A jury clears a young Wigan man of committing a brutal attack
After three years, a Wigan borough man walks free from court, cleared of an attack he had been alleged to have committed when he was 18
A young Wigan borough man has been cleared of launching a very serious attack three years ago.
Joshua Brookfield-Murphy, now 21, of Derwent Road, Hindley, appeared before a Bolton Crown Court judge in 2024 to plead not guilty to a single charge of maliciously wounding Joseph Bleakley with intent in Wigan on September 10 2023.
The allegation was of the most serious form of assault after attempted murder.
He was told that due to court backlogs that he would have to wait until September this year before the matter went to trial.
And, after four days of hearing evidence and deliberation, a jury has now found the defendant not guilty and he was told he was free to go.