Police are appealing for help after a woman had her finger broken during a vicious robbery in the car park at Wythenshawe Hospital.
The 53-year-old woman was getting into her car at the University Hospital of South Manchester on March 3 at about 6.30pm when a teenager opened the passenger door and grabbed her handbag. Continue reading “Police appeal after mugger strikes at Wythenshawe Hospital”
The Wythenshawe man who made a false allegation of rape was fined just £90, it has been revealed.
Police refused to name the 22-year-old man, who sparked fear in Wythenshawe when he made the false claim in October, because he was dealt by a fixed penalty notice for wasting police time.
Victims of sexual offences are given lifelong anonymity but lose that right if they are charged with offences relating to making a false claim. But Greater Manchester Police said it is not their policy to name people who are given fixed penalty notices.
And when the Wythenshawe Reporter asked police why the bogus victim was given the penalty rather than being dealt with by the courts, they issued the following statement: “A Fixed Penalty Notice is a tool police officers have to deal with a number of cases, of which this is one.
“It is one of a number of options available to officers and each case is judged on merit.This particular FPN has meant a fine of £90.” Continue reading “Wythenshawe man who made false rape claim was fined £90”
A worker at a Wythenshawe care home who prised wedding rings from a dementia-suffering pensioner and pawned them for just £54 has been jailed for a year.
Sally Murphy, aged 37, of Saxholme Walk, Wythenshawe, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to stealing the rings from 88-year-old Joyce Reeves, when she was being cared for at Marion Lauder House residential care home in Woodhouse Park. The victim died several weeks after the thefts from an unrelated cause. Continue reading “Cruel Wythenshawe care worker who prised wedding rings from sleeping dementia sufferer is jailed”
A Wythenshawe man who made a false allegation he had been raped has been given a fixed penalty notice.
Police have refused to name the 22-year-old man who made the false claim in October which sparked concern in Wythenshawe.
Officers were called to Greenwood Road in the early hours of Friday 18 October 2013, after the man claimed he was the victim of a sex attack. Continue reading “Man who sparked fear in Wythenshawe after making false rape claim is given fixed penalty notice”
A Wythenshawe man out with his 17-month-old child was robbed at knife point in the middle of a park in broad daylight yesterday.
The man handed over his wallet to the two robbers because he feared for the safety of his child, police said.
Sometime between 4.45pm and 5.05pm on Tuesday 26 November 2013 two men approached the man, who was pushing a pram through Rodgers Park off Firbank Road in Newall Green.
One of the men threatened him with a knife and demanded his wallet. The man with the child handed over the wallet which contained a small amount of cash and his bank card.
They then joined another two men who were waiting nearby and left through a wooded area of the park.
One of the men is described as white, around 5ft tall and around 17-years-old. He was wearing dark clothing with the hood up and a scarf covering his face. The other man was described as having dark skin, around 17 or 18-years-old and medium to large build. He was also wearing dark clothing with the hood up and a scarf covering his face.
Police are appealing for information and witnesses.
Detective Constable Neil McDonnell said: “This robbery happened in daylight in the middle of a local park. The man handed over his wallet out of fear for his and his child’s safety.
“We are urging anyone in the park at the time who may have seen the robbery or the men described to call police.
“In particular we are keen to speak to the two men who left with the offenders. Although not believed to be involved at all in the robbery, we are urging them to do the right thing and come forward with information about who is responsible.”
Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 4882 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
