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'El Capo' Encrochat dealer who ran £26m drug empire thinks his prison sentence is too long
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His younger brother was a youth football star at Liverpool before injuries blighted his career
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‘All the makings of a really nice area’ - inside the park once ‘plagued’ by drugs
Ardwick
When police busted a drug dealing racket in Piccadilly Gardens, they said a small park on the outskirts of town would see the benefits. We spoke to locals to find out if that’s true.
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Woman appears in court after police escort her off Manchester Airport flight
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Amy Gaskell was slurring her words, smelt strongly of alcohol and had glazed eyes
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'You were a tyrant, who thought of your daughter-in-law as nothing more than a servant... now you are a murderer'
Atherton
Nadeem Begum was found guilty of murder earlier this week
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He stayed in his room, endlessly scrolling TikTok - then she was dead
Atherton
“He wants perfection - behaves like an executioner king if it’s not right"
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Convicted murderer accused of stabbing great uncle to death tells jury: “I was in the fight of my life”
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Direece Roche, 30, denies the murder of Fintan McDwyer
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Man who strangled son’s wife to death found GUILTY of murder
Atherton
Nadeem Begum will be sentenced at a later date
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Convicted murderer knifed 'family man' 71 times before claiming he just wanted to 'steal his dog', prosecutors allege
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Direece Roche, 30, denies the murder of Fintan McDwyer
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Man tells murder trial of moment he heard his wife was dead
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Nadeem Begum, 54, denies the murder of his daughter-in-law Mashal Ilyas
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The dangerous man who will be spending years longer in jail after 'lenient' sentence
Manchester City Centre
Robert Emmerson will be spending longer in jail
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Mum-of-four murdered as trio admit LYING to police about horror attack
Newton Heath
Glenn Nelson, 39; Yvonne Johnstone, 45; and Lisa Johnstone, 43, will be sentenced after Karen Youdell's death
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Group concealed kilos of cocaine and heroin in generators and engines - trial
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Anthony Sheridan, 45, Keith Shea, 53, Mark Peers, 61, William Armstrong, 44, Mark Pickthall, 40, and Andrew White, 45, each deny importing class A drugs
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Cigarette-smoking thug chased Uber driver across Tesco car park after he tried to cancel fare
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Declan Devine's victim was treated in hospital for bruising and swelling to both eyes, and an injury to the nose
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Dangerous driver 'inhaling gas from a balloon' behind the wheel left man with serious injuries in horror smash
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He was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years
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She planned a pleasant night out in Manchester but was left covered in blood
Manchester City Centre
Daniel Stevens ripped out his then-partner's hair extensions, strangled her and punched her to the jaw
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Woman denies concealing knives and lying to the police over alleged New Year's Day stabbing
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Karla Pukutova, 31, denies perverting the course of justice following the alleged murder of Alberto Urso
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'I don't accept you ran out of money in Thailand - you flew from Manchester five times in five months'
Manchester Airport
Bernard Kennedy was jailed for two years after police stopped him at Manchester Airport
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She ruined a sport star's life and called a judge a liar - now she's behind bars
Courts
'You caused significant harm to your victim and you have shown a contemptuous attitude to the court process'
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Screams of 'yes' and cheers in court as thugs who killed beloved man learn their fate
Wythenshawe
Daniel Vasey and Jason Trueman were ‘fuelled by alcohol and a sense of grievance', a judge concluded
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Business owner’s thieving habit rumbled by two eBay accounts
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Tomas Sasnauskas avoided jail term
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Jury discharged in trial of mum accused of murdering daughter, 2, as new trial date set
Courts
A new trial date has been set for January 13, 2026
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What happened when shamed doctor was confronted on his doorstep
Oldham
Dr Daman Sharma, a tribunal heard, groomed and sexually harassed patients and workmates for more than a decade was 'given the benefit of the doubt at every stage of his career
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Thugs bundled elderly, blindfolded man into Audi in horrifying 'revenge' kidnapping
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Azizur Rahman and Shohad Miah were convicted after trial
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Man launched horror bayonet double stabbing on his aunt and her partner in Manchester city centre
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Viet Quoc Tran had watched Tristan Tate videos before launching the attack
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