Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A drunk man was caught cycling along the hard shoulder of the M60 - he told the police he was going to see his gran in hospital in Warrington.
Aaron Quinn, 28, was spotted by officers travelling down the slip road onto the motorway in February this year. Other motorists had reported him to the police, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
As the officers proceeded towards junction 17, they pulled up in front of Quinn, of Warrington, on the hard shoulder. He was said to be wearing all black and no lights were illuminated on his bike.
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