Baby shaking thug, Britain’s ‘worst flasher’ and 'Red Cap rapist' among those jailed in Greater Manchester this week

A man dubbed ‘Britain’s worst flasher’ - who has clocked up 170 offences on his record - is amongst those who have been jailed in Greater Manchester this week.

Also locked up this week include a stranger wearing a distinctive red hat who destroyed a woman’s life, a man who shook a baby causing her traumatic brain injuries and a paedophile who plied a schoolgirl with drugs before sexually assaulting her.

Prison terms are handed down to the worst offenders each week at our region’s courts. And Manchester Evening News reporters are on hand to cover the most serious cases.

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A paedophile who plied a schoolgirl with cannabis and repeatedly sexually abused her after meeting on Snapchat has been jailed.

Faisal Khan, 20, met up with the girl ‘nearly every day’ and had an ‘intense sexual relationship’ with her, Manchester Crown Court previously heard.

The pair initially met on Snapchat via one of the girl’s friends. Khan complimented her and told her she was ‘pretty’, before meeting up with her in person and giving her cannabis.

He would tell her to meet him in a nearby park because he was ‘clearly concerned her mum would find out’, prosecutor Ben Lawrence said.

They shared more than 3,000 messages on the social media platform and Khan 'made her feel special'. He told the schoolgirl that he loved her and they shared kisses and heart emojis on Snapchat. He also provided her with cannabis, alcohol and nitrous oxide balloons.

At one stage he suggested they could spend time in a hotel room together, and said he would 'f*** her hard'. "He knew full well she was a schoolgirl," Mr Lawrence said.

Prosecutors said that he would have known she