In 2015 Craig Norman was jailed for three and a half years after pleading guilty to burglary. In sentencing him Judge Michael Henshall hit out at Norman’s ‘dreadful’ record, which included 135 offences, and said he had an ‘obsession with other people’s motor cars’.
During the break-in for which he was convicted Norman was stabbed by the owner of the house. He spent six months in hospital, suffered serious injury to his major organs, and, according to his own barrister was "lucky to be alive".
Yet, he continued to commit crimes after his discharge from hospital and while recovering. Then, after his conviction, Norman made a formal complaint to police about the stabbing in a letter written from his cell - so GMP were duty bound to investigate.
