New mandatory criminal court charges are driving innocent offenders to plead guilty and magistrates to resign in protest, says a Manchester magistrate.

A brave woman has ‘courageously relived her ordeal’ by giving evidence at Manchester Crown Court, as a rapist is jailed for five years in prison and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Just before 11am a suspicious passer-by called 999 after an edgy looking man approached him and reportedly tried to sell him joints of meat, which he presumed were stolen.

Clare’s Law is a ‘true legacy’ to the memory of murdered domestic violence victim Clare Wood, according to Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd.

John Martin, 48, has been charged with the murder of Natalia Strelchenko, an international concert pianist who lived in Newton Heath.

Two balaclava-clad thieves raided a One Stop shop in Moston yesterday morning, fleeing with cash and cigarettes – police are appealing for witnesses to the crime.

Manchester Superstore (Rusholme) Limited, which is based in Wilmslow Road and supplied meat to many of the restaurants and takeaways on the Curry Mile, were found guilty after their representatives failed to turn up to a hearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.

Shortly after 7.35pm last night, police were called to the junction of Spring Gardens and Waterloo Road in Stockport after a PCSO had been hit by a car whilst assisting with traffic build up caused by a road traffic collision.

At around 9:15pm on Sunday 16 August 2015, police were called to Central Parkway, Wigan to reports that a serious collision had taken place between two cars.

Attack happened at around 4.25pm yesterday in Stockport

At around 2.30am on Sunday August 2, the 27-year-old victimwas on the dance floor of Guilty By Association night club on Stephenson Square when there was an altercation between him and two other men.