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:
29. Antonino Seminara
Antonino Seminara was jailed for 14 and a half years for sexually assaulting four teenage girls. Antonino Seminara, 65, committed his offending in Padiham and Blackburn. Seminara’s youngest victim was just 14 when he committed offences against her. Seminara told two of his victims that they ‘liked that’ as he sexually assaulted them. | Lancashire Police
30. Jake Parkinson and Jak Fairclough
Jack Jermy-Doyle, 25, was attacked near Birley Street in Preston at about 2.40am in August 2022. Jake Parkinson, 22, was convicted of manslaughter at Preston Crown Court, and Jak Fairclough, 29, had previously pleaded guilty. In March this year, Parkinson was jailed for eight years while Fairclough was given a six years four months sentence. | Lancashire Police
31. Steven Paterson
Steven Paterson who bit another man's ear off during a "sickening and callous" attack in Darwen. Paterson left the victim fighting for his life following an assault inside a flat on Bolton Road in October 2023. Paterson was arrested at the scene and later charged. The 35-year-old, of Cavendish Street, Darwen, pleaded guilty to Section 18 wounding after appearing at Preston Crown Court earlier this year. He was jailed for nine years and five months with an extended licence of five years. | Lancashire Police
32. Umar Hussain
Umar Hussain was one of the heads of an organised criminal group (OCG). The gang conspired to run a multi-million pound Class A drug supply ring throughout the North-West, Yorkshire and the Midlands from their bases in Pendle and Burnley .Hussain, 24, of Southfield Square, Nelson, was jailed for 11 years by Judge Simon Medland KC at Preston Crown Court in February. | Lancashire Police