A man who brutally murdered his estranged wife as one of their two young children slept in the next bedroom and a 'thoroughly good' dad unmasked as a drugs boss were just two of the criminals locked up in the region in October.
Greater Manchester's courts gave out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes this month. Other offenders put behind bars include the nurse who ordered workers at a car wash to scrub her Mercedes clean of blood after her son blasted a love rival in the leg with a shotgun, and a drunk thug who joined in with a brutal attack on a homeless man in Piccadilly Gardens after seeing others laying into him. READ MORE: Neighbours speak out after '25 youths' terrorised community last night in terrifying Halloween ordeal
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