It is a third of the way through the year and hundreds of people from Bolton have had run-ins with the justice system. From a conniving fraudster who pretended to have cancer to fleece a widower out of his cash to a drugs gang caught shipping 'high-quality' cocaine across the country, we take a look at some of the biggest cases to come out of the borough this year.
Like many other parts of society, the courts have been hit by the coronavirus crisis and one story in particular reflects that.
Louise Adam was handed a prison sentence after exposing people to risk through the virus. Others were involved in much more serious cases, such as a paedophile caught by police trying to meet up with a teenage girl for a second time.