Corby yob who once blinded a woman is back behind bars after racking up nearly 100 offences in two decades of crime
A Corby man who’s been committing serious motoring crimes since he was a child has again been jailed.
He once managed to escape prison by using a protein powder to form a dummy in his bed.
But now Ross Gallagher, in one of his rare periods not in custody, has been jailed again after becoming involved in a crime spree in Corby and Kettering last month.
The 39-year-old was banned from driving before he could even legally own a licence, and was jailed when he was just 18 for riding an off-road motorbike dangerously for three hours through the town centre.
In 2005 he was given a five-year ASBO and in 2016, he was given six years in prison after a horrifying series of crimes during which he smashed a passenger window with a hammer while chasing the car on a motorbike.
The following day, he attacked another vehicle with man and woman inside and blinded the woman.
While serving that sentence, he was transferred to HMP Sudbury and in 2018 he managed to escape prison by using a tub of protein powder to fashion a dummy which he placed in his bed. He refused to tell officers how he escaped but he was later caught by police who used a stinger to stop a stolen car he was driving.
He was given a further 27 months in prison.
In January he was arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation into a series of offences at commercial premises in Corby and Kettering which included robbery, burglary, handling stolen goods and vehicle theft in the latter part of 2025.
The group were arrested following an aggravated burglary at a shop in Weldon in January.
Gallagher, of Bonnington Walk, was charged with driving a stolen Vauxhall Zafira on January 6, and causing damage to the car. He was also charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance.
He appeared before Northampton Magistrates’ Court to admit all the charges against him and was given 20 weeks in prison and disqualified from driving for a further five years.
He was also recalled to prison to serve the remaining portion of a previous sentence that he was already serving for aggravated vehicle taking.