Manchester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 21 verdicts at Manchester Crown Court (Manchester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Moyed Mustafa

Possession with intent to supply cocaine, heroin, and MDMA; Conspiracy to supply cannabis

June 12, 2025

Sentence: four years imprisonment

Moyed Mustafa attempted to evade police on foot after his car was stopped in January 2023. He was found in possession of MDMA, cocaine, and heroin. A search of his home on Thorncombe Road, Whalley Range, uncovered large amounts of these drugs. Further investigation revealed his involvement in a conspiracy to supply cannabis to prisoners.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine, heroin and MDMA, and being involved in a conspiracy to supply cannabis.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Hassan Khan

Kidnapping

June 10, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Hassan Khan, along with Mohammed Kateb and Wahaab Mushtaq, kidnapped Safwan Fiaz on April 24, 2024, in Rochdale. They grabbed him in a bear hug, bundled him into a car, drove him around, punched him, and made threats to strip him naked. The victim sustained injuries including a black eye, cuts, and swelling. The group lost their nerve after discussing whether a bystander would call the police and eventually let him go at a dead end.

Found guilty of kidnapping after a trial. No remorse shown and continued to deny guilt. Part of a joint venture described as a targeted attack.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Mohammed Kateb

Kidnapping

June 10, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Mohammed Kateb, along with Hassan Khan and Wahaab Mushtaq, kidnapped Safwan Fiaz on April 24, 2024, in Rochdale. They grabbed him in a bear hug, bundled him into a car, drove him around, punched him, and made threats to strip him naked. The victim sustained injuries including a black eye, cuts, and swelling. The group lost their nerve after discussing whether a bystander would call the police and eventually let him go at a dead end.

Found guilty of kidnapping after a trial. No remorse shown and continued to deny guilt. Part of a joint venture described as a targeted attack.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Wahaab Mushtaq

Kidnapping

June 10, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Wahaab Mushtaq, along with Hassan Khan and Mohammed Kateb, kidnapped Safwan Fiaz on April 24, 2024, in Rochdale. They grabbed him in a bear hug, bundled him into a car, drove him around, punched him, and made threats to strip him naked. The victim sustained injuries including a black eye, cuts, and swelling. The group lost their nerve after discussing whether a bystander would call the police and eventually let him go at a dead end.

Found guilty of kidnapping after a trial. No remorse shown and continued to deny guilt. Part of a joint venture described as a targeted attack.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Nathan Hulme

Coercive and Controlling Behaviour

June 4, 2025

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Nathan Hulme, fuelled by alcohol and drugs, subjected two vulnerable women to repeated physical and emotional abuse from July 2022 to March 2024. This included punching, strangling, slapping, throwing objects, smashing belongings, making derogatory comments, tracking their whereabouts, and engaging in coercive control. Specific incidents involved assaults in various locations, such as at home, in a car, and during a holiday in Greece, where his behaviour led to them being ejected from a hotel.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage. Found guilty of further charges including coercive and controlling behaviour and strangulation after trial. Defence cited issues with alcohol and drugs following exit from the Army, and judge noted lack of genuine remorse.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Jonathan Cassidy

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

June 11, 2024

Sentence: 21 years and nine months imprisonment

Jonathan Cassidy, as the head of the gang, orchestrated the importation of about £26 million of cocaine from South America into the UK, hidden in modified vehicles. He fled the country after the EncroChat network was infiltrated but was arrested upon his return. Police seized £24,430 in cash, a Rolex watch, and designer clothing from his home in the Wirral, which included an outdoor gym.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs and conspiring to fraudulently evade the prohibition on the importation of class A drugs. Appeal for reduced sentence was rejected.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Nasar Ahmed

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

June 11, 2024

Sentence: 21 years and nine months imprisonment

Nasar Ahmed, the business partner of Jonathan Cassidy, was involved in the financial aspects of a large-scale operation to import and distribute cocaine from South America into the UK via modified vehicles. He owned a modest semi-detached house in Bury and spent extended periods in Dubai.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs and conspiring to fraudulently evade the prohibition on the importation of class A drugs. Served as the financial arm of the operation and appealed for a reduced sentence, which was rejected.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Jamie Cassidy

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

June 11, 2024

Sentence: 13 years and three months imprisonment

Jamie Cassidy, a former Liverpool FC youth player who played alongside figures like Jamie Carragher and Michael Owen, was involved in distributing the imported cocaine across the UK through a network of trusted couriers after the drugs arrived from South America via Amsterdam.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A drugs and conspiring to transfer criminal property. His case did not feature in the appeal hearing.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Margaret Reid

Conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance

May 27, 2024

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Margaret Reid and three others planned to disrupt Manchester Airport by cutting through metal fencing with bolt cutters and gluing themselves to the taxiway using glue and sand on August 5, 2023. They were arrested en route with equipment including angle grinders, high-visibility vests, and protest materials. The action could have caused serious disruption and safety risks to tens of thousands of travellers.

Found guilty of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance. From Kendal and expressed regret through co-defendant's statements.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Leanorah Ward

Conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance

May 27, 2024

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Leanorah Ward and three others planned to disrupt Manchester Airport by cutting through metal fencing with bolt cutters and gluing themselves to the taxiway using glue and sand on August 5, 2023. They were arrested en route with equipment including angle grinders, high-visibility vests, and protest materials. The action could have caused serious disruption and safety risks to tens of thousands of travellers.

Found guilty of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance. From Birmingham and admitted regret that the plan was unsuccessful.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Indigo Rumbelow

Conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance

May 27, 2024

Sentence: 30 months imprisonment

Indigo Rumbelow and three others planned to disrupt Manchester Airport by cutting through metal fencing with bolt cutters and gluing themselves to the taxiway using glue and sand on August 5, 2023. They were arrested en route with equipment including angle grinders, high-visibility vests, and protest materials. The action could have caused serious disruption and safety risks to tens of thousands of travellers.

