A pervert who travelled 150 miles to meet up with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl was one of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.
Prison terms were also handed to a prolific thief who admitted to 15 counts of shoplifting. A thug who took part in a 'grotesque' 12-hour campaign of torture against a drug dealer who they kidnapped, assaulted and sexually humiliated was also jailed in our region. Read more:Groom broke his wife's back in brutal attack just weeks after their wedding - then refused to take her to hospital 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 dealt with in Greater Manchester over the last seven days. A vile pervert travelled 150 miles to meet up with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Instead, Andrew Masters was confronted in Manchester by a 'paedophile hunter' group who had been controlling a decoy Facebook account.
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