scuffle Brown lifted her head and spat towards the four officers, hitting them all in the face and body.
One officer said they were worried about potentially being infected with coronavirus and passing it onto their family and friends.
Another officer said in a statement that the spit landed directly in her mouth, and she had to go to A&E and get an injection for Hepatitis B, the court was told.
Brown pleaded guilty to four offences of assaulting an emergency worker, along with failing to attend court, breaching a restraining order, racially aggravated harassment and breaching a suspended sentence.
Brown was sentenced to a total of 12 months imprisonment and ordered to pay £100 compensation to each officer.
The man jailed following a burglary at a Bolton hotel - he was caught wearing a coat that had been stolen
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A man has been jailed following a burglary at a hotel in Bromley Cross.
John Sokolowski has been sentenced to three months imprisonment following an incident at the hotel on Hospital Road on August 24.
A hotel staff member reported their coat and car keys had been stolen from an office within the building.
Officers noted that Sokolowski had been stopped by police wearing the coat that had been stolen.
The 32-year-old, of no fixed abode, had also been staying at the hotel prior to the burglary.
On August 26, Sokolowski was arrested on suspicion of burglary. He was later charged and remanded in police custody overnight to appear at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court on August 27.
At court, Sokolowski pleaded guilty to burglary other than a dwelling.
The two brothers who brutally attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money
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Two brothers attacked a man using an axe and a meat cleaver following a dispute over money.
Romaan Mahmood, 19, and Zidane Mahmood, 21, have received lengthy sentences for the 'terrifying' incident in Oldham.
Weeks earlier, Romaan Mahmood and some other men had gone to the victim's house and made threats to petrol bomb the property.
Then on September 3 last year, the victim, in his 20s, was at a friend's house and had gone outside to be picked up by his cousin.
As he got in to his cousin's car, a Nissan Micra approached, which contained the Mahmood brothers, as well as two other men, Jamal Saleem, 20, and Husnain Abid, 26.
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The victim urged his cousin to lock the doors and drive off, but the group took the keys.
Zidane Mahmood then came round to the passenger side and attacked the victim with a meat cleaver.
He was hit a number of times with the axe by Romaan Mahmood, who also spat at him.
The victim suffered serious injuries to his hands and arms and was hospitalised.
The Mahmood brothers, both of Chapel Road, Oldham, each admitted section 18 assault.
Romaan Mahmood was jailed for eight-and-a-half years, and Zidane Mahmood received a sentence of seven years and eight months.
Abid, also of Chapel Road, and Saleem, of Napier Street East, Oldham, both received 18 month community orders after admitting affray.
The paedophile who raped a girl and 'robbed her of her childhood'
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A paedophile who raped a girl - and 'robbed her of her childhood' - has been jailed.
Anthony Churton left his victim so traumatised she has started pulling her hair out and repeatedly banging her head against walls.
She told her family she 'doesn't want to be here anymore' and has expressed suicidal thoughts.
The girl, who is under 13, has been referred for mental health counselling following her horrific ordeal.
Bolton Crown Court heard Churton, 35, from Leigh, was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the offences.
In a statement read to the court, the girl's family said she refuses to leave her home - even to attend school.
Anthony Churton pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a child under the age of 13.
He was jailed for nine years - and made the subject of a restraining order and a sexual harm prevention order.
Boxer left colleague in hospital for weeks in 'extremely violent' attack after work party at Indian restaurant
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A boxer left a colleague in hospital for weeks after subjecting him to an 'extremely violent' attack after a work party, a court heard.
James Lord, 33, had been with the victim at an Indian restaurant in Radcliffe, Bury, where they and others had gathered to mark the retirement of another colleague.
The pair worked together for a car recovery company.
Manchester Crown Court heard they previously had a 'good working relationship', but the victim claimed that Lord had become 'jealous' of him because he was promoted above him at work.
He also said that Lord, a boxer, had 'bulked up' recently.
Sentencing, Recorder Nick Clarke QC jailed him for 22 months.
Lord, of Christchurch Street, Bacup, Lancashire, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.
The pervert who exposed himself to three young girls within hours of each other
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A flasher left three young girls 'traumatised' after exposing himself to them within hours of each other.
Richard Graham, 30, struck in Bury, Salford and Lancashire in January.
A judge said each of the children had been 'traumatised in their own way'. Now Graham has been jailed for 15 months.
All three victims picked out Graham in a video identity procedure.
Graham, of Bolton Road North, Ramsbottom, will have to sign the sex offender's register for 10 years.
The speeding coward who crashed a Jaguar into a 13-year-boy then fled, leaving him to die
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A man who killed a 13-year-old boy in a hit-and-run had been driving at almost three times the legal speed limit, despite not even having a licence.
Liam Wilson, 21, has been jailed for four years after hitting Jack Worwood, 13, with his car in Old Lane, Ashton-in-Makerfield, at 4.29pm on July 7.
When Judge Graeme Smith handed out the sentence at Bolton Crown Court, Jack's parents shook their heads and looked visibly angry, while Wilson's friends and family cried.
Wilson, of Livingstone Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, had only bought the Jaguar X-Type a few days earlier from a local mechanic, who told him to get it insured and make sure it had a valid MOT.
Wilson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving on August 7, at Bolton Crown Court.
Wilson was also banned from driving for five years and 10 months.
The dealer found with heroin and cocaine 'secreted' between his buttocks
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A young drug dealer dad from a 'good family' was found with heroin and cocaine stashed 'between his buttocks'.
Police caught Dean Woltman peddling class A drugs in Wigan on three occasions between February and June.
