Author: Rebecca Devonshire-Pay
Former Bolton Council employee jailed after theft of nearly £900,000 from client accounts
A former council employee has been jailed following the theft of nearly £900,000 from council accounts. Richard Shaw, of Harrier Close, Bolton, transferred £893,296 to himself from the accounts of benefit claimants’ held by Bolton Council between 2015 and 2023. Greater Manchester Police estimate that Richard Shaw’s failure to act in the best interest of […]
150 cannabis plants seized in early morning Withington police raid
Manchester South Neighbourhood Policing Team seized 150 cannabis plants following a warrant on Goldborne Avenue, Old Moat. Officers carried out the raid on the house on the 17th February following intelligence from the community. No arrests were made, but 150 cannabis plants were taken away for testing. PC Sean McDonald said: “We received a number […]
Tributes paid to men killed in Greater Manchester plane crash
Tributes have been paid to the two men who were killed in a plane crash in Littleborough, near Rochdale. Greater Manchester Police have named the two men who died as Mustafa Qays Obadey, 39, and Arian Abbasi, 36. On Tuesday 3rd February, a light aircraft crashed into a farmland near Hollingworth Lake shortly after 11am. […]