Locked Up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester in July

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Cousins who murdered a dad and dismembered his body, storing it in four suitcases were among those jailed in our region last month.

Prison terms were also handed to a negligent doctor who killed a mum-of-three after carrying out a 'highly dangerous procedure' without her consent.

A young dad who inadvertently supplied undercover police officers with drugs on his first day 'on the job' in order to repay a debt to his dealer was also put behind bars.

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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 some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester last month

A convicted drug dealer was left with a 'nasty' stab wound to his neck after chasing a man through Manchester city centre. Mohsin Choudhry was jailed for four years in 2019 and had been out on licence for around six months when he drove to John Dalton Street in the early hours of January 16 2022.

The 26-year-old pulled up alongside a Volkswagen Golf in his Mercedes, close to the junction of Deansgate, and got into an argument with a passenger in the other car. During a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court, prosecution barrister Ben Lawrence said: "The Crown doesn't know the background but it appears obvious that there was some existing ill feeling".

Choudhry got out of his Mercedes, along with two other men, and approached the Volkswagen. The passenger of the Volkswagen - the complainant in the case - then got out and Choudhry's group started to threaten him with physical violence.

Mr Lawrence told the court that CCTV showed Choudhry holding a