Following his first two arrests, he was released under investigation - and continued offending.
At Bolton Crown Court on Friday, Woltman, 25, was locked up for four years and eight months. He sobbed uncontrollably through much of the hearing.
The court heard he came from 'a good family', but started taking drugs following the loss of a loved one and a close friend.
Drug addict who went on a shocking crime spree
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A drug addict went on a shocking crime spree committing armed robberies, brazen shoplifting and terrorising a neighbourhood.
Cameron Bland, 28, who has amassed 111 previous offences, added to his extensive record and left his victims traumatised.
Another man, David Stewart, 42, who has racked up 169 previous offences, was involved in some of the robberies.
Bland, from Oldham, who became addicted to crack cocaine aged 14, robbed shops, attacked a taxi driver and threatened to burn properties down during the shocking two week spree in October and November last year.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard the crime spree began when Bland stole a man's bike.
The pair were both declared 'dangerous' by the judge, after ruling there is a 'significant risk' of them causing 'serious harm' by committing further offences.
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Bland received an eight year sentence, comprising of six years in prison and a two year extended licence period.
Stewart was handed a six-and-a-half year sentence, featuring a four-and-a-half year custodial term and a two year extended licence period.
Both will have to serve two-thirds of the custodial term in prison, and the Parole Board will decide if it is safe to release them.
Bland, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to two public order offences; three counts of criminal damage; one of common assault; six counts of theft, one of attempted robbery, three counts of possessing a blade and four counts of robbery.
Stewart, of The Green, Fitton Hill, Oldham, admitted two counts of robbery and one of possessing a blade.
The man jailed for harassing mum claims ‘world is against him’ and believes she ‘favours siblings over him’
A man who repeatedly turned up to his mum’s house uninvited claimed she favoured his siblings over him and believed the ‘world is against him’.
James Bennett, aged 25, attended her house in Middleton on two occasions, and banged on the door, but was told to leave.
Despite this he continued banging and became increasingly aggressive, resulting in the police being called, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
The second occasion in August this year, the police were called again to remove Bennett, of no fixed abode, as his mum claimed she was in fear of him.
After he was taken to the local police station, Bennett began kicking off with the custody sergeant after being told he was to attend court.
It was said he kicked his shoe towards the sergeant, before attempting to headbutt him, and was dragged to his cell as he repeatedly kicked and punched towards the officer.
Bennett pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to an offence of harassment and an offence of assaulting an emergency worker.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment after a District Judge denounced Bennett’s claims that ‘the world was against him’.
Bennett, of no fixed abode, was also made subject of a restraining order, banning him from contacting his mother or going to her address for three years.
The man that stormed into a house at 7am demanding drugs, asking 'where's your sh**?'
A man stormed into a house at 7am and demanded drugs, repeatedly asking 'where's your sh**?'.
Wesley Mayo, 37, knocked on the door of a house in Levenshulme. A 16-year-old boy answered.
Mayo, from Wythenshawe, who was under the influence of 'drugs or alcohol', started asking 'where's your sh**? where's your sh**?'.
The boy said he 'stormed' into the and started looking around.
He told Mayo there there were no drugs inside.
Mayo then started to punch him repeatedly, before asking 'where's your coke and weed?'.
The boy said he would call someone to try and get some cannabis.
He was actually calling his brother to ask for help.
The boy's mother was woken by the sound of her son 'screaming', prosecutor Andy Evans told Manchester Crown Court.
She came downstairs and Mayo told her 'move or I'll kill you'.
The incident lasted for about 10 minutes. Mayo was arrested when police arrived.
Judge Nicholas Dean QC jailed Mayo for eight months.
Mayo, of Mottershead Road, Wythenshawe, admitted burglary.
The paedophile who arranged to meet '13-year-old girl' at his house - while his partner was at work... he was set up
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A paedophile who arranged to meet a 13-year-old girl at house while his partner was at work has been jailed.
David Reed, 61, exchanged a series of vile messages while communicating online with a vigilante group posing as two underage girls.
Police said he requested indecent images, shared indecent images of himself, and instructed the girls to perform sex acts.
He then went as far as arranging to meet the 13-year-olds, one at his home in Hyde, Tameside, and the other in West Yorkshire.
Reed travelled to Leeds where he was confronted by the paedophile hunter group that set him up and police were called.
He was later charged and pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity, attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
Reed has now been jailed for 21 months.
At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, he was made the subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and a 10-year requirement to sign the sexual offender register.
The 'coward' who told an elderly dementia sufferer she'd be thrown out of her home unless she handed over cash
A callous crook threatened an elderly woman with dementia, saying she'd be thrown out of her home unless she handed over cash.
John Ward, 25, has been jailed for his 'despicable' crimes. He demanded money for guttering work he claimed he would do.
He also tried to con another elderly woman, who lived alone, into handing over cash.
Ward, who didn't have any tools with him when he turned up at the properties in Blackley, was jailed for 25 months.
Before being sent down, Judge Alan Conrad QC told Ward: "You are a coward, targeting elderly, vulnerable women.
"What you did was despicable.
"Your victims were entitled to be left to live their lives in peace - and to be treated with respect.
"But you sought to defraud them, and intimidated one of them.
"How low can a person get?"
Ward, of Keynsham Road, Clayton, admitted three counts of fraud.
Man who punched DJ outside Manchester city centre bar
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A DJ was punched after a man asked to try on his Rolex watch outside a city centre bar, a court heard.
Sadieky Pridding-Bell, 27, threw a punch at the man outside Stage and Radio on Port Street in the Northern Quarter.
He then showed him a knife he had on him.
