The police crackdown on Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street' has led to the conviction of a man for an 'abhorrent' sex attack on a woman.
Hedi Sheriatzada, 22, who police said worked in a store selling knock-off goods, has now been jailed for four years and banned from entering Cheetham Hill for six years.
Detectives - who were today celebrating the first court convictions under Operation Vulcan - said they've 'long said the sale of counterfeit goods was linked to more serious and violent offences'. READ MORE: Pensioner, 75, left waiting TWO MONTHS for heating repairs could face freezing Christmas READ MORE: Little girl fell in pond and died whilst mum and gran tended to horses instead of watching her During the course of an investigation into a break-in at a store, police said they were able to link Sheriatzada to the sexual assault of a woman in Cheetham Hill.
He went on to plead guilty to the charges he faced. Four men were jailed over the break-in, and a fifth given a suspended prison sentence, at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday after a year-long investigation.
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