A husband who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and two men who murdered footballer Cody Fisher in a nightclub on Boxing Day were among the notorious criminals sent to jail in the UK in April.
Other offenders locked up last month include a speeding driver who killed a couple who were standing up 'twerking' in the back of her car and a carpenter who stabbed four people with a knife and then murdered a man who intervened to protect others.
A rapist who attacked a 15-year-old girl on Bournemouth beach on a busy summer’s afternoon and a former GP who sexually assaulted three patients during consultations at his surgery will also spend several years behind bars for their crimes. READ MORE: Brianna Ghey's mum reveals she is ‘still in touch’ with the parents of daughter’s killers Read more court stories from the Manchester Evening News here. Lengthy sentences are handed to some of the worst offenders each month.
These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK in recent weeks. A rapist carried out two near-identical sex attacks 12 years apart by luring lone women into his car.
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