Locked up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester last week
05.06.2022 - 00:47
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A loner who was bullied at school and went on to become a 'literal Nazi'; the 'Jekyll and Hyde' boyfriend who was 'kind and considerate' when sober, but abusive and controlling when he drank; and the 'sexual predator' with a 'clear and keen' interest in child abuse.
The dangerous sex pest who launched a terrifying stalking campaign against a McDonald's worker; the vile racist who left a man with life-changing brain injuries; and the thug who punched his girlfriend and drove her to the brink of suicide.
Jail sentences are handed out to some of the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters have been in court to cover the most serious cases. Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.
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A loner who was bullied at school posted vile racist hate online and downloaded two terrorist documents. Extremist Mason Yates, from Cheshire, described himself as a 'literal Nazi'.
He was first referred to the government's counter-extremism Prevent strategy when he was aged just 13. Now Yates, 19, has been jailed for 30 months.
Police found copies of '100 Deadly Skills', which provides instructions on knife attacks and making explosive devices, and the 'White Resistance Manual', giving directions on how to carry out 'mass murder' in advance of a 'race war', on his phone.
Yates developed an 'unsavoury obsession' with right wing politics, Manchester Crown Court heard. His lawyer said Yates, who also displayed an interest in the murderer behind mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, spent hours on his computer and became 'even more isolated' during the pandemic.
Yates' vile