You may think it would be impossible to find a cheap home whilst house prices are still sky-high, but luckily there are some bargains up for grabs across Greater Manchester.
07.04.2023 - 06:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When criminals are jailed, they are handed a minimum number of years they must spend behind bars at sentencing.
Those who have committed the most horrific offences - such as murder and rape - can be sentenced to life imprisonment, but this does not always mean life. Most of the time, even these criminals will be given a minimum term they must serve before being considered for release by the Parole Board.
Occasionally, judges sentence the most dangerous criminals to 'whole life orders' - meaning they will never be considered for release and will die in prison.
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Others have been deemed so evil, judges have handed down minimum sentences of up to 55 years.
From the contract killer, to the sexual predator, here are some of the criminals serving Greater Manchester's longest prison sentences.
Samson Price
Samson Price, a father from Wigan, was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment after a brutal 'eye for eye' attack on a man he believed responsible for the death of his son.
Tragically, Samson Junior died in October 2020 after drowning in a Wigan park while with two friends - one of whom was Patrick Brown. Brown and the other friend were initially arrested over Samson Jnr's death, but were released without charge.
But Price was 'disgruntled' at the outcome of the police investigation, and took the law into his own hands. He attacked his son's childhood friend Patrick Brown outside the Puregym in Northwich with a 16-inch machete, having previously installed trackers on his van.
Brown suffered 21 separate lacerations from the attack - one of which nearly severed his right leg. Price then fled the scene and attempted to destroy evidence before
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