Manchester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Daniel Harris, 19, from Glossop, Derbyshire, produced and posted far-right extremist videos online over a 14-month period starting when he was 17. The videos glorified mass murderers and encouraged others to carry out similar attacks, including calls for the total extermination of sub-humans. His material influenced Payton Gendron, who carried out a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 Black people, and was linked to Anderson Lee Aldrich, suspect in a shooting at a gay bar in Colorado. Harris also possessed a 3D printer to manufacture firearm parts and was involved in the racially aggravated criminal damage of a George Floyd memorial in Manchester's Stevenson Square.

Abubakir Iqbal, along with accomplices, carried out 10 armed robberies on cash-in-transit vans across Greater Manchester from November 26, 2018, to January 2, 2019, stealing more than £90,000. The gang targeted guards picking up cash from restaurants and shops in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, and Manchester, using weapons like hammers and a Stihl saw to access cash boxes. They were caught after crashing their getaway car while attempting an eleventh robbery at a Natwest branch in Halifax on January 31, 2019, where they stole £25,000.

Anas Khan, along with accomplices, carried out 10 armed robberies on cash-in-transit vans across Greater Manchester from November 26, 2018, to January 2, 2019, stealing more than £90,000. The gang targeted guards picking up cash from restaurants and shops in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, and Manchester, using weapons like hammers and a Stihl saw to access cash boxes. They were caught after crashing their getaway car while attempting an eleventh robbery at a Natwest branch in Halifax on January 31, 2019, where they stole £25,000. Khan fled the crash but was caught with help from a brave eyewitness.

Sajjad Hussain, along with accomplices, carried out 10 armed robberies on cash-in-transit vans across Greater Manchester from November 26, 2018, to January 2, 2019, stealing more than £90,000. The gang targeted guards picking up cash from restaurants and shops in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, and Manchester, using weapons like hammers and a Stihl saw to access cash boxes. They were caught after crashing their getaway car while attempting an eleventh robbery at a Natwest branch in Halifax on January 31, 2019, where they stole £25,000. Hussain was found dazed in the crashed car with the stolen cash.

Shazad Mahmood, along with accomplices, carried out 10 armed robberies on cash-in-transit vans across Greater Manchester from November 26, 2018, to January 2, 2019, stealing more than £90,000. The gang targeted guards picking up cash from restaurants and shops in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, and Manchester, using weapons like hammers and a Stihl saw to access cash boxes. They were caught after crashing their getaway car while attempting an eleventh robbery at a Natwest branch in Halifax on January 31, 2019, where they stole £25,000. Mahmood fled the crash but was caught shortly after.

Adam Howe, 38, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, a registered sex offender, was found to have frequent contact with another individual over an extended period. They met in person to engage in sexual activity while viewing indecent images of children. Communications showed distribution of indecent images, including material depicting sexual abuse of a child. A mobile phone seized in September 2025 revealed the offending. Arrested on 18 September 2025.

Bilal Ahmed was stopped by Border Force officers at Manchester Airport on February 12, 2026, after arriving from Bangkok via Doha. He had two suitcases containing 36kg of vacuum-sealed cannabis flower valued at £108,000. He initially claimed the suitcases were his but later said they were not.

Bilal Irshad was a senior member of an Oldham and Rochdale‑based organised crime group that dealt in wholesale Class A and B drugs and laundered the proceeds. Together with Mohamed Kayani, Irshad ran a sophisticated money‑laundering operation that channelled £500,000 to £2 million through business accounts, cash storage and structured transfers. The gang flaunted its wealth with luxury cars and European holidays. Irshad played a leading role in the financial arm of the conspiracy.

Antonino Precaj was separately involved in the production and supply of cannabis connected to the wider operation. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce cannabis.

A Portuguese national and another man organised an arson attack on a bedding supply business using Snapchat. They forced open shutters, smashed a door, and used accelerants to start a fire, causing around £300,000 of damage. CCTV captured the attack, including a third man fleeing while apparently on fire. Cabral was jailed for five years and four months.

