'We're lucky he wasn't stabbed': Furious woman whose boyfriend, 32, was beaten by six men on night out slams 'joke' Manchester police for 'failing to investigate attack' - as watchdog blasts force for failing to record a FIFTH of crime Amanda Norris has slammed 'joke' Greater Manchester Police after her boyfriend was attacked by six men She claims England's second biggest police force failed to properly investigate the assault in April last year Greater Manchester Police is not recording around one in five crimes reported, damning report reveals That figure rose to one in four violent crimes and represented 80,000 alleged offences, or 220 a day