A couple who kidnapped a man and subjected him to 12 hours of brutal torture were just two of the offenders jailed in our region in the last week.
A vile rape gang who subjected a homeless woman to an 11-hour ordeal after luring her into a house with promise of a warm drink and some food were also put behind bars.
Prison terms were also handed to a dad who started working for an alleged drugs after getting into financial problems and a successful film director who terrorised a woman during a vile stalking campaign.
Jail sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases. Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in the past seven days. A getaway driver helped three masked men rob a supermarket in Stockport.
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