Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square) — Verdicts & Court Reports

North West·17 cases covered

Manchester Crown Court at Crown Square is the senior Crown Court centre for Greater Manchester, hearing the conurbation’s most serious cases — including murder and major organised crime — many of them high-profile trials of national interest.

• DAD HID PAINKILLERS IN CRISP PACKET TO SMuggle INTO PRISON: DAUGHTER'S SON SENTENCED

  8 June 2026 at 01:00sentenced_onlysix months suspended, suspended

• VICKRUM DIGWA SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER: HENRY NOWAK'S KILLING CONDEMNED

  2 June 2026 at 01:00sentenced_onlylife, imprisonment, minimum term 21 years

• SCOTT DAGG SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER IN PRESTON

  31 December 2023 at 00:00convicted24 years, imprisonment

• FORMER SPANDAU BALETTIST JAILED FOR MULTIPLE SEX OFFENCES: 14 YEARS IN PRISON

  30 April 2026 at 01:00convicted14 years, imprisonment

• DANGEROUS PREDATOR ADAM HALL SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR RAPING AND INFECTING VICTIMS WITH HIV

  23 April 2026 at 01:00convictedlife, imprisonment, minimum term 23 years and 42 days

• ANDREW MALKINSON EXONERATED AFTER 17 YEARS: JUSTICE DELAYED BUT FINALLY DONE

  17 April 2023 at 01:00convictedN/A, N/A, minimum term N/A

• EX-BRISTOL POLICE OFFICER JAILED FOR INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS AND SEXUAL OFFENCES

  20 April 2026 at 01:00sentenced_only13 months, imprisonment

• TODDLER'S DEATH AT FAIRYTALES NURSERY: SENIOR STAFF MEMBER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS

  17 April 2026 at 01:00sentenced_onlyThree years and four months, imprisonment

• MOTHER OF TWO SENTENCED FOR ARSON AFTER SETTING FIRE TO HER HOME IN BRADFORD

  9 April 2026 at 01:00sentenced_onlytwo-and-a-half years, imprisonment

• STACEY SHARPLES JAILED FOR PERVERTING JUSTICE: FALSE RAPE ALLEGATIONS TARGETED TEN MEN

  15 March 2026 at 00:00convictedfour and a half years, imprisonment

• BRISTOL NURSERY WORKER NATHAN BENNETT SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS FOR GROUNDSWORTHY ABUSE

  16 March 2026 at 00:00sentenced_only24 years, imprisonment, minimum term 6 years

• BOOTLE WORKER JAILED FOR STABBING COLLEAGUE WITH KNIFE: EIGHT-HALF YEARS IN PRISON

  14 March 2026 at 00:00convictedeight-and-a-half years, imprisonment

• JAY CONWAY SENTENCED TO FOURTEEN YEARS FOR GUN POSSESSION AND DRUG CHARGES

  6 March 2026 at 00:00sentenced_only14 years, imprisonment

• ABDUL HUSSAIN GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER AND WEAPONS POSSESSION AFTER FIGHT IN BURY

  5 March 2024 at 00:00mixed

• KAI PENNELL SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF DUANE KEEN: MINIMUM TERM SET AT 23 YEARS

  24 February 2026 at 00:00sentenced_onlylife imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years, imprisonment, minimum term 23 years

• ZAFFAR HUSSAIN CONVICTED: RACIAL ABUSE THREATENS FORMER MP DANCZUKUK

  25 February 2026 at 00:00convicted12 month community order, 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, 120 hours unpaid work, community

• OAVEED RAHMAN CONVICTED: RESCUE CENTRE OWNER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR CRUELTY AND FRAUD

  2 December 2025 at 00:00convictedfive years, imprisonment

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