Two men have been found guilty of kidnapping and violently assaulting an 87 year-old Imam in Oldham last year, causing significant injuries including a brain bleed alongside swelling and lacerations across his body.

Azizur Rahman, 38, and Shohad Miah, 24, had previously denied these offences and attempted to pervert the course of justice by setting fire to the car they used to kidnap the man.

Sobia Ahmed, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said: “Azizur Rahman and Shohad Miah carried out a disgraceful, targeted attack on a lone man.

A man has been found guilty today of murdering and dismembering a man who he lived with, following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, killed Stuart Everett, 67, before dismembering his body and depositing his remains in different locations across Greater Manchester and Salford over the course of a week in an attempt to conceal his crime.

A former Co-operative bank director and local councillor was jailed today after previously admitting defrauding a vulnerable friend.

Paul Flowers, 74, abused his power, withdrawing cash and paying for goods and services from a friend’s bank account, before and after she died.

He was jailed for three years at Manchester Crown Court on 27 February 2025.

Jayne Sharp, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West said: “Paul Flowers appeared to be a pillar of the community as a former Methodist minister, local councillor and bank director.

A primary school teacher, who had been advised by medical professionals he was not fit to drive, has been sentenced to seven years and four months in prison after causing the death of two people on the A66 in Cumbria.

He was also disqualified from driving for 16 years and 10 months and must take an extended retest to be eligible to drive again.

In the early evening of 13 February 2023 David Henderson, 45, was returning home from teaching at a school in Workington in his red Volkswagen Golf.

Robert Emmerson, 40, was sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court to four years and six months in prison. He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for life. 

The facts of the offences can be found in the CPS North West press release on conviction.