Sentencing took place on 15 July 2025. Azizur Rahman,39, was jailed for 11 years and 16 weeks and Shohad Miah, 25, was jailed for nine years.

Andrew Cunningham, 43, tried to kiss a female member of Metrolink staff and racially abused 2 others at Deansgate Castlefield tram stop in May 2024. Sentence: Total 16wks imprisonment, incl a 4wk uplift for racism. He must also pay total £200 compensation & £85 prosecution costs

Romon Haque has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing a nurse with scissors. Read more: orlo.uk/DQqgv

Josh Andrusjak, 30 from Leigh, has been jailed after racially abusing a Greater Manchester Police officer in Leigh in June this year. To reflect the hate crime element of the offence the court uplifted his sentence from 16 weeks imprisonment to 20 weeks imprisonment.

Mourad Malki, 48, also known as Sid Ali Djelid, has been found guilty of a series of rapes in the area known as Manchester's gay village. Read more: orlo.uk/au4K7

Vijay Gaikwad, 44, has been jailed today for six years at Bolton Crown Court. Read more cps.gov.uk/north-west/new…

In January Michelle McCourt, 38 from Whitehaven, racially abused staff at her local Chinese takeaway. Sentence: 12mth Community Order with rehabilitation days and 6mths exclusion from the takeaway. She must also pay £80 fine (incl a racism uplift), £114 surcharge and £85 costs.

Former Premier League football player Colin Hendry, 59, has been sentenced at Preston Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to harassing his former partner. Read more: orlo.uk/DCgWK

Helen Sykes, 45 from Manchester, was ordered to pay £250 compensation to the Greater Manchester Police officer she racially abused in the street in February this year. She was also sentenced to a 12mth community order with 15 rehabilitation days and 100 hours unpaid work.

In March Richard Heffernann, 56 from Stockport, racially abused and assaulted a taxi driver in Levenshulme. Sentence: 12mth Community order with 10 rehabilitation days, 80hrs unpaid work (uplifted from 50hrs for racism) and must pay £199 costs and £100 compensation to the driver

Anthony Ellis, now 36, has pleaded guilty to murder over 10 years after he attacked a man in 2012. The man died in 2023 as a result of the injuries inflicted by Ellis in 2012. Read more: orlo.uk/5RdBH

10 members of an organised crime group were jailed this week for crimes including conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and the purchase and supply of firearms and class A drugs. Read more: orlo.uk/FN8F6

James Harvey, 36 from Stockport, has had his fine uplifted from £120 to £180 for racial aggravation after assaulting and racially abusing a security guard at Stockport Wetherspoons in 2023. The court also ordered him to pay £85 prosecutions costs and £72 victim surcharge.

Anthony Ellis, now 36, has been jailed for life for murder, over 10 years after he carried out a senseless attack in 2012. Read more on our website: orlo.uk/Vyf2U

Christopher Barlow, 62, has been found guilty of murdering 55-year-old Mariann Borocz and disposing of her body in his shed. Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/TI0Qk

Elias Morgan, 35, planned and executed the shooting of former prison officer, Lenny Scott in February 2024 Read more on our website ▶️ orlo.uk/f4qFr

Jack Naylor, 22, was jailed for life today for murdering his own mother’s ex-partner and was ordered to serve a 16 year minimum term. Read more: orlo.uk/tGGYA

Nicholas Martin, 63, has been found guilty of attempting to murder his ex-partner, after he poured petrol through her letterbox in the middle of the night and set it alight, whilst she was asleep inside. Read more: orlo.uk/JBQ0X

Senior heart surgeon, Amal Krishna Bose, 55, has been jailed after sexually assaulting hospital workers. Read more on our website: orlo.uk/t3oxt

Today, Kerry Allan has spoken out for the first time since her abuser was sentenced for her attempted murder and strangulation. Read about how Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors, working with Greater Manchester Police, brought Michael Cosgrove to justice for the most serious charges ➡️ orlo.uk/MyAvb