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Some of the criminals jailed last month

Jailed in October: 36 criminals - including former Football League assistant referee, blackmailer and knifemen locked up for crimes in and around Peterborough

A former Football League assistant referee was one of a number of crooks locked up for crimes in and around Peterborough in October.

Gareth Viccars, 47, who officiated in the third and fourth tiers of English football, was jailed for 13 years and six months, having pleaded guilty to six counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child, two counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of inciting/causing a child under 16 to engage in a sexual act, and one count each of engaging in sexual communications with a child and engaging in sexual activity with a child.

Viccars, of Hunter Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes is one of 36 crooks jailed for crimes in and around Peterborough in October who Cambridgeshire Police released pictures of.

Two of the men in the Rogues Gallery received jail terms – but are wanted after being sentenced in their absence.

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