After the incident, Pridding-Bell, from Hulme, sent the DJ a message on Instagram saying he could 'expect to get his head blown off' if he reported it to the police.
Now Pridding-Bell has been jailed for 15 months.
The men sent down following a series of robberies
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A grandma bravely intervened as thugs brutally attacked two shoppers in a busy store at the Arndale.
Sickening footage shows Casey Tighe, 18, Zeyn Badat, 18, and Ryan Lavelle, 20, attacking two men at a Wilko shop, which was full of customers on a Thursday afternoon.
Moments earlier, Lavelle had told one victim he would stab him 'in the face' unless he handed over his phone and hat.
As the attack unfolded, the grandma, who was out shopping with her daughter and granddaughter, bravely intervened and pulled the attackers away.
About two weeks earlier, Tighe and another man, Nathan Jones-Lowe, 19, committed three robberies in the city centre.
Their victims included a 15-year-old boy; a 20-year-old university student who said he doesn't 'feel safe or happy in Manchester now'; and an 30-year-old man with autism who already suffered from anxiety.
Badat also attacked a man during an incident in Bury town centre.
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Lavelle was also in court for affray after two teenage boys were assaulted at a tram stop in Droylsden.
Now the four men have been sentenced.
Tighe, of Morecambe Close, Newton Heath, pleaded guilty to five counts of robbery.
Sentenced as a youth as he was 17 at the time, Tighe was jailed for three years and four months.
Badat, of Potter Street, Bury, admitted attempted robbery and robbery.
Also sentenced as a youth, Badat received a 24 month community order, to include 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days and a four month curfew from 7pm to 7am.
Badat had previously spent 10 months on remand in prison, and the judge said he had 'responded well' while in custody and made 'real change'.
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Lavelle, of Belgrave Road, Oldham admitted robbery and affray.
He was sentenced to three years.
Jones-Lowe, of Albert Street, Beswick, admitted three counts of robbery.
He was jailed for two years and two months.
His lawyer said that Jones-Lowe didn't punch or kick anybody during the robberies.
Heroin addict broke into church, damaging 500-year-old door and stealing mince pies
A heroin addict broke into a church and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage, including to a 500-year-old door.
Gary Fleming, 56, smashed a stained glass window and stole items including some mince pies from Christ Church in Harpurhey.
He said he'd been living across the road with other addicts, and broke in in order to get money for drugs.
The church's warden arrived at the church, just off Rochdale Road, on a Sunday morning in January to discover the damage.
A sound mixer worth £500, a hoover worth £200 and some mince pies worth £1 were stolen.
They haven't been recovered.
During the break in, a 500-year-old oak door was damaged, as was the church's burglar alarm and a fire exit door.
Manchester Crown Court heard there was about £3,500 worth of damage caused.
Gary Fleming, 56, previously of Leicester Road, Salford, has been jailed for eight months.
Murder trial collapsed after mum tried to influence a juror on a bus
A murder trial collapsed after a mother tried to influence a juror on the bus.
Munaza Ghazanfar's son Husam and seven others were previously convicted of murdering Sait Mboob in Moss Side.
A ninth man - Chervon Pinnock - was standing trial also accused of murder in June last year.
Munaza Ghazanfar, a single mum-of-six, spoke with a juror on a bus twice on the same day - as the trial was continuing.
She tried to influence the juror on the Pinnock trial, saying that the jury 'seemed like nice people'.
Prosecutors said she hoped jurors would convict 22-year-old Pinnock of manslaughter rather than murder, to seek an 'avenue of appeal' for her son.
The jury was discharged after the trial judge learned of the incident.
The trial was nearing its final stages, with the prosecution barrister having delivered his closing speech.
Pinnock was later found guilty after another trial held months later, and received a life sentence.
Sait Mboob, 18, was murdered in a brutal knife and machete attack in August 2017.
Referencing Munaza Ghazanfar's actions towards the juror, prosecutor William Beardmore said: "She painted her son as the victim of a miscarriage of justice, a young man who had been wrongly imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.
"She wanted him (the juror) to feel sorry for her son and her family."
Now Munaza Ghazanfar, 47, has been jailed for five months.
The dealer jailed for throwing drugs over a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside
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A dealer has been jailed for throwing drugs over a prison wall for an inmate to sell inside.
Anton Daniels, from Sale, Trafford, came up with the idea to sell to HMP Styal prisoners after Tania Dewar, who worked for him, was remanded in custody there.
Dewar, police say, is believed to have sold drugs for Daniels.
The 31-year-old was arrested in January 2020 in connection with a separate case relating to the supply of Class As.
She was remanded in custody at HMP Styal in Cheshire, meaning she was unable to sell drugs for Daniels in Macclesfield.
The pair didn't let the set back stop them.
Daniels threw the drugs over a wall at the prison, which Dewar sold to inmates.
Daniels, 36, threw 'several parcels' between January 16 and February 9, Cheshire Police said.
Their actions came to light on February 12, when Daniels was stopped by cops in Wilmslow.
Police searched his car and found two mobile phones and more than £400 in cash.
Daniels was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Daniels, of Brooklands Road, was sentenced to 10 years.
He previously admitted to conspiracy to supply class A drugs; money laundering; and conspiring to throw class A drugs into a prison.
Dewar, of Somerset Close, Macclesfield, was jailed for seven years and six months. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs; and conspiring to throw class A drugs into a prison.
She was also convicted of possession with intent to supply class A drugs - heroin and cocaine - in connection with a separate case.
The man responsible for a sickening burglary
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A woman was left devastated after her father-in-law's ashes were stolen during a burglary.
