Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter More criminals have been locked up this week as court cases conclude across Greater Manchester.
Those put behind bars over the past seven days include a drunk man who set fire to a house where a baby was sleeping and a drugs kingpin who had a lead role in a 'sophisticated' cocaine ring.
A well-respected businessman struggling to keep his barber shops afloat during the pandemic who took a 'deep dive' into the world of crime was also locked up.
Jail terms were also handed out to the killers of a promising boxer who was gunned down in the street and a man who killed his flatmate then claimed the fatal knife wounds had been self-inflicted.
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