Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court was told that Hayden Turner committed a range of offences between 2022 and 2025 while a teenager. In the first incident, the court heard Turner was asked to leave a Metrolink tram, which he had boarded at Oldham tram stop with 11 other boys, by a travel safety officer for vaping. They reported the incident to the same travel safety officer who had dealt with the boys earlier, and the police were called. The police also seized class A drugs, cannabis, three phones and a snap bag with remnants of white powder. These were being concerned in the supply of class B drugs, possession of an offensive weapon in public, theft, escape from lawful custody, two counts of possession of class A drugs and two counts of possession of class B drugs.

Source: The Times January 09, 2026 11:04 UTC