All news by author: Pat Hurst

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Student who planned to kill 50 people made sick plan from his mum's back bedroom
Wannabe revolutionary Jacob Graham, 19, from Norris Green in Liverpool, had collected a stash of chemicals and manuals on weapons, bombs and poisons, police said
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Girls were 'left at mercy' of paedophile grooming gangs due to police failings
A damning 173-page review sets out multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police and apparent local authority indifference to the plight of hundreds of youngsters
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Co-accused claims he was 'relieving himself behind tree' during murder of teen
Boy Y - who has been diagnosed with selective mutism, as well as autism spectrum disorder since the murder - said he was relieving himself behind a tree when Brianna Ghey was killed
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Murder accused boy tells court co-defendant stabbed trans teen to death in park
Brianna Ghey was discovered stabbed nearly 30 times with a hunting knife in a park near Warrington, Cheshire, and was declared dead at the scene in February this year
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Brianna Ghey's alleged killer watched gory film Sweeney Todd night before murder
Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times on February 11, of this year, in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire, and two teenagers, identified as Girl X and Boy Y, are accused of her murder
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Benjamin Mendy referred to young women as "b****es" in text messages with friend
Historic text messages between Benjamin Mendy and his "fixer" Louis Saha Matturie have been revealed after Matturie was cleared of all charges at his retrial
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Woman who 'posed as man to sexually assault teen' was 'caught in web of lies'
Georgia Bilham is on trial at Chester Crown Court, accused of deceiving a 19-year-old girl and convincing her she was a male named 'George', a drug dealer from Birmingham
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Man dies after 'stolen' Audi smashes into house - before killer flees on foot
A man in his 60s died after being hit by an allegedly stolen Audi that smashed into a house before the driver got out and fled the scene on foot - with police now hunting to track him down
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13 men appear in court charged with child sex offences over two-year period
The men are accused of numerous offences against multiple girls, aged between 14 and 17, over a two-year period between 2016 and 2018 - mainly in the Blackrod and Adlington areas of Bolton, Greater Manchester