The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the cases heard before our region’s courts this month
Besotted prison officers, cowardly murderers and a serial fraudster were just some of the criminals facing time behind bars in Manchester’s courts in August.
Our courts doled out hefty jail terms last month, with dozens of criminals jailed for a range of offences.
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The Manchester Evening News, as always, was on hand to report on the most high-profile cases.
Here is a round-up of the criminals locked up in our region in August…
Marley Murray
A 19-year-old man from Manchester has been jailed for six years after raping a 16-year-old girl.
Marley Murray was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Friday (July 31) after he was convicted of rape, threats to kill and three counts of common assault.
Murray was convicted after his victim bravely came forward and reported his crimes to the police.
He made threats to kill the victim whilst holding a knife, and physically assaulted her, causing visible injuries. The 19-year-old also raped the victim, ignoring her repeated refusals.
Marley Murray, of Cotefield Road, Manchester, was sentenced to six years in prison after he was convicted of rape, threats to kill and three counts of common assault. He was also handed a 10-year restraining order and has been placed on the sex offenders’ register.
Read the full story here: Manchester rapist, 19, threatened to kill his victim whilst holding a knife
Jordan McKenzie
A reveller was left with a broken leg after a robber snatched her bag as she tried to make her way home following a night out.
Jordan McKenzie was on a bike when he grabbed a woman’s bag in the early hours in Manchester city centre. She was dragged to the floor in the process and suffered a serious injury.
But he left empty handed after her friend bravely pursued him and managed to retrieve the robbed handbag. Weeks later, McKenzie was one of a number of burglars who targeted a city centre bar.
Judge Paul Mason said McKenzie had carried out the robbery ‘to raise money to buy more drugs’. He sentenced the defendant to a total of three years and nine months in prison.
McKenzie, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary.
Read the full story here: She was on a night out when he ‘changed her whole opinion’ of Manchester
Daniel Marsland
A prison officer made a ‘disgusting’ discovery after she felt liquid spray into her mouth and onto her face at Strangeways.
Daniel Marsland, 39, projected the substance which contained urine and faeces towards the officer at HMP Manchester. He has now been jailed – again.
Prosecuting, Amy Weir told Manchester Crown Court that the officer was working on the healthcare wing of the prison on August 15, 2024. Marsland was said to have been carrying out a ‘dirty protest’.
As she stepped in front of Marsland’s cell, she immediately felt a ‘spray of liquid’ hit her in the face. She could smell urine and faeces, and noticed she had been covered in a ‘thick brown liquid’.
Marsland, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to one count of administering a poison or noxious substance. He was sentenced to a year and four months.
Read the full story here: Strangeways lag accepts what he did was ‘disgusting’
Graham Cooke, left, and Joel Wolfenden
A couple of car thieves filmed themselves in a Range Rover they had just nicked. Joel Wolfenden and Graham Cooke, both 26, have been jailed for their part in a criminal operation that saw vehicles stolen from homes in Gorton and Levenshulme in January.
The pair were sentenced alongside Kamran Khan, 36, who was filmed dancing inside a lock-up where stolen cars were kept. The trio were arrested following police raids in Wythenshawe, Stretford, Cheshire and West Yorkshire in March.
Wolfenden, of no fixed address, also admitted two counts of conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle, as did Cooke, of Harley Wood, Todmorden. Wolfenden was jailed for seven years and 10 months and Cooke for eight years and 11 months.
Read the full story here: Dopey car thieves filmed themselves in Range Rover they’d just nicked
Jai Gascoyne, left, and Elle Walton
The discovery of Valentine’s cards, necklaces and bracelets exposed the actions of two ‘corrupt’ prison officers who had inappropriate relationships with two gangster brothers.
Jai Gascoyne, 25, and Elle Walton, 27, shared Valentine’s cards with Dil Nawaz, 30, and Haq Nawaz, 32. The brothers were serving long sentences in HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale after flooding the streets with up to £3m worth of class A drugs. Gascoyne and Walton were both prison officers at the jail.
Gascoyne admitted to being in an inappropriate relationship with Dil Nawaz between January 20, 2024, and April 4, 2024. While Walton admitted to being in an inappropriate relationship with Haq Nawaz between January 21, 2024, and March 16, 2024. Gascoyne was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Walton was sentenced to 13 months in prison.
