T he widower of a Post Office worker jailed after being convicted of theft has lost a Court of Appeal fight. Ian O’Donnell wanted to posthumously clear the name of his wife Joanne, who died seven years ago aged 64. Three appeal judges recently considered the case of Mrs O’Donnell, …
Read More »Man with mental health problems jailed for three-hour stand-off with police… he clambered up a building and threw bricks at people
A busy road was closed for hours after a man threw bricks from a building during a stand off with police. Lewis Harrop, 27, who suffers with mental health problems, climbed onto scaffolding on a building on Oldham Road, near the Royal Mail sorting office close to the city centre. …
Read More »Police are intercepting the smuggling racket whose knife killed Yousef Makki – but is it enough to stop another tragedy?
A new police operation which is preventing hundreds of deadly knives reaching the streets of Manchester is ‘a start’, according to the family of Yousef Makki – but they fear it won’t go far enough as young online buyers aren’t being prosecuted. Yousef, 17, a talented Manchester Grammar School pupil …
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