A vile predator who filmed himself raping a woman and two crooks who robbed four shops during a machete rampage were just some of the offenders jailed in our region over the last week.
A 'beast' who repeatedly raped and assaulted a child over a period of eight years when he was a teenager was also put behind bars.
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 in Greater Manchester in the past week. A man was jailed for a 'shocking and horrific' series of sex attacks on a woman.
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