She told a court of the upset the theft caused as the man responsible - Anthony Sheffield - appeared in the dock.
The 51-year-old also stole three sets of golf clubs; two TVs; a laptop; a keyboard; perfume; and jewellery from the woman's Rochdale home.
Manchester Crown Court heard the woman left her home, before locking the door five days before Christmas in 2018.
She later received a worried call from a friend.
The woman discovered someone had broken in through the French doors. A number of 'sentimental and expensive' items were taken - including her father-in-law's ashes.
Sheffield, who was being hunted by police after blood at the scene was DNA-matched, went on to commit another burglary, this time in Salford, with pal Vincent Middleton.
Police were tipped off by a member of the public who saw Sheffield using a spare key from under the front mat at the house in Eccles.
The men were disturbed and left empty-handed.
Sheffield, from Irlam, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary; and one count of attempted burglary. He was jailed for three years.
Middleton, from Eccles, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. He was given an 18-month community order.
Sheffield, of Falcon Drive, was sentenced to three years in prison.
Middleton, of Bridgewater Street, was sentenced to an 18-month community order and ordered to complete 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirements.
Band of homeless people attacked innocent man in city centre during 'spice rage' when he tried to save his girlfriend from them
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A gang of homeless men attacked and stabbed a victim in Manchester city centre after he had tried to save his girlfriend from their clutches, a court heard.
The victim emerged from a shop to protect his girlfriend who had become involved in a row with the group of men only to be stabbed twice and beaten to the ground where he was kicked and stamped on.
Only two of the attackers has been brought to justice for the vicious attack, with one of them blaming 'spice rage'. Both pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
Jeremy Lasker, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court that the victim was attacked by a group of men after he went to the aid of his girlfriend who had become involved in a 'verbal exchange' with the gang about nationality.
The victim was stabbed twice as well as being repeatedly kicked and stamped on, suffering a fractured pelvis during the onslaught.
The police began an investigation but they were only able to identify two members of the gang, two homeless men Kyle Yates and Ryan Hughes.
Detectives were unable to establish who had stabbed the victim but found that Yates had repeatedly stamped on his head while prone on the ground.
When he was arrested, Yates admitted he was one of the men who could be seen on CCTV taken from a bus which captured the incident.
Hughes was arrested and admitted during his police interview he had also been involved although he denied stabbing the man or knowing who the stabber was. He blamed 'spice rage'.
Kyle Yates, 23, of Old Road in Failsworth, was jailed for two years while Ryan Hughes, 26, of Pool Bank Street in Middleton, was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence. Hughes was also handed 80 hours unpaid work and must carry out 25 days of rehabilitation activity.
The burglar and his pals who snaffled £11k-worth of booze and cigarettes from off-licence after making hole in the wall
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A burglar and his two accomplices snaffled £11,000-worth of cigarettes and alcohol from an off-licence.
Spencer Oates, 32, was caught on the south Manchester shop's CCTV cameras breaking in through after making a hole in a wall with two other men.
Balaclava-clad, he pushed his way through before making his way to the counter, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
One of his accomplices took cash from the till, while Oates, from Gorton, and the other man emptied the shelves of cigarettes into a sack.
They also stole bottles of a vodka before fleeing.
It only took about an hour for police to catch up with the gang of three.
Two of the men dropped the bags and scarpered, but Oates gave himself up and lay down. He was arrested.
Quizzed by cops, he initially gave 'no comment' answers. Shown CCTV footage, he later admitted his crime.
Oates, of Hemsworth Road, pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to two years.
The 24-hour drug-fuelled crime spree by one man
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A man has been jailed following a 24-hour cocaine-fuelled crime spree, where he stole two cars, burgled a house and took £60 worth of fuel without paying.
Samuel Arden, 23, was spotted loitering outside a house in Stockport last year on CCTV where a VW Golf and Audi were parked.
Arden, of Adswood in Stockport, was seen going to and from the address numerous times as he took the VW then the Audi, before returning once more to the house.
He was spooked and drove away to a nearby service station where he filled the Audi with £60 worth of petrol, before making off without payment, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Arden later attempted to use a bank card he had stolen, but was unable to as the owner had cancelled it.
At midday he then broke into another house and swiped £13,000 in cash, jewellery and designer clothes and handbags before heading upstairs.
However, a 16-year-old girl who was upstairs called out thinking it was her dad just as Arden went to open her bedroom door.
He quickly shut it and left as the girl realised they had been burgled.
Arden pleaded guilty to burglary, theft of motor vehicle, driving whilst disqualified, possession of drugs and false representation at an earlier hearing.
Arden, of Alvanley Crescent, was sentenced to a total of 32 months imprisonment.
The drug peddling brothers jailed after police uncovered sophisticated £1,000-a-day cocaine ring
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Two drug-peddling brothers have been jailed after officers discovered a sophisticated cocaine ring operating in Rochdale.
Sulman Khan, 26, and Zafran Khan, 24, convinced a drug user to allow them to use her home as a base for their ‘business’, cooking and bagging up the class A drug before selling it on through burner phones.
Sulman, of Rochdale, also involved his girlfriend at the time, Dana Pickering-Raczycki, aged 20, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
She helped bag up the drugs, she took orders and even drove the brothers around the country it was said.
The drug user, who also had mental health issues, said that the brother controlled her day-to-day life, threatened to damage her home, hurt her pets and caused her to fear for the safety of her family.
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It wasn’t until Sulman was spotted by the police driving erratically in a VW Golf that the brothers were eventually tracked down and arrested.
At an earlier hearing, Sulman and Zafran both pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, and Pickering-Raczycki, also of Rochdale, pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of an organised crime group.
