Criminals locked up in Manchester this week for some of the vilest of crimes

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.

This week, those included a convicted paedophile who used his Xbox to search for indecent videos of children, and a sick rapist who held a woman hostage for two months and tortured her with needles.

A pervert who rang who he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sexual conversations - but was actually caught out by an undercover cop was another in the dock, along with two drug peddlers who flooded the north of England with almost 100 kilos of cocaine and heroin worth millions of pounds. Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.

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A man has been jailed for 28 years after a police investigation into historic sexual abuse. Eric Hindley, 80, of Moorlands Crescent in Mossley, Tameside, was convicted by a jury after a trial.

He was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape, Greater Manchester Police confirmed in a statement on April 19. The offences occurred over more than two decades and involved six different victims.

Speaking after a sentencing hearing in which Hindley was locked up, police praised victims' 'immense bravery' in coming forward to report him. After the hearing, police said Hindley was 'finally facing the consequences of his horrific actions'.

An amphetamine-addicted predator who raped three vulnerable men has been jailed for 23 years. 'Dangerous' Nico Baxter, 39, befriended the men, who all had issues with drugs or alcohol, before abusing them.

He attacked them when were in a drug-induced state. The first