A paedophile who sent more than £20,000 to the Philippines to set up live streams of child abuse is amongst those who have been jailed in Greater Manchester last week.
Also locked up this week was a thieving administrator who stole nearly a quarter of a million pounds from the company he worked for, and a GMP police officer who left a boy in a 'vegetative state' after crashing into him.
Prison sentences are handed down to the worst offenders each week at our region's courts. And Manchester Evening Newsreporters are on the press bench, day-in-day-out, to cover the most serious cases. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community A police officer who caused a teenage boy to be left in a 'vegetative' state after crashing into him while responding to an emergency has been jailed.
PC Sarah De Meulemeester, 26, drove at speeds of up to 61mph on 30mph roads in wet conditions through Stockport on Boxing Day 2020.