John Kennerley: Last News

A man accused of trying to rob a mother and daughter as they lay flowers at a family grave has denied being in the cemetery.

A thug who knocked a woman out after kicking her dog in the face also launched a vile volley of homophobic abuse. Aaron Boyle, 31, told the woman 'I'll show you what a real man looks like' after calling her a 'wannabe man dy**'.

hereA marked police car was nearby and pulled over Ali after following him a short distance.As they pursued him, the officers noticed a package being thrown from the driver's window, Manchester Crown Court heard.It was later recovered on the pavement and found to contain 95 wraps of crack cocaine, and 10 wraps of heroin, said to be worth between £2,000 and £2,500 in total.The court heard both drugs were of 'high purity', the heroin being 69 per cent and the cocaine 62 per cent.Police also found a crack pipe in his car.

hereHowever no evidence of dealing was found on these and the prosecution accepted these were for his personal use, for which the judge said he was "very lucky."Paton, of Monmouth Street, Middleton, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour – provoking a fear of violence, possession of a bladed article and possession of class A and class B drugs at Manchester Crown Court on Friday afternoon."He was in a bad place at the time but things have improved" John Kennerley, defending, said.Judge Richard Mansell QC said: "These offences were committed 18 months ago which in the life of a young man like you is a significant period of time indeed."But you carried a knife, produced it, and threatened someone with it in what was an