Those put behind bars include murder Paul Knight, who strangled his wife Izzy in their own home, a 60-year-old paedophile jailed for historic child sexual crimes, a man who blew up a supermarket cash machine with a home made bomb and two serial shoplifters…
1. Paul Knight
Knight was in the grip of an “entrenched drug habit” when he callously strangled his 32-year-old wife Izzy to death while their two children were in their house in Burton Latimer, smothering her face with a pillow to make sure nobody heard her screams, Northampton Crown Court heard. Knight, 36, was given a life term and must serve 17 years, one month in prison before he is eligible for parole. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
2. Melvyn Peter Brown
The 60-year-old Northampton paedophile was jailed for 15 years for historic child sexual offences described by detectives as “truly terrible”. Brown admitted seven offences before and during a trial and was found guilty of nine more at Northampton Crown Court. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
3. Ryan Lockwood
The 23-year-old was labelled a “dangerous” offender after he admitted 11 serious sex offences against children at Leicester Crown Court. Lockwood, of Hunts Field Drive, Gretton, admitted two counts of sexual activity with a child, three counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, three of making indecent photographs of a child and two of taking indecent photographs of a child during 2024 and 2025. He was given an extended nine-year jail term. Photo: Facebook
4. Kristopher Follos
Folios was jailed after using a home-made bomb to blow up a cash machine at Asda in Raunds during a nationwide campaign of destruction across England. A judge at Newcastle Crown Court sentenced the 45-year-old, of Morpeth, Northumberland, to eight years in prison. Photo: Police