They include murderers given life sentences three days before Christmas as well as killer drivers, rapists, armed robbers, thieves, drug dealers and child sex offenders…
37. Shane Freeman
The 29-year-old was sentenced to life after a “terrifying” early- hours attack at Northampton Balloon Festival. Freeman, of no fixed abode, was convicted of Section 18 grievous bodily harm, Section 20 grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary when he slashed a men’s legs with a knife and hit another repeatedly in the face. We reported in March that Freeman was handed a life sentence with a minimum of seven years, 88 days in prison before he can apply for parole. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
38. Simon Turay
We reported in August that Turay had been sentenced to a total of 15 years after a jury found him guilty of rape, kidnap and robbery in Northampton. The 47-year-old, of no fixed address, also admitted assault plus charges of harassment and perverting the course of justice involving a second woman. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
39. Taswin Williams
Taswin Williams The Northampton paedophile was jailed for total of 11 years, six months after he admitted posing as a 15-year-old online to groom a young girl and then driving 120 miles to Leeds to a rape a her multiple times in his car. We reported in January how Williams, of Furze Walk, was arrested after the youngster’s mother found naked photos of her and the 27-year-old on her phone. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
40. Tyrone Maitland-Flute, Alfie Graham Kew, Liam Edward Stray
Maitland-Flute was just 18 when he led a drugs gang which lured schoolboys as young as 14 to deal crack and heroin worth up to £200,000 in Wellingborough before detectives swooped in 2022. We reported in June that Maitland-Flute, of Hart Way, Rushden, was sentenced to 10 years after being found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Kew, 24, of Skegness pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply and was sentenced to seven years, nine months; while Stray, 25, of York Road, Wellingborough, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply and sentenced to three years, nine months in jail. Photo: Northamptonshire Police