Those put behind bars also included sex offenders, drugs gangs and a team of prolific burglars…
5. Stephen Parker, Aaron Patel and Troy McFarlane
Parker was the ringleader of a Wellingborough gang dealing drugs across the country. The 33-year-old, of Saunders Way, was sentenced to 11 years for conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs and converting criminal property. Patel, 40, of Bowness, was sentenced to seven years, four months for conspiracy to supply and possession of criminal property while McFarlane, 26, of Shelley Road, was jailed for six years, three months for conspiracy to supply drugs. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
6. Ryan Clarkson
Clarkson, of Swain Court, Northampton, was sentenced to five years after a jury at Leicester Crown Court found him guilty of 13 counts of child sex offences, totalling 28 offences. According to Northamptonshire Police, the 27-year-old committed the offences when he was younger, with his behaviour escalating from sexual touching to rape.An investigation into the offences was launched in 2022 after multiple survivors of Clarkson’s abuse came forward, which led to him being charged. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
7. Keane Jordan
The Corby drug dealer is back behind bars after admitting possession with intent to supply and having an offensive weapon. The 24-year-old was arrested in May 2026 while on probation after being released part-way through a jail sentence. He was sentenced to four years. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
8. Ilie Turcan, Tudor Ionas, Victor Borta
These three men from Northampton were part of a gang jailed for carrying out more than 400 burglaries at new-build homes across the country. Turcan, 26, of Rounding Mews, 25-year-old Ionas, of Harrington Close and Borta, 19, of Pitstone Road all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary at St Albans Crown Court. Turcan was jailed for four years, 10 months, Ionas for four years, nine months and Borta for three years, nine months. Photo: Hertfordshire Police