TikTok terrorist and romance scammer among notorious criminals locked up in the UK in July

A man who plotted to kidnap, rape and murder TV star Holly Willoughby and a 'TikTok' terrorist who made posts celebrating the 9/11 attacks were among the notorious criminals sent to jail in the UK in July.

A romance scammer and rapist, who defrauded women out of more than £210,000 through his scams, has also been sent to jail.

Other offenders locked up last month include a drink-driver who smashed into a car at 141mph killing a baby and his aunt and a man who strangled his estranged wife to death with his bootlace.

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Read more court stories from the Manchester Evening News here.

A former high school headteacher who had a 'sexual obsession' with young girls and a teacher who had sex with two teenage schoolboys will also spend several years behind bars for their crimes.

Lengthy sentences are handed to some of the worst offenders each month. These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK in recent weeks.

A former high school headteacher who had a "sexual obsession" with young girls was locked up for 17 years. Neil Foden, 66, who worked at a school in North Wales, was convicted of 19 offences involving the abuse of four girls over a four-year period.

Sentencing him, Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "Your behaviour was born out of your arrogant sense of your self-worth, such that you believed no-one would stand up to you." He said Foden had been "determined" to satisfy his "perverted desires", which included a urination fetish.

He described Foden as a "domineering" and "bombastic" character who was looked up to by many, but was a "man who managed to hide a dreadful secret, an appalling flaw in your character, that