GMP officers jailed after assault

Article published: Thursday, April 8th 2010

Two police officers of Greater Manchester have been jailed for 18 months for inflicting “deliberate cruelty” on a 19-year-old woman while in custody. The judge told the court that her treatment was “little short of torture”.

Anti-fascists complain of policing at Bolton demo

Article published: Friday, April 2nd 2010

Anti-fascist demonstrators are challenging police accounts of the counter-demonstrations against the far-right English Defence League held in Bolton on 20 March.

“Knife arch” for Piccadilly Gardens

Article published: Friday, February 19th 2010

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have today erected a temporary “knife arch”, consisting of a metal detector and sniffer dogs, in Piccadilly Gardens for pedestrians to walk through.

Another arrest made over Muslim grave attacks

Article published: Monday, February 15th 2010

Police have made a second arrest in connection with the vandalism of Muslim graves which took place last year in Southern Cemetary. Greater Manchester Police announced that a 16 year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and has been bailed until Wednesday, March 10 pending further inquiries. This follows the arrest […]

Greater Manchester Police spin a yarn worth £100,000

Article published: Tuesday, February 9th 2010

Any aspiring Pinocchio need look no further than the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for his calling. It was announced this week that the cash-strapped force spent over £100,000 on story-telling. According to the Tameside Advertiser, as part of a training session GMP chiefs hired consultants who encouraged senior officers to share tales of successful operations […]

Man arrested in connection with attacks on Muslim graves

Article published: Friday, February 5th 2010

A 22 year old man has been arrested by police investigating vandalism of Muslim graves in south Manchester. He was held by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and has been bailed until 11 March 2010 pending further inquiries. As reported by MULE last year a spate of three separate incidents […]

High Court rules in favour of North West 10

Article published: Friday, December 4th 2009

Two of the ‘North West 10’ have won a landmark High Court victory, overturning the government’s decision to withhold bail on secret evidence. Ten Pakistani students were arrested in April in bungled terror raids across the Northwest and two have been locked up ever since.