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A family man who was leading a double life as a drug ‘broker’ months after being released from prison had his secret uncovered when police cracked encrypted messages. Joseph McCormick, 41, acting under the username ‘Butternoon’ organised the buying and selling of 16 kilos of class A drugs.

A violent dad has been jailed after name-calling, punching, strangling, and threatening with a knife the mother of his three children during their 'abusive' relationship.

A six-year-old boy was killed as he was riding his bike after a woman 'failed to concentrate' on the road, a trial has heard. Jenefer Ebosele, 34, of Keston Avenue, Blackley, is facing a fact finding trial at Minshull Street Crown Court after she was found unfit to stand trial.

A drunk man ordered a couple he didn’t know to ‘let him in’ to their house before smashing their window with a plant pot. Warren Wonta, 39, had been walking home from a night out when he walked up to the house in Worsley and banged on the front door.

The mum of a disabled teenager was given a police escort off a Ryanair flight following complaints from fellow passengers about her being too loud and ‘verbally aggressive’. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, became ‘irate’ after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, a court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

A mum had to be escorted off a Ryanair flight by police after passengers complained she was being too loud and 'verbally aggressive'. Lyndsey Fitzsimmons became 'irate' after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, Minshull Street Crown Court heard on Tuesday (July 26).

lager and abusing passengers and crew on a Ryanair flight.Cheshire-native Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, was on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester in February when she became rowdy.She started swearing at fellow travellers – and started abusing staff, too. READ MORE: Crazed otter chases jogger at park as she screams for help from watching onlookers Police were called to the plane just 17 minutes before it was due to land at 10.10pm, and the woman was placed at the back of the aircraft to protect others - although it was made clear that nobody was physically abused and that there was "no danger" of that happening during the woman's drunken escapades.

A woman ran over and killed a six-year-old boy out riding his bike after she 'failed to concentrate' on the road, prosecutors allege. Jenefer Ebosele, 33, denies causing the death of Kidus Wondwosen by careless driving and is standing trial.

A thug who threatened to kill a woman just hours after being released from prison has been sent back to jail for more than four years. Noel Jennings, 32, was released from prison on licence on March 9 this year, before subjecting a woman to 48 hours of abuse so bad she 'wet herself without realising'.

partner's life for three years, and even complained that she visited her mother with cancer too much. Manchester Crown Court heard how Roberts gifted his partner an iPhone to track her movements.

A wife was made to have her head completely shaved and abused for years at the hands of her controlling and intimidating husband.

husband who subjected his wife to a tirade of abuse for eighteen years has been jailed for more than two years. David Andrew Rees, 52, pleaded guilty to controlling behaviour in an intimate relationship and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A bookkeeper defrauded her employer out of nearly £70,000 using fake invoices over four years. Gillian Wilde, 58, had worked for DXG Media since 2001, but began withdrawing funds from the company account and placing them into her personal account.

A Bolton man has admitted causing the death of a 36-year-old dad-of-four by dangerous driving.

Bury, admitted to three counts of fraud. Judge Angela Nield banned identification of his three victims, who were referred to as 'Mrs A', 'Mr B' and 'Mrs C' in court.Prosecutor Brian Berlyne said: "Mrs A was between 84 and 88 at the time of this offence, she had a bank with Santander.

hereHe spoke to the defendant and 'asked him to have respect', prosecutor Brian Berlyne told Minshull Street Crown Court.He went back into the pub and, after tripping up Wood, started punching him.Wood punched him twice, causing the man to suffer two 'blowout' fractures to his eyes.He was pulled away, and was told to leave.After being arrested following the incident in September 2018, Wood told police he had been punched himself and that the incident had been instigated by the other man.Defending, Simon Blakebrough appealed for Wood to be spared jail, saying there is a 'realistic prospect' of the defendant being rehabilitated.He has previously worked as a landscape gardener and has found a job as a delivery driver, the court heard.Judge