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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
Mother permanently scarred friend in vicious attack just hours after her own son was charged with attempted murder of ex-Manchester City footballer
A mother permanently scarred her childhood friend in a vicious attack during a row over her son's attempted murder of an ex-Manchester City footballer. Diane Moran, 45, had been confiding in Donna Godsell, 46, before turning on her at a mutual friend's flat on July 26, 2023 - leaving Ms Godsell with horrific injuries. The pair were discussing the attempted murder charge faced at the time by Moran's son Michael Canning, who had appeared in court just hours earlier. Canning had savagely attacked Patrick Kuback, then 22, a month earlier, stabbing the the former footballer, who was a complete stranger to him, 32 times and leaving him critically injured. Kuback was left needing nine hours of surgery to save his life after his lungs, liver and other organs were damaged in the murderous assault. Canning was later jailed for 20 years over the attempted murder. Just a month after his first court appearance, police were called on his mother after she attacked Ms Godsell, screaming: 'You f*****g stupid bitch. I'm going to kill you.' Moran, from Urmston, Greater Manchester, smashed a glass tumbler into the right cheek of her friend after Ms Godsell made a comment about his criminal charges. The victim suffered horrific injuries after the glass penetrated through her skin into her mouth. In the aftermath she was left with missing teeth, partial facial paralysis that means she can no longer smile fully, and a permanent scar on her cheek. In a statement, mother of two Ms Godsell who lives in Salford, revealed she had since been diagnosed with PTSD and is unable to leave her home on shopping trips without a carer. She said: 'I now struggle to look in the mirror without crying. Every time I look in the mirror I am reminded of the savage attack that Diane rained upon me. 'This scar will be here for the rest of my life. I can't hide it. It's not like a scar on the arm or the leg that can be hidden by clothing. It is front and centre across my cheek. When I meet a new person for the first time, the first thing they will see is this scar. 'They will wonder how it got there. They will likely judge me within the first few seconds of meeting me thanks to this everlasting scar on my face. 'I no longer want to leave the house. When I do go out I am always extremely paranoid of how I look. I feel people looking at my face, and it makes me want to crawl in a hole and hide away so nobody can see this horrid scar. 'It is the first thing that people see, and always will be. I am so upset and hurt, as I considered Diane a friend. 'The scar will serve as a daily reminder of the horror I endured at her hands of a friend. I may never be able to smile properly, and may never regain full feeling in my face. 'I am now worried that I will never be able trust anyone again, because if a friend can do this to me, how could I trust another person.' She added: 'I want Diane to understand that this one quick action she did in the heat of the moment will now stay with me forever, and I will never be able to look in the mirror again without thinking of that night, knowing that someone I considered a close friend was able to disfigure me in just seconds, all due to a single comment that I made. 'Whenever I smile only half of my mouth moves correctly whilst the other half remains motionless. I cannot sleep at night as the attack is always on my mind. I feel trapped in an endless bubble of fear.' At Manchester Crown Court, Moran admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was sentenced to two years in jail suspended for two years. She was also ordered to abide by a 8pm to 6am curfew for three months, made the subject of an alcohol abstinence programme and was banned from contacting Ms Godsell for three years under the terms of a restraining order. Canning, 24, is currently at a top security mental hospital after being jailed for life with a minimum recommendation he serve 20 years. The court heard the attack on Ms Godsell occurred at 6pm on July 26, 2023 after Canning had appeared before JPs charged with the attempted murder of Mr Kubacak who was knifed to the head, face, scalp, neck, back, chest, torso and buttocks after passing him by pure chance in an alleyway. Moran, who rarely drank, was visiting a friend in Salford when she began drinking heavily. Gavin Howie, prosecuting, said: 'Ms Godsell made a comment about the incident involving Michael Canning at which point the defendant became angry, stood up and started screaming at her. 'She pushed the complainant and they had "a bit of a scuffle" in which she punched the complainant to the head which left her dazed. The defendant then picked up hexagonal tumbler style glass with a thick rim from the floor next to the couch. At the time she had hold of the complainant's hair and pulled her head down towards the floor. 