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:
53. Andrew Hodson
Andrew Hodson, 45, struck and kicked his victim at his flat in Preston. He broke a doll’s house which was in the flat and used the broken parts to assault the woman. After she got out of the flat, the victim drove off in her car to a nearby street. He followed her and used a knife to puncture one of the car tyres. Hodgson, of Brackenbury Road, Preston, pleaded guilty to charges of assault causing actual bodily harm, criminal damage and breaching a restraining order. He was jailed for a total of 34 weeks and ordered to pay £300 compensation after appearing for sentence at Blackburn Magistrates Court in July. | Lancashire Police
54. Joel Mtebe
Joel Mtebe, of Chorley, pocketed £12,000 from bogus home insurance claims has been jailed. He was first sentenced in 2017, after he made 15 fraudulent claims on home insurance policies for phones, laptops and TVs. From March 2019 to February 2022, the 37-year-old took out six further home insurance policies using fictitious identities and made 15 fake claims against them, nine of which were successful, the City of London Police said. Mtebe admitted multiple counts of fraud by false representation and was given a 20-month sentence at Liverpool Crown Court in August this year. | City of London Police
55. Harris Vinten
Harris Vinten was jailed after a three-year-old girl was attacked by a pit bull terrier in a pub garden. The dog, which is a banned breed and "did not like females", attacked the child after she went over to pat it. The girl suffered six deep lacerations to her face that have left permanent scarring, a court has heard. Harris Vinten, of Thompson Avenue, Ormskirk, West Lancashire, was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in public which caused injury. | Merseyside Police