Greater Manchester

A grandmother has been left with a black eye after allegedly being punched to the ground by a police officer. A Greater Manchester officer appeared to hit Colleen Murphy, 50, during an incident captured in footage that has now gone viral on social media. Greater Manchester Police said it is reviewing the incident after being […] […]

A police officer has appeared in court accused of sexual assault and misconduct in a public office. Mohammed Adnan Ali, 35, a constable with Greater Manchester Police, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The court heard the officer, who previously ran the Trafford branch of the Volunteer Police Cadets, was facing 21 charges, including […] […]

Video of Sgt Martin Dunn repeatedly punching the defenceless pet shocked animal lovers across the UK A Greater Manchester Police firearms officer who sparked outrage after punching a terrified springer spaniel after it pooed on his lounge carpet is to face a misconduct hearing next month. Sgt Martin Dunn, who earns £44,000 a year patrolling […] […]

A report looking into the use of police powers by the Greater Manchester Police force (GMP) has concluded that disproportionality still exists against minority communities, particularly within black communities. The Achieving Race Equality Report, was commissioned by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to examine how the force uses its powers. It highlights that […] […]

It is two years since iOPS was launched, prompting an extraordinary flood of scared and angry police officers to blow the whistle. As the new Chief Constable weighs up whether to ditch the part that ‘doesn’t work’, the scale of its failures are still emerging On July 9, 2019, a ‘transformational’ £29m new computer system […] […]

Barbara O’Shea, 58, also fraudulently took out one loan, and tried to take out a second, in the name of another neighbour and used the police computer system to search his name, a court heard. A member of Greater Manchester Police staff who conned her neighbour into lending her thousands of pounds has been told […] […]

A British Transport Police (BTP) representative told an inquiry that his organisation failed to share vital information with other emergency services following the Manchester Arena attack on 22 May 2017, which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more. Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan agreed with Paul Greaney, the counsel to the inquiry, that there had […] […]

The chief constable at the time of the Manchester Arena bombing has denied trying to mislead an independent review into the emergency response six months later. The public inquiry into the May 2017 attack has heard of significant multi-agency communication failures as fire crews took more than two hours to arrive and only three paramedics […] […]

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) had received a mandatory conduct referral from GMP in October 2018 in relation to Police Constable Adnan Ali, who ran the Trafford Volunteer Police Cadets. It followed his arrest earlier that month on suspicion of police corruption, resulting from a report of abuse of position for a sexual […] […]

A furious mother is demanding an apology after police turned up at her home in a van to check her ‘petrified’ daughter was self-isolating at home with Covid-19. Officers visited the home of Kathryn Crook in Middleton, Greater Manchester, to check that Charlotte, 12, was adhering to Covid guidance after catching the virus. Ms Crook, […] […]

A police chief has apologised “unreservedly” for failings by Greater Manchester Police in the emergency services response to the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling gave evidence at the public inquiry into the attack, which killed 22 people. He began by offering condolences to those affected by the events which took place […] […]

A POLICE officer from Rochdale has been jailed after pleading guilty to spying for an organised crime group. PC Mohammed Malik, 37, who tried to save victims in the Manchester Arena terror attack while he was off duty, led a double life as an underworld spy while working for Greater Manchester Police. Malik was jailed […] […]