court next month after being charged with a string of offences. Martin Ashcroft, of Victoria Avenue, Wigan, has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence, false imprisonment, and possession of a weapon for the discharge of electrical incapacitation.
It follows an incident on December 19, when police received a report that a woman in her 30s had gone missing in the Platt Bridge area.
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