Killer drivers, murderer mum and rapists among those jailed in Greater Manchester in July
A mum who murdered her five-year-old son was among the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this month.
As he was making his way down Oldham Road, Heather Smedley was at the front of a line of traffic waiting to turn right onto Otmoor Way. Doyle then turned into the junction, narrowly avoiding Mrs Smedley. He and his fellow gang members used encrypted mobile phones to run the operation and arrange deliveries around north east Manchester. Manchester Crown Court heard Duffy was a 'highly-trusted member' of the group, responsible for delivering drugs to customers as well as obtaining and storing guns and ammunition.
Nathan Loftus, of Wilton Drive, Bury, was jailed for 22 years in October 2021 for his role in the huge drugs plot. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine. On July 3 at Minshull Street Crown Court, he was found guilty of both offences. He was jailed for nine years with a two-year extended licence.
Mr Parris had been cycling on the main carriageway at around 12.50am on December 20, 2021, having previously complained about the 'state of repair of the cycle path'. Prosecuting, John Kennerley said Mr Parris was wearing a helmet and reflective clothing, while his bicycle had functioning lights on the front and rear and the road was 'illuminated by street lights'.
Singh Latthore pleaded guilty to causing death by driving without due care and attention, and causing death whilst driving not in accordance to his provisional licence, having been unsupervised while hitting Mr Parris. Singh Ratthore, of Lime Crescent, Old Trafford, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and will be eligible for release on licence.
He was arrested and found to be carrying the Stanley knife again. As he was taken to custody, he 'continued to be aggressive and agitated' and damaged his handcuffs. The child's mother Claire Scanlon, 38, claimed he had fallen down stepladders and that he had been 'running around with the dog' just 20 minutes before reporting him unresponsive. She was arrested and later hospitalised under the Mental Health Act, during which she admitted to staff members at Edenfield Hospital: "I killed my son."
Fraudster put on a female voice to pose as his dead mum A devious son posed as his dead mother by putting on a female voice to con his grieving dad out of £56,000, a court heard. The court heard Cuthbert’s father became suspicious in mid-2017 and confronted his son but was too overcome with grief to take it further. In early 2018, the father was visited by an official from his building society informing him he was going to lose his house due to debt arrears.
Those messages - which GMP described as 'horrific' - included the details of a violent and targeted attack on a man and showed Lawrence conspiring to buy tens of thousands of pounds-worth of drugs to be distributed across Manchester. The crucial phone evidence showed that, in April 2020, Lawrence was approached as a ‘thug for hire’, tasked with threatening someone with a firearm as a result of a long-standing dispute over drug debts.
At Manchester Crown Court on July 14, 29-year-old Lawrence was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and conspiracy to supply cocaine. He went on to sexually assault two people and 'continued to become erratic' and was causing 'understandable distress and concern'. A nurse moved him to another area however he returned and hurled more abuse.
Sick predator attacked pensioner and child after 'trawling streets' for victims A remorseless rapist attacked a pensioner and sexually assaulted a child while ‘trawling the streets at night time looking for vulnerable individuals', a court heard. Issa Brayzi-Pour, 22, has been jailed for public protection after committing the attacks on two complete strangers in Farnworth.
Ms Blackshaw said that Brayzi-Pour had taken hold of her, and was 'effectively steering her around corners'. But as they reached a side road Brayzi-Pour raped her, during the summer last year. Brayzi-Pour was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence before the Parole Board decides whether it is safe to release him.
The court heard how Karim and Salar had been driving an Audi A5 along Waterloo Road in Cheetham Hill on January 11 of this year, when they intercepted the Mercedes sprint van. Boy racer who killed pregnant mum Frankie Hough and her unborn child in BMW horror smash jailed A boy racer filmed himself speeding at up to 123mph before losing control and killing a pregnant mum-of-two on the M66. Frankie Jules-Hough's son Tommy, aged nine, and nephew Tobias, aged four, were also ‘very seriously injured’ in the horror crash.
He eventually lost control, hit the railings and collided with the Skoda. Iqbal pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving; and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. In the days after the attack, Moody rang a relative to ask if a £2,000 bounty he had been promised for the hit had arrived in a bank account. He said: "I have done them proud, I have done it for them." At Manchester Crown Court, Moody was jailed for another eight years after he was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.
Daniel Neale attacked the two women at Old Trafford station after United's home fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers on May 13. The workers had confronted Neale after they found him drinking inside a turnstile at the busy station. The 26-year-old managed to evade police despite making 'many trips' to the bedside of his new girlfriend, who was injured in the incident.Two other women were left injured in the crash, with one suffering a fractured spine and ribs, plus internal haemorrhaging and extensive liver damage.
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