This gallery features a collection of 62 individuals who were jailed in Lancashire in 2024 for a range of serious crimes, including murder, rape, theft, drug dealing and violent offenses.
These faces represent the darker side of our community and serve as a reminder of the consequences of criminal behaviour:
49. Daniel Croasdale
Daniel Croasdale installed a secret camera so he could film girls for his sexual gratification. Croasdale also tried to drug his victim with a sedative so he could sexually assault her. Croasdale, 38, of Westwood Street, Accrington, admitted voyeurism, sexual assault and making an indecent photograph of a child relating to one female victim aged 16 at the time. He also admitted voyeurism and making an indecent photograph relating to a second girl aged 17 at the time. The offences occurred between 2020 and 2022 in the Accrington area. Croasdale was sentenced to a total of six years and six months in prison at Preston Crown Court in May this year. | Lancashire Police
50. Declan Carroll
A gang of thugs dressed in all black carried out a vicious attack on two passengers waiting for a train at Preston Railway Station, a court heard. One of the travellers narrowly escaped being stabbed after running into the station and onto a footbridge across the tracks. The other stood his ground at the main entrance and tried to fight off his assailants, Judge Ian Unsworth was told. Jailing 26-year-old Declan Carroll for his part in the brawl, Judge Unsworth hit out at a delay of more than three-and-a-half years in bringing the case to court. | Lancashire Police
51. Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens drove his Mercedes at members of the public in Colne before going on a baseball bat rampage has been jailed. He pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm, or distress, dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and without insurance, criminal damage and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place. Stevens, formerly of North Street, Colne, but now of no fixed address, appeared at Burnley Crown Court earlier this month. He was jailed for 16 months and disqualified from driving for 20 months. | Lancashire Police
52. Daniel Evans
Daniel Evans attacked a man with a cosh during an unprovoked attack at the Bretherton Arms in Eaves Lane on September 13, 2020. The assault resulted in the victim losing an eye, a second man with a “serious head injury” and others receiving bruises. Evans, 33, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to two counts of Section 18 wounding after appearing at Preston Crown Court in July. He was subsequently jailed for 15 years and a half years. | Lancashire Police