Manchester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Jack Webster participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Jack Griffin participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Enrik Ziu, 37, of Melia House in Manchester's Green Quarter, was part of an Albanian organised crime group operating across Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, responsible for running multiple cannabis farms generating significant criminal profits. During the investigation, cannabis worth between £498,980 and £1.5m was seized, along with over £33,000 in cash.

Ethan Chapman participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

David Horton participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Declan Windsor participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Klajdi Hazizollo, 33, of Bowkerbank Avenue, Crumpsall, was part of an Albanian organised crime group operating across Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, responsible for running multiple cannabis farms generating significant criminal profits. During the investigation, cannabis worth between £498,980 and £1.5m was seized, along with over £33,000 in cash.

Lewis Page participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Lee Robinson participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Rory Voulgaris participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Ashley Shemeld participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Arber Hima, 24, of City View Apartments, Salford, was part of an Albanian organised crime group operating across Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, responsible for running multiple cannabis farms generating significant criminal profits. During the investigation, cannabis worth between £498,980 and £1.5m was seized, along with over £33,000 in cash.

Callum Johnson participated in a mass brawl outside Wave bar on Portland Street, Manchester city centre, on October 26, 2019, involving fans of Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and FC United of Manchester. The fight included punching, kicking, and throwing glasses, captured on CCTV. The clash arose from resents between supporters after a football match cancellation and relocation.

Between 30 July and 8 August 2025, Thomas Lowe, 33, from Garland Road, Wythenshawe, groomed who he believed was a 14-year-old boy over social media platforms, sending sexually explicit messages and images, and discussing arrangements for sexual activity. On 8 August 2025, he travelled to Sale Water Park in Trafford, Manchester, to meet the boy for sex, but was arrested by officers from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit's Internet Child Abuse Team upon arrival at the agreed meeting point.

Tzoni Kardashi, 23, of City View Apartments, Salford, was part of an Albanian organised crime group operating across Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, responsible for running multiple cannabis farms generating significant criminal profits. During the investigation, cannabis worth between £498,980 and £1.5m was seized, along with over £33,000 in cash.

William Howarth, a registered sex offender subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, was found in possession of an unregistered mobile phone during a 2023 home visit. Forensic analysis revealed messages sent to several young girls under 16, displaying controlling behaviour and threatening to post their images online if they refused his requests for further images. An investigation by Greater Manchester Police traced the victims, who provided accounts. He was sentenced following his guilty plea on 10 November 2025.

Mohammed Sharif, 22, of Gowan Road, Birmingham, was spotted by undercover officers in woods near HMP Manchester at around 10.45pm on September 21, 2025, using his phone under a tree close to the prison walls with a large bag nearby. Officers discovered a remote-controlled drone, a large box, a bag, and items wrapped in socks intended for smuggling contraband into prisons including HMP Manchester. Sharif was arrested at his home where he attempted to throw items out of a window; a drone charger and a Telegram message reading 'The eagles have landed, that new route is magical, thank you' were found on his phone.

Mark Twigg, 43, and his partner the victim's mother, 37, were looking after untrained guard dogs including Cane Corso, American Bulldog, and Boerboel breeds at Carr Farm in Milnrow, Rochdale, while the owner was on remand in prison. They had signed a contract to care for the eight or nine dogs living in poor conditions with no clean bedding, surrounded by faeces, and not exercised. Despite warnings from an RSPCA inspector about the risk to their children, including a previous bite to their eldest son, they brushed off the concerns. Twigg was responsible for feeding, watering, and mucking out the dogs, and handled complaints when they escaped. On May 15, 2022, while Twigg was at work, the victim's mother was at the farm with the victim and their daughter. The victim entered the dog pen unsupervised and was fatally attacked by the dog Sid, a Cane Corso, suffering puncture wounds to his neck. He died later that afternoon in hospital.

Joanne Bedford, 37, and her partner, 43, were looking after untrained guard dogs including Cane Corso, American Bulldog, and Boerboel breeds at Carr Farm in Milnrow, Rochdale, while the owner was on remand in prison. They had signed a contract to care for the eight or nine dogs living in poor conditions with no clean bedding, surrounded by faeces, and not exercised. Despite warnings from an RSPCA inspector about the risk to their children, including a previous bite to their eldest son, they brushed off the concerns. On May 15, 2022, Bedford took her three-year-old son for a bath and dressed him before going downstairs. He asked to go outside, and while Bedford went upstairs to get shorts, leaving him with her daughter to watch, he entered the dog pen unsupervised. Bedford heard screaming and found her son face down with puncture wounds to his neck, covered in blood. He was rushed to hospital but died that afternoon from the horrific injuries inflicted by the dog Sid, a Cane Corso.

Samantha Bailey-Sharp, 34, moved in with her frail 67-year-old mother the victim in her three-bedroom flat in Oldham in August 2022. Over a five-week period, she subjected her mother to abusive and violent behaviour, including punching her to the head, face and arms, holding her down on the sofa, dragging her by the hair, biting her, kneeing her, and threatening to kill her. Incidents included blocking the door to prevent her mother from entering the home on September 9, 2022, forcing her head down and threatening to crush it, and covering her mouth and nose. The mother suffered bruising across her body, lost clumps of hair, and lived in fear, walking on eggshells. She kept a diary of the attacks, and friends and colleagues noticed the injuries, leading to a police report.

Gregory Bell, operating under encrypted aliases including 'Castlenail', 'Rhinoradio', and 'Wonkyfrog', led a highly organised criminal enterprise that distributed multi-kilos of cocaine, heroin, MDMA, amphetamine, and cannabis on a daily basis across the UK. The group used encrypted mobile phones, spoofed identities, a network of couriers, safe houses in Bury and Alderley Edge, and criminal associates. Evidence included 4kg of cocaine, half a kilo of heroin, £35,000 in cash at one property, and £150,000 in cash at another. Bell managed logistics, authorised deals, collected profits, and laundered money through rental businesses. Arrested in May 2020 with encrypted devices and cash, ready to flee to Spain.

David Hamstrong, 19, was sentenced for an affray offence committed earlier in 2025. The incident involved ongoing issues and criminality in the Harpurhey area. He appeared before a judge at Manchester Crown Court earlier this week following a guilty plea.