'Vlad the Impaler', a prison officer and a cowardly thug amongst those jailed in Greater Manchester this week
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Salford crime lord known as 'Vlad the Impaler' is among those to be jailed in Greater Manchester this week. Nathan Vanden arranged gangland hits across Greater Manchester from his bolthole in the Netherlands.
Also locked up this week was a prison officer who kissed an inmate before smuggling drugs into jail for him. Prison terms are handed out to the most serious offenders each week.
And Manchester Evening News reporters are on the press bench each day to cover these cases. A Salford crime lord directed underworld hits from hundreds of miles away in the Netherlands.
A shooting and a raid on a family home were carried out on the orders of Nathan Vanden, who had fled from his native Greater Manchester after arousing the suspicion of the authorities.
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