A thug who strangled a woman in a park and left her for dead before admitting to his mum he 'may have murdered someone' is among the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.
A 21-year-old driver who stopped for the police before speeding off again and sending them on a high speed chase has also been locked up. A drug dealer who supplied class A drugs and cannabis and kept designer watches and thousands of pounds in cash in his Salford home was also jailed.
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.