Three teenage killers who lured a college student to a park following a row over drug debt before stabbing him to death were amongst those jailed in Greater Manchester this week.
Maciej Mikolajczyk, Lilner Neto and Benson Jones attacked Alan Szelugowski before taking his mobile phone so he had no chance to call for help.
Also locked up in Greater Manchester this week was a twisted couple who sexually abused children and a revenge-fuelled coward who lay in wait for his ex-partner’s husband before running him over whilst he was on his way to work.
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Faces of the teenage killers who lured college student to park in row over drug debt and left him to bleed to death
These are the three teenage killers who lured a college student to a park in a row over a drug debt and left him to bleed to death. Maciej Mikolajczyk, then 17, stabbed his 'close friend' Alan Szelugowski 20 times before taking his mobile phone so he had no chance of calling for help.
On Monday he was jailed for life for murder and told he will serve at least 20 years before being considered for parole. His accomplices Lilner Neto and Benson Jones, both 16 at the time of the attack in January 2022, have each been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of manslaughter.
Their names and faces can today be revealed for the first time as they are all now 18-years-old. Alan, 17, suffered horrendous injuries to his head and body in the 'brutal, mindless' attack..
He was discovered in Clowes Park in Salford the following morning by dog walkers. A trial had earlier heard Alan was murdered after he had 'fallen out' with his 'close friend' Mikolajczyk over a cannabis debt.
They had arranged to meet at the park on January 29, 2022, to 'sort things out', Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Mikolajczyk, of Moorsley Drive, Blackley, brought along Lilner Neto, of Duke Street, Broughton, and Benson Jones, of Edith Street, Moss Side, to the 'pre-planned' assault.
Carrying 'at least one knife' they arrived at the park in a stolen BMW. They then 'set upon' Alan in the dark in a vicious attack which lasted around 10 minutes.
Sick and twisted husband and wife drugged children before sexually abusing them
A sick and twisted husband and wife who groomed children before drugging and sexually abusing them have now been jailed.
Claire Moores, 46, and husband Craig Moores, 51, from Stockport, were reported to the police in May 2019 in relation to non-recent sexual offences against two girls between 2002 and 2008.
The couple were arrested and charged on August 2020 and found guilty of 15 charges at trial. They have now been jailed at Minshull Street Crown Court for a combined total of 28 years.
The court heard how two girls, who have not been named due to legal reasons, reported being given substances prior to being sexually abused by the couple. A third victim was exposed to the presence and consumption of controlled drugs and sexual activity.
Driver ploughed into stranger 'at speed' as he walked home from night out with friends
A driver ploughed into a stranger as he walked home from a night out with friends in south Manchester in a 'mindless' act of violence.
The man was left with catastrophic injuries, including two broken legs, after Mohammed Gulshin followed him at speed, before mowing him down in his Volkswagen Scirocco on Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield - whilst over the drink drive limit.
He subsequently crashed into a nearby wall with such force that the bricks became dislodged, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Hours earlier, Gulshin, 25, had been removed from the area following a disturbance with police due to his 'aggravated' behaviour.
Gulshin, who attended the hearing with his wife, admitted causing wounding, as well as possession of two knives which were found in his car, and separate offences of drug dealing.
During a break in the hearing, in which he was told to remain within the precincts of the court, he was spotted going to Greggs. After he returned, he was jailed for four years.
Gulshin, of Newport Street, who admitted section 20 wounding, possession of a knife, conspiring to supply class A drugs and possession with intent to supply class B drugs, was also banned from driving for five years.
Armed robber waved claw hammer around in terrifying raid - but had plans foiled after being confronted by fearless owners in their 70s
An armed robber who waved a claw hammer around in a terrifying raid at a jewellers in Manchester had his plans foiled after being confronted by the shop's brave owners, both aged in their 70s.
But weeks before, in January 2023, Daniel Smith, 38, from Old Trafford, had scoped out another store, Christopher Brown Jewellers in Stockport, for 'security weaknesses' before barging through the door and threatening staff with a weapon.
He propped the security door open with a brick in a bag before pressing a weapon against a terrified member of staff and demanding they handed over a unique, highly-valued necklace before stealing it from the scene.
A brazen Smith later appeared at Abelson's Jewellers in the St Ann's Arcade, Manchester city centre, in March of 2023, with intentions to steal similar items.
He waved a claw hammer as he tried to snatch an expensive bracelet from the owners, Malcolm Abelson, age 78 and Elise, age 71, but left empty handed by their fearless reactions when they bravely fought back.
After pleading guilty to three charges of armed robbery, attempted armed robbery and possession of an offensive weapon, Smith was sentenced to four-and-half-years at Minshull Street Crown Court on June 15.
Coward who ‘prowled the streets’ before following and running over his ex-partner’s husband as he cycled to work
A coward who ‘prowled the streets’ before following and running over his ex-partner’s husband as he cycled to work has been jailed. Ijaz Ahmed, 51, drove to the man’s address and lay in wait before pursuing him.
Captured on CCTV, Ahmed caught up to him and knocked him from his bike. He then attacked him with a knife and left him to bleed out on the street, Minshull Street Crown Court previously heard.
Ahmed, of Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted following a trial of an offence of attempted murder. Today (June 15) he was jailed for 30 years.
The court heard that in the early hours of the morning on December 10 2021, Ahmed drove to the man’s address and ‘lay in wait’. As the victim was cycling to work, Ahmed followed him in his car and knocked him to the ground.
He then attacked him with a knife.
Police were called to reports of the collision on Bowness Road, in Middleton, at around 6.30am that morning. They found the victim had suffered deep wounds to his face and scale that were inflicted by a knife, as well as an open skull fracture and blunt force trauma to his body.
Ahmed fled the country following the attack in an attempt to evade capture by the police, and returned five months later when he thought that police were ‘no longer looking for him’.
He was found guilty of attempted murder by a jury and jailed for 30 years with an extended licence period. Ahmed, of no fixed abode, was also made the subject of a restraining order indefinitely.
'I was so hammered - if I did it, I did it', says man watching CCTV of carnage he caused
A former keep fit fanatic threatened to stab and shoot a pub regular, held up an off licence at knifepoint and vowed to rape the mothers and girlfriends of police after he went on a lager and Jack Daniels fuelled rampage.
Later, after ex-gym disciple Samuel Tinker, 32, had sobered up and was shown CCTV footage of his hour long violence spree, he confessed: ''I was so hammered - if I did it, I did it.'' Tinker, a groundsman, had got drunk at his local before turning on a fellow tippler at random saying: “what the f**k are you looking at. I’m not a f*****g muppet, I’ll stab, slash, and shoot you.”
He then left the premises and staggered to a nearby store where attempted to steal Jack Daniels mixer cans from the shelves. When confronted by an assistant, Tinker threatened him with a craft knife saying: “I am English - you’re a f*****g Iraqi, Iranian or Pakistani.''
When police arrived at the scene in Mossley, Tinker called one officer a ''daft c***'' and told his colleagues: ''I'm gonna rape your mothers and girlfriends.'' He even told a second officer: ''What you are looking at it Mr Abu Dhabi P**i?” whilst being processed at the police station. He later admitted being a ''pathologically aggressive and racist bully boy'' when in drink.
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Tinker, from Mossley, was jailed for 30 months after he admitted attempted robbery, possession of a bladed article, a public order offence and two counts of causing racially aggravated alarm or distress.
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