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A convicted killer is back behind bars after raping a woman and a teenager. Paul Creedy, 31, targeted his victims when they were alone, before getting them back to a flat pretending he wanted to help them.

The mother of a 20-year-old brutally murdered as violence erupted at Manchester's Caribbean Carnival said she will be forever haunted by her son's death. Javell Morgan was stabbed to death in Moss Side last summer, when two groups of young men from Huddersfield clashed in the street, one side armed with guns, the other with knives.

A killer who laughed as he brutally murdered a rival in the street due to a gang conflict is facing a life sentence in jail. Javell Morgan, 20, was stabbed to death last summer in Moss Side, Manchester when two rival outfits clashed.

A beloved dad was killed when a thug 'lost it' as a drunken row spilled onto the street. Jamie Kennedy, 24, punched Robert Payne in the head after the pair had argued and Kennedy had been told to leave.

A "loving" boyfriend who killed a young woman in a crash was today jailed - despite the victim's family 'disagreeing' with the prosecution. Mum-of-one Natalia Kulik died after Peter Clarke's car crashed through a roundabout barrier and landed on its side on an underpass in Salford.

A judge has condemned a weightlifting champion nicknamed The Strength Predator as a 'very weak man' after he forced his girlfriend into a controlling and abusive relationship whilst training her to be a powerlifter.

A crown court judge says she had her faith in humanity restored by a kindhearted taxi driver who went out of his way to help her.

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direct to your inboxA thug who attacked and strangled his partner in the presence of their baby was told he was lucky not to be facing more serious charges.Nico Noicely, 31, assaulted the woman in her own home in a 'particularly nasty' incident.Noicely had been accused of seeing his ex, and arguments had been occurring prior to the attack within their 'tempestuous' relationship.But a judge said this provided no excuse for the attack."You are lucky you weren't put on more serious charges which would have led to a much lengthier custodial sentence," Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions

hereA text sent to her from Shortman's phone the day before the attack read: "Tell me who the only man in your life is."Now Shortman and Gillott, both from Little Hulton, have been jailed.Before sending them down, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC told them: "You are father and son.

A brave grandma intervened when thugs attacked two shoppers in a busy store.

hereLavelle was also in court for affray after two teenage boys were assaulted at a tram stop in Droylsden.Now the four men have been sentenced.CCTV footage of the Arndale attack was described as 'sickening' by Judge Suzanne Goddard QC.The judge described Tighe, Badat and Jones-Lowe - who were sentenced separately to Lavelle - as 'vicious, cowardly thugs', and said they behaved like a 'pack of animals preying on those you considered weaker than yourselves'. "You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves," Judge Goddard said.Prosecutors said the incident at the Arndale unfolded on November 14 last year at about 3pm.Tighe, described by the judge as a 'ringleader', had earlier been told to leave the shopping centre as he was in breach of bail

here.To download our app to get all the latest news visit here.He had been before the court just three weeks earlier, for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said that the probation service had previously 'done everything they could to assist' Webber, who she said had a 'difficult' upbringing.Adam Brown, defending, said that when the defendant is released he needs to engage with support agencies.The judge told Webber: "It seems to be, regrettably the time has come where you must learn the consequences of committing serious criminal offences."Webber, of Lloyd Wright Avenue, Beswick, was sentenced to three years in a young offenders institution after admitting robbery.

A court case to determine if serial rapist Reyhnard Sinaga’s sentence is “unduly lenient” has been set back to a later date.