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Partington, who has 16 previous offences on his record, initially told officers that the pot was for personal use during the lockdown. However, during questioning, he admitted to dealing the drugs and said that his initial statement was a joke. The weed has an estimated value of £150,000 ($260,000). Both men received jail sentences of more than two years. Defence lawyer Brendan O’Leary said Partington was attempting to repay a debt with the weed, after previously serving a jail sentence for ...

Students at ‘bottom of the pile’ as they lose thousands on empty accommodation Johnny Jenkins and Emily Braeger have both lost out on thousands (Handout/PA) University students have described feeling “bottom of the pile”, with many having lost thousands of pounds on accommodation they have been unable to stay in during the coronavirus pandemic. The Government has announced that in-person teaching in England will not return until May 17 at the earliest. By that point many students will h...

Patrick Kelly A VILE paedophile who was convicted of abusing a child in a public swimming pool 37 years ago is finally behind bars after sexually assaulting another young girl. Bolton Crown Court heard how, in 1984, Patrick Kelly was at a swimming pool when he touched a girl’s private parts inside her costume. He was fined for the offence. “I don’t wish to comment unduly on sentencing regimes 30-odd years ago, but they were very different times,” said Judge Timothy Stead. “If ...

Paedophile let-off with fine 30 years ago continued to commit his sickening crimes Patrick Kelly, 65, told police any contact was ‘accidental’ and was ‘not sexually motivated’ - before pleading guilty 19:05, 6 APR 2021 Patrick Kelly sexually assaulted a child at a swimming pool in the 1980s For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the info...

Burglar MEN who attempted to burgle a house fled when the homeowner was woken by a security app on his phone. Bolton Crown Court heard how Christopher Clementson was asleep at his home in Runfield Close, Leigh on March 5 last year when he was woken at 12.40am. "A notification on his phone had been sent to him by his home security system," said Daniel Calder, prosecuting. "When he got out of bed and looked through a window he saw a male dressed in grey standing in his garden." Mr Cleme...

A MAN has been jailed for 12 years after raping two women in the space of a year.

Venue on Silver Street, Bury A MAN was left needing cosmetic surgery after his lip was torn in two following a fight outside a Bury nightclub, a court heard. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Terry Baines was repeatedly punched and kicked by Ian Shannon as he lay in the road outside Venue in Bury town centre. The attack left Mr Baines with a catalogue of injuries following the incident in September 2019, during which another victim, Anna Dwyer, was punched to the head by S...

A PERVERT who took pictures of a five-year-old girl in sexualised poses has been jailed for 21 months. Christopher Mullins’ crime was discovered after police raided his home and seized a Playstation 4, Xbox and Sony mobile phone. When the phone was examined, officers found 10 images the 30-year-old had taken of a young girl without her mother’s knowledge. There were also 125 indecent images of young girls in tight-fitting swimwear he had downloaded. Kate Hammond, prosecuting, told B...