Disgruntled Spitting Window Cleaner

The man was caught on CCTV repeatedly spitting on the Manchester shop's windows.

Fired window cleaner regularly spits on shop in act of revenge, claims store staff: Staff at the Manchester (UK) store claim the man is spitting on their shop - because they replaced him with another cleaner. A disgruntled window cleaner has taken revenge on his former employer for sacking him - by regularly spitting on their shop windows.

The man has been caught on CCTV camera spitting at the shop in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, at 15 minute intervals every other Thursday, police say. Shopkeepers believe the man is targeting their store in revenge after they fired him for another window cleaner.

Greater Manchester Police wrote on their Facebook page: “We have received a report stating that since October 2015 on every other Thursday a person has been spitting on the shop window in Cheetham Hill. “The male responsible has been captured on CCTV and identified as the prior window cleaner that used to provide the service to the store. The informant believes that this has been done in retaliation for using a different window cleaner. “The CCTV clearly shows the male walking up to the store window and spitting directly at it, then returning approximately 15 minutes later to repeat his habitual routine.”

The culprit's vile actions have been captured on CCTV - and it's claimed he is doing every other Thursday.

Disgruntled sacked window cleaner regularly spits on shop, claims storekeeper:  Staff at a Cheetham Hill store claim their former window cleaner is regularly spitting on their shop window because they employed someone else.

Greater Manchester Police say a man has been seen on CCTV clearly walking up to the window and spitting directly at it - then returning fifteen minutes later to repeat the action. The behaviour has been reported every other Thursday. Shopkeepers claim the man was doing this in retaliation after they employed an alternative cleaner.

“The male responsible has been captured on CCTV and identified as the prior window cleaner that used to provide the service to the store. The informant believes that this has been done in retaliation for using a different window cleaner. “The CCTV clearly shows the male walking up to the store window and spitting directly at it, then returning approximately 15 minutes later to repeat his habitual routine.”

Window Cleaner Heads To Jail After Gross Breach Of Trust

Sean Pinkney was sentenced to 20 weeks behind bars for posting a sexually explicit photo on Facebook of a former partner 'to humiliate her'.

Jealous ex jailed for posting revenge porn on Facebook to 'humiliate' former girlfriend: Caged for five months, Sean Pinkney, 44, is the first in Greater Manchester to be jailed for the lewd act which was seen online by a mother at the victim's child's school

A jealous man has been jailed after posting a ‘sexually explicit’ picture of an ex-girlfriend online in an act of revenge. Sean Pinkney, 44, is the first in Greater Manchester to be sentenced for such an offence. He posted the picture on Facebook and left it there for four hours in a bid to humiliate a former partner, a court heard.

It was only when the victim went to pick up her children from school the following day that another mother told her the picture had been posted online. The mortified victim was ‘quite humiliated and very upset’ and immediately contacted police, who arrested Pinkney. Window cleaner Pinkney has now been locked up for 20 weeks by a district magistrate who described his actions as ‘a gross breach of trust’.

Window cleaner, Sean Pinkney.

The magistrate said the defendant posted the picture ‘solely to humiliate’ the victim and also imposed a restraining order on Pinkney. He said: “I can’t think of a more severe way this could be done. “Four hours in internet terms is a lifetime. A few seconds is a short period of time, four hours certainly is not. “It’s clear other people have viewed this image. Another mother at the school pointed it out.”

Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard that Pinkney and the victim had split up. On July 14, Pinkney sent the victim several phone messages which included sexually explicit pictures of her which she had allowed him to take during their relationship. When she went to collect her children from school the following day, one of the mothers told her the images were on Facebook, the court heard.

Pinkney admitted the offence during police interview and told officers he had posted the image to ‘humiliate’ his former partner as he believed she had sent a topless picture of herself to another man. Pinkney, of Dorning Road in Swinton, pleaded guilty to disclosing a private sexual photograph with intent to cause distress.

Sean Pinkney

Nnamdi Inegbu, defending, said Pinkney was not aware this was a criminal offence until it was pointed out to him at the police station. He said the dad had acted out of jealousy when he saw a picture of the victim showing her body to another man.

Mr Inegbu said Pinkney posted just one picture of the victim to Facebook and had intended to remove it after four hours. He said: “Once he posted it other people on the site asked to share and it snowballed.”

Mr Inegbu said the victim had ‘cheated’ on Pinkney and by sending the picture he had hoped to put some closure on the relationship. He added: “He recognises the emotional distress he has caused.”

Mystery Window Cleaner Rescues With Phone Call

image of the scene earlier this morning in Park Road

Mystery window cleaner rescues elderly Timperley woman from house fire: An elderly woman in Timperley had a lucky escape when a heroic mystery window cleaner dialled 999 after noticing a fire inside her flat. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the 94-year-old was ‘lucky’ to escape after a blaze engulfed the Mayfair Court property in Park Road. Fifteen firefighters and three fire engines from Stretford, Sale and Wythenshawe were dispatched to the address at 10.23am this morning, Tuesday, December 16.

Cover jets were used inside and outside the property to bring the blaze under control, which was well developed on arrival of the emergency services.  A GMFRS spokesman said: “The fire had started in the bedroom. It has left quite bad fire damage and the rest of the property is smoke damaged.

“A window cleaner happened to see smoke and flames through the window and called 999. “While he was on the phone, the smoke alarm triggered and the woman managed to get out of the flat herself.

“She had a lucky escape.” The woman was treated for minor smoke inhalation but did not require hospital treatment. The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.

The fire service has put her survival down to a working smoke alarm and the quick-thinking actions of the mystery window cleaner, who they have been unable to trace. Residents can get a free home safety check and smoke alarms for their property by visiting manchesterfire.gov.uk

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