A police van near the cordon in Jinnah Court One of the three men accused of murdering Paul Ackroyd denied any role in the alleged killing, saying: “The lad who did it ran off,” the jury heard yesterday. Mohammed Jawaid Khan told a housing association team leader he was being bullied by drug dealers who had taken over his flat. Kirsty Fountain told Bradford Crown Court that Khan came to see her on April 5, 2019, after being referred by Housing Options Bradford. He said he was homeless after his flat had been taken over by the police and he had moved in with his sister.
Murder accused had specks on his shoes and bruising to his face, court told A MURDER accused had specks on his shoes and bruising to his face shortly after a man was found dead in the street, a jury heard yesterday. Rashpal Singh Gill was arrested at the scene after Paul Ackroyd was found lying in Jinnah Court, Manningham, Bradford, with fatal head injuries. Police constable Eamon McGinley told Bradford Crown Court that Gill, known as Raja, had a large bruise on his nose and one under his eye. PC McGinley said he arrived at the scene just after 4am on February 23, 2019, to be met by paramedics who told him Mr Ackroyd was dead.
Included on the list is the Drummond Mill site. The Victorian Mill was destroyed in a huge blaze almost five years ago, and the prominent, privately owned site has been empty ever since. Also on the list is Lister Mill. Although much work has been done to convert the Manningham Mill into flats, a large area of the mill site is still un-developed. The report says a further 175 homes could be built on the privately owned site. Bradford Council owned land at Crag Road in Shipley could provide 120 homes, and a long empty, privately owned brownfield site on Northside Road in Lidget Green could have space for 420 homes.
1/1 A man was murdered in a sustained assault and dragged dying into the street where his body was found, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Three men are on trial charged with the murder of Paul Ackroyd in the early hours of February 23, 2019. Alex Bates, 19, of Eastfield Gardens, Holme Wood, Bradford; Rashpal Singh Gill, 40, of Leeds Road, Bradford; and Mohammed Jawaid Khan, 53, of Leylands Lane, Heaton, Bradford, all plead not guilty. Kirsty Rushworth, 32, of Walker Avenue, Lidget Green, Bradford, denies assisting an offender by removing Mr Ackroyd’s body from a flat at 10 Jinnah Court, Manningham, Bradford. Gill and Khan also plead not guilty to that charge.
Brian passed away a few days ago in his sleep at the age of 86. Keighley posted their own obituary for Brian on their club website, and you can read it below: Originally from Cardiff, the Whitcombe family moved north, when Brian (who was only one year old) and Frank s father, Frank Snr, signed professional forms to play rugby league for Broughton Rangers in Manchester in 1935. Following a transfer to Bradford Northern in 1938, the Whitcombe family set up home in Wibsey. Brian and his brother played for Sedbergh Boys RL Club in their early teens but Frank Snr thought that they would be better off playing rugby union for Bradford at Lidget Green, so he took them there, where they played for many years.