Who's been sentenced from Kettering, Corby, Finedon, Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Priors Hall
A round-up of court sentencings from North Northamptonshire
The following people have recently been sentenced at Northamptonshire Crown and Magistrates’ Courts:
Veaceslav Stepco
Buckfast Square, Corby. Age 39.


On 23/03/25 at the A43 Kettering, used a motor vehicle when there was not in force a policy of insurance; drove while disqualified.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 14 months. Community order including 150 hours of unpaid work. To pay costs of £85.
Sophie Farrant
Minerva Way, Wellingborough. Age 31.
On 17/04/24 assaulted a woman by beating her.
Plea: Guilty. Community order including six months of mental health treatment. 30 rehabilitation activity days. To pay £250 compensation and £400 costs.
Tika-Rose Campion
Princes Street, Kettering. Age 26.
On 09/02/25 at Bowling Green Road, Kettering, drove a Ford Fiesta after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in blood, namely 160 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, exceeded the prescribed limit.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. Fined £207, to pay costs of £85 and an £83 surcharge.
David Bird
West Street, Wellingborough. Age 42.
On 13/12/24 at Wellingborough, assaulted a man by beating him.
Plea: Guilty. Community order including a three-month overnight curfew. Ten rehabilitation activity days. To pay compensation of £200, costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge.
Kieran McGrath
Duke Street, Wellingborough. Age 29.
On 26/12/24 at the A509, Wellingborough, drove a motor vehicle when the proportion of cocaine in his blood, namely 39 microgrammes per litre of blood, exceeded the specified limit; when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely benzoylecgonine, in blood, namely 240 microgrammes per litre of blood, exceeded the specified limit.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £300, costs of £85 and a £120 surcharge.
Nuno De Almeida Bessa
Wentworth Drive, Priors Hall Park, Corby.
On 23/03/25 at Corby, had in his possession a quantity of cocaine; on 23/03/25 at Steel Road, Corby, drove a motor vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath, namely 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Fined £700, to pay costs of £85 and a £560 surcharge.
Nathan Fuller
Priors Haw Road, Corby. Age 33.
On 23/03/25 at Stamford Road, Corby, drove Ford Fiesta after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath, namely 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Fined £400, costs of £85 and a £160 surcharge.
Jamie Butler
Anne Road, Wellingborough. Age 25.
On 02/12/22 at Wellingborough, had in his possession 25 wraps of cannabis with intent to supply it.
Plea: Guilty. 100 hours of unpaid work. Costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge.
Declan Whitelam
Highbrook, Corby. Age 18.
On 02/03/25 at Corby had in his possession a quantity of cannabis.
Plea: Guilty. Fined £120, to pay costs of £85.
Ryan West
Ebbw Vale Road, Irthlingborough. Age 39.
On 04/03/25 at Station Road, Kettering, used a Ford Focus when there was not in force a policy of insurance; drove while disqualified.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for five months. Fined £500, to pay costs of £85 and a £200 surcharge.
Massimo Richardson
Knightlands Road, Irthlingborough.
On 04/10/24 at Irthlingborough, assaulted a man by beating him.
Plea: Guilty.
Community order including 6 months of mental health treatment and 30 rehabilitation activity days. To pay £150 in compensation, £300 costs and a £114 surcharge.
Wayne Haddon
Haddon Avenue, Kettering. Age 49.
On 19/10/24 at Booth Rise, Northampton, drove a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence; without insurance; after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath, namely 110 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.
Plea: Guilty. Disqualified from driving for 48 months. Fined £200, £85 costs and an £80 surcharge.
Robert Paul Howieson
Rockingham Road, Kettering. Age 41.
Non-payment of fine of £3777 imposed on 02/12/15.
Plea: Committed in absence. Imprisoned for 50 days.
Philip Desborough
Cromer Road, Finedon. Age 48.
Between 01/03/23 and 31/03/03 assaulted a woman thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm; between 01/05/23 and 05/07/23 sent to a woman an electronic communication, namely conveyed messages which were indecent or grossly offensive.
Plea: Guilty. 15 months in prison suspended for 21 months. 40 rehabilitation activity days, 100 hours of unpaid work, to pay costs of £500 and a £187 surcharge.