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…
9. Davood Alekozai
We reported in May that registered sex offender Alekozai, aged 25, was sentenced to 64 months after failing to comply with notification requirements imposed after he was convicted of three assaults on women while living in Corby — including one in The Range and one in Superdrug. The third was assaulted as she worked alone, close to Alekozai’s home which was then at Stone House Mews. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
10. Edward Cason
We reported in June how the Northampton paedophile, 61, was jailed for non-recent offences after a jury found him guilty of 12 sex offences. A judge sentenced Cason, of Ringway, to 14 years in prison with a minimum term of nine years. He was also made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and given a restraining order. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. Elvjis Penikis
We reported in July that the 37-year-old had been jailed for five years, three months over an assault in Wellingborough in 2013. Penikis, of no fixed abode, allegedly punched and kicked his brother’s landlord multiple times in a dispute over £30 rent before stamping on his head, causing serious injury. He was arrested in January 2025 at Stansted Airport as he was about to board a flight back to Latvia, having been in the UK visiting family over Christmas. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
12. Gareth Viccars
The 47-year-old former Football League referee “preyed on” and sexually assaulted young girls, including in Northamptonshire. We reported in October that Viccars, of Hunter Drive, Bletchley, was jailed for 13 years. six months and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. Photo: Police