Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court Sentencing Results

Simon Mitchell attacked his neighbour, the victim, with a Samurai sword following a dispute over the victim's dog disturbing Mitchell's enjoyment of his garden. The incident occurred on April 10, when Mitchell shouted at the victim's wife over the fence, then confronted the victim upon his return home, striking him three times and causing a deep cut to his arm and a fractured humerus bone. The victim required three days in hospital.

Oliver Ashcroft, 23, of Kendal Road, Bury, was involved in a drunken brawl in Bury town centre on May 12, 2024. He retaliated first after a friend was attacked with a bottle, throwing punches, goading the other group, kicking a man in the head while he was on the ground, and throwing a bin bag. The incident involved a verbal confrontation escalating to violence with another group.

Taylor Wolstencroft, 22, of Uplands Avenue, Bury, was involved in a drunken brawl in Bury town centre on May 12, 2024. He kicked a man as he fell to the ground and kicked at others during the fight, which started after a friend was attacked with a bottle. The incident involved a group altercation with punching, kicking, and throwing items.

Decklan Davenport, 27, and his brother Cameron were driving to their parents' house in Sale on October 27, 2023, when a cyclist threw a stone at their car, causing damage. They followed the cyclist to Kingston Close, a dead-end street, and confronted him. After the cyclist swung a baseball bat at their car, the brothers got out and struck him with a stick, inflicting a 10cm head wound that required hospital treatment. Decklan also drove the car towards the victim in a dangerous manner.

Cameron Davenport, 21, and his brother Decklan were driving to their parents' house in Sale on October 27, 2023, when a cyclist threw a stone at their car, causing damage. They followed the cyclist to Kingston Close, a dead-end street, and confronted him. After the cyclist swung a baseball bat at their car, the brothers got out and struck him with a stick, inflicting a 10cm head wound that required hospital treatment.

Claire Gilbert catfished her friend for nearly 15 years by posing as a man named Carl Murphy and fabricating a fake family, including a daughter. She manipulated the victim into a fictitious relationship, extracted money, gifts, and letters, and committed fraud by opening multiple credit cards in the victim's name without permission. Gilbert used voice-changing apps and lied about assaults, kidnappings, illnesses, and deaths to maintain control, leading to the victim's psychological torment and financial loss.

Nicola Dooley was on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Manchester on December 22, 2024, where she was extremely drunk and swigging from a bottle of duty-free spirits that was three-quarters empty. She used abusive language towards other passengers, leading to her being moved to the rear of the aircraft. Police were alerted due to her aggressive behaviour, and upon arrival at Manchester Airport, she was disoriented, unable to find her ID documents, and unaware that she was in Manchester.

Louie Baguley, while driving a black Seat Arona, overtook a bus at approximately 45mph in dark and rainy conditions on the A6 Buxton Road in Great Moor, Stockport, on February 18, 2023. He accelerated to at least 42mph in a 30mph zone, striking the victim, a 46-year-old father-of-two who was crossing the road. The victim was propelled into the air and suffered fatal injuries, dying on March 14, 2023. Baguley fled the scene, abandoned the vehicle, and instructed the owner to report it as stolen, which led to her wrongful arrest before she was cleared. He handed himself in two days later.

Used as a driver in the gang, making trips to France to pick up illegal immigrants, including one instance where a child was used as a 'human shield' in the passenger seat of an adapted Vauxhall Vectra to avoid suspicion. The gang smuggled immigrants from countries like Iraq and Vietnam into the UK via hidden compartments and fake EU passports, with operations from June 2022 to February 2024.

Drove a Vauxhall Vectra with a hidden illegal immigrant, as part of a gang smuggling people from countries like Iraq and Vietnam into the UK using secret compartments in adapted vehicles and fake EU passports. The gang's activities included routes via Malaga, Dublin, and Belfast, operating from June 2022 to February 2024, with dangerous vehicle modifications.

