Loan sharks who threatened vulnerable victims are jailed

Sarah Coles

Updated

A gang of loan sharks has been jailed at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. The men preyed on young women with children and lent them money at extortionate rates of interest. If they struggled to pay they threatened to injure or kill them.

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