Serial burglar who tied lone women up before ransacking their homes is jailed

direct to your inboxA young man has avoided jail after he led police on a dangerous chase through the streets of Manchester city centre before crashing into an oncoming car.Mustafa Iqbal, 22, drove at speeds of more than 60mph, veered on to the opposite side of the carriageway, and drove through a number of red lights during the pursuit.The chase only ended when Iqbal's car became wedged between an oncoming vehicle and parked cars on a residential street in Old Trafford.Manchester Crown Court

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA Cheshire man who murdered his girlfriend’s son while she was at the hairdressers has been jailed for life.Jonathan Simpson, 25, will serve a minimum of 19 years in jail after being found guilty of the murder of 22-month-old Jacob Marshall.Liverpool Crown Court heard how the toddler suffered a “catalogue of injuries” on his body as well as a fatal head injury.Jacob was found seriously injured at his

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direct to your inboxSeven people were arrested today after dawn raids targeting suspected members of organised crime gangs.Four homes in Oldham, Rochdale, and Liverpool were searched.Four men - aged 30, 31, 37 and 40 - and three women - aged 33, 38 and 42, were arrested on suspicion of offences including conspiracy to supply firearms, conspiracy to supply class A drugs, money laundering and participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group.They all remain in custody for

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola reckons Manchester City have been the better team in their last two calamitous Champions League knockouts to Lyon and Spurs.

Rochdale, launched an abusive tirade against the officer calling him a ‘dirty P*** b******’, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA pensioner who strangled his wife to death after he 'snapped' days into the first UK lockdown has been jailed.Anthony Williams, 70, told police he “literally choked the living daylights” out of his wife of 46 years on the morning of March 28 last year at their home in south Wales.Williams was cleared of murder following a trial in which a psychologist argued his anxiety “was heightened” because of lockdown,

direct to your inboxA convicted terrorist recruiter has denied helping Salman Abedi carry out the Manchester Arena attack from prison and claimed his mental state is 'too fragile' to give evidence to the public inquiry into the atrocity.Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, is said to have used an 'illicit' mobile to attempt to call Abedi while he was in prison in early 2017 a few months before attack which claimed 22 lives and injured hundreds more.Abedi also visited him in prison, once in February 2015

straight to your inbox every day for freeJesse Lingard has opened up on his frustration at not getting a chance at Manchester United this season despite being “one of the strongest and fittest” players in the squad. Lingard joined West Ham on loan until the end of the campaign in January after being restricted to appearances in domestic cups at Old Trafford.

direct to your inboxLockdown has given people a chance to really think about what they need and want from their homes.With so much time spent indoors, both renters and homeowners have come to realise what kind of living space best suits them, and what they now see as ‘must-haves’ when it comes to moving on.Research from online estate agent Strike has found that 35 percent of those selling in the North West now want a bigger garden or outdoor space, while 23 percent say a home office has become a

direct to your inboxFamilies of Manchester prisoners say they have been forgotten in the pandemic. In prisons, inmates have been consigned to their cells for up to 23 hours a day to try and prevent the spread of the virus.In-person visits were cancelled in March, then briefly allowed in the summer, before being stopped again in the autumn, preventing children from being to able to see their parents face to face for months on end.The separation has had agonising consequences for kids - and

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday how police raided nine addresses on Friday morning. Six men, aged between 16 and 31, were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and criminal damage.

direct to your inboxPolice raided nine addresses and made six arrests as they investigate a feud between two gangs.Officers struck this morning after a number of shootings have occurred in Harpurhey since the start of the month. The latest happened on Tuesday, when police were called to reports of shots being fired and criminal damage being committed to two addresses and two cars.

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA prolific paedophile who posed as girls online to get young boys to send him indecent images has been jailed.David Wilson is thought to have approached more than 5,000 children from across the globe and left some of his young victims feeling suicidal.He was jailed for 25 years after pleading guilty to 96 child sex abuse offences relating to 52 victims.The dozens of victims in the case were all boys aged

straight to your inboxLiam Delap has revealed that he is learning from Phil Foden and fellow strikers Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus at Manchester City.Delap only arrived at City from Derby County last summer but he has already made an impact at the club, scoring 21 goals in 28 games at Under-18 and Under-23 level. His excellent form has already seen the teenager make his first-team debut and he has featured on the substitutes bench on a number of occasions.