A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Audlem businessman Adam Lovatt following a retrial.
Samuel Thorpe, 26, of Annions Lane, Wybunbury, was found guilty today at Liverpool Crown Court after a 10-day trial.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Security was tightened at Cheshire East Council’s first meeting since the killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess.
Guards were outside the door throughout the meeting on Wednesday and all bags were checked before anyone was allowed inside the hall at Macclesfield Leisure Centre.
Detectives are investigating reports that a woman was sexually assaulted near Welsh Row.
Officers received a report of an 18-year-old woman having been sexually assaulted by an unknown man.
Detectives investigating two burglaries at commercial premises in South Cheshire have charged a man in relation to the incidents.
Michael Williams, of Masefield Mews, Wolverhampton, was arrested on Saturday October 9.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer and Chief Constable Mark Roberts, have welcomed a £1.1 million Government “Safer Streets Fund” handout.
It’s the joint-highest award in the country and is part of the third round of the Safer Streets Fund.
Police have quizzed four youths amid reports a gang armed with hammers and knives threatened people on Brookfield Park in Nantwich.
A number of residents reported incidents on social media, saying masked youths were chasing and threatening park users with weapons at the weekend.
Police found knives and cannabis after detaining a group of teenagers in Nantwich town centre.
One 16-year-old boy was pursued by officers after trying to flee the scene after the group were stopped on Swine Market.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire residents are dialling 999 when they should not because the non-emergency 101 number is “not fit for purpose”, the county’s Police Commissioner has said.
John Dwyer told members of the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel that he has put the chief constable under pressure to improve the 101 service.
A Willaston councillor has officially complained to Cheshire Police after being told to wait FIVE days before giving a statement about a homophobic assault he suffered.
Cllr Craig Bailey has written to Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner, saying the response shows a “lack of seriousness in tackling hate crime.
A Willaston councillor says he may quit after suffering a second homophobic assault in the village.
Cllr Craig Bailey says he and his partner Wayne were verbally abused by two youths.
Sexual abuse targeted at a Cheshire East female councillor has been branded “disgusting” by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer.
Cllr Charlotte Leach has spoken out about the abuse suffered in phone calls.
A 57-year-old man from Nantwich who sexually abused four people has been jailed for 22 years with two further years on prison licence.
Anthony Hulme, of London Road, physically and sexually assaulted two men and two women over a number of years when they were children.
Despicable thieves have swiped a popular module of a Minion from a Nantwich family’s front garden.
Rob Cooper made “Kevin” the flower planter about four years ago from an old scrap gas bottle.
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