Callum Cox, then 17, fired a shotgun at a man and his home during a pre-planned attack stemming from a dispute over American bulldogs. On January 11, 2022, following threatening messages from his mother, Cox was involved in a firearms discharge on Barron Meadow, where he pointed a shotgun at the victim and discharged it twice, missing him. The victim chased the offender, and Cox's actions caused significant fear. He fled to Spain to avoid justice but was arrested upon return to the UK on March 19, 2025, and has been on remand since. The incident involved four offenders and led to the victim's dogs escaping.

Led an international people trafficking gang that smuggled illegal immigrants from countries like Iraq and Vietnam into the UK by hiding them in secret compartments of adapted Vauxhall Vectra cars. The gang also manufactured and supplied fake EU passports, enabling travel via Malaga, Dublin, and Belfast. Operations ran from June 2022 to February 2024, even after being charged in Spain. Modifications to vehicles were highly dangerous, risking injury or death in collisions.

Participated in an international gang that smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK by hiding them in secret compartments of adapted Vauxhall Vectra cars and using fake EU passports. Immigrants were transported from countries like Iraq and Vietnam via routes including Malaga, Dublin, and Belfast, with operations active from June 2022 to February 2024. Vehicle modifications posed significant risks.

Kieran Morgan was involved in multiple shootings as part of a bitter gangland feud. He fired a sawn-off shotgun at houses on Doric Avenue and Wilmslow Road in March and April 2023, and at a takeaway on Kingsway on April 30, 2023. One incident involved throwing a homemade explosive device containing hydrochloric acid. He was caught on CCTV wearing a mask and dark clothing, and later identified through social media.

Zaki Shazad organised multiple shootings amid a gangland feud, hiring Kieran Morgan to carry out the attacks. The incidents included firing at houses on Doric Avenue and Wilmslow Road in March and April 2023, and at a takeaway on Kingsway on April 30, 2023. Messages on Snapchat showed he promised to pay Morgan £1,000 for the jobs, and he was later caught attempting to smuggle cannabis into prison.

Donna Foster, who had been friends with the victim, fell out with him over the care of American Bulldog puppies at her home in Belmont Avenue, Bickershaw, Wigan. On January 11, 2022, after a scuffle at her home, she sent threatening text messages to the victim, including statements like 'this is war' and well-wishes with underlying threats. Her actions contributed to the events that led to the shooting incident.

Harvey Bell deliberately rammed a police officer with his car in a Sainsbury's car park in Cheadle on January 25, 2025, after officers responded to reports of men taking class C drugs. He reversed his Audi towards the officer, knocking her to the ground and driving over her legs with both sets of wheels, causing her to lose consciousness and suffer a deep cut, bruising, cuts, and scratches. He was arrested the following day and sentenced after pleading guilty.

Indigo Rumbelow was one of four Just Stop Oil protesters intercepted by police on route to Manchester Airport on 5 August 2024. The group planned to glue themselves to the taxiways and cause serious disruption to travel. The offence occurred between 30 June 2024 and 6 August 2024.

Daniel Knorr was one of four Just Stop Oil protesters intercepted by police on route to Manchester Airport on 5 August 2024. The group planned to glue themselves to the taxiways and cause serious disruption to travel. The offence occurred between 30 June 2024 and 6 August 2024.

Leanorah Ward was one of four Just Stop Oil protesters intercepted by police on route to Manchester Airport on 5 August 2024. The group planned to glue themselves to the taxiways and cause serious disruption to travel. The offence occurred between 30 June 2024 and 6 August 2024.

Margaret Elizabeth Reid was part of a Just Stop Oil group planning to glue themselves to the taxiways at Manchester Airport on 5 August 2024 to cause serious disruption to travel plans of tens of thousands of individuals during peak summer. The group was intercepted by police en route. The conspiracy occurred between 30 June 2024 and 6 August 2024.

