Here are the names and faces of the men and women who are have been sentenced to prison time in January 2025 so far.
Prison officer who had sex with inmate
After the video emerged online, a police investigation was launched and the mother-of-one was arrested and pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office.
Sentencing, Judge Martin Edmunds KC told De Sousa Abreu: “You engaged in sexual activity with a prisoner. That compromised your role as an officer, and was misconduct which undermines discipline within the prison, and puts fellow officers at increased risk.
“You knew that conduct was forbidden and forbidden for good reason.”
The charge says that De Sousa Abreu “wilfully and without reasonable excuse or justification misconducted yourself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by engaging in a sexual act with a prisoner in a prison cell”.
Read the full story – HMP Wandsworth prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu jailed
Creep who hid in darkness waiting for lone women
The young woman was on her way home from a night out when 37-year-old Aaron Black jumped out from behind a bus stop and began “aggressively masturbating” while staring at her.
Black, described as a foot fetishist and porn addict, has been repeatedly committing similar offences since 2010 – racking up convictions for exposure, outraging public decency, sexual assault and breaching sexual harm prevention orders.
Much of his offending has taken place at bus stops and parks across London including in Lewisham, Shoreditch, Wimbledon, Clapham, and Elephant and Castle.
Black branded his latest offending “a slip” and insisted “I now look at females as my sisters”.
Judge Anne Brown jailed him for two years saying she feels women must be protected by having him behind bars.
Bexleyheath creep
In August 2020 Baughen had sent sexual messages to the first 14-year-old girl on Instagram telling her he would buy her sexy underwear.
He later invited her shopping and told her he would “spoil her rotten”.
Around the same time, he was messaging another 14-year-old.
A court heard that over the course of several months he sent her sexual messages including a photo of an erect penis, presumed to be his.
Baughen was later arrested on suspicion of these offences but released under investigation.
In August 2023 he then went on to send sexual messages to another young girl, this time a 13-year-old.
The young girl responded by calling him a nonce.
Read the full story – Bexley dad tells girl, 14, he would buy her sexy underwear in creepy messages
Couple who stole over £48,000 of jewellery
They distracted shop keepers before stealing thousands of pounds worth of stock at a time.
CCTV footage from one shop showed Mr Agafitei stuffing £15,000 worth of gold chains up his shirt at a shop in Norfolk before walking out.
On another occasion in Warwickshire the couple distracted the shop keeper by requesting to view a watch, before reaching over and stealing a Rolex worth £11,500 from a display cabinet.
Later in Wiltshire whilst Mrs Agafitei asked a staff member to help her try on bracelets her partner knocked over a display stand, allowing him to steal £20,000 worth of bracelets as the staff member tidied them up.
Their crime spree between May and July last year saw them steal from shops in Warwickshire, Sussex, Wiltshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Read the full story – South Norwood couple who stole £48,000 of jewellery jailed
They also stole £700 from a woman who was in her 80s.
The woman had travelled to Newmarket, Suffolk, to do some banking when Mrs Agafitei is seen on CCTV to be watching her before making a call and is joined by her partner.
He entered the bank and watched the victim enter her PIN at a cash machine then they both followed the victim into a shop and Mrs Agafitei showed the victim an item of clothing.
A short while later, Mr Agafitei used the victim’s card at a cash machine and made two withdrawals, totalling £700.
They were sentenced to two years and three months each.
