Here are faces of just a few of the criminals who started 2024 by being put behind bars and whose stories we brought you during January 2024…
9. Heidi James
Serial shoplifter James, aged 24 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 20 weeks after stealing alcohol from supermarkets in Corby. She also pleaded guilty to a previous string of offences in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
10. Mark Weems
The 49-year-old, of no fixed abode, was jailed for eight weeks after breaching the terms of a community order magistrates issued in a bid to deter him from repeatedly defying court orders to stop begging in Corby. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. Anthony ‘Danny’ Burns
The 39-year-old was labelled a “revolting sexual offender” by poilice after he was sentenced to a total of 29 years for blackmailing women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts. Burns used ‘sugar daddy’ websites to trap dozens of unsuspecting victims into performing sexual and degrading acts. His 35 victims, aged from seven to 54, were spread across the world – including in Kettering. Photo: NCA / SWNS