A cocaine-fuelled mum who led police on a terrifying high-speed chase and a prisoner who threatened to kill a judge in 'a slow and painful way' were just two of the offenders jailed in our region over the last week.
A driver who fled the country to escape justice following a horror crash that left a man needing both legs amputated was also put behind bars, along with three teenagers who left a man for dead in a canal.
A mum who tried to strangle a shop assistant with a mop handle and her shoplifter boyfriend were also handed prison terms. Read more: Prison 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
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