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SENTENCED: Bolton Crown Court A BURY man has been sentenced to four years in jail after kidnapping a woman from her home. Connor Hamer, of Wash Lane Terrace, Bury, visited the woman's house near Morecambe late on June 3 last year after an argument over dogs and puppies that they shared ownership of. The woman was outside smoking a cigarette when Hamer, 27, arrived at her property saying he was going to take the puppies but he then "changed tack" and became aggressive towards her. She ran up the drive to try and get away but Hamer caught her and grabbed her by her hair and started punc...

Banned driver caught riding child's e-scooter just weeks after 90mph police chase He told police the scooter was a child's birthday present Kyle Lowthian (Image: M.E.N.) Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A banned driver was caught...

Kyle Lowthian and an e-scooter A DANGEROUS driver was prosecuted for riding an e-scooter just weeks after he was bitten by police dog and his BMW broke down during a 90mph police chase. Bolton Crown Court heard how 34-year-old Kyle Lowthian was spotted using the Qings Wing electric scooter, which he claimed to have bought for his son's birthday, by a police officer on Outwood Road, Radcliffe at 11.10pm on November 18 last year. Legally e-scooters are treated the same as motor vehicles and so can only be used in public if the user holds a licence and is insured. Verity Quaite, prosecut...

Cecilia Street, Bolton A MAN who frightened neighbours by hammering on his ex-partner’s door while wielding an axe has been jailed for 15 months. Bolton Crown Court heard how 43-year-old Shaun Walmsley attacked his ex-partner’s home in Celia Street, Great Lever, with friend Mark Byron on November 22 last year. Byron was seen carrying a kitchen knife banging on the door of the house, with Walmsley carrying an axe, shouting ‘I’m going to f***ing kill you, you’re going to get it’.” Maria Brennan, prosecuting, told the court how a concerned neighbour came out of the house to q...

Bolton Crown Court A VENGEFUL grandad wrecked a house after being denied access to his grandson. Michael Barlow used a hammer to smash his way into the home of his son's ex-partner and set about destroying property including shattering the TV screen and badly damaging doors and kitchen appliances. The home owner was alerted to the break-in on April 3 last year by a neighbour but it was only the following month that forensic tests on blood found at the scene revealed the culprit to be 50-year-old Barlow. In a statement read out at Bolton Crown Court the victim said she had tried to kee...