A number of evil sex offenders have been locked up this month.
Rapists and paedophiles are among those who have been convicted in courts across the North East. They have been handed prison sentences which range between six years and 15 years and one month.
In one of the most shocking cases, a 66-year-old man was put behind bars for raping a five-year-old girl. In another case, a 36-year-old man was jailed after abusing a brain-damaged woman on a bus.
