Man guilty of two attacks

Joshua Williams, 22, of Warwick Drive, Atherton, had denied the assault by beating of Beverly Holt and Michael Johnston on June 1 last year but was found guilty after a trial by Wigan magistrates.

He had admitted to possessing cannabis several days earlier. The bench adjourned the case until he is sentenced on May 28.

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