Read the full story here: The Moonpig cards, love heart pendants and Amazon bracelets that exposed illicit relationships between prison officer pals and drug gang brothers
Deacon Hart
A young man has been sentenced to two years in prison after slashing a pensioner across the neck following a row over his motorbike.
Deacon Hart, 21, of Viscount Road, Wigan, pleaded guilty to Section 20 GBH and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. The offence took place on June 27, 2024 when an elderly man was walking his two dogs off their lead on the pedestrian bridge over the M58 Motorway in Orrell, Wigan.
The man saw Hart on the bridge, and told him that he should not be using his motorbike on the public footpath of the bridge – and after a commotion, the pensioner was slashed on the right side of his neck with a knife and critically lost a substantial amount of blood.
Read the full story here: Wigan man, 21, slashed pensioner across neck after being told not to ride motorbike over pedestrian bridge
Mohammed Al Masri
A young mum tricked into a taxi before being raped by a man who followed her after Christmas night out said she thought she was ‘going to die’.
Mohammed Al Masri, 25, tricked the ‘extremely drunk’ lone woman, telling her he would take her home in an Uber. He in fact took her back to his east Manchester HMO where he raped her as a friend watched and possibly filmed part of the attack.
Al Masri – a political refugee from the Assad regime in Syria – was ruled to be a dangerous offender by a judge as he was jailed for eight years.
Read the full story here: Young mum tricked into taxi before being raped by man who followed her after Christmas night out thought she was going to die
Abubakr Yusaf, left, and Umar Yusaf
Two brothers have been jailed for causing the death of a beloved dad as they raced each other home to Manchester on a busy road in Wales.
Abubakr Yusaf, had just taken a bend on the wrong side of the road when his BMW collided head-on with Rhys Jenkins’ Toyota in November 2024.
Jenkins tragically died and his son, who was in the vehicle with him, was seriously injured. At Mold Crown Court, Abubakr Yusaf, 31, of Esmond Road, Manchester, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Read the full story here: Manchester brothers jailed for causing death of much-loved dad in ‘catastrophic’ road race home
Anthony Junior Murray
A murderer who stabbed his sister’s boyfriend to death after they rowed about his dog on New Year’s Eve has been jailed for life.
Anthony Junior Murray inflicted a ‘horrific’ single blow to Joe Burton’s back with a combat knife, causing a fatal injury. Murray, 25, then told a series of lies to police as he tried to save his own skin.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard that In a ‘remarkable stroke of luck’, the murder was captured on a pet camera which Murray had installed in his flat in Bury. At trial, he admitted stabbing Mr Burton but claimed he was acting in self-defence.
A jury rejected his case and Murray was jailed for life. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars before he can be considered for parole.
Read the full story here: Murderer who stabbed sister’s boyfriend in row over dog jailed for life after killing was caught on pet cam
Ashley Crowder
A cowardly killer refused to attend court to face his victim’s loved ones as a judge sentenced him to life. Ashley Crowder, 37, inflicted ‘prolonged cruelty’ on popular musician and former DJ Graham Cox, 37.
He ‘dominated and exploited’ Mr Cox, repeatedly attacking him and stealing his benefits before killing him, beating and strangling him.
Mr Cox’s death was the result of the ‘cumulative effects’ of the violence inflicted upon him. The ‘final act’ came as he was strangled. A judge said Crowder did that with the intention of killing him.
During the first part of his sentencing hearing on July 29, after being taken to Bolton Crown Court, Crowder refused to go into the courtroom to hear statements from Mr Cox’s devastated loved ones – and a judge sentenced Crowder to life with a minimum term of 25 years.
Read the full story here: Cowardly murderer who tortured heartbroken family of popular former DJ refuses to face them once again as he’s jailed for life
Kie Connor
A man found with 31 stun guns told cops they were ‘just toys’. Kie Connor intended for the weapons to ‘find their way into the hands of criminals’, a judge said as he faced justice.
The 24-year-old was found with a cache of the weapons, ‘of a similar’ type to Taser devices issued to police officers.
