Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A drug dealer hospitalised a long-standing customer who owed him money - before boasting to his pals.
Vincent Gilligan, 33, had been selling to the man for years. The victim has tried to take his own life in recent months. He said he was 'terrified and thought he was going to die'.
A judge said Gilligan ruined the man's life. Now he's been jailed. Things took a nasty turn earlier this year when he turned up at his house and demanded £200. READ MORE:Gang of knife-wielding robbers dragged mum out of car in Snapchat set-up He hit the man with a wooden rolling pin, before telling him he had an hour to find the cash.
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