These are the faces of 27 county criminals who were jailed for serious offences across Northamptonshire and beyond, and whose often shocking stories this newspaper brought to you during the month of July 2025.
5. Lennon Lewis
Lewis was jailed for threatening an officer with a large knife after he fled when police spotted a suspected drugs deal. The 26-year-old, of Birchfield Road East, Northampton, also admitted possession of cannabis and was sentenced to 28 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
6. Liam Paul Shields
Shields, of Park Avenue North, Northampton, was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order when police on a routine check found he had deleted his internet history. The 43-year-old was sentenced to 20 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
7. Elvjis Penikis
The 37-year-old was jailed for five years, three months over an assault in Wellingborough in 2013. Penikis, of no fixed abode, allegedly punched and kicked his brother’s landlord multiple times in a dispute over £30 rent before stamping on his head, causing serious injury. He was arrested in January 2025 at Stansted Airport as he was about to board a flight back to Latvia, having been in the UK visiting family over Christmas. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
8. Jayden Issac-Powell
Teenage drug dealer Issac-Powell was sentenced to 30 months in a young offenders’ institution after police caught the Londoner with a large quantity of Class A drugs in Wellingborough’s Swanspool neighbourhood. The 19-year-old, of Knotts Green Road, Leyton, was found with 98 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, a box of uncut heroin, £943.14 in cash and a lock knife. Photo: Northamptonshire Police