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feat(sources): Wayback pass, automatic trimming, detention rule, ten cases re-sourced

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Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit.

Retrieval
- wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through
  the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live
  verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF.
- fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper.
- add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB
  record) into the store with a provenance note.
- Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the
  linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv,
  260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel,
  430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399
  have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report).

Trimming
- auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body
  run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture
  gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription
  pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks
  trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is
  labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in
  staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json.
- build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks,
  staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record.

Detention rule
- README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence
  type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute
  the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held).
- detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records
  reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on
  2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open.
- apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now
  names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's
  own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording.

Worklist and docs
- sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old
  "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps.
- Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage
  returns; now stored as read back from disk.

verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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notes Months later, in October, police said the victim went to an address in the Cadishead area. When he arrived, another gang member, Gary Edwards, dragged him into the flat. He was tied up and forced to send more money.. he couldn’t pay immediately, so they tied him and subjected him to violent assaults, and locked him in a cupboard
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** Repeat Victim
@@ -151,9 +154,85 @@ Karl Johnson, 35, of Egret Drive, Irlam, pleaded guilty to two counts of encoura
Scott Armstrong, 39, of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to two counts of transferring criminal property. he has been jailed for two years and four months.
Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Stephanie Bowling, said: “This was a challenging investigation which has thankfully resulted in these dangerous offenders being removed from the streets for a significant amount of time.
OTHER LINKED SOURCES
[BLOCKED] url None — raw request refused; try the WebFetch path, which is a model transcription and must be labelled as such
https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/criminal-gang-who-kidnapped-vulnerable-man-for-cryptocurrency-jailed-for-76-years/
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
Source gmp.police.uk
URL https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/criminal-gang-who-kidnapped-vulnerable-man-for-cryptocurrency-jailed-for-76-years/
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T13:29:37+00:00 via Wayback Machine snapshot 20250714004817, deterministic extraction (HTTP None)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 5-32 of 33
Length 6,149 chars
Integrity sha256 8ce4b37be8aff61b77202ac32ce622f9a6cba377c2530eda769b11b4d134d0a2
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 5-32 plus headline [0]; dropped 4 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 11.
Note live URL was BLOCKED on the first pass; text comes from an archived copy dated 2025-07-14
Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20250714004817/https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/january/criminal-gang-who-kidnapped-vulnerable-man-for-cryptocurrency-jailed-for-76-years/
Caveat retrieved from a Wayback Machine snapshot, not the live page. The
snapshot date is in the method line; the live URL was unreadable.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Criminal gang who kidnapped vulnerable man for cryptocurrency jailed for 76 years | Greater Manchester Police
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Criminal gang who kidnapped vulnerable man for cryptocurrency jailed for 76 years
On 2 December 2023, police received an anonymous call reporting concerns for welfare at a flat in Irlam. Upon attending, police saw a man running away from the address – later identified as Karl Johnson.
They gained entrance and identified a victim who said to the officer ‘can you take me with you?’. He explained that he’d been brought to this property against his will with a bag over his head. He spoke of the ordeal they had subjected him to, he’d been violently assaulted and tied up.
Officers searched the address and found a dressing gown strap which had been tied to the bed, along with electrical cables. He also had a burn mark on his hand, and bruises on his body from where he had been hit with a weapon.
Detectives uncovered that the victim had acquired hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cryptocurrency which the defendants, through use of violence, kidnap, and false imprisonment, sought to steal.
An investigation was immediately launched by our Criminal Investigation Department in Salford and from the address, police recovered more weapons. They seized a viable firearm, a magazine containing three rounds of ammunition, an imitation firearm and an air pistol, electrical cables, ropes, and cable ties which were used to restrain the victim, knives, meat cleavers, a metal baseball bat, a machete, and a hammer. Police also found documents belonging to Karl Johnson, and several cigarette butts which had DNA from Karl and Luke Johnson.
The victim said he did not who was doing this to him but explained that similar incidents had happened several months earlier, but they had let him go as he had paid them over £100,000.
As the investigation developed, detectives identified that these men had terrorised the victim on several occasions, demanding crypto currency, using machetes and a pistol to assault him, and even drugging him with morphine on one occasion.
In January 2023, the victim was at home when he heard a knock on his door. The man at the door threatened to assault him if he didn’t transfer cryptocurrency to Scott Armstrong. The victim transferred the money, and upon receipt, the man left.
Later that month, David Povey went back to the victims address with another man. They had a knife and were demanding more money.
In October 2023, the victim went to an address in Cadishead. When he arrived, Gary Edwards dragged him into the flat and he was tied up and forced to send more money. When he couldn’t pay immediately, they kept him restrained all night, subjected him to violent assaults, and locked him in a cupboard. If he didn’t pay, Kane Godiff told him he would be killed. After they received the money, he was freed.
Just days later, they went to his house again, demanding more money. They took him to Egret Drive, the address he was later found at by police. Again, they placed a bag over his head and demanded money.
The final incident took place on 30 November, the victim had been at a friend’s address when he was approached by Gary Edwards and thrown into a van and had something put over his head.
Further phone analysis identified that the defendants were in contact in the nights leading up to the first kidnap. Similarly, after police located the victim, Jonathan Newns, David Povey, and Karl Johnson were all in regular contact with one another. Cell site analysis also placed them all at the at the house on Egret Drive on the dates of kidnap.
A forensic analysis of the black hand pistol and ammunition that police seized provide a DNA profile which was a match for Jonathan Newns.
Today (Thursday 30 January) the men appeared at Manchester Crown Court to be sentenced for their roles.
Jonathan Newns 13/05/2000 of Salix Court, Whitebeam Close, Salford was found guilty of two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of false imprisonment, kidnap, and possession of a prohibited firearm. He has been jailed for 20 years.
David Povey 27/07/1986 of Dalebeck Close, Whitefield, was found guilty of robbery, kidnap, false imprisonment, and attempted robbery. He has been jailed for 20 years.
Luke Johnson 29/10/1999 of Southway, Eccles, was found guilty of two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of false imprisonment, and two counts of kidnap. He has been jailed for 13 years and six months.
Gary Edwards 28/10/1977 of Cumberland Avenue, Cadishead, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery. He has been jailed for ten years and two months.
Kane Godiff 14/07/1991 of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to attempted robbery. He has been jailed for seven years and five months.
Karl Johnson 24/07/1989 of Egret Drive, Irlam, pleaded guilty to two counts of encouraging or assisting an offence of robbery. He has been jailed for three years years.
Scott Armstrong 06/08/1985 of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to two counts of transferring criminal property. he has been jailed for two years and four months.
Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Stephanie Bowling, said: “This was a challenging investigation which has thankfully resulted in these dangerous offenders being removed from the streets for a significant amount of time.
“While I know that this sentence won’t change or takeaway from the trauma that our victim was subjected to, I sincerely hope that it helps him move forward with his life, safe in the knowledge that these men are now behind bars.”
Detective Inspector Justin Bryant from our Salford district said: “These men showed a concerning propensity for violence and weren’t afraid to use a variety of formidable weapons to get what they want. I’d like to commend the victim for his bravery, and I hope he continues to recover from this experience.
“I not only hope that this sentencing acts as a deterrent to anyone who may be considering such violence, but I hope it reassures the communities of Greater Manchester that we will use all specialist resources and skills catch harmful offenders.”
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