Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A violent thief attacked a Tory politician and threatened to kill him after snatching his iPhone 10 on a train bound for Manchester.
Leslie Thorley, 42, punched High Peak MP, Robert Largan, in the face and threw a brick towards him after the pair became involved in a tussle over his £1,200 phone.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Thorley threatened to murder the Manchester University graduate, who won the High Peak constituency for the Conservatives two months later.
Unbeknown to Mr Largan, Thorley was out of prison on licence at the time for manslaughter committed in 2013. In a victim statement, the politician said the theft of his phone had been
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