'The defendant then smashed the glass against the complainant's right cheek using her left hand. The glass shattered on the complainant's cheek, making her feel dizzy and sick and her right cheek started pouring with blood. 'The defendant was angry, and her body was "tensed up" and another woman in the room screamed: "What the f*****g hell have you done." before driving Ms Godsell to hospital.' The victim underwent six hours of surgery during which time glass was removed from her face. The 3cm laceration to the right cheek was so deep it severed the salivary duct and the nerve to the facial muscles that lift the corner of the right lip. Ms Godsell was told had some permanent paralysis as she had suffered nerve damage and she also lost some teeth, which were knocked out in the attack. When arrested Moran claimed she only hit out with a glass to stop Ms Godsell attacking her. At one point she did have her hands on the victim's neck but did not apply any pressure. Defence counsel Jane Miller said Moran's younger son Jack was severely disabled and relied on his mother for day-to-day care. She added: 'Her other son Michael had been living at the family bungalow for a few days after being discharged from a psychiatric unit despite Diane arguing against this. 'He walked out of the bungalow for a matter of metres to a ginnel where a brutal knife attack was carried out on an unfortunate member of the public. Her house was then turned into a crime scene and her son was charged. 'She went to court to support Michael and later she went to a friend's flat where Donna Godsell was present. Diane doesn't drink but she drank that night when she was a state of crisis. She is extremely remorseful for her actions.' In sentencing Judge Elizabeth Nicholls told Moran: 'I accept you were going through a difficult time and you sought solace with friends. But unfortunately you turned to alcohol to support you through the experience that was happening to you and your family. Things got too much for you and you behaved in a way which out was out of character. 'You got involved in a dispute, picked up a glass and smashed it into Ms Godsell's face. There can be no doubt that the injuries you caused were profound and devastating. She now struggles to look in the mirror without crying. 'The scar will be with her for the rest of her life and she cannot hide it.. When she smiles only half her mouth moves correctly and she now wears false teeth - all a consequence of your behaviour.' The judge said she could suspended the sentence partly due to a two year delay in the case coming to court. She concluded: 'You are the primary carer for your severely disabled son and a custodial sentence would have a profound and disproportionate effect on your son. I don't think we will see you before the court again.'
The Sun
5 days ago
- The Sun
Mum left pal scarred for life by glassing her in drunken row over her son who was jailed for attacking ex-City player
A MUM left a woman scarred for life after glassing her in a drunken row over her son after he was charged with attacking an ex-City player. Diane Moran was drowning her sorrows just hours after Michael Canning appeared in court when she turned on pal Donna Godsell. 5 5 Thug Canning had stabbed Patrick Kubacak 32 times in the head, face, scalp, neck, back, chest, torso and buttocks in a random attack. Moran, 45, smashed a glass tumbler into Donna's cheek and told her: "You f***ing stupid b***h. I'm going to kill you." The 46-year-old suffered horror injuries after the glass penetrated her skin and lost some of her teeth. She is also unable to smile properly after her face was partially paralysed in the attack and was left with a permanent scar. Moran admitted causing grievous bodily harm but was spared jail and instead handed a two-year sentenced suspended for two years. Manchester Crown Court heard the horror unfolded on July 26, 2023, after her son was charged over the knife attack. Gavin Howie prosecuting said: ''Miss Godsell made a comment about the incident involving Michael Canning at which point the defendant became angry, stood up and started screaming at her. ''She pushed the complainant and they had "a bit of a scuffle" in which she punched the complainant to the head which left her dazed. "The defendant then picked up hexagonal tumbler style glass with a thick rim from the floor next to the couch. At the time she had hold of the complainant's hair and pulled her head down towards the floor. ''The defendant then smashed the glass against the complainant's right cheek using her left hand. "The glass shattered on the complainant's cheek, making her feel dizzy and sick and her right cheek started pouring with blood." The court was told Donna underwent six hours of surgery and has since been left with PTSD. She said in a victim impact statement how feels "trapped in an endless bubble of fear" and no longer wants to leave the house due to her injuries. Donna added: "'I now struggle to look in the mirror without crying. Every time I look in the mirror I am reminded of the savage attack that Diane rained upon me. "This scar will be here