Teenage killers, 'monsters', and drug-dealing brothers - The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in October

It has been another busy month in Greater Manchester's courts as 48 criminals have been locked up.

These include the teenager killers who murdered a lad they called a 'friend'. Yousef Sesay, Tafari Smith and Lewis Ludford stabbed Kyle Hackland, aged 17, after being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were each jailed for life. The getaway driver, Alfie Benson, was jailed for 12 years.

Also locked up was five 'monsters' who plied two teenage girls with drink and drugs before sexually abusing them over a number of years in Rochdale. They were convicted of a number of historic child sex offences and were handed hefty jail terms.

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These are the faces of the teen killers jailed following the murder of Kyle Hackland. Kyle, 17, was stabbed to death in broad daylight after being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He was targeted because of his association with a friend, who one of his killers blamed after he was 'set up' in a drugs deal gone wrong. A gang of four young men out drug dealing set upon Kyle in Withington after they saw him walking with his friend, a man named James Todd.

Todd fled when he saw them but Kyle, who knew all four, appeared to be taken by surprise by the brutal attack. Tafari Smith, then aged 16, stabbed him before another two, Yousef Sesay and Lewis Ludford, both aged 18, joined in as Kyle was punched and kicked.

Manchester Crown Court heard that 17-year-old Alfie Benson drove the killers to and from the scene in a