A couple whose baby died with more than 60 broken bones in her body and a would-be paramedic who raped five women he met on Tinder were just some of the notorious criminals from across the UK locked up last month.
Other offenders facing lengthy jail terms include the killers of a man who was stabbed in the back of the head with a spiked garden tool and a wannabe terrorist who used his student loan and carers’ allowance to fund his attempt to join a Syrian jihadi training camp A police officer who used hidden spy cameras to film naked women and a mother who admitted to strangling her five-year-old daughter after becoming depressed during the pandemic were also put behind bars in January.
These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK since the year began. A mother stabbed her boyfriend to death at a New Year’s Eve party while six children were in the flat.
Hannah Sindrey, 24, was convicted of the murder of 31-year-old Paul Fletcher at her flat in Rayleigh following a trial. She must serve at least 14 years and five months before she can be considered for parole, Essex Police said.
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