Cambridge Crown Court Sentencing Results

Jamie Keegan refused to accept that a woman no longer wanted a relationship with him after a month-long relationship ended in December 2024. Over the following 12 months he became angry, verbally abused her and bombarded her with messages, including threats to take his own life. He created fake social media accounts after being blocked, sent the victim abusive messages and voice notes, sent pictures of himself after self-harming, and worked out where she lived, sending a picture of himself holding rope nearby. He also contacted her family, friends and workplace, causing her serious distress.

Marius Siuipys made violent threats towards his ex-partner, contacted her by phone, and later turned up at her home and barged into her bedroom. He tried to punch her before demanding to see paperwork. The victim fled to a place of safety, but Siuipys continued to contact her via Facebook Messenger, sending photos and threatening messages. He also turned up at her new partner's home. He was found guilty of breaching a non-molestation order and stalking.

Beatrice Elliott was involved in a dispute with her neighbours in Chatteris in the early hours of 14 April. She approached their front door, lit a deodorant can and put it through the letterbox. The fire did not spread and was put out by a man in the property. Police attended and she was arrested.

Robert Hill, 46, set fire to his own home in Peterborough on May 9. He was inside the house with a family member when he started the fire. Police and the fire service were called to reports of smoke and flames coming from the property, and officers found two lighters on him at the scene. He admitted arson and was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court.

Xavier Matelot was part of a group of teenagers who surrounded a 20-year-old man in Cambridge city centre on August 12, 2024, after the victim refused to buy alcohol for two teenage girls. During the attack, Matelot launched a flying kick to the side of the victim's head, causing it to strike a metal fence. The victim suffered a skull fracture and a bleed on the brain. Matelot admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.

Brian Bealey posted racist and abusive messages on social media platform X directed at an England footballer between March 17 and March 29. The messages contained racially offensive language and slurs and were deemed grossly offensive and racially aggravated. He was identified following a referral from the Football Association and Premier League after an England game.

Justin Noble, 42, breached a court order by secretly setting up several online accounts and email addresses, including eBay, and failing to notify police. Specialist officers discovered the accounts during a routine visit to his home in Peterborough in January 2025.

Philip Evans ran out of a flat on 25 December 2025 carrying a kitchen knife, leading to his arrest the following day. He stood trial on charges of possessing a knife in a public place and wounding with intent. The jury acquitted him of wounding with intent but convicted him of the knife possession offence.

Julie Ijere was driving a patient transport ambulance on the B1506 Bury Road between Kentford and Newmarket on December 19, 2023, when the vehicle drifted across broken white lines into the path of an oncoming car, causing a serious collision. Two people suffered serious injuries and died two days later. CCTV and dashcam footage showed the ambulance crossed into the opposite carriageway; no evidence was found of distractions, phone use, or adverse effects from prescription medication.

Abdiftah Ahmed attacked a man in his 40s who had just left a pub on Broadway in Peterborough in the early hours of 22 December 2019. He dragged the victim to the ground and kicked him multiple times to the head, then returned with his mobile phone and appeared to take a photo or video of the victim before kicking him twice more. The victim was taken to hospital with a broken nose and facial injuries requiring surgery. Ahmed was identified from CCTV footage and mobile phone data.

In May 2025, Daniel Coleman contacted an account he believed belonged to a 13-year-old girl, but it was actually a decoy run by an online child abuse activist group. Despite being told the person was 13 years old several times, he engaged in sexualised communication and arranged to meet. He did not use his real name, but officers traced the IP address of the profile back to him.

Daniel Howard, 38, was verbally abusive towards his partner on 20 April and threatened to slit the throats of everyone in the household while they slept. The next morning he squeezed the victim's throat, preventing her from breathing, and said: 'Today is the day you are going to die.' When the victim tried to escape, he grabbed her by the hair and repeatedly punched her in the face, head and stomach, then smashed a laptop and TV remote. The victim fled to a nearby park and called 999. After his arrest Howard told officers he had lost his temper and admitted putting his hands on her.

Benjamin Davies subjected his partner to daily violence and controlling behaviour over a period of up to six weeks. He repeatedly kicked, punched and threw things at her, strangled her during arguments, and on one occasion restricted her breathing. He also smashed her mobile phone and damaged her glasses and bank cards. The abuse came to an end when a family member of the victim received anonymous messages and contacted police. When officers attended Davies's home on 20 November 2025, neighbours reported shouting and banging; Davies had dragged the victim back inside and threatened to kill both her and himself if she tried to leave again. Police forced entry and arrested him.

Fedorenko set fire to a Nissan Juke in a car park in Chatteris in the early hours of 1 April 2025, leaving it to burn out and damaging a nearby van and fence. On 1 November 2025 he set fire to a Mini Cooper in a car park in Wisbech, damaging the car and a nearby van. On 25 November 2025 he set fire to another Mini Cooper behind Market Place, Wisbech, causing minor damage. He was arrested a few hours after the final offence.

Rebecca Green was employed as a prison officer at HMP Whitemoor when she entered into a relationship with a prisoner serving a 25-year sentence for murder in October 2022. Suspicions were raised in spring 2023; she initially dismissed them, and the prisoner was moved to HMP Belmarsh while investigations took place. Officers searched Green's car and seized her mobile phone, which contained messages indicating the relationship. A number matching a phone belonging to Green had been added to the prisoner's approved contacts list under 'partner'. She later pleaded guilty to wilful misconduct in a public office.

On Boxing Day in Cambridge, Igboayaka became angry about missing cannabis at a friend's home and, believing the female victim had stolen it, punched her multiple times in the face and tried to shove her head down the toilet. He then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and tried to stab her, causing multiple wounds to her hands as she defended herself. A man at the property attempted to stop the attack, but Igboayaka threatened him with the knife and hit him over the head with a glass vodka bottle. Both victims attended hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Lewis Garraway, who was subject to a sexual harm prevention order imposed in 2018 following a sexual offence with a girl, met a woman in her early 20s through a dating app in 2024. In October 2024 he stayed at her family home in Cambridgeshire, where two children also lived, and failed to notify police of his contact with children as required. During the stay he took one of the children to a park to play rugby unsupervised, further breaching the order. A family member became suspicious after learning of his previous offences and contacted police.

Peter Corrigan, 51, father of Chas Corrigan, assisted his son after the murder. On 2 August 2025 he was captured on CCTV removing his son's blood-stained jacket from bushes in Vinter Terrace, Cambridge, and placing it in a wheelie bin. He also enabled his son to hide at the Holbrook Road property to evade arrest.