Despite current circumstances, prison sentences have still been handed out and people have been locked up for their offences.
And our reporters were able to cover the most serious as usual. There was the case of the jealous ex that terrorised his former partner by turning up at her house, climbing through her bedroom window and attacking her.
And there was also the lorry driver who was checking his Amazon account as he sped through red lights and ploughed into a car killing an MBE army veteran.
Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletter You can sign up very simply by following the instructions here Elsewhere, there was the pervert dad found in bed with a teenage girl he had been