Greater Manchester Police arrested and charged several Bolton men after demonstrators clashed on Sunday, August 4. GMP ran a dedicated policing operation over the whole weekend – following demonstrations in Manchester and Bolton which saw far-right demonstrators clash with counter-demonstrators. Officers made five arrests on Saturday and 14 arrests on Sunday in relation to offences for being drunk and disorderly, possession of a weapon, assault, criminal damage, and violent disorder.
According to GMP, more arrests are likely to take place – with a dedicated team of officers working to bring charges against those already arrested and investigators carrying out work to identify further offenders. READ MORE: Men and boy, 16, in the dock after demonstrations in Bolton Seven people were charged with possession of a weapon: 43-year-old Ajaz Ahmed, of Boundary Street, Bolton; Daniel Robinson, 37, of Leslie Street, Bolton; Mathew Edge, 34, accused of possessing a hammer in Bolton’s Victoria Square; Hamza Mohammed, 23, of Whitegate Drive, Bolton; Keenan Sanders, 20, and two 16-year-olds – at least one of which is from Bolton. Gareth Rigby, 43, of Masefield Drive in Farnworth, was charged with assault of an emergency worker.
Sign up to our newsletters to get the latest stories sent straight to your inbox. Stephen Watson, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police said: “I want to thank the vast majority of law-abiding citizens of Greater Manchester who either stayed away fr.
