A 41-year-old man has been jailed for two years and eight months after he admitted to two counts of ABH and one count of coercive and con…
Jagjit Randhawa, previously of Kettering, subjected his former partner to both psychological and physical abuse over the period of a year, culminating in a call to police at the beginning of March 2021 in which the woman reported Randhawa to have punched and kicked over the course of the night, before strangling […]
A gang of three who stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from two DPD drivers have been jailed for a total of 21 years and three months
On October 12, 2019, Andrew John Bluck, 38, and Adam Keith Merkitt, 37, dressed up as police officers and approached a DPD driver in Station Road, Rushden, informing the driver that they were undercover officers who suspected that there was a suspicious package inside his van. Forcing their way into the vehicle alongside the victim, […]
A 33-year-old man has been sent to prison for four and a half years after being found guilty of domestic assaults and coercive and controlling behaviour
Royston Kevin Evans, previously of Wellingborough, started a campaign of abuse against his partner in March 2021. It started with small comments designed to put the woman down before his behaviour gradually escalated over time to physical abuse and exceptionally controlling behaviour. Evans limited who the woman could talk to, stopped her from leaving the […]
A 33-year-old man has been sent to prison for four and a half years after being found guilty of domestic assaults and coercive and contro…
Royston Kevin Evans, previously of Wellingborough, started a campaign of abuse against his partner in March 2021. It started with small comments designed to put the woman down before his behaviour gradually escalated over time to physical abuse and exceptionally controlling behaviour. Evans limited who the woman could talk to, stopped her from leaving the […]
Three people have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after their cocaine business was busted by police officers
Niall Chinnock, 49, Zoe Hutson, 35, and Kirt Hutson, 37, all previously of Wellingborough, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to supply cocaine at a court hearing in November last year. The ringleader – Chinnock, was using the EncroChat platform to purchase wholesale amounts of drugs which he was then supplying onward to other suppliers in […]
Three people have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after their cocaine business was busted by police officers
Niall Chinnock, 49, Zoe Hutson, 35, and Kirt Hutson, 37, all previously of Wellingborough, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to supply cocaine at a court hearing in November last year. The ringleader – Chinnock, was using the EncroChat platform to purchase wholesale amounts of drugs which he was then supplying onward to other suppliers in […]
Three people have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after their cocaine business was busted by police officers – (ID 521688)
Niall Chinnock, 49, Zoe Hutson, 35, and Kirt Hutson, 37, all previously of Wellingborough, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to supply cocaine at a court hearing in November last year. The ringleader – Chinnock, was using the EncroChat platform to purchase wholesale amounts of drugs which he was then supplying onward to other suppliers in […]
A man has been jailed for almost four years after admitting robbing an elderly woman in Northampton
Samuel Deans, aged 35, was a passenger in the woman’s car when he assaulted her and snatched her bag as she drove along Cheyne Walk on August 10 this year. The 83-year-old woman was left shaken and with serious facial bruising from the incident, and following an investigation by Northamptonshire Police, Deans was arrested […]
A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing a child
Astrid Hilton, previously of Northampton, began abusing the boy in 2004 when he was seven-years-old, forcing him to engage in sexual activity over a webcam to satisfy paedophiles overseas.
A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of sexually abusing a…
Astrid Hilton, previously of Northampton, began abusing the boy in 2004 when he was seven-years-old, forcing him to engage in sexual activity over a webcam to satisfy paedophiles overseas. The abuse continued for about a year and resulted in a paedophile travelling from Canada to Northampton where the boy was forced to engage in […]
A 33-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years, with an extended licence of 17 years, after being found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl
Following a four-day trial at Northampton Crown Court, a jury took only 90 minutes to find Alan William John Upton guilty of all 11 offences – two counts of rape and nine counts of sexual activity with a child. The offences relate to incidents in 2018 and 2019 when Upton repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl […]
A man who sexually abused a young child for four years has been jailed for two decades after his victim bravely spoke out
Phillip Greenwood, aged 71, began to target the girl in 2007, when she was aged just six, and went on to abuse her until 2011, when she moved out of the county aged 10.
A man convicted of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a child has been jailed for a total of 17 and a half years
Andrew Brian Nicholls, aged 46, was last month found guilty of 14 charges relating to the abuse he carried out between 2014 and 2017, which began when his victim was just 11. He began sexually assaulting the girl after she walked in on him watching pornography, escalating to repeated rapes, until in early 2017 […]
A man convicted of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a child has been jailed for a total of 17 and a half years
Andrew Brian Nicholls, aged 46, was last month found guilty of 14 charges relating to the abuse he carried out between 2014 and 2017, which began when his victim was just 11. He began sexually assaulting the girl after she walked in on him watching pornography, escalating to repeated rapes, until in early 2017 […]
A routine DNA swab led to the arrest of a man five years after he raped a woman at knifepoint in Northamptonshire
Martin Twort, aged 31, is today (Wednesday, October 20) facing a lengthy jail sentence for the sex attack which happened more than nine years ago. The defendant was yesterday found guilty of rape following a trial at Northampton Crown Court during which his victim gave evidence. Twort, formerly of Byfield Road, St James, Northampton, had […]
A drama teacher sexually abused girls as young as 15-years-old in his class during a reign of abuse which lasted five years, a court heard
Christopher Lynch, 38, abused his position of power and targeted teens who wanted to become actresses by sexually assaulting them at the theatre group he set up in Kettering, Northamptonshire. He was yesterday found guilty of 11 counts of sexual abuse – including one rape, four counts of sexual activity with a child, and three […]
A man who sexually abused a number of children in Northampton over a period of 12 years has been jailed for his crimes
Simba Masvaure, aged 44, was convicted of 11 sexual offences on June 11 following a trial at Northampton Crown Court, where on Friday, August 13, he was sentenced to 15 years in custody, plus a two-year extended licence on release, for sexual assault by penetration, attempted rape and sexual activity with a child. The judge […]
A man who laid in wait for his ex-partner at her home before launching a vicious assault which left her unconscious has been jailed
Gary Slater, aged 32, had been in a relationship with the woman for a year, during which he became increasingly violent, leading her to break up with him and go to stay with a friend while she arranged to move house. On August 14 last year, the victim had briefly returned to her Northampton […]
