MEMBERS of a gang who terrorised Partington have been jailed.

The eight gang members of the Oak Road Crew, who all pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing, were sentenced at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court on Monday for a three-day crime 'binge' in Partington.

In February, the gang used a homemade ‘stinger’ to deliberately damage a police car on Cedar Avenue, after calling officers out on a malicious call, they also taunted and physically intimidated another officer on Wood Lane and vandalised two houses on Plane Tree Road with bricks causing thousands of pounds worth of damage and injuring one of the residents.

On Monday, David Povey, 24, from Wood Lane, Partington, was jailed for two-and-a-half years, and Wayne Thompson, 24, from Barton Road in Stretford was sentenced to two years and seven months for a section four public order offence, criminal damage and violent disorder.

Daniel Allen, 22, from Garden Walk, Partington, was jailed for two years for a section four public order offence and violent disorder and Liam Dwyer, 23, from Chestnut Walk, Partington, was jailed for 22 months for two counts of section four public order offences and violent disorder.

Joseph Ennis, 18 from Catterick Avenue in Sale was sentenced to five months suspended for 12 months with a 12-month supervision order for a section four public order offence and Darren Grimshaw, 18, from Russell Road, Partington was sentenced to a 12-month community order and a three-month curfew for violent disorder.

A 17-year-old boy, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and a three-month curfew for violent disorder.

Rhys Elms, 18, from Yorkshire Road, Partington, will be sentenced tomorrow for a section four public order offence and .

After sentencing Detective Sergeant Chris Potter thanked the Partington community and witnesses who came forward and gave statements.

He said: "There is no doubt this gang thought they were above the law. They made no effort to conceal their identity when they threatened the officer or vandalised these homes, and obviously believed they could act with impunity and without consequence.

"However, today's court result shows that the estate does not belong to them and anyone who behaves in this way will find themselves in a prison cell.