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PICTURED: The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week, including paedophile teacher, child killer and gun runner

manchestereveningnews.co.uk 2024/10/6

Prison terms are handed out to the worst offenders

Rebecca Joynes being arrested

It was the ultimate fall from grace. Rebecca Joynes, a teacher who grew up in a sleepy, comfortably-off Cheshire village, swapped her Salford Quays flat for a prison cell.

Flanked by her father, entering Manchester Crown Court with her coat hiding her face, she finally learned her fate. “Miss Joynes, you know what the outcome is going to be,” the judge told her before she imposed the inevitable prison sentence.

It came after her extraordinary crimes were uncovered and her reputation was left in tatters. She had sexually abused two teenage boys who she was supposed to be looking after.

Joynes groomed one 15-year-old boy with a trip to the Trafford Centre, buying him a £345 Gucci belt from Selfridges, and she fell pregnant with another teenage pupil.

As she begins her six-and-a-half year jail sentence, her victims and their families are continuing to pick up the pieces.

This is the ‘honest’ and ‘law abiding’ man who admitted making a ‘major lapse of judgement’ after being caught at Manchester Airport trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cannabis into the country. Marcus Montoya said he was ‘introduced to a third party’ who informed him about the scheme after finding himself in ‘financial desperate straits’. Montoya, an American citizen, said he would receive $6,000 if successful. But he was taken to one side by Border Force at Terminal one of the airport, and officers discovered that his two suitcases contained 33 kilos of the class B drug. He is now locked up in a British jail after being sentenced to 16 months in prison. Read the full story here.1 of 4
A son who followed his father into crime after describing him as his ‘role model’ has joined him behind bars. Junnaid Tufail was just 19 when he started committing crime with his father Asim Tufail. Junnaid looked up to his dad despite him being absent for much of his childhood after receiving a 12 year sentence for drug dealing. When he got out, rather than changing his ways Asim Tufail just carried on, adding gun running and an international money laundering operation to his crimes. He was also called in by other criminals to assist with ‘enforcement’ in underworld disputes, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Earlier this year, Asim Tufail, 52, received a 23 year jail sentence. Now his son, 24, has been locked up for 11 years. Read the full story here.2 of 4
Former teacher turned convicted sex offender Rebecca Joynes is now behind bars after having sex with two pupils. Joynes, 30, was convicted of engaging in sexual activity with the boys after grooming them. She groomed one 15-year-old boy with a trip to the Trafford Centre, buying him a £345 Gucci belt from Selfridges. She then fell pregnant by another teenage pupil, who she also began a sexual relationship with when he was 15. Joynes was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, including two counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust following a trial at Manchester Crown Court. The offences concerned two teenage boys she met through her job as a teacher at a Greater Manchester school. The boys - and the school - cannot be identified for legal reasons. Joynes was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of sexual offences. Read the full story here.3 of 4
Lucy Letby court case
Child killer Lucy Letby has been handed another whole life order and told she will spend the rest of her life behind bars. Letby, 34, had already been found guilty of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others following a previous trial. Earlier this week, she was found guilty of attempting to murder another infant, known as Child K. This morning at Manchester Crown Court, Letby was handed another whole life order. As she was sent down to continue her sentence, Letby said: “I’m innocent.” Moments earlier, the judge, Mr Justice Goss, told her: “Only you know the reason or reasons for your murderous campaign." Read the full story here.4 of 4
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