Found guilty of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance. From Tottenham.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Daniel Knorr

Conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance

May 27, 2024

Sentence: 24 months imprisonment

Daniel Knorr and three others planned to disrupt Manchester Airport by cutting through metal fencing with bolt cutters and gluing themselves to the taxiway using glue and sand on August 5, 2023. They were arrested en route with equipment including angle grinders, high-visibility vests, and protest materials. The action could have caused serious disruption and safety risks to tens of thousands of travellers.

Found guilty of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance. From Birmingham. A provisional driving licence was found during searches related to the case.

Sources: warringtonguardian.co.uk

Stephen Wilson

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

May 9, 2024

Sentence: 12 years and four months imprisonment

Stephen Wilson was part of a group that carried out an ambush on McCauly Brooker. On May 22, 2023, Wilson was in a stolen car with false plates, following Brooker's girlfriend's car. The group chased Brooker on Chancery Street and Busk Road in Oldham, armed with machetes. Wilson attacked Brooker with a machete, leading to a violent confrontation where Brooker shot Wilson in the upper arm. The attack left Brooker with severe stab wounds to his face, arms, and body, and he was rushed to hospital in an unstable condition.

Pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon. Defence argued he was not in charge of the group and that others inflicted most damage. Judge described the incident as a 'disgraceful explosion of violence'.

Sources: theboltonnews.co.uk

Mccauly Brooker

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

May 9, 2024

Sentence: 7 years and one month imprisonment

McCauly Brooker was ambushed by a group including Stephen Wilson on May 22, 2023, in Oldham. The group, armed with machetes, chased him after he emerged from an address on Chancery Street. Brooker, who was armed with a gun, was caught and attacked on Busk Road, sustaining severe stab wounds to his face, arms, and body. He shot at his attackers in self-defence, injuring Wilson. Paramedics stated that a 30-minute delay in treatment could have been fatal.

Pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Defence claimed he acted in self-defence and was not the orchestrator, citing a difficult upbringing and immaturity. Judge noted the incident had a 'serious, criminal, gang-related undertone'.

Sources: theboltonnews.co.uk

Scarlett Jenkinson

Murder

February 1, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years

Scarlett Jenkinson and an accomplice lured Brianna Ghey, 16, to Linear Park in Culcheth, near Warrington, Cheshire, on February 11, 2023, where Brianna was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, chest, and back with a hunting knife in a sadistic attack.

Was 15 at the time of the offence and enjoyed the killing, as per court details. The judge noted expressions of transphobia.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Eddie Ratcliffe

Murder

February 1, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years

Eddie Ratcliffe and an accomplice lured Brianna Ghey, 16, to Linear Park in Culcheth, near Warrington, Cheshire, on February 11, 2023, where Brianna was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, chest, and back with a hunting knife in a sadistic attack.

Was 15 at the time of the offence and expressed transphobia about the victim. The judge highlighted the planned nature of the crime.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Nathan Vanden

Conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life

September 1, 2023

Sentence: 21 years imprisonment

Nathan Vanden, 33, directed underworld operations from the Netherlands, ordering a shooting at a house in Whitefield, Bury, and a proposed attack in Salford using the EncroChat platform under aliases like 'Machiavelli'. He paid associates to carry out attacks on his targets.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life, conspiring to possess ammunition, conspiring to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear, and conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Edward Connors

Robbery

March 1, 2023

Sentence: Extended sentence of 14 years, including 10 years and 10 months in prison and an extended licence period of three years and two months

Edward Connors, 30, broke into a 92-year-old woman's home in Burnage through an open window on a warm evening in June 2022. He bound, gagged, and tied her to a chair, stole her jewellery including her wedding ring, and left her locked in the house to feed his heroin habit.

Convicted of robbery and other offenses. He is a convicted rapist and committed the crime to feed his drug habit.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Leanna Connors

Robbery

March 1, 2023

Sentence: Extended sentence of 12 years, including nine years and nine months in prison and an extended licence period of two years and three months

Leanna Connors, 29, assisted Edward Connors in robbing a 92-year-old woman in Burnage in June 2022. She entered the home, took the woman's jewellery, ripped out the phone to prevent her from calling for help, and left her bound and gagged to feed their drug habit.

Convicted of robbery and other offenses. She was involved in the attack and wept in court during sentencing.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Zholia Alemi

Fraud

February 28, 2023

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Zholia Alemi forged her medical qualifications from the University of Auckland and used them to register with the General Medical Council, enabling her to work as an NHS psychiatrist in hospitals in England, Wales, and Scotland for over 20 years without proper qualifications. She earned over £1 million in income and benefits, treated hundreds of patients while unqualified, potentially putting them at risk, and avoided required exams by exploiting outdated legislation.

Found guilty of 13 counts of fraud, two counts of forgery, three counts of deception, and two counts of using material to falsify medical qualifications. Ordered to pay back £406,624 or serve an additional 2.5 years in prison. Total criminal benefit was £1,204,819.30.

Sources: newsandstar.co.uk

Reynhard Sinaga

Rape

January 1, 2020

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years

Reynhard Sinaga, a student, drugged men he met outside Manchester city centre clubs with GHB or GBL, then raped them while filming the attacks on his mobile phones over a two-and-a-half-year period, affecting 48 known victims aged 17 to 36.

Convicted of multiple rapes and sexual assaults; victims were drugged and unaware of the attacks.

Sources: liverpoolecho.co.uk

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