Curtis O Brien A DRINK driver attacked the police officer who tried to arrest him following a car chase, a court heard. Curtis O’Brien, 31, ripped off his top and approached the officer, who had cornered him down an alleyway, before repeatedly throwing punches at him during a lengthy struggle. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Wayne Jackson, prosecuting, said on December 4 last year, at around 7.30pm, O’Brien was spotted by PC Matthew Sale driving a VW Golf on Ringley Road in Radcliffe. The Golf overtook another vehicle forcing PC Sale to swerve and he decided to follow O’Brien onto Outwood Road and Pilkington Way.
Man on laptop A JUDGE has advised a paedophile who distributed sick pictures of children to spend more time fishing than visiting chat rooms. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how loner Matthew O Mahoney, aged 27, of Milton Road, Prestwich, downloaded pictures of children as young as three and distributed some of them. Megan Tollitt, prosecuting, told the court how police raided O Mahoney s home at 7.40am on October 4, 2019 and seized mobile phones and a laptop from his bedroom. O Mahoney told officers: I have not been able to help myself since last time. I have been sending pictures. Judge John Edwards heard how, in 2013, O Mahoney had been arrested for a possible conversation with a 13-year-old girl, but no charges were brought.