There won’t be much to look forward to in 2024 for these 40 killers, rapists, child abusers, drug dealers, thugs and thieves — and for many years still to come.
All were jailed during 2023 and received some of the heaviest sentences handed down by judges at Northampton and other crown courts…
1. Jailed in 2023
Some of the people jailed for serious offences in 2023... Photo: Northamptonshire Police
2. LYDA PETRAVICIUTE & LAISVIDAS URBAITIS
A judge heard from trafficked workers across Corby who were humiliated, tortured and treated as servants by a ‘brutal’ former couple. Petraviciute and Urbaitis chose their victims because they were vulnerable and ripe for exploitation. One had suffered a head injury as a child, could not read or write and could not speak English.
Although they were only prosecuted for crimes against four victims, evidence uncovered by officers investigating the case suggested many more are yet to come forward. They were handed nine-year jail terms at a sentencing hearing at Northampton Crown Court in January after a jury sat through three months of distressing evidence. Photo: Northamptonshire Police