Knife-point robbers, drug dealers and a man who crashed his car into someone’s house.
Here are some of the criminals imprisoned by our courts during January.
This list is not exhaustive but a compilation of some of the most serious examples of criminality at Northampton Magistrates’ Court and Northampton Crown Court last month.
5. John Friery
The bully from Corby, who left his former partner with a black eye and terrified in her own home, was jailed for 18 months after admitting two counts of assault occasioning ABH and and three assaults.
6. Twvarnai Riviere
The 19-year-old old was sent to prison for six weeks and given a restraining order for beating a woman in Burton Latimer. He was also ordered to pay 422 in costs and fees.
7. James McLafferty
Along with his friend Gary Woods, James McLafferty, 37, of Crick Close, Corby, was jailed for four knifepoint robberies for a total of eight years and nine months.
8. Gary Woods
The 36-year-old, previously of Kettering, was jailed for seven years and four months, after robbing four small shops in Desborough, Brigstock, Broughton and Market Harborough within a seven-day period. His accomplice was James McLafferty.