{"id":121076,"date":"2025-05-21T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/121076\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:43:13","slug":"man-accused-of-brandishing-crossbow-on-salford-street-appears-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/121076\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of ‘brandishing’ crossbow on Salford street appears in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Leader allegedly ‘brandished’ a crossbow during a mass gathering on a Salford street in AprilA scene was put in place on Romney Street(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

A man who allegedly wielded a crossbow following a ‘large scale disturbance’ on a Salford<\/a> street has pleaded guilty to affray.<\/p>\n

Roy Leader, 54, was charged with possessing an offensive weapon and affray following the incident on Romney Street on Monday April 14 of this year.<\/p>\n

Appearing via video link from HMP Forest Bank at Manchester Crown Court<\/a> on Wednesday (May 21), Leader pleaded guilty to affray but not guilty to possession of an offensive weapon.<\/p>\n

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Leader was charged after a mass gathering in Salford during which a group of ‘around 60’ teenagers were reported to be having a party inside the house before the disturbance spilled into the street.<\/p>\n

The defendant, of Littleton Road, Salford, was then alleged to have ‘wielded’ a crossbow at people.<\/p>\n

Romney Street was sealed off following the incident(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Prosecuting, Miss Kate Gaskell said there was ‘some discussion’ over whether the prosecution would accept the plea to affray as a resolution. She said the crossbow had ‘no bolts loaded’, but that footage from the incident appeared to show Leader ‘brandishing’ the weapon at people ‘to scare them’.<\/p>\n

She added there had been ‘no attempts’ to use the crossbow as a weapon.<\/p>\n

Judge Sarah Johnstone adjourned the case until June 25.<\/p>\n

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