When police seized the weapons from Connor’s home in Eccles, Salford, he said they were ‘just toys’. Two of the 31 stun guns were later tested and found to be in full working order. He was sentenced to three years and eight months.
Read the full story here: Shaking as police found 18 black boxes in his living room, he told them his phone PIN was ‘1234’
Warren Barnes, Paul Taylor and Adam Taylor
A drugs and money laundering gang smashed by cops was led by a fugitive kingpin who called himself ‘Pablo Picasso’, boasting that he was a ‘cocaine artist’.
Warren Barnes, 38, was on the run for four-and-a-half years. He lived the high life in Dubai, Spain and Canada, while continuing to direct his criminal network back in the UK.
Barnes, who was found to go by the username ‘Pablo Picasso’ on encrypted communication platforms, and two associates – father and son Paul and Adam Taylor – have now been locked up.
Barnes, 38, of no fixed address, was jailed for 10 years and six months. Paul Taylor, 49, of Swinton, Salford, was jailed for five years three months, while Adam Taylor, 25, of Peel Green Road, Eccles, Salford, was jailed for three years.
Read the full story here: ‘A cocaine artist’: Fugitive gang kingpin ‘Pablo Picasso’ lived it up in Dubai while directing lackeys back in the UK
Moven Kajese
A jealous ex with an ‘obsession’ for true crime cases tried to murder his former partner in a horrific attack in her own home.
The woman called 999 and shouted ‘he’s stabbing me’ as Moven Kajese thrusted a knife towards her stomach on January 2 this year. He was so ‘fixated’ on attacking her he did not react when police arrived minutes after the emergency call, and continued to try and stab her, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Kajese pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Judge Maurice Greene sentenced Kajese, of no fixed address, to an extended sentence for public protection, branding him a ‘dangerous’ offender. Kajese was told he would serve two-thirds of a 16 year sentence in prison.
Read the full story here: ‘Please don’t go, I think he’s gonna kill me’: True crime drama obsessive tried to murder ex-partner
Deborah Swift
A debt-ridden mum dubbed a ‘serial fraudster’ has been jailed for the third time. Deborah Swift, 54 – previously known as Deborah Jukes – siphoned money from two businesses.
She has a ‘compulsion’, her barrister said, adding: “She knows she’s going to get caught as she always gets caught.”
Swift’s latest offences saw her swipe more than £5,000 from a golf club near Greater Manchester and more than £20,000 from an equestrian centre in Cheshire, where she was looking after the books. Swift was jailed for two years and eight months.
Read the full story here: The woman who ‘always gets caught’
Carl Threadgill, left, and Josh Threadgill
Two brothers have been jailed after being caught trying to smuggle huge amounts of cannabis through Manchester Airport, as senior police officers warned of the ‘massive increase’ in the crime.
Carl Threadgill, from Wigan, and Josh Threadgill, from Warrington, were both caught carrying suitcases stuffed full of the class B drug. A senior officer from the National Crime Agency revealed that more than 30 tonnes of the drug has been seized since 2022, when the authorities experienced a huge increase in smuggling bids from Thailand after the drug was made legal there.
The brothers had appealed to be spared jail, but a judge said a deterrent sentence was required to put off other would-be smugglers. Carl Threadgill, of Wigan Road, Wigan, was sentenced to 26 months in prison, and Josh Threadgill, of Longshaw Street, Warrington, was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
Read the full story here: Brothers caught at Manchester Airport jailed after customs officers saw them ‘exchanging glances’
Courtney Ambrose Lee
A paranoid thug who launched ‘utterly terrifying’ attacks on women has been jailed for life.
Courtney Ambrose Lee, 29, terrorised his victims in attacks committed within days of each other. His former partner ‘genuinely believed’ that Lee would kill her during an attack, while in the second ordeal his victim was left with life-threatening injuries following an incident in a flat in Salford.
Manchester Crown Court heard that two weeks prior to the attack in Salford, Lee became ‘paranoid’ towards his then partner, aged 25, at a property in Tower Hamlets, London. He demanded to see her phone, and then accused her of ‘betraying’ him. Lee then punched her, causing her nose to bleed.
He prevented her from leaving the bedroom, barricading the door with furniture. Lee punched her again. He locked the door and stopped her from leaving. The judge told Lee that the woman ‘genuinely believed’ he was going to kill her.
