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Have you seen missing Darren Barnes from Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe?

Darren Barnes1Police are appealing for the public’s help to find Woodhouse Park man, Darren Barnes.

Darren, who was last seen on Friday 5 October 2018 in Knutsford, Cheshire is white, and described as around 5ft7in tall, of stocky build with shaved brown hair and stubble.

He was last seen wearing a white shirt with ID Verge Logo, grey combat trousers, brown rigger work boots.

It is believed he could be driving a white 67 plate Mondeo.

Darren travels a lot around the North West, most notably Cheshire and Merseyside. It is believed he could have been in the Knutsford or Mere areas of Cheshire over the weekend.

His family are very concerned about his welfare and are appealing for his safe return home as soon as possible.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting the missing person reference number MP/18/0119797.

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Brave sexual assault victim praised by police after Wythenshawe man is jailed

BarnesA 79-year-old Wythenshawe man has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a four year-old girl in the 1990s.

Kenneth Barnes  of Selstead Road in Wythenshawe was today sentenced to nine-years in prison after being found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault at a previous court hearing .

His victim, who was four and five years-old and in foster care when she was sexually assaulted and orally raped by Barnes, came forward years later and reported him to police having been traumatised by his behaviour. Continue reading “Brave sexual assault victim praised by police after Wythenshawe man is jailed” →

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Appeal to trace wanted Wythenshawe man

Iain Shankley DickinsonPolice are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man from Wythenshawe.

Iain Shankley Dickenson, aged 35, was released from prison on 13 August 2018 after being jailed in October 2017 for burglary offences.

He has since breached the terms of his licence and is now wanted on recall to prison.

Dickenson is known to have links to the Collyhurst, Monsall, Ancoats and Manchester City Centre areas.

Anybody with information regarding the whereabouts of Iain Shankley Dickenson is asked to contact police on 0161 856 3508 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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Police appeal for help to trace wanted man

Grant LeighPolice are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man from Hyde, with links to Wythenshawe.

Grant Leigh, aged 27, is wanted in connection with an arson that took place on Clayton Street in Dukinfield on 25 December 2017. He is also wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his license set when he was released in July 2018.

Leigh is known to have links to the Tameside, Oldham and Wythenshawe areas of Greater Manchester.

Police say he is aware that he is wanted by police and is actively evading arrest. Anybody who is found to be assisting Leigh in his efforts to avoid being found will face prosecution.

Anybody with information regarding the whereabouts of Grant Leigh is asked to contact police on 0161 856 9353 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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£20,000 reward offered to solve mystery of missing Martin Joyce
Martin Joyce
Sisters Barbara, Mary, Helen and family friend, Loretta

Detectives are offering a £20,000 reward in a hunt for the truth about Manchester man, Martin Joyce, who mysteriously disappeared nearly 20 years ago.  

Today (23 September 2018) would have been Martin Joyce’s 48th birthday. Back in September 1999 – when he was 29 – he gave his sister, Mary a lift before going to Ancoats for a night out. Little did she know that was the last time she’d ever see him. He had visited his other sister, Helen McDonagh a week earlier in Wythenshawe.

Nineteen years later, officers are no closer to finding out exactly what happened to Martin on that fateful night but information received a few years ago leads them to believe he was murdered after being assaulted at the Bank of England Pub. Continue reading “£20,000 reward offered to solve mystery of missing Martin Joyce” →