Both brothers were sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment each, whereas Pickering-Raczycki was handed 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years.
Zafran Khan and Sulman Khan, both of Kingsway, were handed 7 years 6 months imprisonment.
Dana Pickering-Raczycki, of Shaftesbury Drive was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years, 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirements, 150 hours unpaid work and an electronically monitored curfew for four months between the hours of 9pm to 7am.
The lorry driver fiddling with temperature and radio killed woman in horror smash
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A distracted lorry driver killed a Wigan pensioner while fiddling with the temperature and radio controls inside his vehicle.
Leon Stott ploughed into a row of stationary cars at 56mph after taking his eyes off the road for a “considerable” period while using cruise control.
Margaret Harrison died from her injuries a week after the horror crash on the M58 in Lancashire last year.
The 91-year-old had been on the way to a hospital appointment at the time, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Three others were also left seriously injured as vehicles were shunted as far as 66 metres into the air, across lanes and into the central reservation.
Stott, 35, was jailed for three years and four months at Preston Crown Court.
After the crash, he told police officers: “I’m the idiot who caused it. I wasn’t paying attention, I was fiddling with the temperature gauge.”
Stott, of St David’s Road, Leyland, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving back in July.
The financial advisor who fled crash scene, leaving young woman seriously hurt... he told police his car keys had been stolen in a club
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A financial advisor reported his Audi A4 as stolen after fleeing the scene of a crash which left a young woman with serious injuries.
Sohail Yousif, 28, phoned police to say his car keys had been stolen in a nightclub - just hours after he smashed into a taxi while speeding through Bolton in the early hours of the morning.
But when forensics officers combed the car, they found his DNA on an air bag.
The Barclays worker was jailed for two years and two months at Bolton Crown Court.
Yousif, of Brook Hey Avenue, Great Lever, later pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice.
He also admitted to having consumed alcohol in the hours leading up to the crash.
However, the court was told that, as he had not remained at the scene, there was no evidence to prove he was over the legal limit.
Yousif was also disqualified from driving for four years and one month.
The bodybuilder jailed for selling steroids on Instagram
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A bodybuilder has been jailed for three years after selling anabolic steroids using his Instagram account which had 50,000 followers.
Daniel Lawless, aged 28, became involved in the drugs conspiracy when he was approached by a firm called King’s North to become a sales rep for the steroids.
Lawless, of Altrincham, began promoting the product on his Instagram account, telling his followers to go to the website in return for free drugs, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He kept in contact with the company, also known as TNP, through the social networking site Wickr, which had end-to-end encrypted messages.
Throughout a 10-month period, Lawless made over £166,000, for which he kept 25% profits, meaning he received £40,000.
Lawless pleaded guilty earlier this year to possession of criminal property, being concerned in the supply of class C drugs and possession of class C drugs.
Lawless, of Princes Road, was sentenced to a total of 36 months imprisonment.
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has been set for March 19 2021.
The man who downloaded guides on how to make a bomb and suicide vest
(Image: GMP)
A Muslim convert from Wigan who downloaded extremist videos and documents which 'glorifies and encourages terrorism' has been jailed.
Liam Fenn, 21, downloaded an 'enormous' amount of material, even after receiving a 'clear warning' when he was referred to the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme.
Now Fenn has been jailed for four years and eight months.
He must serve two-thirds of his sentence, and will only be released when the Parole Board deem it safe to do so.
The new laws were announced by the Government following the terror attack in Streatham, London, earlier this year.
Manchester Crown Court heard Fenn, who is autistic, developed a 'fascination' with Islamic extremism, converted to Islam, taught himself classical Arabic and memorised verses of the Quran.
But a judge said much of the material Fenn downloaded 'had not even passing relevance' to his interest in Islam, and ruled that he had 'at least some terrorist motivation'.
As well as the prison sentence, Fenn will be subject to an additional year of monitoring on licence when he is released, after the judge ruled he is an offender 'of particular concern'.
The two men jailed after MDMA worth £42,000 found inside sofa during Salford raid
(Image: GMP)
Two Swinton men who were caught with drugs worth more than £40k have been jailed.
Andrew Pierce, 57, of Buchannan Street, and Ernie Wilkes, 33, of Leinster Road, were sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Monday (September 28).
Manchester Crown Court heard how officers executed a warrant at Pierce's home address just after 7am on February 19 this year.
Following a search, a bag of white powder was found underneath a mattress.
Almost half a kilo of MDMA carrying a street value of £42,000 was also discovered inside a sofa.
Police found a total of £27,030 in cash at the address along with drugs debtor's lists, paraphernalia and digital scales.
Wilkes was staying with Pierce at his address at the time.
Wilkes was jailed for six years and six months after pleading guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
Peirce was jailed for two years and three months after pleading guilty to allowing his premises to be used in the supply of drugs.
The Piccadilly Gardens drug dealer caught on CCTV selling cannabis while children played just yards away
The reality of drug dealing in Piccadilly Gardens has been exposed once again as another dealer was jailed.
Cannabis was being sold in broad daylight on a summer's afternoon, as children played in a play area just yards away.
CCTV footage showed Basha Norie, 19, Jija Osman, 20, and Kamila Zieba, 19, involved in the supply of the class B drug at about 4pm on June 24, as the coronavirus crisis continued.
A judge said Norie, described as a 'gifted footballer' who was once captain of his school team, used his two female co-defendants as 'cover' for his dealing.
Manchester Crown Court was told that Norie was the 'banker' who held cash, while two women Osman and Zieba acted as a 'runner' and 'distributor' respectively.
