It won’t be a happy New Year for this bunch of killers, rapists, child abusers, drug dealers, thugs and thieves, nor will it be for many years to come. All were jailed during 2022 and received some of the heaviest sentences handed down by judges at Northampton and other crown courts.
41. RODNEY PAUL WEBSTER
The 58-year-old, previously of Northampton, was found guilty following a trial in September and sentenced to 14 years and eight months in December for historic sexual abuse assaults against children. Detective Constable Kelly Roberts, said: “Webster thought he had gotten away with his crimes, living in freedom for more than 30 years.” Photo: Northamptonshire Police
42. GRANT HARDING
Harding, 30, launched what police described as a “violent and unprovoked attack” on homeless 44-year-old Robert Jadecki as he lay in his sleeping bag in Hester Street, Northampton in the early hours of June 16, 2021, kicking and stamping and yelling abuse. Jadecki died just after 9.30pm the same day leading to Harding being found guilty of racially aggravated murder in August and sentenced to 27 years in December. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
43. DANIEL FARRANT and LEWIS SYMONS
The robbers pleaded guilty to a violent robbery that left two victims with knife wounds and head injuries inside a house in Wellingborough in April this year. Symons, 27, and 30-year-old Farrant fled with cash leaving one man needing to be placed in an induced coma in hospital. Farrant was sentenced to 16 years and Symons nine years at Northampton Crown Court in December. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
44. ROSS COONEY
The callous 33-year-old from Corby caused a head-on crash by overtaking dangerously then fled the scene, leaving his friend dead in the wreckage and another driver seriously injured in April 2019. Northampton Crown Court heard 45-year-old Kelly Meek had been a passenger in the rear seat of his car. Cooney was found guilty earlier this year and sentenced to nine years in December. Photo: Northamptonshire Police