Those locked up included a child rapist, burglars who stole cars from village homes, prolific thief who targeted snooker champ’s home, serial abuser, drug dealer and gang member caught with £349,000 cash from cigarette smuggling operation run from used town restaurant. Cases are listed in order with the heaviest sentences first …
9. Ben Fox
Fox, 25, was an inmate at Wellingborough’s Five Wells prison when he stalked his former partner, sending letters, making phone calls and sending messages — often using other inmates’ names after he was blocked from contacting her. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a further three years, three months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
10. Roman Karolcik
Karolcik continued stalking his former partner for six months even after a court ordered him to stop doing so. The 42-year-old, of Canon Street, Kettering was convicted of two assaults in October 2025 issued with a restraining order but contacted the victim asking her to drop charges against him, repeatedly calling her, turning up at her door and smashing a Ring doorbell. He admitted stalking, harassment, criminal damage and intimidating a witness and was sentenced to 31 months, two weeks in prison. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
11. Marjon Rexha
The Albanian snuck back into the UK after being deported and was then found growing cannabis in Kettering. Rexha, aged 40, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 26 months — and will then be deported again. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
12. Declan Folwell
Folwell was jailed for abusing one woman in September 2024 — then abused another after he was released. The 34-year-old of High Street, Kettering, pleaded guilty to two separate assaults and criminal damage and was sentenced to 18 months. Photo: Northamptonshire Police