A former drug addict who stabbed a 25-year-old man to death is among the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester just before Christmas.
A masked burglar who terrified a woman when he burst into her bedroom has also been handed prison terms this week. A violent thug who strangled, kicked and punched his girlfriend in a series of horror attacks and told her: "Oh baby, I like it when you cry," has been handed prison terms.
Prison sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases.
