Paedophiles, drug dealers and burglars are among those who spent Christmas behind bars after being jailed in December for crimes committed in and around Peterborough.
Cambridgeshire Police released the mug shots of 17 crooks who were locked up in the last month of 2024.
One of those locked up was Peter Swan, 62, of Weatherthorn, Orton Malborne, Peterborough. Swan was jailed for 16 years after admitting a string of sex offences, having contacted women in the Philippines and offering them money in return for either a live stream or video of children carrying out sexual acts.
Judge Sean Enright said Swan carried out “a sustained campaign against children in a third-world country”, the like of which he had not seen before in court.
These are not all the criminals jailed in December – just those that Cambridgeshire police released a picture of.
5. Christopher Woods
Christopher Woods (39) , of Garner Court, Huntingdon, denied assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and breaching an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He was found guilty of both counts following a trial at Peterborough Crown Court, and was jailed for four years and six months. Photo: Police
6. Darren Wyer
Darren Wyer admitted “smashing a bank up” with a hammer when police found him sitting on a bench in Peterborough city centre. Wyer (43) was found sitting on a bench near the Nationwide Building Society, in Long Causeway after the incident. He was jailed for 19 months after pleading guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour, common assault, destroying or damaging property and breaching a suspended sentence. Photo: Police
7. Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith was jailed after robbing a woman in a Peterborough alleyway. Smith, 42, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 21 months and two weeks in prison after admitting robbery and escaping lawful custody. Photo: Police
8. Darrell Gowler
Rogue trader Darrell Gowler, 32, targeted elderly victims and scammed them out of hundreds of pounds. Gowler, of Linnett Drive, Wisbech, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of dwelling burglary and two counts of fraud. Photo: Police