If England reach the World Cup final in Qatar, this lot might need to ask for lock up to be delayed so they can watch! Faces of a few of Northamptonshire’s thugs, thieves, sex offenders, drug dealers, an arsonist who set fire to his own flat and a shoplifter who stole stole food worth more than £800 — including steaks, sausages, bacon, ready meals, coffee, macaroons and a bottle of champagne — who were all put behind bars by courts during November 2022 …
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13. BUDD LEE SIMMONS
Northampton Crown Court heard how Simmons had been invited to sleep on the sofa at a friend’s house in Kingsthorpe after a night out in January this year. However, the 24-year-old later entered a bedroom in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted a man by inappropriately touching him. The man woke up and Simmons fled the address with police being called a short time later. Simmons was arrested, charged with sexual assault and sentenced to two years, eight months in prison after pleading guilty. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
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Father-of-eight Gavin was sentenced to five years, one month for his part in a savage street attack in Desborough in November 2020. The 33-year-old armed himself with a shovel grabbed from the boot of his Ford Mondeo to confront the victim, a man in his 40s, who was stabbed at least twice in their arm. Fellow defendant Matthew Lee was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in February 2021 but prosecutors told the court Gavin had ‘gone to ground’ evading police for more than two years. Photo: PATRICK JIMMY GAVIN
15. JASON MacDONALD
MacDonald set up a fake fundraising page which saw thousands of pounds donated in memory of four people who died in a crash on the A4 in Wiltshire. The 38-year-old of Blackbird Court, Wellingborough, was found guilty of possessing the criminal property of the fraud and possession with intent to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 26 months over what the judge called a “despicable” crime. Photo: Wiltshire Police
16. MARK ANDREW DENNIS BEASLEY
Beasley, aged 36, was sentenced to four weeks on top of a previous 19-month suspended sentence after threatening to stab police officers and a dog with a screwdriver during an altercation lasting an hour at his house in Arbour Court. Photo: Northamptonshire Police