David Toal: Last News

A violent man with more than 60 previous convictions for 133 offences to his name stabbed his housemate in the neck and kicked his head ‘like a football’.

A motorist was knocked out cold during a random attack on a petrol station forecourt. Wesley Isbell launched a brutal assault on the man, a complete stranger, at a Tesco filling station in Salford.

A man was forced to take MDMA then stabbed in what a judge called an 'appalling and serious robbery'.

A mum has been warned by a judge that this was her ‘last chance’ after dodging a prison sentence for dealing drugs.

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here"On 18 June, the offender was originally sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 20 months for rape."Following the Solicitor General's intervention under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Court of Appeal today increased his sentence to three years' custody."Edwards pleaded guilty to a single count of rape.Manchester Crown Court heard the victim had agreed to spent his birthday with him and they had been to McDonald's.After that, they watched a film together at his house and ate their food.The court heard that shortly after his attack, Edwards sent a message to a friend, admitting that he had raped the girl and said he had been experiencing 'stress' at the time.Defending him, David Toal said Edwards had recently been diagnosed with

A former detective constable who 'exploited' vulnerable woman has avoided prison after a judge heard no one else could care for his young child during the coronavirus lockdown.