It won’t be a happy New Year for this bunch of killers, rapists, child abusers, drug dealers, thugs and thieves, nor will it be for many years to come. All were jailed during 2022 and received some of the heaviest sentences handed down by judges at Northampton and other crown courts.
45. LEON ADAM TURAY
Turay, aged 41, formerly of Shakespeare Road, Northampton, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after admitting kidnapping a police officer in March this year and also ordered to serve a further five years on extended licence, plus pay a £190 surcharge to fund victim services when he appeared at Northampton Crown Court in December 14. He also pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment, dangerous driving, and assault by beating of an emergency worker at a previous hearing on September 30 — Northamptonshire Police say those charges will remain on file. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
46. JAMES DOUGLAS CRAIGIE
Craigie sobbed as he was sentenced to five years, four months for running down and killing pregnant mother-of-four Dulce Lina Mendes Pereira after getting behind the wheel with traces of cocaine in his system and driving through a red light at the junction of Greyfriars and Horsemarket in Northampton town centre in May 2021. The 32-year-old of Newport Pagnell Road, Wootton, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed four days before Christmas. Photo: Northamptonshire Police
47. RALPH GABBIDON
Drug kingpin Gabbidon who used the codename ‘J’ was sentenced to 14 years after being found guilty by a majority verdict of running a drug factory from his quiet flat in Corby. When police raided his flat in May 31, they found him in his boxer shorts surrounded by drugs, cash and 30 mobile phones. The 49-year-old claimed he’d earned £54,000 last year building flat-pack furniture and running a music promotion business but he was convicted of possession with intent to supply cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, amphetamine and cannabis and holding £23,000 in criminal cash — and possession of a sawn-off shotgun and a modified starting pistol. Photo: Northamptonshire Police