If England reach the World Cup final in Qatar, this lot might need to ask for lock up to be delayed so they can watch! Faces of a few of Northamptonshire’s thugs, thieves, sex offenders, drug dealers, an arsonist who set fire to his own flat and a shoplifter who stole stole food worth more than £800 — including steaks, sausages, bacon, ready meals, coffee, macaroons and a bottle of champagne — who were all put behind bars by courts during November 2022 …
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17. MARTIN ANTHONY FORBES
Daventry paedophile Forbes, 36, of Braunston Road, was sentenced to three years, six months, for sexually assaulting a child while under investigation following his arrest in 2019 for possession of around 15,000 child abuse images. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
18. JUSTIN LAKE
Teenager Lake committed a string of offences in a stolen car whilst being disqualified from driving. The 19-year-old, of Ashley Way, Northampton, was found guilty of burglary and also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood, driving while disqualified and with no insurance and possession of 20 small bags of cannabis — and sentenced to 24 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
19. ARMIR PALUSHI
A man who entered the UK illegally from Albania worked at a Kettering cannabis factory to pay back debts in his home country. Palushi, 34, watered more than 200 plants at a house in Edmund Street after being promised £800 for a month’s work — but the 45-year-old was busted by a police surveillance team. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
20. MATTHEW BELL
The 32-year-old from Ericsson Close, Daventry, was sentenced to nine years, two months after being found guilty of historic sex offences against a child. Northampton Crown Court heard Bell got his victim — who he met at a youth centre — to dress up in school uniform and used cable ties on her but the woman reported him to police in 2020, leading to Bell’s arrest. Photo: Northamptonshire Police