Crime

A Wigan man is behind bars after pleading guilty to handling stolen goods.

A Wigan man charged with murdering his toddler daughter has been back before a judge.

A far-right paedophile who plotted to kill Labour MP Rosie Cooper appeared to give a Nazi salute as he was jailed for at least 20 years.

A Lancashire MP who was the target of a far-right murder plot says no politician should be threatened for doing their job.

A Neo-Nazi who plotted to murder a local Labour MP and threatened to kill a police officer will have to serve at least 20 years behind bars.

The owner of a shop where a large and complex operation to sell illicit cigarettes was run has avoided jail.

A Wigan man arrested for attempted murder after a multiple stabbing last year remains in a secure hospital unit.

A Wigan man faces a court hearing over complaints that a log burner at his home is a nuisance or health hazard.

A man has appeared in court charged with possessing criminal property and being concerned in the supply of cannabis.

Knife thugs who were tackled and unmasked by the Wigan shopkeeper they were trying to rob have been jailed for a total of more than 13 years.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin of a Wigan man.

A borough man has been jailed after being pinned down by a homeowner as he was caught red-handed stealing from his caravan.

A man has been released under investigation as a police probe into an assault at a Wigan pub continues.

Burglars who targeted six homes in the space of just two hours in frightening night-time raids have been sentenced.

Police have released an e-fit after a man was violently attacked whilst trying to stop a break-in in Wigan.