A murderer who stabbed a man in the neck following a row in a shop is amongst those who have been jailed this week in Greater Manchester.
Also locked up this week was a drug dealer who 'broke down and cried' when he got caught by law enforcers, and a thug who stabbed an escort.
Prison sentences are handed down to the worst offenders each week at our region’s courts. The M.E.N. has dedicated court reporters on the press benches for the most serious cases.
A man was today starting a life sentence behind bars for the murder of a teenager he stabbed in the neck. Knifeman Akbar Khan, 21, of Hyde Road in Gorton, Manchester, was told by a judge he must serve a minimum of 20 years in custody.
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