On November 9, 2021, on Walmersley Road in Bury, Faizaan Haider, 25, from Mosley Street, Bury, driving a BMW at 57mph in a 30mph zone while intoxicated, struck and killed the victim, who was crossing with a takeaway, leaving the victim for dead.

Suaiel Haider, 43, uncle of Faizaan Haider, from Langdale Mews, Bury, set fire to the BMW used in the fatal dangerous driving incident on November 9, 2021, that killed the victim, in an attempt to cover up the crime and destroy evidence.

Christopher Casserley, 49, director of Casserley Home Improvements Ltd, engaged in aggressive and misleading practices by overcharging for home improvements in Heaton Mersey. He began work during the legal cooling-off period, failed to carry out some necessary work, used cheaper materials than promised, and completed other work to a poor standard. One victim paid £32,000 for work valued at just over £8,500, while another paid £3,000 for work valued at around £1,850. These actions left victims feeling cheated and deceived in their own homes.

On December 17, 2022, Harry Boulton, 29, of Washway Road, Sale, repeatedly punched his then-partner of four years in the head up to six times, including to the back of the head, after she questioned him about messages on his phone suggesting infidelity. The attack occurred in her home during a row; she had taken his phone and locked herself in the bathroom before confronting him calmly. The force dissected her carotid artery, causing a huge stroke that left the 30-year-old victim with a speech disorder, impaired mobility requiring a walking stick, inability to perform basic tasks, loss of her right arm function, depression, PTSD, and lifelong epileptic medication. She lost her managerial job, flat, car, and independence, now under family care. The victim felt blood pouring down her neck during the attack, went to bed in pain, and sought hospital help the next day after her arm went floppy.

On June 29, 2022, Hannah Derbyshire was a passenger in a VW Tiguan driven by Coleen Campbell to the junction of Rutland Street and Granville Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. With Derbyshire, Chloe Bamford, and Simon Bowden, she participated in a planned attack on the victim, motivated by Derbyshire's rivalry with the victim over a relationship with James Heaney. Derbyshire exited first and began raining blows and kicks on the victim. The assault involved weapons and lasted about 90 seconds before the group fled, captured on CCTV.

On June 29, 2022, Coleen Campbell drove a VW Tiguan to the junction of Rutland Street and Granville Street in Ashton-under-Lyne with Hannah Derbyshire, Chloe Bamford, and Simon Bowden. The group exited the vehicle and attacked the victim, who was walking, in a planned assault motivated by a love triangle involving Derbyshire and the victim's relationship with James Heaney. Campbell, armed with a hammer, struck the victim multiple times. The attack lasted about 90 seconds, after which they fled, with Campbell stealing the victim's handbag. The incident was captured on CCTV.

On June 29, 2022, Chloe Bamford was a passenger in a VW Tiguan driven by Coleen Campbell to the junction of Rutland Street and Granville Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. With Hannah Derbyshire, Simon Bowden, and Campbell, she took part in a planned assault on the victim due to a love triangle involving Derbyshire and the victim's relationship with the victim's partner. Armed with a rolling pin, Bamford joined the attack where the victim was kicked, struck with a hammer, and surrounded on the ground. The group fled after 90 seconds, with the event recorded on CCTV.

On June 29, 2022, Simon Bowden was a passenger in a VW Tiguan driven by Coleen Campbell to the junction of Rutland Street and Granville Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. With Hannah Derbyshire, Chloe Bamford, and Campbell, he participated in a planned attack on the victim motivated by a love triangle. Armed with a two-foot long drill bit and wearing a balaclava, Bowden joined the assault where the victim was kicked, struck with a hammer, and brought to the floor. The group fled after 90 seconds, with the incident captured on CCTV.

Dominik Pelikan, 20, from Mayfair Gardens, Rochdale, travelled to Bradford to buy an Ekol Botan blank-firing handgun, then purchased 8mm solid brass and tools in Manchester. Intercepted messages showed he and Mohammed Raji planned to shoot someone, with police finding the gun parts, ammunition, and tools at his home on August 2, 2024.