She eventually managed to escape and ran for help. The attack on the second woman happened in the early hours of March 29 last year.
Lee had left London and was staying in a flat in Salford with the victim who was unaware of the previous assault in the capital. She began to notice that his behaviour changed after he used cocaine, again becoming paranoid.
He suddenly became violent, grabbing her and throwing her against a door, then throwing her around the room. Lee stabbed her with a kitchen knife, and subjected her to a ‘prolonged’ knife attack. He stabbed her repeatedly.
She begged him to stop, but Lee just continued. He began dragging her around the floor by her hair, and at one point dragged her towards the balcony of the ninth-floor flat.
She managed to escape him and banged on a neighbour’s door to get help before collapsing.
Lee, of no fixed address, was sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum of seven years 229 days, after pleading guilty to false imprisonment, intentional strangulation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to the first attack, and pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the second.
Read the full story here: Paranoid thug who launched ‘utterly terrifying’ attacks on women jailed for life
Akeel Knight-Pascoe, Lawreem Knight-Pascoe, Ellesse Fricker
Three members of a gang who ran drugs lines named after characters from Sonic the Hedgehog have been sentenced after they were caught targeting university students in south Manchester and huge events such as Parklife.
Akeel Knight-Pascoe, 33, from Whalley Range, known as ‘Knuckles’, was behind four drugs lines named after characters from the popular video game, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Shadow. He promoted the lines on Snapchat and also with business cards and lighters which contained contact details.
His team of dealers and accomplices mainly targeted university students living in Fallowfield, south Manchester, but they also supplied a vast array of drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, 2CB and ‘magic mushrooms’ at large events such as Parklife, Manchester Crown Court was told.
The police investigation, Op Stallion, led police to other members of the gang including Akeel’s brother Lawreem Knight-Pascoe, 27, a father of three who took over management when Akeel was arrested the second time and remanded into custody. Akeel regarded his younger brother as his ‘trusted lieutenant’.
Lawreem, who also had previous convictions including for supplying drugs, was arrested and he told police: “Although I was not pressured to do this, I felt I was looking out for my family by helping my brother.”
Police also arrested another member of the gang, Ellesse Fricker, 27, a mother who worked as a cleaner, at her home in Oldham and immediately found cannabis plants with flowering buds in the front bedroom. Analysis of her phones showed she made efforts to get the drugs line going again when Akeel was behind bars.
Akeel Knight-Pascoe, of Yarburgh Street in Whalley Ranage, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years after he admitted a series of drug crimes including dealing class A drugs and possessing criminal property.
Lawreem Knight-Pascoe, of Bolton Road in Worsley, was jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs.
Ellesse Fricker, of Kimberley Street in Oldham, was handed a prison sentence of two years and eight months after she pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs and possessing criminal property.
Read the full story here: Jailed, the drug kingpin nicknamed ‘Knuckles’ who ran ‘Sonic’ line targeting university students and Parklife
Kius Francis
A controlling boyfriend left bite marks on his former partner during a violent assault in which he back-handed her across the face and also forced her to hang half out of an open window.
Kius Francis, 29, subjected his ex-girlfriend to the horrific attack in November 2024 after almost two years of coercive and controlling behaviour towards her
Francis and the victim had been in a relationship from the ages of 13 to 17, then rekindled their relationship in 2022. The victim described the relationship as ‘stressful and abusive’ with defendant Francis ‘having good days and horrible days’
On November 6 2024 the victim woke up at around 6.40am to Francis ‘pulling the pillow’ out from under her head. She went to take it back, at which point Francis said she had ‘hit him in the lip’.
He then backhanded her in the face saying ‘that’s what you get for hitting me’ and told her to f*** off. As she tried to flee, he grabbed her by the neck and pushed her upper body out of the window.
The woman fought back and hit him, after which he spat blood over her. Francis then shoved her into the boiler cupboard and threw her belongings in the hall. She asked if she could put some clothes on and he threw her into the front room.
As she tried to put some clothing on, he forced her to leave naked. Police who attended later observed a deep dark bruise to her right bicep, and three foot prints and a bite mark on her back.
