Direece Roche was among those to be locked upDireece Roche, Luke Allman and Ian Beeby(Image: GMP)

A murderer who was released from a life sentence and went on to kill again was among the criminals to have been locked up this week in Greater Manchester.

Direece Roche committed his first murder aged 16, when he knifed a man in the street. Now, 14 years later, he has been handed a rare whole life order after he was convicted of a second murder.

He brutally murdered Fintan McDwyer, his great uncle, stabbing him 77 times during a ferocious attack. Also locked up this week was a man who stabbed a doorman while out celebrating after the gender revealing of his first child.

Allman had been ejected from a bar in Stockport and returned with a knife. Sex offender Ian Beeby was also locked up, after police made a surprise visit to his home.

Prison terms are handed out to the most serious offenders.

Here, the Manchester Evening News has looked back on the biggest cases before our regions courts this week:

Direece RocheDireece Roche(Image: GMP)

A convicted murderer who killed again after being released from prison will die behind bars.

Direece Roche was just 16 when he murdered 23-year-old Adam Steele in Salford. He knifed Mr Steele on New Year’s Day in 2011 after a row in the street.

Roche was handed a life sentence and ordered to serve at least 12 years. Aged 30, within nine months after being released, Roche went on to murder a second victim, his great uncle.

He climbed through a window at Fintan McDwyer’s home in Fallowfield, before killing him in a horrendous attack. Roche stabbed the 64-year-old 77 times to the face, head and body during a ferocious assault.

In court, Roche claimed that Mr McDwyer had sexually abused him as a child. But a jury rejected his case and he was found guilty of murder.

Sentencing him at Manchester Crown Court on Friday (Sept 19), Mr Justice Bright told Roche: “It is right that I say publicly that it seems extremely unlikely what you said was accurate.” He described Mr McDwyer as an ‘entirely innocent person’.

Read the full story here: Convicted killer was released from prison for murder, then did it again

Luke AllmanLuke Allman(Image: GMP)

A man out celebrating after the gender of his first child was revealed stabbed a doorman having sunk 10 pints and taking a ‘modest amount’ of cocaine. Luke Allman kicked off with staff at Bask, near Stockport station, on February 23 this year, screaming: “I’m going to f***ing kill everyone.”

It came as he stood in a ‘no service’ area. He chucked a sign before being asked to leave. The 26-year-old, Minshull Street Crown Court heard, was ‘violently ejected’. He and two members of security staff were injured in a scuffle.

Allman was seen on CCTV landing on his back before walking away. Some 12 minutes later he returned armed with a flick knife. He stabbed a doorman who wasn’t involved in the initial fight.

The man was left with a protruding bowel from a wound to his abdomen and had to have emergency surgery. Allman has now been jailed for nine years having pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and possession of an offensive weapon.

Caine MellorCaine Mellor(Image: Cheshire Police)

A thug who knocked a man unconscious with a single punch on a night out has been jailed. The victim, a 33 year-old man from Oldham, suffered ‘significant fractures’ to his skull in the attack, police said.

Medics also discovered he sustained brain trauma and he underwent emergency surgery.

Caine Mellor, 27, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday (September 15) where he was sentenced to 28 months in prison. Mellor, of Smith Grove, Crewe, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of grievous bodily harm without intent.

The attack happened in Nantwich, Cheshire, in June last year.

In a statement, Cheshire Police said: “The court heard how at around 1.30am on Sunday 9 of June 2024 the victim, a 33-year-old man from Oldham, was walking through the town centre with his partner when he was involved in an altercation with Mellor.

“Following this altercation, the victim was punched in the face by Mellor, causing him to immediately fall to the ground. Mellor then ran away, leaving the victim unconscious.”

Read the full story here: One punch thug who knocked man unconscious on night out jailed

Ian BeebyIan Beeby

A sex offender landed himself back in prison after police made a surprise visit to his home. Ian Beeby previously served time behind bars for sexual offences against young boys.

Following the 71-year-old’s release, he was subject to monitoring under a Sexual Health Prevention Order (SPHO), Greater Manchester Police said.

This regular monitoring is put in place to prevent and deter further offending.

Earlier this year, officers conducted a home visit after concerns that Beeby was in breach of his order.

In July 2025, he was arrested at home following concerns from the National Probation Service that he had engaged in conversation with male children who were filming themselves for a YouTube channel in Manchester city centre.

Following enquiries, officers were able to spot Beeby in a video posted by the children’s family and he was subsequently charged with breaching his sexual harm prevention order for communications with a child.

Beeby, from Bolton, is now back in prison for three years after appearing at Bolton Crown Court on Thursday, September 18

Read the full story here: Police visited the home of a monster, what they found landed him back in prison