AFTER another busy year covering the courts, we’ve taken a look at 12 residents in South Cumbria who will be spending their Christmas behind bars.
Man jailed after stabbing victim in nightclub following altercation
Preston Crown Court heard how Darren Knowles, 50, of Anson Street in Barrow, was in an altercation at Manhattan’s nightclub when he approached the victim and pulled a knife out of his pocket, stabbing his victim in the shoulder causing a deep laceration.
It happened just after 4:20am on November 20 2022.
He was sentenced to seven years for wounding with intent, attempted wounding with intent, breach of a non-molestation order and possession of a bladed article in a public place.
READ MORE HERE: Barrow man jailed after stabbing victim following nightclub altercation
Barrow man jailed for child sex offences
James Poddington, of Earle Street, was sentenced to 32 months in prison as well as being made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years.
It comes after the 31-year-old believed he was speaking to a 12-year-old girl when he was actually communicating with a child decoy from a paedophile hunting group.
READ MORE HERE: Man who was caught by paedophile hunters after inciting 'girl', 12, is jailed
John Crawford, of Barrow, jailed for 12 years
The 35-year-old, of St Vincent Street, Barrow, was sentenced for rape and sexual assaults at Preston Crown Court.
The offences relate to incidents against two women which occurred between February 2015 and February 2020.
He was considered to be a dangerous offender and will be subject to the sex offenders register for the rest of his life.
READ MORE HERE: Barrow man jailed for 12 years for rape and sexual assault
Man blackmailed woman as he threatened to post intimate video online
Mark Purcell, of Ivy Avenue, Barrow, met a woman online and then blackmailed her by threatening he would post an intimate video online.
The 36-year-old was sentenced to two years and sixth months imprisonment following a four-day trial.
READ MORE HERE: Man blackmailed woman as he threatened to post intimate video online
Prolific Barrow offender jailed for burglary, drug, fraud and theft
Scott Hornby, of Rawlinson street, Barrow, gave a false name when he spoke with a woman when enquiring about making a will.
Preston Crown Court heard the 45-year-old then stole her purse from her handbag which included several sentimental items.
He was jailed for 1,146 days.
READ MORE HERE: Serial offender who stole 'irreplaceable sentimental items' is jailed
Barrow man jailed for sending indecent material to 'teenage girl'
Louis Killip, 50, of Vernon Street, sent indecent images and messages to what he thought was a 14-year-old girl on Snapchat.
Preston Crown Court heard he got ‘carried away’ when sending pictures of his penis to the girl, spoke about meeting up and having sex.
READ MORE HERE: 'Loner' jailed for sending indecent photos and messages to 'teenage girl'
‘Greedy’ sheep farmer jailed for forging will documents in £1m+ fraud
Janice Johnson, of Fenwick Farm in Thwaites, near Millom was convicted after trial of five counts of fraud by false representation after she was found to have forged letters and will documents in an attempt to inherit another farmer’s £1m+ estate.
Sarah McGill, prosecuting the case, said the 66-year-old may have “convinced herself” that she was “very much entitled” to the estate.
Preston Crown Court heard Johnson “deliberately selected” dead men, including her dad, as ‘witnesses’ to her faked documents so they couldn’t be questioned by police or solicitors.
She was jailed for four years.
READ MORE HERE: Dozens of 'rightful persons' to inherit farmer's £1m+ estate after fraudster jailed
Martin Cheung receives 25 months after pleading guilty to GBH
Martin Cheung, formerly of Island Road, fractured the victim’s skull leaving him with bleeding in his brain after he was involved in an unprovoked attack in Barrow, Preston Crown Court heard.
His son Andrew McWilliam said: “The incident has taken ten years off my Dad’s life.”
READ MORE HERE: Thug jailed after attack left granddad with skull fracture and brain bleed
Drunk Barrow man jailed after battering girlfriend in jealous rage
Jordan Cleasby, of Dundonald Street in Barrow, was jailed for 27 months after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Preston Crown Court heard the mother of his ten-week-old child suffered ‘serious injuries’ after Cleasby accused her of having sex with other men.
Prosecutor Paul Hodgkinson said the victim was punched to her dace and then repeatedly kicked while she was defenceless on the floor in the kitchen.
READ MORE HERE: Drunk man battered girlfriend causing ‘serious injuries’ in jealous attack
Barrow man Leigh Jonathon Dirkin jailed for attack in Kendal
Leigh Jonathon Dirkin, of Farm Street, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years for his role in a ‘gratuitous degradation’ and ‘torture’ of a vulnerable man.
Carlisle Crown Court heard Dirkin spat and then placed a flannel over the victim’s mouth before pouring in water.
READ MORE HERE: 'Gratuitous degradation’ - Man jailed for 'torturing' victim by waterboarding him
Cumbrian man jailed for sexual assault and stalking of woman in Barrow
David McKeown was jailed for seven years and eight months as well as being prohibited from entering Cumbria upon his release at Preston Crown Court.
It comes after McKeown pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a female over 16 and stalking involving serious alarm or distress during a trial where a jury acquitted him of raping a woman over the age of 16.
READ MORE HERE: Man, 42, who attempted to befriend woman is jailed for sexual assault and stalking
Lee Baines jailed after breaking into former partner's home in Barrow
The 57-year-old broke into his former partner’s home address in the Barrow area and took her dog, Preston Crown Court heard.
Baines was found guilty after trial and was jailed for two years.
READ MORE HERE: Man who broke into his former partner’s home and took her dog jailed
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