Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A gang of drug dealers have been found guilty of plotting to use a team of fake police officers to rob and torture an elderly businessman in his 80s.
Conversations about the terrifying plot were uncovered after police inserted secret listening devices at an industrial unit in Openshaw.
Officers raided the premises and made arrests hours before the robbery had been planned to take place. READ MORE:Murder probe launched after woman's body found at home Chilling conversations were discovered.
One conspirator, Gary Betts, talked about 'cutting an ear off' and 'using a blowtorch on his testicles'. Betts also told of 'how much an iron placed on someone's chest
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