‘Protecting victims a priority’: GMP arrest 80 in Valentine’s domestic abuse crackdown
In a massive domestic abuse crackdown Greater Manchester Police have made 80 arrests in a two-day sweep of the region ahead of Valentine’s weekend.
‘Justice is served’: Man who raped Manchester woman in her own bed 32 years ago jailed due to DNA advances
A man who raped a Manchester woman in her own bed after breaking into her home 32 years ago has been sent to prison.
‘This must stop’: Police issue CCTV image of car used in Salford family shooting
The car believed to have been used by two men who shot a mother and her child on their doorstep in Salford is being searched for by police.
‘Serious aggravated burglary’: Violent pub thieves raid Manchester’s Church Inn
Pub raiders armed with hammers, GC gas and a firearm who stole £200 from the Church Inn are being hunted by Greater Manchester Police.
‘You’d be stupid to re-offend’: Ex-cons given ‘second chance’ at Manchester key cutters
A criminal record is an immediate turn off for most employers and you could argue that this puts ordinary people off committing crime almost as much as the threat of prison time does.
‘Particularly daring’: Police search for shotgun thief who stuck-up Manchester Asda
A man snatched a cash security box right out of a guard’s hand after assaulting Leigh’s Asda Superstore this morning.
‘I love my trees, I hug them all’: Chorlton shopkeeper ‘still sad’ after ‘devastating’ theft of 190 Christmas ferns
A shopkeeper has expressed his devastation and shock after 190 Christmas trees were stolen from a Chorlton minimarket three weeks ago.
Manchester rape survivor bravely shares her story as support services fear funding cuts and assaults rise 45%
More and more victims of rape and sexual assault are seeking help and advice across the city but support serivce, Manchester Rape Crisis, could face budget cuts.
Three-year-old threatened at gunpoint on way to school in ‘terrifying’ Sale robbery
A three-year-old child was threatened at gunpoint whilst walking to school, when a man robbed a mother in Sale on Friday morning.
‘No winners today’: Jealous husband jailed for strangling school teacher wife to death
A man who consistently gave a ‘pack of lies’ to everyone has been jailed after he murdered a woman and left her wrapped in a duvet for emergency services to collect.
Rape and sex assault reports up by 45% but prosecutions across Manchester fall
According to a Freedom of Information Act request by Mancunian Matters, Greater Manchester Police received 5,935 reports of rape and sexual assault this year and 4,085 the year before.