They were convicted of a variety of serious offenses, including rape, theft, drug dealing and violent crimes.
Their stories serve as a stark reminder of the consequences of criminal behaviour in our community.

13. Coleen Heaney
Coleen Heaney, of Withnell Road, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent. She was jailed for 19 months after the judge heard she had previously escaped with a suspended sentence in 2009 for stabbing her ex-partner. | Lancashire Police

14. Chris Wearing
Chris Wearing raped a young girl, 13, after pretending to be a 16-year-old boy online. Wearing was arrested and later charged with rape, sexual assault, sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual communication with a child and meeting a girl under 16 years of age following grooming. Wearing, now of no fixed address but formerly of Howard Close, Accrington, pleaded guilty to all offences. He was given 15 years immediate custody with a further eight years on extended licence after he was deemed to be a dangerous offender. | Lancashire Police

15. Jonathon Downie
Jonathon Downie plied a teenage girl, 16, with alcohol before raping her as she pleaded for him to stop. Downie, 25, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to rape at Preston Crown Court and was sentenced to five years in custody on January 28. | Lancashire Police

16. Craig Simpson
Simpson, 39, of Cooper Close, Fleetwood was jailed for eight months on February 19 after conveying drugs into HMP Preston. | Lancashire Police