for the rest of my life. I can't hide it. "I am so upset and hurt, as I considered Diane a friend. The scar will serve as a daily reminder of the horror I endured at her hands of a friend." Kubacak, a semi-professional development player at the Etihad. was walking through an alley in June 2023 when he was set upon by Canning. He was left fighting for life after the random attack in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester. Canning, who had a history of knife crime, was jailed for life with a minimum 20 years behind bars after he was convicted of attempted murder. Kubacak bravely spoke out after the horror, saying: "When I looked up at him, I could see he wasn't going to be satisfied unless I was dead. "The force of the blows was very strong and eventually the blood started to flow from my mouth and I thought I was dying. I started praying and pretended to be dead." 5 5
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Daily fishing limit increased at Utah reservoir over low water levels
Utah wildlife managers have issued an emergency change to the state's fishing guidebook, doubling the daily number of trout an angler can take from a reservoir in northeast Utah as its levels slip. Anglers are now able to keep up to eight trout of any species every day at Crouse Reservoir, up from the previous daily limit of four, through an emergency order that Utah Division of Wildlife Resources deputy director Michael Canning authorized on Tuesday. The order remains in effect through the end of this year. 'This emergency change will allow the public to harvest more fish from the reservoir so they can be used and not wasted as water levels continue to decline this summer,' Canning said in a statement. 'Increased harvest will hopefully improve the survival of any remaining fish, as well.' Crouse Reservoir, located about 30 miles northeast of Vernal near the Uintah-Daggett county border, is often filled with rainbow, tiger and brown trout. While many reservoirs in the area are at least 60% full, Crouse Reservoir struggled from a below-normal snowpack, said DWR spokeswoman Faith Heaton Jolley. It's closest to the Northeastern Uintas and Yampa-White-Little Snake snowpack basins in Utah and Colorado, respectively, which peaked at approximately 83% to 89% of the region's median average, per Natural Resources Conservation Service data. Some of the localized sites closest to Crouse Reservoir fared worse than that. Most of the region's snowpack collection melted prematurely, as well, which can reduce the efficiency of the snowpack runoff. The reservoir currently holds about 350 acre-feet of water, which is about 20% of its full capacity of 1,750 acre-feet, according to the Utah Division of Water Rights. Senior water rights dictate that most of what's left will go toward the Pot Creek drainage downstream, state wildlife officials said. They add that anglers looking to catch trout should use a boat or small watercraft out on the water because thick vegetation along its shoreline could make access difficult otherwise.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Low water levels lead to increased fishing limits at Crouse Reservoir
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN, Utah () — Due to low water levels, an emergency change issued by the (DWR) on Tuesday has increased the daily fishing limit at Crouse Reservoir, effective immediately. The change, issued by DWR Deputy Director Michael Canning to the Utah Fishing Guidebook, now allows anglers to keep up to eight trout of any species, doubling the previous limit of four. Utah's reservoir outlook: Why conserving water is key 'This emergency change will allow the public to harvest more fish from the reservoir so they can be used and not wasted as water levels continue to decline this summer,' Canning said in a press release. 'Increased harvest will hopefully improve the survival of any remaining fish, as well.' The low water levels in Crause Reservoir can be attributed to the lack of snow Diamond Mountain received during the 2024-25 winter season. 'Pot Creek, the creek that feeds all of them, doesn't run year-round anymore and it's mostly fed by snow melt runoff,' Trina Hedrick, Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator at DWR told Gov. Cox signs executive order to establish new council focused on Utah's future and 'quality of life' 'We hold water at Matt Warner and Calder Reservoirs up above Crause, so it often stays low,' Hedrick added. 'It's simply a matter of not getting enough snow, and it's hard to maintain three reservoirs because of it.' Hedrick also noted that DWR highly encourages anglers to take advantage of this opportunity, as the oxygen levels within the reservoir will suffer if the current fish population isn't reduced. She said the fish are 'really big and a lot of fun,' and that they feel 'it's best to encourage fishing there,' and for Utahns to 'harvest and enjoy the fishing while it's still there.' The change is currently in effect and will expire on December 31st, 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
