While this is not an exhaustive list, here are some of the cases that shocked our readers in 2021.
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9. Adam Soothill
A Preston man was jailed for 30 months after being convicted of sexually assaulting nine women in October. Adam Soothill, a former nurse at Royal Preston Hospital, was found guilty of 24 counts of sexual assault on the women following a trial at Preston Crown Court.
10. Samuel Bretherton
A man who killed an e-scooter rider after dragging him under the wheels of his van in Bamber Bridge was jailed in December. Ben Smith, 20, died after being dragged under the wheels of a Ford transit van in Station Road on February 11, 2021. Samuel Bretherton, 25, of Mellor Road, Leyland, was found not guilty of murder on October 8 after a week-long trial at Preston Crown Court, but had previously admitted manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in jail.