The three could be seen on CCTV at the benches near the Tampopo restaurant in the Gardens.
Norie had previously been a talented footballer with a 'bright future', who later became homeless and started committing crimes, the court was told.
He was jailed for 18 months.
The two female defendants both had no previous convictions, and probation officers said they were deemed to pose a low risk of re-offending.
They were both spared jail.
Zieba was handed a three month sentence suspended for 12 months, while Osman received a 12 month community order.
Norie, of no fixed address; Osman, of Puritan Walk, Collyhurst, and Zieba, formerly of Wellington Road, Crumpsall, now of Accrington; all pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-04--Black History Month: Black and brilliant Mancs making history today

From Arthur Lewis , the Nobel prize-winning economist , to the ordinary people who Quaker abolitionist Thomas Clarkson spotted in the crowd at the first-ever anti-slavery public meeting , back in 1787 at Manchester Cathedral , black Mancunians have made history .
October each year is Black History Month , a time when a light is shone on the contributions of those whose stories have been neglected by history , because of the colour of their skin .
In previous years , the M.E.N .
has looked at the lives of people like Len Johnson , the Clayton-born boxer and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conference , which would shape the independence movements of the last century , Louise Da-Cocodia , the nurse and campaigner who fought for the city 's communities , and Pablo Fanque , the Victorian ringmaster who entertained generations of working people .
This year , we celebrate the people who are making history today .
The activists , scientists , professionals , campaigners , athletes and writers who have made their mark in a city famous for its export of ideas and industry .
It 's not an exhaustive list - many others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in professions , in communities , through everyday acts of dedication and kindness .
But it is a snapshot - not just of black Mancunians - but of the common spirit of innovation , enterprise and social justice that makes Greater Manchester what it is , and unites us .
One of Britain ’ s most successful athletes , Withington-raised Diane chairs Greater Manchester 's new Young Person ’ s Task Force , set up by the Mayor 's office to challenge the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on young people in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Modahl Sports Foundation ( DMSF ) - which she founded in 2010 to champion undiscovered talent - and brings elite coaching and mentoring opportunities to able-bodied and disabled young people , particularly those living in disadvantaged areas .
Her clutch of medals includes 800m gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games , she competed in four Olympic games , and held British and Commonwealth records .
Fund manager Justin is one of Britain 's most influential investors , recently honoured with the Freedom of the City of London in recognition for his work promoting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former St Monica 's High School pupil grew up in Cheetham Hill and , as Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds for Legal and General , holds a coveted position in the UK 's world-leading financial sector .
He has been instrumental in a number of events and initiatives to encourage inclusiveness in the industry , such as the Investment 20/20 and Diversity Project , which connected 100 students from black , Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds to 30 different asset managers .
A generation of actors , writers , poets and spoken word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shirley May through her work as the director of Young Identity , a writing collective for young people .
A renowned poet from the city 's Speakeasy collective , she has performed internationally , and is a key figure in Manchester 's literary scene .
Having spent years as a creative mentor , she encourages youngsters to 'examine each life experience ' and persist in their goals - as well as finding their voice in verse and make the most of their potential .
Nile is a dynamic young tech leader and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is making motorsport more socially inclusive - and inspiring the green engineers , designers and inventors of the future - by engaging young people in electric karting and digital manufacturing .
The social enterprise and its partners , Manchester Science Park and Bruntwood , were recently awarded £4m from the government to set up a hub that will help train local people to be fast-tracked into occupations facing skills shortages .
Nile was just 18 when he founded The Blair Project .
Lydia , from Fallowfield , spent decades fostering children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nigeria , supported by the charity she founded , the Gapolunya Foundation .
Her dedication to providing vulnerable children with shelter and access to education , supporting subsistence farmers and malaria prevention has seen her hailed as 'Africa 's Mother Theresa ' - work made possible through fundraising in Manchester .
`` Children are my life , '' she says .
`` I looked after children 23 years as a foster carer , brought up six children , and I will work until I drop with children.
” A former pupil of St @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dedicated his life to campaigning for LGBT+ equality .
He first worked or Manchester Pride in 2004 , rising to become its CEO in 2015 .
“ There are times in my life where others have tried to make me feel that I don ’ t belong .
Sometimes successfully .
I ’ m still confronted by these behaviours today , '' he said .
`` I ’ m passionate about making sure that future generations can live freely in a world that encourages them to be proud of who they are , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that I can contribute towards even the smallest positive change is what motivates me.
” Award-winning entrepreneur Marilyn is an international trade specialist and green tech innovator working in the field of zero emission vehicle propulsion systems .
The founder of BURN , which campaigns against inequality , it 's her goal to get underprivileged groups involved in the green revolution , hoping to develop the home-grown talent needed to combat climate change .
Community activist Akeim Mundell was honoured with a British Empire Medal in 2016 .
He first started campaigning with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in children from working class communities , when he was 12 , having lost a close friend to gun crime .
He serves as Manchester council 's ambassador for Moss Side , organises youth projects and community cohesion events , and was one of the people behind this year 's successful online covid-safe Caribbean Carnival , which drew 16,000 viewers .
`` If I look back to when I was at school , I would have never imagined me being at the stage I 'm at in my life , '' Akeim said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's down to parenting , both my parents were social workers and my father was in the army for over 20 years . ''
A high profile barrister , Sally is the founder of Women in Law UK which aims to support the next generation of leaders in law .
A keen fundraiser , she has supported numerous local and national charities including Royal Manchester Children ’ s Hospital , and is also the founder of social enterprise FMD which campaigns to end loneliness and isolation .