Francis pleaded guilty to possession of a class B substance in November 2024, and was later convicted after trial of assault causing actual bodily harm and coercive and controlling behaviour.
Francis, Cross Street in Sale, was jailed for 26 months.
Read the full story here: ‘You left your footprint on her back’: After two years of controlling behaviour, he launched his horrific attack
Ruben Candiza, Valdo De-Almeida, Marco Veiga, and Emerson Teta
Four fugitives who fled to Portugal days after a teenager died in a fatal gang revenge attack have been handed hefty jail terms.
It came after two rival outfits, Moston-based ‘M40’ gang and the Rochdale and Oldham gang, Representing the Danger (RTD), comprising of 21 young men, clashed on the streets of Moston on November 5, 2020. Sixteen-year-old Alexander John Soyoye, known as John, was killed as part of a revenge attack.
Ruben Candiza, 26; Valdo De-Almeida, 27; Marco Veiga, 25; and Emerson Teta, 25, had gone on trial accused of murder and violent disorder at Manchester Crown Court. Three weeks into the trial, and as their defence cases were due to begin, the four men changed their pleas to guilty and admitted manslaughter. They were all cleared of murder.
Six members of the RTD gang were previously convicted of John’s murder and sentenced in 2022. Francesco Raji, now 24, of Elm Road, Oldham; Christopher Semedo, now 27, of Elm Road, Oldham; Nelson Correia, now 26, of Petworth Road, Oldham; Ismiel Correia, now 24, of Cavanagh Close, Ardwick; Brent Tchipenda, now 23, of Wistaria Road, Gorton; and Octavio Antonio, now 24, of Deepdale Court, Moston were all handed life sentences. Mohammed Al-Jaf, now 25, of Bradney Close, Blackley, was convicted of manslaughter.
The second trial, which began last month, heard that the stabbing of a relative of Francesco Raji, said to be a member of M40, in Piccadilly Gardens in the afternoon of November 5, was the catalyst for the brutal ‘revenge’ attack which resulted in John’s death hours later.
After a ‘call to arms’, RTD members later went to Moston to ‘exact revenge’, with the men becoming involved in a violent melee. M40 gang members became overwhelmed and fled.
John was disarmed and injured in the earlier fight by Brent Tchipenda, and became isolated from the rest of the M40. He was then brutally set upon, being punched, kicked and stabbed, suffering 15 blows to his body. John died at the scene.
The court heard that the four were not involved in the attack, though accepted they were each armed with a weapon.
In the wake of the attack Candiza, De-Almeida, Veiga, Teta and a fifth man fled the country to ‘evade arrest’. They were each 20 at the time, save for De-Almeida who was 21. A fifth man remains in Portugal.
Candiza, of Appleby Walk, Royton, Oldham, was jailed for 10 years and eight months; De-Almeida, of Brierley Street, Oldham, was jailed for 10 years and two months; Veiga, of Burnsall Grove, Royton, Oldham was jailed for 10 years and three months; and Teta, of Chestnut Crescent, Oldham, was jailed for 10 years and five months.
Read the full story here: Fugitives involved in fatal gang revenge attack in Moston finally face justice
Stephen Lee Hallmark
A man groomed a young girl over social media before meeting her and abusing her in her own home.
The girl was just 13 when she was contacted by paedophile Stephen Lee Hallmark on Facebook. He then began messaging her on Snapchat despite her having told him her age.
Hallmark, 28 and from Liverpool, falsely claimed he was 20 and persuaded the girl to tell her family he was just 15, police said. He told officers in interview that he didn’t want her to think he was an ‘old b*****d.’
Just a month after they began speaking, Hallmark arranged to meet her in person and began sexually abusing her when they met at her home.
Sexual activity occurred during three further visits over the following three months, following which he was arrested.
As police investigated his crimes, he tried to discourage the girl from speaking to police, telling her to ‘go no comment’ and threatening to kill himself if she revealed what had happened.
Hallmark, of Allington Street in the St Michael’s area of south Liverpool, was jailed for six years after being convicted of meeting a girl under 16 following grooming and four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
Read the full story here: Girl sexually abused by paedophile who groomed her through social media says ‘my life has been destroyed’
Gabriel Levy
A man who made death threats to two mosques in Manchester days after the Heaton Park synagogue terror attack was jailed for 28 months,
Gabriel Levy, 21, made an anonymous phone call to the Al-Sunnah Mosque in Cheetham Hill on the afternoon of October 4, 2025. Using a withheld number, he told the call receiver: “I’m going to come to your mosque and kill you.”
