Tyrone Patrick found guilty of Sale Moor murder of Mike Grimshaw

Tyrone Patrick

The Court was told that Mike Grimshaw died from a stab wound to the neck which severed an artery after an altercation with Tyrone Power, aged 33, outside his garden gate. Mike Grimshaw had come outside his house after Patrick and two other men had been involved in abusing his partner Michelle Pook, and another man.

Mike Grimshaw

Patrick from Haydock Close, Stretford,was well-known to residents on the Royton Avenue estate. ‘He was a troublemaker and a bully and a thug, real low life, who killed Mike in a cowardly way. He didn’t stand a chance,” said one neighbour, “Mike was a hard-working guy, who would do anything for anyone. He was one of the good guys in life.”

The jury heard that Patrick was addicted to cocaine and claimed another man struck the fatal blow and that he had been framed for the murder. He fled from the scene and evaded police capture for several weeks.

Mike Grimshaw, aged 34, was rushed to hospital where he later died.  He was due to marry his partner Michelle Pook.

A candlelight vigil was held outside the home on Royton Avenue

Friends and neighbours held a candlelit vigil as a tribute to him in Royton Avenue.

Senior Investigating Officer Bob Tonge of GMP’s Major Incident Support Unit, said: “This was an absolutely needless crime which has stripped a young girl of her father and left his family heartbroken.

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