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Manchester Crown Court (Picture: PA) A DRUG dealer who was found driving with no insurance has been jailed. Husnain Ali, of Rishton Lane, Great Lever, admitted to being in possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, obstructing police and driving with no insurance. The 28-year-old was sentenced to three years in prison at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, March 5. He was also disqualified from driving for two-and-a-half years. The conviction comes after police pulled over a suspicious vehicle in Little Hulton in April last year and a quantity of suspected drugs and cash were found. ....
JAILED: Bernard Brookes A CONVICTED paedophile has been jailed after he kept his sordid past secret from a new partner. In 2010 Bernard Brookes was jailed for six years for having sex with a girl aged under 13 and made subject to a sexual offences prevention order for the rest of his life. He was supervised in the community, but Bolton Crown Court heard how he lied to his sex offender manager, claiming he was single. In reality he had started a relationship with a woman who had children and failed to inform her about his background for months. Amanda Johnson, prosecuting, told the court how, under the terms of the sexual offences prevention order, 48-year-old Brookes is banned from approaching or communicating with children and prohibited from allowing children into his home. ....