old Manchester pub at the centre of a notorious unsolved murder which will soon be no more
A 200-year-old Manchester pub, the Bank of England, is set for demolition due to safety concerns after standing empty for over a decade. The site was previously the focus of a high-profile, unsolved murder investigation regarding the disappearance of Martin Joyce in 1999.
Why it matters
The demolition marks the end of a site associated with local criminal history and a long-standing cold case investigation.
A 200-year-old pub at the centre of a notorious unsolved murder is collapsing. The Bank of England in Ancoats , which has stood empty since around 2012, is set to be demolished due to safety fears. Once owned by the late Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly , a member of Manchester's notorious Quality Street Gang, in 2016 the pub became the focus of a high-profile murder investigation as police searched for the body of missing Martin Joyce . Mr Joyce, then 29, of Gorton , was last seen at the Pollard Street pub in September 1999. Seventeen years later, police dug up the cellar of the Bank of England after being tipped off that Mr Joyce's body was buried there. Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter It came after GMP received 'credible' information he had been killed during a fight.
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