Drug dealers, thieves, sex offenders, drink-drivers and a man who went on a month-long shoplifting spree have been jailed in Northamptonshire during February 2022.
These are some of criminals who operated in Northampton, Corby, Kettering and Rushden who were jailed by courts during February 2022.
This list is not exhaustive but a compilation of a handful of the most serious examples of criminality in our county where the long arm of the law caught up with offenders — in one case despite him fleeing all the way to Germany.
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Serial burglar KIERAN STUART ROBERT LONG was jailed 30 months in jail over a 'shopping spree' in Northampton paid for with stolen bank cards and the theft of power tools from a garage. Long, aged 37, of Balfour Close, admitted breaking in through the back door of a house and stole a handbag containing the cards.
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JERMAINE LEWIS and STACEY BARLOW (right) snatched a phone, cash and bank cards after breaking into a house in Kingsthorpe while the occupant was in bed. The pair — who later used the cards to make numerous contactless transactions at supermarkets and service stations — were sentenced to two years, four months for the burglary plus six months for fraud.
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Police identified MATTHEW MATHER-FRANKS as ringleader of an online child abuse gang after finding messages on devices of a known Northampton paedophile. Mather-Franks, aged 37 and from Rushden, headed a group of between six and ten men who even kept a Google spreadsheet containing details of young girls taking part in live sex streams. Mather-Franks was jailed for eight years.
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Serial shoplifter ROBERT MORT went on a month-long crime spree in Corby a few months into a suspended sentence. The 36-year-old, of Ripley Walk, stole clothing, perfume and gift sets from shops across the town and assaulted a woman in Boots in December. He was jailed for a total of 32 weeks.