A vile rapist who claimed he was 17, a texting lorry driver who killed a nurse and an evil carer: Just some of the people jailed in Greater Manchester last month

A mum-of-two who stole two scooters from a toy store and then rammed her car into a store assistant, carrying him on the bonnet for 50ft before running over him. Two brothers who wanted to live a 'tax free lifestyle' broke down high end stolen cars and sold the parts on eBay, raking in more than £120,000.

A law student who groomed a 13-year-old boy on PlayStation for 18 months and booked a hotel to meet him. The former 'boy soldier' who threatened to "chop up" his partner and stomped on her already-fractured leg after a night of drinking and taking cocaine.

Jail sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases.

Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in January.

A rapist who groomed a 15-year-old girl, took her to the cinema and attacked her in a hotel has been jailed for over nine years. Jordan Lanzon, 26, befriended the girl on social media after making numerous accounts to contact her.

He claimed he was 17 when he was actually 23. The pair met in November 2019 in Manchester where they went to the cinema.

The following month they met again and Lanzon told the teen that he had booked them a hotel room to escape the cold. It was there that he raped her, a court previously heard.

They continued to communicate, with Lanzon repeatedly booking hotel rooms for them and inviting her to join him. She reported feeling scared and forced into having sex with him on multiple occasions.

He also asked her to perform sexual acts over video calls and via texts, it was said. Following a trial in January this year, Lanzon, of Whalley Range, was found guilty of offences of rape, and had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of