Who's been sentenced featuring Desborough, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Corby, Raunds, Wellingborough, Mansfield, Kettering, Thrapston, Ellesmere Port, Burton Latimer, Broughton and Barton Seagrave

Brian Devlin

Barnsley Square, Corby. Age 49.

On 18/01/26 at Corby, sent a message that conveyed a threat of serious harm, namely to burn the Corby Candle down.

Plea: Guilty. 26 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months, with a prohibition order not to enter The Corby Candle public house for 18 months. To pay costs of £85 and a £154 surcharge.

Gabriel Opoku-Mensah

St Saviours Road, Kettering. Age 28.

On 25/12/25 at the A14 J12 Eastbound, Thrapston, drove a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the temporary 40 mph speed restriction. The speed recorded was 73 mph.

Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 28 days, fined £666, costs of £120 and a £266 surcharge.

Hannah Purvis

Buckfast Close, Daventry. Age 23.

On 01/02/26 at A45 Higham Road Eastbound, Wellingborough, drove a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the legal limit of 70 mph. The speed recorded was 110 mph.

Plea: Guilty. Fined £615, costs of £120 and a £246 surcharge. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Carlos Gonzalez

Sartoris Road, Rushden. Age 25.

On 08/08/26 at Bayes Street, Kettering, drove dangerously; drove while disqualified; used a motor vehicle without third-party insurance.

Plea: Guilty. 19 months in prison, disqualified from driving for 5 years and 1 month until an extended test is passed.

Ivan Aleksandrovic

Grosvenor Way, Barton Seagrave. Age 47.

On 18/06/26 at Tresham Street, Kettering, drove a Volkswagen Tiguan otherwise than in accordance with a licence; used a Volkswagen Tiguan without third-party insurance; on 22/05/26 at Water Street, Kettering, drove a Skoda Octavia otherwise than in accordance with a licence; used a Skoda Octavia without third-party insurance.

Verdict: Proved in absence. Disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £1,320, costs of £240.

Lawrence Conners

The Old Road, Broughton. Age 61.

On 04/08/26 at Finedon Street, Burton Latimer, drove a motor vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath, namely 57 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit; used a motor vehicle without third-party insurance.

Plea: None entered. Community order including four months of alcohol treatment and probation requirements, disqualified from driving for 36 months, fined £120, £114 surcharge and costs of £85.

Luz Datos Jacome Vallejo

Jackdaw Road, Corby. Age 52.

Application to forfeit money held in an account frozen by order made on 30/07/26 by Northampton Magistrates’ Court pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Result: Ordered that 14,196.06 EUR representing monies held within Wise Payments Ltd be forfeited.

Anthony Woodward

Fleet Street, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Age 35.

On 04/09/26 at Corby, assaulted a woman by beating her.

Plea: Guilty. Community order including 140 hours of unpaid work. To pay £50 compensation and £85 costs.

Ben Mineards

Booth Lane South, Northampton. Age 23.

On 05/09/26 at Rushden, drove a motor vehicle on the A45 when the proportion of alcohol in breath, namely 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.

Plea: Guilty. Fined £346, costs of £85 and a £138 surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

Costel Popa

Nayland Close, Luton. Age 22.

On 08/06/26 at A14 Jct 9-8, Kettering, drove a Renault Master otherwise than in accordance with a licence; used a Renault Master without third-party insurance.

Plea: Not guilty to driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, found guilty in absence; Guilty to driving without insurance. Fined £180, costs of £300 and a £72 surcharge. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Declan Folwell

High Street, Kettering. Age 34.

On 31/05/26 at Kettering, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence.

Plea: Guilty. 12 weeks in prison. Costs of £85 and a £154 surcharge.

Michelle Wolfenden

Burns Drive, Corby. Age 61.

On 06/09/26 at Corby, when suspected of having been in charge of a vehicle, failed without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for analysis.

Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for three months, fined £221, costs of £85 and an £88 surcharge.

Tesla Streets

Galliard Court, Northampton. Age 37.

On 01/08/26 at Northampton, stole various items to the value of £100 belonging to Coop; on 02/08/26 at Northampton, stole four bottles of Fairy laundry liquid to the value of £36 belonging to Coop; on 03/08/26 at Wellingborough, stole a Prostate Cancer charity box belonging to Waendel Leisure Centre; on 14/08/26 at Wellingborough, stole confectionery items to the value of £15 belonging to Morrisons Daily; on 19/08/26 at Northampton, stole various drinks and sandwiches to the value of £10 belonging to Coop.

Plea: Guilty. Fined £120 and to pay compensation of £146.

Halit Gjipali

Crookes Avenue, Mansfield. Age 31.

On 05/10/26 at Shakespeare Way, Corby, drove while disqualified; used a motor vehicle without third-party insurance.

Plea: Guilty. Community order with 100 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 12 months. To pay costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge.

Peter McLaughlin

Warmonds Hill, Higham Ferrers. Age 58.

On 15/06/26 at Rushden, had in his possession 11 grams of cocaine, a controlled drug of class A.

Plea: Guilty. Fined £576, costs of £85 and a £230 surcharge.

Andrew Den-Drijver

No fixed abode, Northamptonshire. Age 38.

On 06/10/26 at Desborough, without reasonable excuse, attended an address which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order imposed by Northampton Magistrates' Court on 22/09/25.

Plea: Guilty. Community order including 50 hours of unpaid work. To pay costs of £85.

Caroline Ball

Calamondin Way, Wellingborough. Age 49.

On 28/04/26 at Raunds, drove a mechanically propelled vehicle without due care and attention in that she failed to observe give way road signs and collided with another vehicle, causing it to flip onto its side.

Plea: Guilty. Fined £1,153, costs of £130 and a £461 surcharge. Driving record endorsed with nine penalty points.