Kidnappers, drug dealers, car thieves and a man who stole 37 joints of meat in a shoplifting spree.
These are some of criminals who operated in and around Northampton who were jailed by our courts during January.
This list is not exhaustive but a compilation of a handful of the most serious examples of criminality in our county where the long arm of the law caught up with offenders — in one case more than 20 years later.
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ADAM CRESSWELL and DION GREAVES (right) plotted to kidnap the partner of 31-year-old Cresswell's former lover after she dumped him in 2018. But their botched attempt to bundle him into a car boot at 6am outside his Northampton house ended with them both being jailed for more than three years.
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WILLIAM PERRY shot his girlfriend twice with a BB gun, punched her in the jaw leaving her requiring surgery, threw urine over her and threatened to burn down her dad's house. The 23-year-old from Northampton was jailed for four years.
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NATHAN BETTLES stole 37 joints of meat during eight trips to a Co-op in Northampton between November 13 and December 4 last year — plus a packet of apple pies and a milkshake. The 32-year-old was jailed for just under two years.
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SAM GORMAN was jailed for seven years after deliberately driving his car into a woman's house. The 65-year-old from Irthlingborough was also armed with two knifes, and after the crash got out of the car and punched his victim several times.