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A thug who deliberately smashed into a bungalow where an elderly woman lay sleeping in an attempt to take his own life has been jailed for four years.

A woman set fire to her own flat in a cry for help whilst on FaceTime with her family.

A woman set a fire in her own flat whilst on FaceTime to her family in a cry for help.

A teenager threatened his local corner shop owner with a knife before returning when on bail to ask ‘what did you tell police’.

direct to your inboxA man attacked his partner after moving back in due to the coronavirus pandemic, a court heard.Stephen Partington, 37, hit the woman as the pair had a drink fuelled row, causing her to fall and hit her head on a door.A judge told him he had avoided jail 'by the skin of your teeth'.Manchester Crown Court heard the pair had been in a relationship since 2015, but it ended at the start of last year.They had separated but Partington moved back to her home in Little Hulton due to the pandemic, prosecutor Alistair Reid said.Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.To keep up to date with how justice is being served across Greater Manchester subscribe to our free