Locked up in April: Criminals jailed in Greater Manchester last month
Some of the criminal cases covered by MEN reporters over the last month
19:24, 1 MAY 2021
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Some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in April 2021
A vodka-fuelled rapist who subjected a child to grave sexual abuse and four people who hunted down a doting dad and murdered him were just some of the criminals locked up in the region in April.
Greater Manchester courts gave out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes last month.
Other offenders put behind bars include a road rage thug who left a man for dead and a paedophile who asked his victim s mum not to tell police he sexually assaulted her child.
Locked Up: Our round up of criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week
These are some of the criminals put behind bars in our region over the last week
17:49, 17 APR 2021
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More criminals have been locked up this week as court cases conclude across Greater Manchester.
Those put behind bars over the past seven days include a man who set fire to his girlfriend s pub leaving her homeless, and a teenager who attacked a man with a hammer leaving him blind.
Middlesbrough store targeted by Asda nappy gang which stole haul of £160,000 goods in national spree
The Romanian gang swiped items including thousands of nappies stolen in raids on 81 stores across the country
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An Oldham-based Romanian crime gang, who stole more than £160,000 worth of items from supermarkets across the UK, have been jailed.
Nicolea Ilea, aged 36, Alin Mahai, 27, Florin Costea, 51, Stefan Florin, 31, Marius Meiosu, 25, and Gabriel Mocanu, 36, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal and were sentenced at Chester Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday).
They were each sentenced to 42 months in prison.
The court heard that the gang travelled across the country stealing high value items from supermarkets, primarily targeting Asda stores.
Their crime spree began on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, when Mahai and Ilie targeted the Asda Great Bridge Supercentre in Tipton, West Midlands.
Nicolea Ilea, Alin Mahai, Florin Costea; Gabriel Mocanu; Stefan Florin and Marius Meiosu (Cheshire Police) A crime gang who stole more than £160,000 worth of items from supermarkets, including locations in Accrington and Rawtenstall have been jailed. The court heard that the gang of Romanian background travelled across the country stealing high value items from supermarkets, primarily targeting Asda stores. Nicolea Ilea, 36, of Birmingham; Alin Mahai, 27, of Liverpool; Florin Costea, 51 of Oldham; Stefan Florin, 31, of HMP Risley; Marius Meiosu, 25, and Gabriel Mocanu, 36, both of Oldham all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal and were sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday 13 April. They were each sentenced to 42 months in prison.