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.
![Dale Richards, of Arthurs Way, Kettering was spared from custody on August 10 after admitting wounding, assault and criminal damage. The 28-year-old was given a restraining order, which he breached by contacting the woman he was told not to between August 15 and 17. Magistrates activated all of his suspended sentence and added 38 weeks for his court order breaches, giving him a total prison sentence of 58 weeks.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNjOTZmZGVkLWMzM2ItNDA0ZS1iODI5LTQ3YTMyNjc1ZjU1ZDpkMDQ3ODhjYi1mMGFmLTQwMzItYmNjMS04NmVkMjA5MDU5ZjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Dale Richards
Dale Richards, of Arthurs Way, Kettering was spared from custody on August 10 after admitting wounding, assault and criminal damage. The 28-year-old was given a restraining order, which he breached by contacting the woman he was told not to between August 15 and 17. Magistrates activated all of his suspended sentence and added 38 weeks for his court order breaches, giving him a total prison sentence of 58 weeks. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
![Webster, aged 31, of Kenmuir Avenue, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday, August 24. The court heard how the defendant got in the victim’s face and demanded he hand over his watch and designer shirt. Webster was jailed for 15 months.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmMwMTAwODQ0LWIzZWYtNGIxOC1iYzBlLTllYjcwZmNhZWViNjphYmU1MGQzMC1jNzhhLTQ0Y2YtOGE2NS1jN2E5Y2NlZGIyMGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Lewis Webster
Webster, aged 31, of Kenmuir Avenue, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday, August 24. The court heard how the defendant got in the victim’s face and demanded he hand over his watch and designer shirt. Webster was jailed for 15 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
![Gonzalez, aged 21, brutally assaulted a former partner as she enjoyed a night out with friends last year. He has now been put behind bars for two years and six months after admitting assault causing actually bodily harm.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFiMzgzOTA5LTc5NzAtNGU0ZS04ZjhlLTA2Nzg3NGQ2OTAwNzphYzlkOWYyMC1lODE5LTQwYTQtOTA4My0xYjE5MTE4YTA5MzU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Carlos Gonzalez
Gonzalez, aged 21, brutally assaulted a former partner as she enjoyed a night out with friends last year. He has now been put behind bars for two years and six months after admitting assault causing actually bodily harm. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
![Burgess, of Westminster Walk on the Kingswood estate, was already subject to two driving bans when he drove a motorbike in Dunedin Road in April. After being summonsed to court, he then got on board a bike again in Desborough two months later. The 23-year-old was jailed for 16 weeks and disqualified from driving again for another three years.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUxNzNmNGJmLWY0NGItNDQ0Ni1iYTliLTc1MGU5YjAxZjAwMzo4MGE4NjZlZS02NWE2LTQzY2QtOGNlMC1jN2I3YTk3ZGFkYTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Andru-Jay Burgess
Burgess, of Westminster Walk on the Kingswood estate, was already subject to two driving bans when he drove a motorbike in Dunedin Road in April. After being summonsed to court, he then got on board a bike again in Desborough two months later. The 23-year-old was jailed for 16 weeks and disqualified from driving again for another three years. Photo: Northamptonshire Police