Two women arrested on suspicion of murder after Oldham man discovered dead
Two women have been arrested on suspicion of murder after emergency services discovered a man dead at an Oldham house in the early hours of this morning.
Tribute to young Wigan mum with ‘twinkle in her eye’ stabbed through neck
Joanne Harrison was attacked at a property on Cameron Place, Worsley Hall, on Sunday February 1, and taken to Wigan hospital where she sadly died.
GMP: Rumour of Manchester canal ‘Pusher’ serial killer ‘hurtful’ to victims’ families
Police in Manchester have insisted that a serial killer dubbed ‘the Pusher’ does not exist despite a top professor raising concerns about the high number of deaths in the city’s canals in recent years.
Jailed: Oldham womanising brute who ‘enjoyed’ taser and stabbed mistress to death
A womanising brute from Oldham, who stabbed his secret mistress to death after he amassed a string of lovers behind his wife’s back, is facing life in jail.
Shipman victim families betrayed by government, says GMP chief Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, hit out at the government’s failure to implement promised changes in the wake of the Shipman murders during their ‘botched’ reorganisation of the NHS.
Boy, 16, killed Gorton teen in shop over ‘racist’ Gangnam Style dance, court hears
A teenager who started performing the Gangnam-Style in a corner shop was killed by an Asian boy who perceived his dancing as ‘racist’, Manchester Crown Court heard today.
Drug-fuelled Oldham killer ‘enjoyed’ being tasered after stabbing partner, court hears
A drug-fuelled killer who was shot with a Taser gun by police minutes after he stabbed his girlfriend in her Oldham home said, ‘I enjoyed that. You need more volts’, a court heard today.
Handyman killed ‘by mistake’ when Bolton mother-in-law hires hitman to beat him up
Marc Jepson, 40, paid with his life when he became locked in a bitter family fall out with Irene Hodgkiss, 63, after he split up with wife Sandra.
Kiaran ‘Psycho’ Stapleton’s cousin banned from family home for court order breach
The cousin of convicted murderer Kiaran Stapleton, who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve on Boxing Day 2011, has been banned from his family home after breaching a court order.
Detectives urge Manchester to break ‘wall of silence’ over Clarence ‘Clay’ Edwards killing
Detectives investigating the gangland murder of a hoodlum outside a Manchester nightclub urged the city to break down its ‘wall of silence’ over Saturday’s savage killing.
Mobile of young dad found dead in Saddleworth reservoir ‘could solve murder’
Craig Wilcox, 28, vanished in January last year after telling friends that he was living in fear of ”some lads” who were ”after him.”