She recently produced a children 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with her daughter Maddie .
Venessa , a public artist , designer and muralist , designed and painted one of the UK 's tallest murals .
Adorning Trafford House and commissioned by Bruntwood , the 38m work marked the 100th anniversary of women 's suffrage , taking influence from the suffragettes ' banners .
And it celebrates the legacy of Sylvia Pankhurst , who was born on the other side of Chester Road in Old Trafford .
Venessa was recently commissioned by the BBC to create a mural for Black History Month .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 74 , settled in Manchester with his mother and father in 1964 .
Having run a furniture company , the local businessman dedicated his life to community work when he converted to Islam in 1982 .
Since then Abdullah has set up and run a foodbank in Moss Side from the Salaam Community Centre and he has his own international charity called Give A Hand , which , through donations , helps fund schools , housing , and food for nearly 150 orphans and 50 struggling families in Sierra Leone and Gambia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ I ’ m just a man who wants to do good , I like doing community work .
If there is something I can do to help , then I ’ ll do it.
” Faye Bruce 's work has never been more relevant .
In 2017 she founded the Caribbean & African Health Network in Greater Manchester to tackle health inequalities experienced in Manchester - issues thrown sharply into focus in the early stages of this year 's COVID-19 pandemic .
`` The last 3 years have been an amazing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give voice to the black community at decision making tables , '' Faye said .
`` CAHN is making a difference , we have educated , empowered , enabled , advocated and delivered to our community , '' She told the Manchester Evening News .
Abba and Solomon have recently completed a heritage project focused on uncovering the stories of Africans and Caribbeans from Stockport .
The project , enabled by the Heritage Lottery Fund , will be featured in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relation Centre and Stockport libraries .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mantle to make sure that our stories are heard and told , '' Abba said .
A peace activist and champion for social justice based in Manchester , Erinma co-founded the charity CARISMA in 2003 to give young people positive alternatives to street and gun crime .
Her work has been recognized and praised by prime ministers and in 2010 she was made an MBE in 2010 in the Queen ’ s Birthday list .
Part of the inspirational network of community leaders and volunteers active across Moss Side , Longsight and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socially inclusive neighbourhoods , Bell was made Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 2011 .
Seeing the gap in young people 's provision created by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures , Sharlene set up the Manchester 's Got Talent youth group from her living room in Ancoats .
Weeks later it draws 43 young people to events , activities and workshops - engaging them in litter picking , cycling , singing , dancing , meditation and talent shows .
`` The aim of Manchester ’ s Got Talent is to keep young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a voice and provide them with a safe place to express themselves with assistance and guidance from an experienced adult , '' she says .
If there 's anyone you would like to see celebrated in the Manchester Evening News this Black History Month , contact Rami Mwamba at ramazani.mwamba @ reachplc.com

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From Arthur Lewis, the Nobel prize-winning economist, to the ordinary people who Quaker abolitionist Thomas Clarkson spotted in the crowd at the first-ever anti-slavery public meeting, back in 1787 at Manchester Cathedral, black Mancunians have made history.
October each year is Black History Month, a time when a light is shone on the contributions of those whose stories have been neglected by history, because of the colour of their skin.
In previous years, the M.E.N. has looked at the lives of people like Len Johnson, the Clayton-born boxer and political activist who attended the Fifth Pan-African Conference, which would shape the independence movements of the last century, Louise Da-Cocodia, the nurse and campaigner who fought for the city's communities, and Pablo Fanque, the Victorian ringmaster who entertained generations of working people.
This year, we celebrate the people who are making history today.
The activists, scientists, professionals, campaigners, athletes and writers who have made their mark in a city famous for its export of ideas and industry.
It's not an exhaustive list - many others beaver away quietly in the background, in professions, in communities, through everyday acts of dedication and kindness.
But it is a snapshot - not just of black Mancunians - but of the common spirit of innovation, enterprise and social justice that makes Greater Manchester what it is, and unites us.
Diane Modahl MBE
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
One of Britain’s most successful athletes, Withington-raised Diane chairs Greater Manchester's new Young Person’s Task Force, set up by the Mayor's office to challenge the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on young people in our city
She is CEO of the Diane Modahl Sports Foundation (DMSF) - which she founded in 2010 to champion undiscovered talent - and brings elite coaching and mentoring opportunities to able-bodied and disabled young people, particularly those living in disadvantaged areas.
Her clutch of medals includes 800m gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, she competed in four Olympic games, and held British and Commonwealth records.
Justin Onuekwusi
Fund manager Justin is one of Britain's most influential investors, recently honoured with the Freedom of the City of London in recognition for his work promoting inclusivity in the financial sector.
The former St Monica's High School pupil grew up in Cheetham Hill and, as Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds for Legal and General, holds a coveted position in the UK's world-leading financial sector.
He has been instrumental in a number of events and initiatives to encourage inclusiveness in the industry, such as the Investment 20/20 and Diversity Project, which connected 100 students from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds to 30 different asset managers.
Shirley May
A generation of actors, writers, poets and spoken word artists have been inspired and coached by Shirley May through her work as the director of Young Identity, a writing collective for young people.
A renowned poet from the city's Speakeasy collective, she has performed internationally, and is a key figure in Manchester's literary scene.
Having spent years as a creative mentor, she encourages youngsters to 'examine each life experience' and persist in their goals - as well as finding their voice in verse and make the most of their potential.
Nile Henry
Nile is a dynamic young tech leader and the founder and CEO of The Blair Project, which is making motorsport more socially inclusive - and inspiring the green engineers, designers and inventors of the future - by engaging young people in electric karting and digital manufacturing.
