Cambs criminals jailed this week including man who held a knife at …
Criminals jailed in Cambridgeshire this week included a man who attacked a stranger with a glass bottle which resulted in the victim needing 14 stitches, and two Cambridgeshire[1] sex offenders one of which was found to keep weapons in his shed.
One criminal imprisoned this week was a drug dealer who threw dugs into a bush to evade the police. Another was discovered by police officers from the Cambridge neighbourhood team who spotted a man carrying out a suspected drug deal in the Grafton Centre car park.
All criminals imprisoned this week received sentences from nine months to five years in prison. CambridgeshireLive[2] has put together a list of all the cases we’ve reported on this week that have seen defendants locked up from Saturday, August 26 to Friday, September 1.
Women assaulted teenage boy with glass
Two women who assaulted a teenage boy in Whittlesey have been sentenced. Stacey Gleave, 31, and Shevvy Alexander, 29, were leaving The George Hotel pub in Market Street on the evening of January 30 last year when they began to have an argument which attracted a group of youths.
Whilst walking back towards her house, Gleave realised she was missing her phone and some money and noticed the group behind her. Believing one of the group had taken the missing items, Gleave turned round to address the boys before they split into two groups, with each of the women following them.
Alexander, who is also known as Shevvy Bird, caught up with one of the boys – who was 16 – and ‘detained’ him. Gleave joined her and knocked the boy to the ground before climbing on top of him, assaulting him and threatening him with a shard of glass.
Gleave was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years. Alexander was ordered to complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR).
Paedophile kept weapons in his shed
Paul Page was found to have indecent images of children and a stash of 74 weapons (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
A registered sex offender who was found with child abuse images and a haul of illegal weapons has been jailed. Paul Page was being monitored by dedicated officers after he was previously convicted of child abuse in the USA.
The 49-year-old was arrested at his then home in Littleport on May 16 after intelligence suggested he was in possession of indecent images. Page admitted he had been downloading indecent images of children on to a USB stick. Digital tests revealed a total of 254 images – 113 category C, 32 category B and 109 category A, which is the most severe. When Page was on bail, officers were alerted to a stash of rifles, pistols and crossbows.
At Peterborough[5] Crown Court on Wednesday (August 30). He was handed a prison sentence of one year and eight months.
Peterborough sex offender breached order
A Peterborough sex offender has been jailed for failing to update police about where he was living. Peter Carmichael, 40, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register following a conviction in 2014, meaning he had to keep police updated with his home address.
As he was homeless, Carmichael was required to report to a police station once a week to update officers on where he was staying. Carmichael went to a police station on May 17, but failed to return and was arrested in Priestgate, Peterborough, on June 2.
On August 30, at Peterborough Crown Court, he was jailed for ten months.
Man attacked stranger with a glass bottle
A man who hit a stranger with a glass bottle at a pub on Christmas[8] Eve has been sentenced. Louie McKillop, aged 24, was at the College Arms in Broadway, Peterborough[9], at about 11.30pm on Christmas Eve last year when he had an argument with a member of door staff.
The victim, a man in his 40s, walked past the pair and made a comment to the doorman about McKillop not being very happy. A couple of seconds later he felt a blow to the back of his head and was knocked to the ground.
McKillop, of Hammonds Drive, Fengate, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday, August 31. He was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and must carry out 250 hours of unpaid work.
Drug dealer caught in shopping centre car park
Zecaria-Gomes-Pais was caught dealing drugs (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
A drug dealer who was caught in the act in a Cambridge shopping centre has been jailed. Police officers from the Cambridge neighbourhood team were carrying out plain clothed patrols in the city on April 17 when they spotted Zecaria Gomes-Pais carrying out a suspected drug deal in the Grafton Centre car park.
The officer grabbed the 22-year-old and identified himself as a police officer but Gomes-Pais ran off. After a 10 minute foot and bike chase, the drug dealer was arrested on Parker’s Piece.
Gomes-Pais, of Stanningley Road, Leeds, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison at Peterborough[10] Crown Court on Friday (August 25). He had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin.
Drug dealer dumped drugs in a bush
Genei Mwaku (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
A drug dealer who hid £4,000 worth of cocaine and heroin in a bush has been locked up. Genei Mwaku was arrested after police officers saw him travelling in the back of a hire car in St Ives on May 30.
When Mwaku realised the officers were following his car, he got out and ran off carrying a black bag. He was caught by police on Welland Close but he did not have the bag on him. A quick search of the surrounding area uncovered the bag dumped in a nearby bush. It contained £4,040 of crack cocaine and heroin. He was also found with a mobile phone and £1,480 in cash on him.
At Peterborough[12] Crown Court on Friday, August 25, Mwaku, 19, of no fixed address, was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison.
Paedophile blamed strangers for indecent images
Andris Dozbergs
A paedophile who claimed strangers sent him more than 1,000 indecent images of children has been jailed. Andris Dozbergs, 56, came to the attention of police after they were alerted that an account on Facebook[14] had uploaded indecent images of a child to the social media platform.
Officers visited his home in Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough, in May last year and initially he refused to let them in. However, he eventually complied and a search of his home uncovered two phones and a laptop, together with a can of pepper spray. He was arrested on suspicion of making indecent images but in police interview, denied having a sexual interest in children.
He claimed strangers had sent him “half naked” images of children, which he did nothing with, and had just remained in his phone. Dozbergs pleaded guilty to the offences at Cambridge Crown Court in July and was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday (25 August).
Knifeman lied about identity to police
Michael Mortimer (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary)
A man who lied about his identity twice after being caught with a knife forced another man to go to court in his place has been jailed. Michael Mortimer, of Ashampstead Road, Reading, Berkshire, first came to the attention of police on April 16 last year when he was spotted shouting outside a Peterborough[16] house with a knife.
Armed police arrived at 7.30pm and found Mortimer holding a large kitchen knife and using a large tile as a shield. He put down the weapon and was arrested after telling officers he had been drinking and taking cocaine. When taken into custody Mortimer gave a false name. Mortimer was further arrested for two counts of perverting the course of justice after officers revealed they knew he was lying about his identity.
He was sentenced at Huntingdon[17] Law Courts on Wednesday (August 23) where he was handed one year and one month in prison, after also breaching a previous suspended sentence.
Man threatened landlord at knifepoint
A man who threatened his landlord at knifepoint and repeatedly punched his housemate in the head because they asked him to keep the noise down has been given a suspended prison sentence. Amin Zehar, 37, was living at in Cambridge when he first assaulted one of his housemates.
The victim knocked on his bedroom door and asked him to keep the noise down, but Zehar took umbrage, grabbed him by the throat and punched him multiple times to the head. The landlord tried to speak with Zehar about his behaviour, but he became abusive once again and shouted at him.
After his eviction from the property, he then threatened the landlord with a knife, barricading him in his old bedroom. Other residents at the address called the police, and officers arrested Zehar. He was sentenced to one year and seven months in prison, suspended for two years, at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday (August 23).
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