An "intimidating" and foul-mouthed pharmacist who ranted about the 'afterlife' and falsely accused air hostesses of being racist has been jailed. Muhamed Azam, 37, was on board a five hour Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to Morocco when he started becoming threatening and talking about the 'afterlife' causing panic at 37,000 feet.

A drunken brute who attacked his partner and two of her children whilst cradling their 12-week-old baby girl in his arms following an afternoon in the pub is now behind bars. Michael McGrath, 35, who had consumed nine pints of lager punched Nicola Kennedy in the face, bit her 14-year-old son on the neck and slapped her 16 year old daughter during a row about who was going to look after the infant.

A British holidaymaker was killed in a go-karting crash in Tenerife as she took souvenir pictures whilst at the wheel, an inquest heard today. Kelly Slater, 33, was thought to have been taking selfies and moving images with her mobile phone on an organised race track when the 30mph go-kart she was driving veered out of control on a bend. It ploughed through a stack of tyres and plunged down a ravine. Teaching assistant Miss Slater a mother of one, from Burnley, Lancs, suffered organ failure in the crash and died of her injuries.

A barber killed himself after he feared he had become addicted to medication he had bought legally off the internet using Google. Jake McGrath, 27, had already been prescribed Diazapem by his doctor to help him sleep but he topped up his prescription by trawling the search engine and ordering large amounts of the anti anxiety drug Zanex online. He then suffered severe weight loss plus bursts of severe paranoia and ended his relationship with his girlfriend of ten years. Despite them remaining close friends he expressed regret at ''ruining his own life.'' On June 24 2018, Mr McGrath jumped in front of the 8.30am from Wilmslow to Manchester Piccadilly train as it approached East Didsbury station.

A woman used her dog as a "weapon" to maul an Asian shopkeeper in a racist incident after she was accused of shoplifting at his grocery store. The court heard Wadsworth had deliberately let her Staffordshire Terrier off the lead and encouraged it to bite Varun 'Jimmy' Ditta when she was confronted for putting children's sweets in her coat pocket.

A brute who deliberately threw his girlfriend off the back of his motorbike as she rode pillion on the machine is now back on the streets - to cheers from his family. Harry Owen, 24, shoved his partner off the bike when they began rowing as they were travelling past a hospital. The woman was knocked unconscious when her head hit the ground but she miraculously escaped serious injury. Owen, from Ramsbottom, tried unsuccessfully to get her back on the bike as she lay on the ground - but then sped off as an ambulance was summoned from nearby.

A man who used his 4x4 to knock down a teenage cyclist before beating him up and trashing his new bicycle during a road rage row has been jailed for six months. The judge told Michael Hanley: ‘‘Cyclists are entitled to share the road with drivers. Whatever got you into that state is beyond me – a complete rush of blood to the head.” The 69-year-old builder wept as he was sent to prison, having earlier been found guilty of dangerous driving and common assault following a trial.

A mother was caught driving at over twice the alcohol limit as she drove her toddler 53 miles home after storming out of a sleepover party. Stacey McDarmaid, 37, had been due to stay with friends in North Wales and was drinking wine - but she left suddenly at 11pm following an argument and decided to drive herself the the infant back to her home in Sale, near Manchester. She was breathalysed at the roadside after her Renault Clio car broke down on the A55 in the village of Pantasaph, near Holywell - and she rang police saying she was stranded and needed help to get her car started again.

A young jobseeker who lied on his CV and made up his own reference using a fake email address has been spared jail. Ryan Warmbold, 23, created the bogus email account himself and put together the complimentary words, posing as his old police force boss. He was a special constable for two years but he needed at least a five-year working history to be considered for the security guard role at Manchester Airport. It got him the job but his scam was exposed during training.

A TEARAWAY once dubbed ‘Chucky’ because of his resemblance to the doll in the Child’s Play horror movies has returned to court more than a decade later – still scowling. Oliver Clinch was just 12 when he became one of the youngest children in Britain to get an Asbo for terrorising locals in his neighbourhood. Since then, the baby-faced yob has clocked up 60 offences on his record including criminal damage, harassment and assault. He was arrested again last November for a drunken attack on a man follow- ing a house party near his Bolton home.

A mother of two who allowed her family home to be used as a cannabis factory has been spared jail after she warned prison would be ''detrimental'' to her children. Trainee dental nurse Claire Witherford, 36, was arrested after police raided her rental property and 15 marijuana plants worth up to £5,000 growing in her loft.

