Violent thug who poured Coke over his girlfriend and a paedophile with history of sex crimes - The criminals locked up in Manchester this week

A paedophile who had extreme pornography showing a ‘threat to life’ on his phone and hid the device in a bin is among the criminals given jail sentences in Greater Manchester this week. Simon McDonald was also caught in possession of indecent images and videos of children - with the youngest being just one month old.

A prisoner already locked up for assault had his sentence extended after crafting a homemade knife in his cell and attacking officers who were conducting a welfare check on him. A heroin addict was also put behind bars this week, after he and his girlfriend robbed an elderly man during an attack in a shopping centre.

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 the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week...

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Two heroin addicts robbed an elderly man in a shopping centre attack - then blamed the victim. Stephen Goulding snatched the pensioner's wallet after he and girlfriend Kayleigh Fox followed him through Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre.

Goulding, 33, then told police the victim had touched his partner 'inappropriately' in a desperate attempt to explain the struggle. However, it was Fox, 30, who grabbed the pensioner's bottom as she tried to steal his wallet from his back pocket.

Fox held the door open for boyfriend Goulding who ‘struggled’ with the elderly man and eventually managed to grab the wallet and run off on April 6. They were arrested a short time later after the attack was caught on CCTV and security staff from the centre recognised Fox, due to her being banned.

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