A Northamptonshire man has been jailed after disguising £40,000-worth of Spice as shower gel and mailing it into prison
Jay Jeffery Coles was arrested at his Northampton home after the four plastic bottles arrived at the post room of HMP Wayland in Norfolk in September last year. When the illicit contents were discovered, an investigation was launched in order to identify the sender. CCTV footage and postal tracking numbers ultimately proved Coles’ involvement. […]
Three prolific burglars have had their sentences increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP
Matthew Lawrence Brown, 30, Terrance Brown and Otis Barrett, both 26, carried out 45 burglaries over a 3-month period throughout the national lockdown. They primarily targeted retail premises in order to steal cigarettes, mostly in the Northamptonshire area between February and May 2020, which they sold on for profit. They stole items worth […]
Two men who kidnapped, raped and sexually assaulted three women over the course of 24 hours in Northampton, have been jailed for a total …
Trofim Midoni, aged 21, of Queens Road, The Mounts, Northampton and 24-year-old Valeriu Frunza, previously of Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, were convicted in September following an eight-day trial at Northampton Crown Court. Frunza, who was convicted of a total of 12 offences, including rape, attempted rape, kidnap and sexual assault, was handed an […]
Two men who kidnapped, raped and sexually assaulted three women over the course of 24 hours in Northampton, have been jailed for a total of 35 years
Trofim Midoni, aged 21, of Queens Road, The Mounts, Northampton and 24-year-old Valeriu Frunza, previously of Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, were convicted in September following an eight-day trial at Northampton Crown Court.
A 70-year-old man who took to the stand and lied to the jury about killing the woman who had bravely left their abusive marriage has been…
Michael Raymond Reader, 70, formerly of Booth Rise, Northampton, was found guilty of murdering 63-year-old Marion Price on December 15, 2019, after an eight-week trial at Northampton Crown Court concluded this week. Over the course of the eight weeks, the jury were told harrowing details about the campaign of abuse Reader had subjected Marion […]
A 70-year-old man who took to the stand and lied to the jury about killing the woman who had bravely left their abusive marriage has been convicted of murder.
Michael Raymond Reader, 70, formerly of Booth Rise, Northampton, was found guilty of murdering 63-year-old Marion Price on December 15, 2019, after an eight-week trial at Northampton Crown Court concluded this week.
A man from Abthorpe has been handed a four and a half year sentence for sexually abusing a child
David Cambray, aged 51, was convicted of 12 offences – all relating to child sexual abuse.The offences were committed a number of years ago and in January this year, the victim bravely spoke out about the abuse and a police investigation was launched.Cambray was sentenced on Friday, November 20 at Northampton Crown Court.Handing him the […]
A man from Abthorpe has been handed a four and a half year sentence for sexually abusing a child
David Cambray, aged 51, was convicted of 12 offences – all relating to child sexual abuse.The offences were committed a number of years ago and in January this year, the victim bravely spoke out about the abuse and a police investigation was launched.Cambray was sentenced on Friday, November 20 at Northampton Crown Court.Handing him the […]
Three men who kidnapped two men and a woman and tortured one of them have been sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison
Toushane Spencer, aged 19, Derek Harris, aged 18, and Abdillah Cumar, aged 21, committed the offences on January 13, 2020, when they forced a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman, at knifepoint, to get into a car and drive them all to an address in St Neots. When they arrived at the property, they […]
A 21-year-old man who killed a father-of-two as he crossed the road has been jailed for three years
At about 11pm on August 17, 2019, 21-year-old Callum Richardson, previously of Moulton, Northampton, was driving his Ford Fiesta at 48mph when he struck 47-year-old pedestrian – Salem Lufti, in Wellingborough Road, Northampton. In initial interviews with police officers, Richardson claimed that Mr Lufti had ”suddenly walked out in front of him”, however […]
A 65-year-old Northampton man has been handed an 18 year prison sentence for sexually abusing three children after grooming their familie…
He will serve a minimum of 10 years and 8 months. David Millan, from Brunswick Place in the town centre, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Friday, November 13, for offences the judge described as the “serious and prolonged sexual abuse of three vulnerable children. He was found guilty of a total of 18 […]
A 65-year-old Northampton man has been handed an 18 year prison sentence for sexually abusing three children after grooming their families to gain their trust
He will serve a minimum of 10 years and 8 months. David Millan, from Brunswick Place in the town centre, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Friday, November 13, for offences the judge described as the “serious and prolonged sexual abuse of three vulnerable children.
A 33-year-old man has pleaded guilty to courier fraud offences, possessing criminal property, and handling stolen goods, after a man in h…
Jay Robinson Minz, 33, Tent Street, Tower Hamlets, appeared at Northampton Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, October 14). The charges he faced relate to an incident on Wednesday, September 2, when a man who pretended to work for Nationwide Building Society phoned an 81-year-old man and told him that he needed to give £3,500 to […]
A 33-year-old man has pleaded guilty to courier fraud offences, possessing criminal property, and handling stolen goods, after a man in his 80s was targeted as a potential victim of fraud
Jay Robinson Minz, 33, Tent Street, Tower Hamlets, appeared at Northampton Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, October 14). The charges he faced relate to an incident on Wednesday, September 2, when a man who pretended to work for Nationwide Building Society phoned an 81-year-old man and told him that he needed to give £3,500 to […]
A 19-year-old drug dealer has been handed four years in prison after pleading guilty to drugs offences at Northampton Crown Court
Cameron Owen, 19, of Blackfriars, Rushden, pleaded guilty to five offences in total, three of which involved police officers stopping cars he was in and Class A drugs being found inside. On two of these occasions, Owen attempted to make off, disposing of the drugs as he ran. However officers caught up with […]
The first incident involved the men beating and sexually assaulting a woman in their car before she managed to escape
Two men have today (Friday, September 25) been found guilty of kidnap, rape and sexual assault, after three separate incidents in Northampton last year.
Northampton pub attack killer’s sentence increased
A man who killed Glenn Davies, 25, has had his sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP. Michael Taiwo, 23, and Mr Davies were both part of a group of colleagues having drinks in a Northampton pub on 24 August 2019.
Career criminal jailed for trying to buy three fragmentation grenades
Career criminal jailed for trying to buy three fragmentation grenades A career criminal has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum seven-year term for trying to buy three fragmentation grenades and committing a series of drugs offences. Paul Christian Stellato, 47, who has 36 convictions for 171 offences, used the dark web to order […]