AN illegal immigrant who subjected his Scots victim to a terrifying sex attack has been jailed for 11 years. Joseph Mjemer, 36, assaulted the woman as she slept on New Year’s Day last year. At Manchester Crown Court yesterday, Mjemer was jailed for attempted rape. Since arriving in the UK in 2003, he has lived in cities across Britain – including Glasgow – and has used 27 aliases to com- mit 60 crimes, including drug offences and assault. He was taken into Home Office ‘administrative custody’ in 2007 while officials attempted to establish his asylum claim – but was granted legal aid to sue. In 2011, he won £17,360 compensation after claiming he had been illegally detained and was left with psychiatric difficulties.

A postman who stole parcels to fund his cocaine and gambling debts has walked free after claiming stealing was ''commonplace'' in the Royal Mail. Lee Flanagan, 34, took up to eight packages containing clothing and perfume after being left owing £7,000. He was caught after a concerned member of the public filmed him opening one of the parcels and handed the footage to Royal Mail chiefs.

A BRIDEGROOM and three stag party guests were jailed yesterday for the “eight hours of pure hell” they caused other passengers with their drunken behaviour on an aircraft. They were rowdy, fought each other and dropped their trousers in front of cabin crew and passengers, including 12 children, a court heard. The flight from Manchester to Las Vegas was forced to land in Canada to remove the men – but operator Thomas Cook had to foot the £29,182 bill which included their journey back to Britain.

Drink-drive soccer star Darron Gibson has tried to wriggle out of completing community service - claiming he is too busy to do it due to “pressing work commitments”. The shamed 31-year old, who is on holiday and without a club, was ordered to do 250 hours’ unpaid work. It was his second alcohol motoring offence when he was three times the limit. But the Republic of Ireland midfielder has only completed 77 hours since the order made in May last year.

A "jealous" and "insecure" mum battered her boyfriend around the head with a crowbar after he accidentally dropped a slice of pizza on the floor as they enjoyed a takeaway. Kirsty Saccani, 31, flew into a rage when she saw Samuel Moorcroft's food drop off a table during a Bank Holiday night in. Although he tried to apologise, Saccani, a mum-of-three, began waving a kitchen knife at him saying: "You'll get this in your throat."

A NEIGHBOUR from hell landed himself in court after repeatedly playing The Addams Family theme to the family next door. Neil Speight, 47, turned the music from the 1960s American sitcom to full volume in his semi-detached home. He also played 1920s classic The Laughing Policeman with its “Woo ha ha ha ha” chorus. Speight’s feud with Nadine and John Pearson started after they made a single complaint about noise. In a statement to police, Nadine said: “I can’t begin to explain our suffering at the hands of this man. We got into a dispute due to noise from his house but what followed was a campaign of bullying and hatred.

A mum-of-four filmed in a Twitter video rowing with her boyfriend was found dead at her home. Maureen Bowcock, 40, was battling depression and was 'devastated' when the footage went viral online, an inquest heard. The 30 second video appeared to show her angrily prise open the door of a moving bus before chasing her partner down the street. An inquest heard Miss Bowcock became so worried about the effect the film would have on her children she began drinking heavily. On July 5 last year around three weeks after the video first appeared on June 17, her body was found at her flat in Oldham by police following concerns raised about her welfare.

A shameless mum-of-three snapped a celebratory selfie outside a courthouse after she escaped jail over a nightclub glassing attack which left her victim in need of plastic surgery. Cherelle Brown, 27, took smirking photos of herself on the steps then uploaded them to her social media page with the caption: "Feeling the luckiest little b***h ever right now!" Minutes earlier Brown had successfully begged a judge not to lock her up claiming she was "regretful and remorseful" for throwing a bottle in builder Samuel Litherland's face in a drunken rage.

Residents of two Green Quarter tower blocks have questioned why Lendlease are being left to continue working on Manchester City Council projects after accusing them of “ruining the lives of 342 leaseholders in Manchester.” Just over a year on from the Grenfell tragedy in London, two tower blocks in Manchester’s Green Quarter are faced with the daily stress of knowing that they are living in a building which was built using the same highly flammable cladding that contributed to the disaster; and that they face a bill of upwards of £3 million to remove and replace it.