Taxing private schools could lose Labour the Altrincham and Sale West seat at the general election, according to concerned residents.
10.06.2024 - 05:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Not half an hour earlier, a jury had handed down its verdicts. The trial had been tense. It had taken its toll on the families in court.
In an eruption of emotion and bitterness, a mass brawl had broken out yards from Manchester Crown Court. It was an ugly scene as the murder trial of Badri Issa ended in fury.
Weeks later, as a killer learned his fate, the judge in the case had a simple message to those involved: "This cycle of violence must end."
Here, court reporter Amy Walker looks back at a trial defined by hostility and the 'peacemaker' at its centre...
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Eight people - including two youths - were arrested as police rushed to break-up the melee in Crown Square. It was the culmination of a difficult few weeks in court.
The public gallery was filled day after day. A young man was dead and the futures of two others hung in the balance. As jurors returned to court to deliver their verdicts, the families of those three men watched on.
Raami Mohamed - guilty of murder. Kevell Blake - not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. As the courtroom emptied and people filed out into the street, things boiled over.
Bottles were launched and punches were thrown. No charges are understood to have been yet been brought against those involved.
It was the second controversy linked to the trial. Following the verdicts, police revealed Rijaan Mohamed - Raami's brother - had been jailed after being caught recording the trial from the gallery.
The 27-year-old, of Fairy Lane, dropped his phone from the balcony. It was analysed as jurors were sent out, before it was discovered he'd been recording for more than 90 minutes. He was locked up
Taxing private schools could lose Labour the Altrincham and Sale West seat at the general election, according to concerned residents.
Garden Rescue star Charlie Dimmock has been enjoying single life post-split from long-time beau, John Mushet which made headlines 20 years ago. Charlie, a firm BBC favourite since her Ground Force days between 1997 and 2005, became prime tabloid material when news broke of her affair with a microphone operator. In reflection, during a 2002 chat with The Daily Mail, she mused: "I don't see Andy anymore, but I don't regret what happened.
Kelly Bensimon is no longer saying, “I Do!”
A dad accused of murdering his two-year-old son watched a YouTube video on how to perform CPR before calling paramedics for his son, a trial has heard.
Lucy Letby has denied 'hiding behind' her claim that she does not remember events in a hospital nursery where she is accused of attempting to murder a severely premature baby.
William Earl administrator Six Flags is bracing for the scariest time of the year. The amusement park has unveiled its cinematic partners for Fright Fest, the annual weeks-long celebration of Halloween.
This week looks set to turn sunny after several weeks of rain, prompting everyone to make the most of the fine weather. But water experts have issued a warning about a disease that can lurk in hot tubs and paddling pools.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday. At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — a lineup larger than the combined catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video, according to prosecutors.
Prime Video has found its Dark Knight. Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) has been tapped to voice Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman: Caped Crusader, Prime Video’s upcoming series from Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho. Also cast are Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) as Catwoman/Selina Kyle, Jamie Chung (Stone Cold Fox) as Harley Quinn/Dr. Harleen Quinzel, and Diedrich Bader (Harley Quinn) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. The ensemble cast also includes Minnie Driver and Mckenna Grace.
Two teenage boys have been jailed for life for the murder of 14-year-old Nathaniel Shani.
Arianne Zucker, who has played Days of Our Lives star Nicole Walker on the series since 1998, is exiting the series in July and she’s speaking out a bit about her final episode.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Sometimes girls just want to take a load off, too. Cyndi Lauper will be calling it quits as a touring performer after she does what is billed as her “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour” in arenas this fall — an outing she insists really will have her calling it a day on any kind of road show, although she’s not ruling out one-offs.
Manchester City made a hasty exit from Wembley after their season ended in disappointment in the FA Cup final.
Paloma Faith has opened up about an alleged incident on The Voice that left her “shaking”, involving a “sexist” exchange with another coach that was cut from the final broadcast.The revelation came in Faith’s new memoir MILF, which recounts her experiences of motherhood, fame and misogyny throughout her career.The alleged incident took place in 2016 and coincided with Faith taking hormones in preparation for having IVF.“It was essentially the hormones of 14 periods at once,” she wrote. “Towards the end of the two-week jab fest, my stomach was protruding, I was emotional and sensitive, and constantly feeling like everyone hated me.”Describing The Voice as “glossy show” where “there’s a lot of emphasis on looking good, as well as being witty and quick”, she said that she pretended to fall asleep as a joke while one of the other coaches – who she didn’t name – was speaking about a contestant.“It was an ill-timed and misread joke, intended to be a bit of theatre, but he took offence and came back with a cutting quip, saying I had ‘probably got PMT’ and was ‘rude’,” she recalled.
Rightmove has unveiled its most-viewed properties of the previous month, featuring a lighthouse-style home perched on a cliff with stunning views from every window.
A man had 'pent-up anger and frustration' when he stabbed his mum's former partner to death in his flat, it is alleged. Andrew Hall, 59, today (Tuesday) went on trial accused of the murder of Geoffrey Ives in Heywood.
After countless nights owning the Broadway stage in “Dear Evan Hansen” — in his Tony-winning role as the title character — Ben Platt was hit with a serious case of Evan-esque anxiety before his first time singing his own material in public.The meltdown went down in January 2019 at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan at a showcase previewing his debut studio album, “Sing to Me Instead,” which was released later that year.“I’m not necessarily someone who gets nervous or afraid to perform,” Platt, 30, told The Post. “I’ve been doing theater my whole life.
For Ben Platt, his coming-out party as a pop artist on “Sing to Me Instead,” his 2018 debut studio LP, was no big queer reveal.“When I made my first album, it was sort of received as, like, a ‘coming out’ — and it’s not even something that I anticipated,” Platt, 30, said in The Post’s exclusive video series, “Music to My Years.”In fact, for Platt, it was all a matter of fact: The Tony-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen” had come out as gay long before that — “when I was 12 or 13,” he said.“If I’m going to write about my relationship or I’m going to depict it in a music video, it’s a queer relationship,” said Platt of openly expressing his sexuality. “So it was kind of a no-brainer to me.
If anyone is going to profit from the Gypsy Rose Blanchard, it’s going to be her! That’s why she’s slammed a true crime influencer with a HEFTY lawsuit!