Those put behind bars include murder Paul Knight, who strangled his wife Izzy in their own home, a 60-year-old paedophile jailed for historic child sexual crimes, a man who blew up a supermarket cash machine with a home made bomb and two serial shoplifters…
5. Marian Leonard Sandu
The 22-year-old was jailed for seven years after a jury found him guilty of stabbing a man “a number of times” in Grange Road, Northampton in December 2024. Sandu was sentenced in Birmingham after a 10-day trial at Northampton Crown Court last year over a charge of Section 18 grievous bodily harm. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
6. Alicia Novas, Declan Winkless
Former prison officer Novas had a sexual relationship with convict Winkless, 31, after she began working at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough aged 18 in July 2024. Northampton Crown Court heard she brought him phones and cannabis and he promised her a Moncler coat — but they were caught after Winkless sent a video he had taken of the pair having sex to pals and it was obtained by a national newspaper in December 2024. Novas was sentenced to three years and Winkless to three years, four months which will be added to his current sentence. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
7. David Stainthorpe
Stainthorpe was caught in Wellingborough with a baseball bat and a stash of heroin and crack cocaine. The 53-year-old of West Street pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply and carrying an offensive weapon and was sentenced to two years. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
8. Xiao Wen Lu
Lu was sentenced for four domestic offences targeted at a local woman, including threatening her with a knife and repeatedly strangling the victim. The 22-year-old of Eskdale Close, Wellingborough, was given a two-year jail term. Photo: Northamptonshire Police