‘Mindless’ thief smashes window and snatches mobile phone in Prestwich ambulance attack
Paramedics were attending an emergency at a Prestwich house
Bogus have-a-go hero cons woman, 92, in ‘sickening’ distraction theft at Wigan home
Theft happens at pensioner’s Standish home
Manchester menace’s reign of terror ends after being slapped with CRASBO for string of crimes
Loui Dyer pleaded guilty to theft
Beware of men in tights! Manchester mobile phone theft crackdown as police target ‘hugger-mugging’ groups
Police warn of organised crime gangs
Attempted metal heist leaves 2.5million Greater Manchester homes with disrupted TV, phones and internet
£1,000 reward offered for information leading to arrest
Bogus gardener snatches cash from hands of woman, 81, at Blackley home
Man claimed to have carried out gardening work
Identity fraud rife in Altrincham, as it is named worst area outside of London for crimes
Area recorded 13 incidents for every 10,000 adults
‘Traumatised’ pensioner robbed at knifepoint and tied to radiator with shoe laces in Stockport home
Stolen items had ‘sentimental’ value
Caught red-handed: Broad daylight bike thief jailed after being nabbed by police in Manchester city centre
CCTV footage shows Dean Pollard at scene
Cardboard shotgun robber jailed: Thug raided Manchester newsagents with ‘weapon’ in carrier bag
Nicholas Alphonso Hinds was jailed for ten years
Weird world: Desperate dater swaps barcodes to steal lobsters and crabs on self-service, claim police
Police claim the man switched bar codes for cheaper food