Those put behind bars also included sex offenders, drugs gangs and a team of prolific burglars…
1. Michael Thompson
The 56-year-old was found guilty of murdering and raping his estranged wife Kimberley Bounds, 43, in their family home in Pinewood Road, Northampton in August 2025, and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 33 years. Thompson was also sentenced for two charges of committing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice — one for covering up the rape and the other for covering up Kim’s murder. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
2. Wissem Bonafia
Bonafia, a former special constable with Northamptonshire Police, was sentenced to 22 years for a string of offences including taking indecent photographs of a child between 2014 and 2019. The 48-year-old of Barton Seagrave was also convicted of multiple counts of assault Photo: Northamptonshire Police
3. Joseph Hewitt
The 36-year-old of Dee Walk, Daventry, was sentenced to 18 years, six months in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of raping a girl and three counts of engaging in penetrative sex with a girl. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
4. Alexandros Constantinou
The 21-year-old, who drove a car at a teen on an e-bike causing him serious injury and threatened to kill a local family, was jailed for 18 years. Constantinou of Torksey Close, Corby, was found guilty of a serious assault on Kyle Sherbourne – but had been cleared of attempting to kill him following the incident near Rockingham Road in September 2025.. He was sentenced to 18 years for Section 18 GBH. Photo: Northamptonshire Police