THESE are the faces of nine criminals who were jailed in May
THOMAS GREEN, aged 84, heard how he will probably die in jail after he was sentenced to 12 years behind bars following his conviction for raping one child and sexually assaulting another. Green has already served one prison sentence, 10 years ago, for sexual offences against a girl, after which other crimes came to light. He was found guilty following a two-week trial and Judge Martin Walsh told him he had abused children for his own “perverse and selfish gratification”.
FAHEEM KOLA, aged 30, from Bolton, was jailed for 11 years and three years for his involvement in a multi-million pound drugs conspiracy. Kola was one of two men sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after police recovered cocaine worth more than £3million.
BARRY GRIFFIN, aged 40, hit one person in the face and threatened staff at a supermarket with a hammed before stealing a 43inch television. Drug addict Griffin terrorised staff at Asda on Blackburn Road and, in court, admitted assault, theft and possessing an offensive weapon. Bolton Crown Court heard how has spent all his adult life in and out of prison. For his latest crimes he was sentenced to 18 months in jail. “If you continue to offend to feed your drug addiction you will return to a longer sentence of imprisonment,” Judge Martin Walsh warned him.
RYAN HAYWOOD burgled homes and attacked police officers while wearing a Batman dressing gown. Haywood, aged 29, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars after admitting a string of offences. He had been admitted to hospital following a drugs overdose, but discharged himself and, still wearing his dressing gown, burgled several homes in Farnworth. When police found him and tried to handcuff him, he bit two of them.
JERREST CAMPBELL & JACK DAVIES were both jailed after they became involved in a brawl on Tonge Moor Road, Bolton in the early hours of the morning. Campbell, aged 54, used a machete to strike Davies, aged 24, and was attacked himself by another man. Bolton Crown Court heard that, although the origin of the violence is unknown, it is likely to have been drug-related. After a trial Campbell was found guilty of affray and possessing a weapon while Davies was convicted of affray. Campbell was jailed for two years and nine months while Davies received a 16-month sentence.
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KIERAN BYRNE, aged 33, repeatedly bit and strangled his partner, leaving her unconscious. Violent Byrne regularly drank two litres of vodka a night, as well as taking cocaine, and would bit, kick and would bite, kick and punch his girlfriend when in a rage. On one occasion he bit her in a pub, only letting go when bat staff intervened, and another time he beat her unconscious, resuming his attack when she came round. Judge Tom Gilbart described his behaviour as “animalistic” and jailed him for two years.
KYLE PEARSON, aged 21, stashed phones and drugs for fellow prisoners in his jail cell. Pearson is the brother of four siblings who were murdered, along with their mother, in an arson attack and he was serving four years in a young offenders’ institution for robbery and assault when the items were found in his cell. He was sentenced to a further 32 weeks behind bars.
MOHAMMED BILLAL KHAN, aged 27, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison after he killed a friend who was riding a quad bike. Khan, driving a Mercedes, tried overtaking dad-of-four Tariq Khan as they approached the brow of a hill. But another car was coming in the opposite direction and Billal Khan swerved into the quad bike to avoid hitting the car. Bolton Crown Court heard how, just days earlier, Billal Khan had filmed himself driving at 100mph on a 30mph road and posted the footage on TikTok. “You will, of course, live with the fact that you were responsible for taking the life of a friend,” Judge Martin Walsh told him.
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