Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A mum-of-two who groomed a vulnerable boy, a Cambridge graduate who had an 'anarchist cookbook' with instructions on how to make a bomb, and two brothers who targeted vulnerable teenage girls to sexually abuse them were just some of the criminals locked up in the region in May.
Greater Manchester courts gave out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes this month. Other offenders put behind bars include an ex-soldier who raped a woman twice - including whilst she was asleep - and a man who stole over £40,000 worth of jewellery from his parents whilst they were on holiday.
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