They include murderers Fiona Beal and Melvin Lebaga-Idubor, as well as killer drivers, rapists, armed robbers, an arsonist, drug dealers and a notorious fraudster……
5. Steven Michael Gaskell
Drug dealer Gaskell crashed his car, killing a young mum just 24 days after being given a suspended sentence for driving a stolen vehicle on the A14. Northampton Crown Court heard the 31-year-old had only one eye, a broken leg and cannabis in his system when he took his girlfriend for a ride in a Mini he bought for £400. Gaskell, of Fotheringhay Road, Corby, who had been previously caught driving while banned seven times and never passed a test, crashed on the A427 near Brampton Ash. Front-seat-passenger Courtney Donnelly – who had a two-year-old daughter – suffered “catastrophic” head injuries. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to five years, two months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
6. Melvin Lebaga-Idubor
The 20-year-old man was jailed for a minimum of 21 years for the fatal stabbing of fellow University of Northampton student, Kwabena Osei-Poku in April 2023. A jury found Lebaga-Idubor, of Abbey Road, east London, guilty of both murder and possession of an article with a blade or point at a trial last year. Mr Osei-Poku — previously known as Alfred — was stabbed in New South Bridge Road, Far Cotton, at 8.50pm following an altercation which began on the Waterside Campus. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
7. Cameron Bryce
Bryce was jailed for five years, seven months after admitting having taken cocaine and cannabis before causing a crash which killed the father of three young girls on the A43. The 23-year-old, of Arundel Close, Thrapston, was behind the wheel of a blue Ford Transit which crossed onto the wrong side the road on November 17, 2022, colliding with a DAF truck which was then in collision with a Ford Courier van — killing its driver, 32-year-old Sam Morris of Wisbech. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
8. Anthony Bassett
The 42-year-old was out on bail when he raped a young man he pretended to help. Instead he took him to Croyland Park where he punched him repeatedly in the face, violently grabbed his genitals and orally raped him. Bassett, of Midland Road, Wellingborough, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury at Northampton Crown Court found him guilty of one count of rape of a man aged 16 or over, one count of causing a male aged 13 or over to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity and one count of sexual assault. Photo: Northamptonshire Police