William Doleman: Last News

A dad who stabbed a love rival to death with a pair of scissors during an early hours fight on a north Manchester estate has been jailed for life.

A man has been found guilty of murder after a dad who became embroiled in a bitter love triangle was brutally stabbed to death in the street.

Jurors have retired to consider their verdicts in the trial of a man accused of murdering a love rival.

A dad accused of murder said he swore on his daughter's life that he didn't stab a man during a fight in the street.

A man who denies murder told a jury he 'didn’t think it was that serious' after he 'lashed out a couple of times' at a 'love rival' with a pair of scissors during a fight arranged to 'sort things out'.

dad was allegedly killed in the street during a 'ferocious' attack after arranging to fight with a love rival to 'sort things out'. William Doleman, 27, and his friend Ademola Efunnuga, 26, deny the murder of Alan Murphy in Moston, according to Manchester Evening News.

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direct to your inboxPolice have made another arrest in connection with the murder of a man in north Manchester. Alan Murphy, 39, was found in a critical condition after officers were called to Whitstable Road in Moston on February 18.Police arrived at the scene shortly before 4.50pm after reports that a man had been stabbed.

Moston.William Doleman, 26, and Ademola Efunnga, 25, appeared separately in the dock at Manchester Magistrates Court this morning.Mr Doleman, of Rossington Road in Moston, and Mr Efunnga, of City Road East in Manchester, are both charged with the murder of 39-year-old Alan Murphy.Police were called to reports that a man had been stabbed on Whitstable Road, Moston, shortly before 4.50am on February 18.Emergency services attended and Mr Murphy, also from Moston, was taken to hospital in critical condition, but sadly died hours later.Both Mr Doleman and Mr Efunnga confirmed their names, date of birth and addresses.No pleas were entered at this stage.Their cases have been adjourned for a preliminary hearing to be heard on Tuesday (February 23)

direct to your inboxTwo men have been charged with the murder of a man in north Manchester.Police were called to Whitstable Road in Moston just before 4.50pm on Thursday (February 18) to reports that a man had been stabbed. Emergency services attended at the scene and found 39-year-old Alan Murphy in critical condition.Mr Murphy, from Moston, was taken to hospital but sadly died hours later.