These are the faces of 22 county criminals who were jailed for serious offences across Northamptonshire, and whose often shocking stories this newspaper brought to you during the month of October 2025.
9. Gareth Viccars
The 47-year-old former Football League referee “preyed on” and sexually assaulted young girls, including in Northamptonshire. Viccars, of Hunter Drive, Bletchley, was jailed for 13 years. six months and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. Photo: Cambridgeshire Constabulary
10. Gary McCarthy
McCarthy was sentenced to 16 months after admitting leading a 130mph police chase through the Kingsthorpe area of Northampton, throwing a beer car out of his car and crashing into parked vehicles. Members of the public reported the 28-year-old, of Ashtree Way, driving a Ford Mondeo dangerously in Wellingborough Road on July 23 — but he failed to stop for armed response officers until he crashed into several parked vehicles in Harborough Road North. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. D’Reece Taylor
The 20-year-old of Quaker Way, Moulton, was caught with a large quantity of heroin and crack cocaine as well as more than £400 and multiple mobile phones in a Wellingborough hotel room. He was jailed for three years at Northampton Crown Court. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
12. Declan Franklin
Franklin subjected a woman to a prolonged stalking campaign and threatened “to burn her house down”. The Northampton 28-year-old admitted stalking involving fear of violence and was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Photo: Northamptonshire Police