It has been a busy month in our region's courts. Nurse Lucy Letby was jailed for the rest of her life for killing seven babies; a couple were jailed for the brutal killing of Liam Smith in Wigan; a man was locked up for killing Tyson Fury’s cousin and another man is starting a life sentence for murdering his ex-partner’s teenage son.
Also locked up this month was the head of a family-run meet and greet parking business, a depraved rapist and a paedophile who groomed a 12-year-old girl. Join our FREE Manchester Crime and Court WhatsApp group by clicking here Prison terms are handed out to the most serious offenders.
Manchester Evening News reporters are on the press bench each day to cover such cases. Here are the criminals across the region locked up in our courts in August.
The man who murdered Rico Burton - Tyson Fury's cousin - has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years. Liam O'Pray, 22, knifed 31-year-old Mr Burton in Altrincham town centre in the early hours of August 21 last year.
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