Hunt steps up for England’s most wanted

WANTED: Anthony Wilkinson

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TWO digital advertising vans featuring the faces of the most wanted men in England have been touring Greater Manchester.

The vans are a reminder of the £50,000 reward payable to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of Dale Cregan (29), from Droylsden, and Anthony Wilkinson (33), from Beswick, — the largest reward ever offered by Greater Manchester Police.

The fugitives have been on the run since the grenade and gun murder of David Short (46) at a house in Folkestone Road East, Clayton, on August 10.

Extra officers have been drafted in to make up a team of hundreds searching for the men.

Cregan is also wanted in connection with the death of Mr Short’s son, Mark, shot dead at the Cotton Tree Pub in Droylsden on May 25.

The operation is costing the force £150,000 a day and has seen several raids on homes and businesses in the area, as well as armed police patrolling the streets.


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