Three drug dealers, a man growing £1.38million worth of cannabis and a robber are among some of those who appeared before the courts in April.
Thomas Wiltshire, 24, and Georgia Nunley-Clark, 24, and Owen Kilby, 20
Three drug dealers who used six different phone lines to sell crack cocaine and heroin from their caravan in Ramsey were sentenced.
Couple Thomas Wiltshire, 24, and Georgia Nunley-Clark, 24, were dealing drugs across Cambridgeshire from their caravan in New Road, Ramsey, between November 2021 and September last year.
But when officers searched it on September 23 last year the game was up.
They also found a bank card belonging to Owen Kilby, 20.
When officer visited Kilby at his flat in Arbury, Cambridge, they found him standing by a flushing toilet.
Three bundles of suspected Class A drugs were found floating in the toilet along with cannabis and a large amount of money in a shoulder bag.
The trio were sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday March 29
READ MORE: Caravan drugs enterprise in New Road Ramsey smashed by police
Ardit Pali, 25
25-year-old Ardit Pali was jailed after his fingerprints were found in cannabis factories containing up to an estimated two million pounds worth of the drug.
He was linked by forensics to factories at Warboys Industrial Estate, in Warboys, on May 2, 2021, and Sandy Industrial Estate, in Sandy, Bedfordshire, the following month.
The first had 19 growing rooms containing 1674 cannabis plants thought to have a value of between £461,000 and £1.38 million.
The second was similar, with 15 rooms and 882 cannabis plants estimated to be worth between £249,690 and £740,880.
At Warboys, Pali’s fingerprints were found on multiple light bulbs, while at Sandy, his DNA was found on numerous bulb boxes and a Heineken beer can.
On April 11, at Peterborough Crown Court, Pali, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, having pleaded guilty to two counts of producing a controlled class B drug.
READ MORE: Jail for cannabis farmer using factories in Warboys and Sandy
Michael Robb, 62
Michael Robb told an undercover police officer he wanted to sexually abuse an 11 year-old girl.
Michael began talking to the officer, who was deployed in an operation to identify paedophiles online, in November 2020.
It followed intelligence Robb was commenting on indecent images of children on a chat app.
They chatted about general sexual abuse and Robb said he wanted to sexually abuse the officer’s “daughter”.
He sent photos of himself and also asked to see photos of the fictional child.
Robb then created an account on Snapchat and told the officer he was interested in meeting his daughter so he could sexually abuse her.
The two began communicating on Whatsapp and Robb spoke about how he would abuse the girl and his plans to do so.
During the chats, between November 21 and December 4, Robb also sent nine indecent images.
Robb was arrested at his home in Tuckers Nook, Maxey, Peterborough, on 8 April, 2021.
On April 26 at Peterborough Crown Court, Robb was jailed for two years and eight months, having pleaded guilty to facilitating the commission of a child sexual offence and distributing illicit images of children.
He was also given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
READ MORE: Jail for Peterborough man Michael Robb who wanted to abuse 'child'
Michelle Hall, 57
A woman who robbed an elderly woman of her handbag as she went to play bingo was jailed for more than three years.
Michelle Hall, 57, approached the 72-year-old victim outside the Winners Bingo Hall, in Hill Street, Wisbech, at about 7.30pm on 5 February 5, and asked her for £2 for food.
As the woman went to get some money out of her wallet, Hall grabbed it and hit her in the face, causing scratches.
There was a tussle between the two and Hall grabbed the woman’s handbag.
Hall once again hit the victim in the face before running off with the handbag and wallet.
She was identified on CCTV and arrested that evening.
On April 26 at Peterborough Crown Court, Hall, of South Brink, Wisbech, was jailed for three years and six months having pleaded guilty to robbery.
READ MORE: Wisbech: Robber who stole elderly woman's handbag is jailed
Daniel Holyoak, 39
A man whose brutal six-hour attack left his partner with a missing front tooth, swollen eye and shoe imprints all over her body was jailed for more than six years.
Daniel Holyoak, 39, punched the victim numerous times, stamped all over her body, dragged her around by her hair and repeatedly slammed a door into her after returning home from a 10-day cocaine and alcohol binge.
The police were alerted to the attack on 12 July, 2021, when the victim went to an ambulance station for help.
Officers arrested Holyoak the following day at their home in Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, where the incident took place.
However, while on remand, Holyoak contacted the victim several times in a bid to get her to drop the charges.
At Cambridge Crown Court on 20 April, Holyoak was sentenced to six years and two months in prison after he pleaded guilty of grievous bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.
READ MORE: Wisbech: Man jailed after six-hour attack on partner
Simon Rouse, 50
A carer who withdrew money from a disabled man’s account and used it to buy himself expensive goods from John Lewis and Amazon was jailed.
Simon Rouse, 50, had been caring for the victim, who had multiple complex needs, for years.
His role was to help with daily tasks, trips out and withdraw money needed for food and provisions.
In July 2021, a colleague alerted managers to some strange activity on the victim’s account.
It showed the withdrawals made from the account didn’t tally with what had been recorded on an income and expenditure form.
It also showed some expensive items had been purchased from John Lewis and Amazon, which didn’t appear to belong to the victim.
Rouse, of Frederick Drive, Peterborough, was arrested at his home in August 2021.
Designer goods, bank and loan statements and his mobile phone were seized. Officers investigating soon discovered Rouse was also in significant debt.
Rouse pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position and was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday (5 April).
READ MORE: Peterborough: Carer conned disabled man out of more than £12k
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