Police hunt for man who is wanted for allegedly breaching his prison licence

Police are hunting a man who is wanted after breaching the conditions of his prison licence.

Shane Costello-Collins was jailed earlier this year for multiple assaults on his ex-partner and emergency workers.

Costello-Collins, who was sent to prison for 18 months at Manchester Crown Court back in July, was said to have started his campaign of hatred against his former partner when he turned up at her workplace on September 4 last year. Anna Chestnutt, prosecuting, told the court at the time that he had arrived at his ex-partner's workplace at around 9pm, and was already intoxicated when he started shouting at her, after she asked him to stop spitting on the ground.

He spat at her chest, and shouted racial slurs at her, the court was told.

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He then threatened to kill her, before saying: "I'm going to slice you and leave you with marks". When she tried to leave, he threw beer over her before spitting in her face.

On November 17, Costello-Collins left his former partner a series of voicemails, calling her racial slurs, and threatening to kill her once again. He called his ex a "dirty little sl*g". Half an hour later, he turned up at the house, and tried to get in to speak with his ex-partner. She called the police immediately and when they arrived, Costello-Collins tried to hide in a neighbour's garden.

When he was arrested, he attempted to jump out of the police van, narrowly avoiding headbutting one of the officers who had detained him, before spitting at them with such frequency officers were forced to place a spit hood on him. His behaviour was so volatile that he had to be placed in rip-proof clothing when he