The old fashioned detective work that captured the night stalker who tried to murder a stranger - 90 MINUTES after being bailed from court
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxOn November 1, 2019, a 61-year-old woman was stabbed nine times during a frenzied attack.The unprovoked and random assault on a care worker in Oldham shocked the community around Waterhead Park.Miraculously, the victim - grandmother, Joy Clarke, who was knifed from behind on Longfield Crescent - survived.Unknown to police at the time, the person who carried the attack had done so just 90 minutes after being released on bail at Manchester Magistrates' Court, where he had appeared charged with other alleged offences.The case had been adjourned so a mental health review of the defendant could be carried out.Just 19 days after the attack, the unthinkable happened.Half a mile from where Joy was stabbed, another woman, 71, was.
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