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Just four days after being given a chance by a judge a persistent Bury fraudster posed as a charity collector to dupe kind-hearted victims. Hayley Booth had a suspended prison sentence for burglary and fraud hanging over her but undeterred she went to the homes of three women and a man in Brandlesholme to trick them out of their cash. Booth, 30, of Whitehead Crescent, who admitted to four fraud offences and burglary, is now starting a 50-month jail term. She refused to leave her cell at Styal Prison for sentence but Judge Stuart Driver QC, who had taken a chance on her for the previou...
Blackburn Magistrates Court A WOMAN set fire to buildings on an allotment because she believed the tenant had taken it off her grandad. Blackburn magistrates heard Laura Howatson believed her grandad was still alive but the new tenant was under the impression he had died and that was why he had been offered the plot. Laura Howatson, 35, of Greenhill, Great Harwood, pleaded guilty to arson causing £2,264 worth of damage to property belonging to Peter Key and possession of cannabis and, on a separate occasion, possession of an offensive weapon, a large knife. She was sent in custody to Bur...
Woman stabbed boyfriend twice in the chest while high on crack - a judge has let her walk free in time for Christmas Gemma Higginson was said to be 'high as a kite' when she plunged a 20-inch knife into her partner's chest during a row 06:48, 24 DEC 2020 Gemma Higginson (Image: Facebook) 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 information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other relate...