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Amy Walker
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Court reporter for the Manchester Evening News🐝
Email: amy.walker@reachplc.com
[2/3] He has been back in court again, this time for stalking his ex.

Dolan turned up at her home, repeatedly banged on her door and threatened to 'smoke her'.

He also repeatedly messaged her teenage daughter to try and speak to the woman.
January 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🧵[1/3] THREAD: This is Brian Dolan.

He has convictions for domestic abuse against five ex-partners. They range from harassment to possession of an offensive weapon.

Police have also received multiple call outs in relation to his behaviour towards his partners.
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Marsh was convicted of 27 offences of indecent assault, one count of rape, and one count of attempted rape. He was jailed for 27 years.

Whitehead was convicted of six counts of indecent assaults. He was jailed for seven years. [7/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Jailing Marsh, a judge said “You exploited [them] by seizing the opportunity to use them in order to satisfy your own deviant sexual appetite for young boys.
“You did so with an air of arrogance and entitlement." [6/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
The court heard that both Marsh and Whitehead had previous convictions for indecent assault on children under 16. Whitehead was jailed in 2017 for nine years for the same offence [5/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Each of the men spoke of their trauma at the hands of Marsh and Whitehead. In harrowing statements they outlined how they had fallen into addiction and crime, each suffering with mental health issues. One man, who cannot be identified, said: "I literally was a broken man." [4/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Prosecutors said: "The defendants preyed on these young men and deliberately exploited them to satisfy themselves.” [3/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
The court heard that each of the victims were vulnerable, often in the care system and more susceptible to influence by others. The men (who were not known to each other) groomed the boys, gifting them alcohol, cigarettes, food and money before sexually abusing them [2/10]
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
🧵: Today saw the end of a thirty year ordeal for the victims of Anthony Whitehead (left) and David Marsh (right). Both men were jailed at Minshull St Crown Court for their sinister and depraved sexual abuse against young boys in the 80s and 90s in Rochdale [1/10] @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
BREAKING: David Marsh (left) has been jailed for 27 yrs after being convicted of 27 counts of indecent assault, one count of rape and one of attempted rape, on young boys in the late 80s and 90s.
Anthony Whitehead (right) has been jailed for 7 yrs for 6 counts of indecent assault
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM