The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Drug mules, an extremist and a sexual predator are amongst those who have been locked up this week in Greater Manchester. Multiple defendants have been caught red-handed with multiple kilos of cannabis at Manchester Airport.

Each have cited various excuses, and many have been sent down for their involvement. An extremist who shared disturbing terrorist material online and a sexual predator who followed a vulnerable young woman home from a night out were also handed lengthy jail terms this week in our region's courts. READ MORE: Gang members jailed over roles in biggest drug smuggling plot ever uncovered by UK police Prison terms are handed out to the worst offenders each week.

Manchester Evening News court reporters cover the most serious cases each week. Here is a roundup of the court cases covered this week: A judge blasted a group of 'pumped up, angry young men' after violence broke out in Bury.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard a man had left his grandparent's house to try and track down his stolen bike when he was confronted by a group of up to 15 men. "That's my f*****g bike," he shouted before members of the gang ran at him. "He noted the group were in possession of samurai swords, zombie knives and other types of knives," prosecutor Nicholas Clarke told the court.