One punch killer, footie coach pervert and a drunk who glassed a model: the criminals locked up this week

A former 'boy soldier' who threatened to 'chop up' his partner and stomped on her broken leg was just one of the offenders jailed in our region last week.

Prison terms were also handed to a drunk who glassed a model in a city centre bar and a football coach who secretly filmed two girls undressing.

A violent thug who tricked his way into a 60-year-old woman’s house by asking to use her toilet then raped and beat her and a doorman who killed a student doctor with a single punch 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 this week

A former "boy soldier" who threatened to "chop up" his partner and stomped on her already-fractured leg has been jailed.

Arron Chevelleau, 32, of Portslade Road, pleaded guilty to two assaults and possessing a machete, the latest in his long history of criminal activity. Alison Whalley, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court that Chevelleau, who joined the Army when he was just 16, most recently came to the attention of the courts after two assaults, almost two years apart from each other.

At about 2am on October 19, 2019, Chevelleau was outside Bar Rouge on Portland Street when he headbutted Troy Bell, who had allegedly made a derogatory remark about Chevelleau's mother, before punching him whilst holding his phone in his hand.

Ms Whalley, who said there was clearly "some form of background between the two", told the court the altercation lasted less than two minutes and left the victim with a broken