‘They can’t keep a good girl down!’ Woman, 80, defiant following ‘cowardly’ Bolton mugging
An 80-year-old woman was followed by two men and left face down on the floor after her bag was snatched in Bolton
Manhunt underway after two thugs tie up Oldham man in own home for knife-point robbery
John Foster, 35, of no fixed abode, is wanted by police in connection with a robbery that took place on Sunday June 8 at a house on Ryefields Drive in Uppermill, Oldham
Oldham bank offers £25,000 to catch axe-wielding masked men who robbed thousands in terrifying raid
The balaclava-clad thieves forced their way into the bank at 5pm on Thursday, May 8, 2014, wielding an axe and a crowbar
Masked man wielding slegdehammer pounces on cash-in-transit delivery van
A masked man wielding a sledgehammer who stole thousands of pounds during a cash-in-transit delivery in Wigan is being hunted by police.
Three women battered in own home during ‘terrifying’ Stockport robbery
At around 4.50pm on Saturday, May 31, two men forced their way into a house on Wellington Road North, Stockport and told two of the women to ‘get on the floor’
Fighting crime one bite at a time: Manchester’s canine detectives sniff out 423 criminals in one year
On average, 182 arrests were made each day during the 12 months, with a whopping £7.8million taken from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act
Here’s an extra six months for calling me ‘kn*bhead’: Judge comes down hard on foul-mouthed Wigan robber
A foul-mouthed Wigan robber has been given an extra six months in jail on top of an eight-year sentence – after calling the judge ‘knobhead’ as he was being sent to the cells.
Manchester pensioner viciously battered in face… as he tends mother’s grave on anniversary of death
The 68-year-old man was at his mother’s graveside in Gorton Cemetery around midday on Saturday May 17, when the offender approached him from behind and grabbed his shirt
CCTV: Robber who used scrawled note to swipe £20,000 from Hazel Grove Sainsbury’s
The bizarre armed robbery occurred on Saturday, 26, when a man went to the currency exchange counter near the front entrance to Sainsbury’s on London Road, Hazel Grove
The (not so) great escape: Salford gang who staged armed ambush on prison van jailed for 100 years
Ryan MacDonald, 21, and Stevie McMullen, 32, both of no fixed address, admitted conspiring to escape from lawful custody
Sign your own arrest warrant: GMP raid catches police duo stealing £250… and two PENS
During the fake raid, Phillips, 45, stole £250 in cash whilst Evans, 44, took two disposable pens, Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard