Locked Up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester last week

A hit and run killer who mowed down a teenager who was out on a walk with a friend was just of the offenders jailed in our region last week.

Prison terms were also handed to a drug addict son who subjected his mum to a 20-year campaign of terror and a drunken thug who told his ex-girlfriend ‘I’m glad our daughter died’ during a violent attack.

A group of four people who stashed firearms for crime gangs and a man who doused his girlfriend in petrol in an alcohol-fuelled argument were also put behind bars.

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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 last week

A drug addict son who subjected his mum to a 20-year campaign of terror has been jailed.

Christopher Swaine, 40, was said by mum Francesca Swaine to have been 'lovely' but after he started taking drugs in his teens he repeatedly menaced and hounded her for cash to feed to his habit.

The construction worker was arrested after he turned up at his former family home in Wythenshawe, held a TV above his head and threatened to hurl it at 65-year-old Mrs Swaine unless she gave him money.

His older brother Jonathan - who is blind and suffers from other disabilities - offered him £3 but when Swaine refused, their mother handed her younger son £20 from her purse to make him leave.

At Manchester Crown Court, Swaine, of Bucklow Drive, Northenden, admitted robbery and criminal damage and was jailed for three years and nine months.

He was also barred from contacting his mother for 10 years under the terms of a restraining