Bolton Crown Court Sentencing Results

On February 17, Jonathan Kay assaulted a woman, causing grievous bodily harm without intent. He had originally faced additional allegations of attempted robbery, smashing a window at the victim's home, and twice breaching a domestic abuse protection order; those allegations were discharged after he admitted the lesser grievous bodily harm offence.

Jordan Hampson attacked a woman and threatened her with a folding knife, causing actual bodily harm and £400 damage by smashing a kitchen window. The offences were committed on February 25 in Wigan. He was sentenced to a 36-month custodial term at Bolton Crown Court.

Charlene Draper admitted stalking involving serious harm or distress and perverting the course of justice. She received a suspended prison sentence with rehabilitation and curfew requirements.

Charles McMurray, 36, of Wigan, stabbed two men in a taxi office in Wigan town centre at around 06:45 BST on 5 August 2025. He chased the two men towards the town centre, threatened a passer-by at Wigan bus station by holding a knife to the man's stomach, attacked one of the injured victims again on Standishgate, and chased after another member of the public with the knife, shouting he was going to kill him.

Damien Roughley drove a Mercedes dangerously along Bolton Road, Ashton, on 26 September 2025, allegedly only just avoiding a collision with a member of the public. He changed his plea to guilty when his trial began at Bolton Crown Court.

David Kay breached a sexual harm prevention order weeks after it was imposed by engaging in sexual communication with a child and attempting to show indecent images for his own sexual gratification. He had previous convictions for two counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child.

The defendant was a serial domestic abuser who had committed offences of non-fatal strangulation, threats with an offensive weapon, breaches of restraining orders, harassment and battery against three women.

Devanyl Graham was convicted of money laundering for her involvement in an industrial-scale scheme that laundered millions of pounds for criminals, including high-level drug dealers. The operation used couriers posing as holidaymakers to smuggle cash through Manchester Airport to the UAE.

Benjamin Royle was convicted of money laundering for his part in a scheme that smuggled dirty cash through Manchester Airport to the UAE. The group posed as holidaymakers and hid bundles of cash inside clothes in suitcases. The operation laundered millions of pounds for criminals.

Abusali Rahman, a former supply teacher, exploited 14 girls aged between 13 and 16 from seven different high schools in Greater Manchester. He took more than 100 upskirt photos of female pupils and covertly took voyeuristic images in school settings, or took images from pupils' social media accounts and used AI to 'nudify' them before posting them online with sexualised comments. Police found hundreds of indecent images on his devices, including 12 Category A, 25 Category B and 226 Category C images.

Stephen Lamb made hundreds of indecent films of children being sexually abused between January 4 2018 and August 4 2024. He admitted making 736 category A films, 635 category B images and 1,011 category C films. He also admitted distributing an indecent image of a child on September 1 2023.

Santo O’Brien made indecent images of children across categories A, B and C between April 12 and December 7, 2021. He also admitted possessing 32 extreme pornographic images involving an animal.

Sophie Logan was part of a group that posed as holidaymakers to smuggle dirty cash through Manchester Airport. Bundles of cash were concealed inside clothes in suitcases destined for the UAE. The scheme was described as an industrial-scale cross-border money laundering operation that moved millions of pounds for criminals, including high-level drug dealers.

Phil Thompson initially denied making indecent images of children but later admitted five counts: making 12 category A, 12 category B and 44 category C indecent images, possessing a banned image of child abuse and possessing five extreme pornographic films involving animals. He was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court, receiving a suspended custodial term.