A serial domestic abuser who threatened to kill his partner and held a knife to her throat was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.
A career criminal who switched on the crocodile tears to try and fool cops who were arresting him for burglary has also been put behind bars.
A drunken thug 'lost it' and killed a beloved dad in an attack was also handed jail terms. 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. Read more: Drunk fan climbed 4ft fence and charged onto the pitch ‘because it was live on Sky’ Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in the past seven days. This is the face of a predator who has been locked up for 17 years for child sex offences.
Kieron Jackson, from Salford, was put behind bars at Bolton Crown Court on Tuesday (August 2), police said. The 33-year-old was first reported to officers by a 'concerned party' who alleged that he had had sexual contact with a child.
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