The men and women who killed their partners and horrified Greater Manchester

Couples are supposed to love and care for one another. But these men and women's relationships ended in violence and tragedy.

From the pensioner who stabbed his wife of 59 years to death to the mum who helped arrange the killing of her ex-husband, these killings all horrified Greater Manchester.

Research shows that women are far more likely than men to be murdered by an intimate partner. But for families who have lost a loved one - the pain doesn't change.

Some of these crimes were fuelled by abuse, others poor mental health, some by jealousy, resentment or drugs. Each left one partner fatally injured, and the other behind bars.

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Abid Mahmood savagely stabbed his former partner to death in a 'planned and 'premeditated' attack in her own home.

Mahmood, 35, arrived at Tamby Dowling's house in Chadderton, Oldham, in a taxi before bursting through the front door, punching the 36-year-old then knifing her eight times. The couple had split up months earlier.

He spent about two-and-a-half minutes in the house during the killing on November 8, 2021, before getting back into the taxi. "I can hear screaming in my head, pray for me brother," Mahmood told the taxi driver after getting back in the car.

He later surrendered himself at a police station, and handed over the blood stained knife he'd used to kill Tamby, who was described as a 'beautiful, kind hearted soul'. He told an officer that he had felt 'like killing someone'.

Mahmood, who brought the knife to the scene, was described as looking 'demonic' at the time. Manchester Crown Court heard that he had suffered from 'extensive' mental health problems since he was a teenager and had been diagnosed with a