direct to your inboxAn investigation has been launched after a gang of men raided a disused cinema in Gorton.Police were called to the former Showcase Cinema on Hyde Road on Saturday night (February 27) to reports of a break in.Eye witnesses reported spotting a group of ten men breaking into the building, before they began smashing windows.GMP received a call to say that a fire had been started inside the property but officers found no evidence of this when they arrived.Fire crews from Greater Manchester Fire Service were called to the scene as a precaution, but were quickly stood down.Detectives have now began their enquiries into offences of criminal damage.Built on part of the former Belle Vue entertainment complex, the former 14-screen.
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