'I’m not having that - I wasn’t born yesterday'....the top put downs delivered by judges to criminals this year

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

They don't hold back. When judges sentence criminals, they are known for delivering scathing put downs. As defendants guilty of horrendous acts sit before them, judges speak for all of us when they articulate the depravity of their crimes and the toll they have taken on our communities.

Over the last 12 months in Manchester’s courts, judges have made their feelings known on certain offenders who’ve been hauled into the dock.

Here are some of the most powerful sentencing remarks delivered from the bench over the past year. Teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were handed life sentences for the brutal killing of Brianna Ghey.

The two teen were found guilty of the 'frenzied and ferocious' murder of Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed 28 times in broad daylight in a park near Warrington in February last year.