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Curtis OBrien A DRINK driver attacked the police officer who tried to arrest him following a car chase, a court heard. Curtis O’Brien, 31, ripped off his top and approached the officer, who had cornered him down an alleyway, before repeatedly throwing punches at him during a lengthy struggle. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Wayne Jackson, prosecuting, said on December 4 last year, at around 7.30pm, O’Brien was spotted by PC Matthew Sale driving a VW Golf on Ringley Road in ...

Man on laptop A JUDGE has advised a paedophile who distributed sick pictures of children to spend more time fishing than visiting chat rooms. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how loner Matthew OMahoney, aged 27, of Milton Road, Prestwich, downloaded pictures of children as young as three and distributed some of them. Megan Tollitt, prosecuting, told the court how police raided OMahoneys home at 7.40am on October 4, 2019 and seized mobile phones and a laptop from his bedroom. ...

A VICIOUS thug who stubbed a cigarette out on a womans face was a "ticking time bomb" due to his background, a judge has been told.