Police went to his home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, just a few hours later and seized his mobile device. The CPS said it then emerged that a second threatening phone call was made.
Levy, who is Jewish, called the Iqra Mosque in Longsight on the same day and told a member of staff: “I am going to kill you Muslim”.
In a statement, the CPS said he admitted to being angry after watching news coverage of the October 2 synagogue attack, in which two men were killed at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall. Levy pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and was sentenced on Wednesday at Leeds Crown Court to 28 months in prison.
Read the full story here: ‘Angry’ man made terrifying threats to Manchester mosque two days after synagogue terror attack
Lewis Hanson
A drug dealer who sold cannabis on the streets from the age of 14 has been locked up for attempting to sell a potentially deadly gun.
Lewis Hanson, 20, who was shot in the elbow by a police firearms officer during his arrest in Whitefield, Bury, also sold cocaine.
A judge said it was ‘frankly terrifying’ that someone of his age could run a ‘drugs enterprise’ and seek to sell the weapon – a modified Retay 17 blank firing pistol similar in design to a Glock 17.
Hanson, of Parr Lane, Bury, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a class B drug, conspiracy to sell a prohibited weapon, possessing a prohibited firearm, possessing ammunition without a firearm certificate, possession of a class A drug with intent to supply, and possession of a class B drug with intent to supply.
He was sentenced to a total of 82 months – just under seven years – in a young offender institution.
Read the full story here: Dealer who flogged drugs from age of 14 shot by cops during arrest before being caged over gun plot
Kade Cox
A prolific and violent thief who launched a brutal attack on a biker in broad daylight has been jailed.
Kade Cox, 20, and two other masked individuals were caught on CCTV forcing a biker to crash into a wall on Melrose Avenue, in Sale, on April 17 last year year. As the man fell to the ground, the group launched a violent attack, during which one repeatedly hit him with a machete.
Despite attempting to hold on, the group stole his electric bike and fled. He was left with a number of serious injuries including a severe laceration to his thumb, and cuts to his face.
Cox, who was identified through an extensive CCTV trawl, was also found to be involved in three other thefts or attempted thefts of motorbikes and electric bikes between April and July 2025.
Cox, of Walker Road, was jailed for 10 years after previously pleading guilty to robbery, burglary with intent to steal and a further two counts of burglary where bikes were stolen during both incidents.
Read the full story here: Prolific and violent thief jailed over brutal machete gang attack on biker
Amin Akhoondi
A banned driver with a ‘shocking’ criminal record reached speeds of 128mph on the M56 motorway as he tried to escape from police – before crashing at Manchester Airport.
Amin Akhoondi, 22, who was disqualified from driving at the time, also drove at speeds of 98mph on built-up urban roads with 30mph speed limits in Wythenshawe. He’s now been jailed over what a judge called ‘an appalling example’ of dangerous driving.
Akhoondi ended up smashing the Volkswagen Golf he was driving into a steel barrier at Manchester Airport’s Terminal Two, Manchester Crown Court. He suffered a ‘significant’ spinal injury in the crash and spent 10 days in hospital in the aftermath.
At Manchester and Salford magistrates court on May 16, Akhoondi pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance. He was committed to the crown court for sentence, where he was jailed for 16 months.
Read the full story here: His criminal record was already shocking, then he did something ‘appalling’ on the M56
Patrick Hartley
A cowboy builder who ‘overpromised and underdelivered’ left damage worth £1m to homes in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. A court heard how Patrick Hartley left homeowners without adequate roofing.
The 40-year-old would take customers’ money before moving on to the next job, leaving work unfinished. His actions put families under strain as they took on more debt to have the work put right, Lancs Live reports.
The court heard Hartley, from Bacup, Rossendale, stung 13 families in a 30-month period from 2020. His fraudulent activity landed him a prison sentence of three years and nine months.
Read the full story here: Cowboy builder overpromised, underdelivered and left families ‘in a state’
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