A man who raped a woman in Peterborough, drug dealers and ‘an extraordinarily drunk’ lorry driver who put thousands of lives at risk on the A1M are among the crooks jailed for crimes in and around our city during October.
Matthew Fox was jailed for 11 years after he was found guilty of rape at a trial. Members of his family were also jailed for perverting the course of justice after they contacted the victim.
The 21 people included in this story are not the only people jailed during October – just the ones Cambridgeshire Police have released a picture of.
9. Daniel McCarroll
Drug dealer Daniel McCarroll was arrested by police at a Peterborough home on his birthday. McCarroll, 26, of Peake Close, Peterborough was sentenced to 47 months for possession with intent to supply a class A drug, namely cocaine; nine months, to run concurrently, for possession of a class B drug - namely ketamine; and one month, to run consecutively, for breach of a suspended sentence. He admitted all offences. Photo: Cambs Police
10. Mohammed Beila
Mohammed Beila repeatedly punched and stamped on a woman in Peterborough city centre. Beila (22) of of Eastfield Road, Eastfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison after previously pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent. Photo: Cambs Police
11. Gheorghe Hirtopeanu
Lorry driver Gheorghe Hirtopeanu was described as 'extraordinarily drunk’ and ‘an appalling risk to literally thousands of other road users' by the judge at court after he was spotted driving a 44 tonne truck erratically on the A1 in Cambridgeshire. Hirtopeanu (65) was sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst unfit through drink, failing to stop, failing to provide specimen for analysis and driving a vehicle drawing a trailer on the offside lane of a motorway. He was also disqualified from driving for eight years and four months. Photo: Cambs Police
12. Raymond Yardy
Raymond Yardy grabbed his partner by the neck and told police officers, “if you don’t arrest me, I’ll murder her”. Yardy (66) of Coneygree Road, Peterborough, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and was jailed for one year and eight months. Photo: Cambs Police