August was another busy month for the courts in Northamptonshire with a murderer, sex offenders, thieves and thugs in the dock. Here is just a few now locked up for their crimes.
5. Jacob Bristow
The 25-year-old groomed a 14-year-old girl, encouraging her to engage in sexual activity and swap inappropriate text messages. Police later discovered indecent images and videos of the girl on his mobile. Bristow, from Rushden, pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of making indecent photographs of a child and was sentenced to four years, 10 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
6. Robert John Moore
Northampton Crown Court heard Moore, 47, had a record going back 30 years with 26 convictions for 104 offences after he pleaded guilty to attempted burglary. Prosecutor Quiana Fitzpatrick said: “His offending started in 1992 and it’s not ever ended" before Moore, of Kilnway, Wellingborough, was sentenced to two years. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
7. Brett Stuart Trevor
Trevor sobbed as Northampton Crown Court showed CCTV footage of him brandishing a knife during a gang row in Ebenezer Place, Kettering. The 31-year-old of Highfield Road, was sentenced to ten months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
8. Arturs Brezovskis, Sergevs Vasiljevs and Pavels Voetkjevics
Arturs Brezovskis, aged 37, Sergevs Vasiljevs, aged 37, and Pavels Voetkjevics, aged 40, were all sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, August 22 for one count of burglary. The trio were sent to prison after burgling the home of an elderly woman in Northampton. The court heard that the three men in possession of two gold chains, a Queen Elizabeth Brooch, an antique powder pot, a Britain’s Coins folder, a floral pin badge and a watch face. Photo: Northamptonshire Police