The social enterprise and its partners, Manchester Science Park and Bruntwood, were recently awarded £4m from the government to set up a hub that will help train local people to be fast-tracked into occupations facing skills shortages.
Nile was just 18 when he founded The Blair Project.
Lydia Ina
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
Lydia, from Fallowfield, spent decades fostering children in Manchester before founding an orphanage in Nigeria, supported by the charity she founded, the Gapolunya Foundation.
Her dedication to providing vulnerable children with shelter and access to education, supporting subsistence farmers and malaria prevention has seen her hailed as 'Africa's Mother Theresa' - work made possible through fundraising in Manchester.
"Children are my life," she says. "I looked after children 23 years as a foster carer, brought up six children, and I will work until I drop with children.”
Mark Fletcher
A former pupil of St Ambrose College in Altrincham, Mark has dedicated his life to campaigning for LGBT+ equality. He first worked or Manchester Pride in 2004, rising to become its CEO in 2015.
“There are times in my life where others have tried to make me feel that I don’t belong. Sometimes successfully. I’m still confronted by these behaviours today," he said.
"I’m passionate about making sure that future generations can live freely in a world that encourages them to be proud of who they are, not pushed towards self doubt. Knowing that I can contribute towards even the smallest positive change is what motivates me.”
Dr Marilyn Comrie OBE FRSA
Award-winning entrepreneur Marilyn is an international trade specialist and green tech innovator working in the field of zero emission vehicle propulsion systems.
The founder of BURN, which campaigns against inequality, it's her goal to get underprivileged groups involved in the green revolution, hoping to develop the home-grown talent needed to combat climate change.
Akeim Mundell BEM
Community activist Akeim Mundell was honoured with a British Empire Medal in 2016.
He first started campaigning with the Reclaim project, which encourages leadership in children from working class communities, when he was 12, having lost a close friend to gun crime.
He serves as Manchester council's ambassador for Moss Side, organises youth projects and community cohesion events, and was one of the people behind this year's successful online covid-safe Caribbean Carnival, which drew 16,000 viewers.
"If I look back to when I was at school, I would have never imagined me being at the stage I'm at in my life," Akeim said. "I 100% think it's down to parenting, both my parents were social workers and my father was in the army for over 20 years."
Sally Penni
A high profile barrister, Sally is the founder of Women in Law UK which aims to support the next generation of leaders in law.
A keen fundraiser, she has supported numerous local and national charities including Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and is also the founder of social enterprise FMD which campaigns to end loneliness and isolation.
She recently produced a children's book, Rosie and the Unicorn, with her daughter Maddie.
Venessa Scott
(Image: Bruntwood Works)
Venessa, a public artist, designer and muralist, designed and painted one of the UK's tallest murals.
Adorning Trafford House and commissioned by Bruntwood, the 38m work marked the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, taking influence from the suffragettes' banners.
And it celebrates the legacy of Sylvia Pankhurst, who was born on the other side of Chester Road in Old Trafford.
Venessa was recently commissioned by the BBC to create a mural for Black History Month.
Abdullah Muhsin Norris
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
A member of the Windrush generation Abdullah, 74, settled in Manchester with his mother and father in 1964.
Having run a furniture company, the local businessman dedicated his life to community work when he converted to Islam in 1982.
Since then Abdullah has set up and run a foodbank in Moss Side from the Salaam Community Centre and he has his own international charity called Give A Hand, which, through donations, helps fund schools, housing, and food for nearly 150 orphans and 50 struggling families in Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Abdullah told the Manchester Evening News: “I’m just a man who wants to do good, I like doing community work. If there is something I can do to help, then I’ll do it.”
Faye Bruce
Faye Bruce's work has never been more relevant.
In 2017 she founded the Caribbean & African Health Network in Greater Manchester to tackle health inequalities experienced in Manchester - issues thrown sharply into focus in the early stages of this year's COVID-19 pandemic.
"The last 3 years have been an amazing journey as CAHN works strategically and operationally to give voice to the black community at decision making tables," Faye said.
"CAHN is making a difference, we have educated, empowered, enabled, advocated and delivered to our community," She told the Manchester Evening News.
Abba Graham and Solomon Onaolopo
(Image: Calder Marley Taylor)
Abba and Solomon have recently completed a heritage project focused on uncovering the stories of Africans and Caribbeans from Stockport.
The project, enabled by the Heritage Lottery Fund, will be featured in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relation Centre and Stockport libraries.
“It was really crucial that we took the mantle to make sure that our stories are heard and told," Abba said.
Erinma Bell MBE
A peace activist and champion for social justice based in Manchester, Erinma co-founded the charity CARISMA in 2003 to give young people positive alternatives to street and gun crime.
Her work has been recognized and praised by prime ministers and in 2010 she was made an MBE in 2010 in the Queen’s Birthday list.
Part of the inspirational network of community leaders and volunteers active across Moss Side, Longsight and Hulme who continue to work towards a socially inclusive neighbourhoods, Bell was made Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 2011.
Sharlene Small
Seeing the gap in young people's provision created by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures, Sharlene set up the Manchester's Got Talent youth group from her living room in Ancoats.
Weeks later it draws 43 young people to events, activities and workshops - engaging them in litter picking, cycling, singing, dancing, meditation and talent shows.
"The aim of Manchester’s Got Talent is to keep young people upbeat, feel like they have a voice and provide them with a safe place to express themselves with assistance and guidance from an experienced adult," she says.
If there's anyone you would like to see celebrated in the Manchester Evening News this Black History Month, contact Rami Mwamba at ramazani.mwamba@reachplc.com