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.
29. HUGO ANDREW NUNES FERNANDES
Fernandes, aged 36, was two-and-a-half times over the limit and on the wrong side of the road when he drove a Vauxhall Insignia over a Corby zebra crossing on June 24 this year— smashing into and seriously injuring a group of four teenagers who had been out celebrating leaving school. Fernandes, of Samuel Place, did not stop and his car was later found abandoned. He was sentenced to seven years, one month in September. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
30. JAMAL CHAD WADDELL
Teenage killer Waddell was found guilty of manslaughter over the killing of Wellingborough 16-year-old Dylan Holliday, who was stabbed in 2021. A judge lifted reporting restrictions to allow the 17-year-old to be named after he was given a 12-year custodial sentence plus four years extended supervision in September. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
31. ALEX BELFIELD
The 42-year-old former DJ was jailed for five-and-a-half years at Nottingham Crown Court in September over a "campaign of harassment" against four BBC employees — including Jeremy Vine and Radio Northampton’s Bernie Keith — between 2012 and 2021 after he was axed from his show, using vicious emails, tweets and YouTube videos. Photo: SWNS
32. AUNDRAY BROWN
Drug dealer Brown was sentenced to five years, four months in October after a package from Jamaica containing cocaine worth up to £11,000 hidden in T-shirts was intercepted at East Midlands Airport in 2020. Investigations revealed two similar packages had previously got through and police raids on Brown's home in St James', Northampton, uncovered weapons including machetes, scales and mobile phones which linked the 35-year-old to heroin and cocaine dealing. Photo: Northamptonshire Police