Dean Clarke, from Salford, messaged the schoolgirl through an online video and messaging platform. Greater Manchester Police said Clarke was reported to officers by the girl's mother when she was 13 and he was 21. The mum discovered Clarke's messages on a laptop. Some of the messages implied they had had a sexual relationship as they also talked about pregnancy tests. In a powerful statement read out in court yesterday (May 14), the victim's mum described the toll Clarke's actions had taken on her daughter - leaving her unable to attend school and struggling to eat or sleep.

Vatafu ran a brothel for Marghiol while Marghiol was on bail, and was jailed for keeping a brothel and arranging or facilitating travel for exploitation.

Christopher Marshall was involved in two high-speed police chases. In December 2023, while disqualified, he drove at speeds up to 80mph, weaved through traffic, ran red lights and mounted pavements before police called off the pursuit. On 3 January 2025 he again drove off when stopped, this time with two young children in the car; he mounted a kerb, clipped a pedestrian's vehicle and forced a police officer to brake hard to avoid a crash. He was arrested days later and admitted the offences at Manchester Crown Court.

Coby Jepson committed 12 crimes including driving while disqualified and over the drink-drive limit, failing to stop for police, driving without insurance or a licence, criminal damage, shop thefts, obstructing a police sergeant, and offences in West Yorkshire involving criminal damage and theft in 2024. He was jailed at Manchester Crown Court.

Police raided Wilson's home in Macclesfield in December 2023 after reports he had bought prohibited chemicals without a licence. Officers found a large amount of literature giving advice on how to conduct a terrorist attack and materials that could potentially be used to create a homemade explosive device. He was said not to have been actively trying to build an explosive device, but the discovery caused serious concern.

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.

Kayne Parr led police on a 90mph chase on September 2 after officers in an unmarked vehicle following his Ford Transit van activated emergency lights. He drove at 60mph through Hollins, went through a red light, accelerated to 70mph, collided with a police vehicle, and later reached 90mph while attempting to join the M61, where he collided with the central reservation. The roads were wet. He had previously been stopped on August 14 and confirmed he was banned from driving. The court heard he has 15 previous convictions for 32 offences, mostly driving offences.

On 2 August 2025, Julius Goncarukas deliberately drove slowly along a street in Salford while waving an imitation firearm out of the driver's window. Residents, including children, saw him; some ran away in fear and police received four calls reporting the incident. He was arrested shortly afterwards near his car, and the weapon, a gas-powered BB gun, was recovered from the passenger seat. He made no comment in police interview but later admitted waving the imitation firearm. He initially claimed his actions were not fuelled by hate, but at sentencing he abandoned that basis and accepted the offence was hate-fuelled.

Dominic Baker stole a Toyota Prius parked in Gorton at around 4.20am on January 18, 2025. Police located the vehicle around 90 minutes later and pursued it. Baker failed to stop, drove at speeds over 70mph in 30mph zones and through red lights. The vehicle was stung twice before crashing, and Baker fled but was found in a nearby address and arrested while washing dishes. He pleaded guilty to multiple offences including theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving, driving without a licence, possession of a class A drug, and theft of three pedal bikes between September and November 2024.

A Portuguese national took part in an organised arson attack on a bedding supply business after planning on Snapchat. The group forced open shutters, broke in, and started a fire with accelerants, causing around £300,000 of damage. Simoes was jailed for three years.

Emma Hurley groomed and sexually abused a vulnerable child with special educational needs. She sent explicit messages and videos on social media and gave the boy cash and gifts, pressuring him into a sexual relationship. Police found 775 phone calls and over 10,000 messages exchanged over a two-month period. After being ordered to stay away from the boy, she was caught in a car with him after a 20-minute police chase. Her defence lawyer said she was ashamed and had mental health issues following a workplace accident.