Hit BBC crime documentary The Detectives returns to our screens this week, with cameras following Greater Manchester Police’s dedicated organised crime unit in Rochdale.
During the three-part series, DS Martin Soutter and his officers are trying to dismantle the Adam gang — based on the Newbold Estate in Rochdale.
Episode one of the show sees officers grapple with a horrific axe attack. Following a ‘minor’ road rage incident, tree surgeon Cameron Brooksbank attempted to calm the situation.
The then-18-year-old was struck by an axe in the armpit, and then on the wrist as he tried to shield his head from another blow. READ MORE: 'They've cut my mate's hand off': The horrifying gang violence which blighted Rochdale READ MORE: G et today's top stories here. Cameron’s hand was partially reattached, but then required a further five surgeries in the two years since the attack just to maintain 60 percent use of his arm.
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