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.
9. KALIQ ALLEN
The Northampton drug dealer, aged 20, was jailed for six years, ten months in February for being a key player in a county lines operation worth nearly £60,000 targeting university students in the town, Nottingham and Watford. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
10. JAMES OSBORNE
Daventry paedophile Osborne was jailed for 16 years in February for two counts of raping a child. The 42-year-old, of The Pyghtles, pleaded not guilty and accused the child of lying, but was found guilty by a jury following a four-day trial at Bradford Crown Court. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. IOAN CHRISTIAN MOISE
Pervert Moise, aged 29, was jailed for seven years, ten months in February for grooming and sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in hotels in Northampton and Wellingborough during January 21. He pleaded guilty to 12 charges at Northampton Crown Court last year and was jailed in February. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
12. STEPHEN MITCHELL
Northampton paedophile Mitchell was jailed for 12 years, eight months in March for historic sex offences against children including attempted rape of one under 14. Families of the victims wept in the public galleries as Mitchell's charges were described in full. Photo: Northamptonshire Police