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……
33. Simon Lawrence
Lawrence was jailed after admitting using a knife to rob a Tesco Express store in Northampton in July 2024, demanding one staff member get him a bottle of Hennessy cognac and a vape from behind the till and forcing another to fetch him a bottle of Coca Cola. He also left the store with a stolen packet of donuts. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery, threats to kill and possession of a bladed article in a public place and was sentenced to five years, three months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
34. Tosin Dada and Solomon Ibukun Adebiyi
Dade, aged 34, and 39-year-old Adebiyi were jailed for 14 years each for raping a girl multiple times in Northampton in March 2022, Dada, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Adebiyi, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, claimed that the sex had been consensual but a jury unanimously found them guilty after eight hours deliberation following a nine-day trial. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
35. Ryan Sutton
Sutton groomed a girl for three weeks before fooling his brother into driving two hours to Finedon so he could rape her in woodland in April 2023. The girl had asked her mum for a pound to go to the shop but was later found holding hands with 22-year-old Sutton, of Astwood Road, Worcester. He was sentenced to a total of six years in December. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
36. Alex Stephen Coleman
Coleman was jailed for 14 years, six months in December after police launched Operation Antigua in 2020 investigating sex crimes originating from a statue in Northampton’s Abington Street, where young people gathered. The 34-year-old of Redruth Close in the town, was found guilty of 18 offences involving three girls when he was aged between 18 and 21 — including three counts of rape and six of sexual activity with a child. Photo: Northamptonshire Police