Cambridge Crown Court Sentencing Results

Hawkar Mohammadi helped Shwan Sabah and Ako Mohammad cover up the crime after the victim was rammed off his bike in Boongate, Peterborough, on September 15, 2024, by assisting in destroying evidence and delaying emergency services.

Didia Fetaj was found hiding at a large-scale cannabis factory in a warehouse in New Road, Chatteris. More than 250 cannabis plants were discovered after officers used a police drone to detect heat from the building and noticed extractor fans and the smell of cannabis from outside. He was arrested on May 27.

Angjelin Arra was found hiding at a large-scale cannabis factory in a warehouse in New Road, Chatteris. More than 250 cannabis plants were discovered after officers used a police drone to detect heat from the building and noticed extractor fans and the smell of cannabis from outside. He was arrested on May 27.

Thomas Peggs was driving a Jaguar XKR without due care and attention in Gote Lane, Gorefield, on February 3, 2023, when he lost control and crashed into a tree. The car burst into flames. Peggs was able to get out, but two passengers were trapped in the burning wreckage. One passenger died from her injuries and another sustained serious injuries. Peggs was also seriously injured but made a full recovery.

Max Simpkins pulled up alongside three girls, aged eight and nine, in his blue Mini Cooper in Paynes Lane, Feltwell, Norfolk, on October 23, and tried to engage them in conversation while performing an indecent act. The incident was caught on CCTV, and he was apprehended despite attempting to offend out of his local area.

Gavin Boot, 32, contacted a woman on Instagram in December of the previous year, despite her attempts to block him. He threatened her and her partner to withdraw her statement in a domestic abuse case. As a result, she withdrew her statement a few days later. Boot, of no fixed address, was arrested in Glebe Gardens, Crowland, on January 10, 2025.

Blessing Maponga coercively controlled and abused his wife for nearly a year, culminating in an incident where he stabbed her in the stomach with a comb. He was caught after calling her employer and claiming abuse, during which the employer heard her screaming and alerted the police.

Daniel Crow, 54, of Littleport, stabbed his 54-year-old wife with a large kitchen knife in an unprovoked attack at their home in Little Downham on 25 January, after their relationship ended. He attacked her while she was at the kitchen sink, continued despite her screams, and held her in a headlock, causing multiple cuts, bruises, and puncture wounds to her stomach, arms, hands, face, and body. She fought back, called the police from the bathroom after locking herself in, and he fled the scene. Weapons, including pepper spray, a flick knife, a metal whip with a bayonet, a knuckle duster, and scalpels, were later found in his car.

Tanveer Chowdhury subjected his girlfriend to controlling and coercive behaviour, including demanding to know her whereabouts, degrading her by stripping and beating her in front of friends, showing an intimate video, and physically assaulting her multiple times, such as throwing her to the floor, kicking, punching, and suffocating her. This occurred over several months, leaving her with injuries including a cut lip, bruising, and hair pulled out, and in fear for her life.

Stanley Rose, 20, of Clayway, Ely, drove onto a footpath in New Barns Road, Ely, on the evening of 2 January, narrowly missing a pedestrian and forcing a woman to jump out of the way after spotting a marked police car. He was arrested a week later and charged with dangerous driving, driving a conveyance without consent, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, use of fraudulent plates, and fraud by false representation related to using someone else’s fuel card to buy £912.55 of petrol at Welcome Break Services in Chatteris over 12 occasions between 12 May and 5 June of the previous year.

Led a Lithuanian organised crime gang that built a multi-million-pound cannabis growing enterprise, setting up at least nine cannabis farms across March, Wisbech and Peterborough with a turnover of up to £8m. Investigation from January 2021 to November 2023 led to seizures of over 2,400 cannabis plants, 4,060g budded cannabis, £1,200 cocaine, over £100k cash, designer goods, jewellery and high-value vehicles. Employed trusted friends and family; profits converted to luxury lifestyle and real estate. Offending was repeated and persistent, sometimes while on bail.

Member of Lithuanian organised crime gang that built a multi-million-pound cannabis growing enterprise, setting up at least nine cannabis farms across March, Wisbech and Peterborough with a turnover of up to £8m. Investigation from January 2021 to November 2023 led to seizures of over 2,400 cannabis plants, 4,060g budded cannabis, £1,200 cocaine, over £100k cash, designer goods, jewellery and high-value vehicles.

Member of Lithuanian organised crime gang that built a multi-million-pound cannabis growing enterprise, setting up at least nine cannabis farms across March, Wisbech and Peterborough with a turnover of up to £8m. Investigation from January 2021 to November 2023 led to seizures of over 2,400 cannabis plants, 4,060g budded cannabis, £1,200 cocaine, over £100k cash, designer goods, jewellery and high-value vehicles.

Member of Lithuanian organised crime gang that built a multi-million-pound cannabis growing enterprise, setting up at least nine cannabis farms across March, Wisbech and Peterborough with a turnover of up to £8m. Investigation from January 2021 to November 2023 led to seizures of over 2,400 cannabis plants, 4,060g budded cannabis, £1,200 cocaine, over £100k cash, designer goods, jewellery and high-value vehicles.

On 1 October 2021, Marcus Cresswell spent several hours drinking at a premises in Lancing before getting behind the wheel of a Ford Transit van. He reversed into other cars in the car park and then drove the wrong way onto the A27, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision. He then drove between two lanes of queuing traffic, colliding with vehicles on both sides and causing damage to at least 11 vehicles. His van was so extensively damaged that its wheels fell off. Cresswell fled the scene on foot and was detained by members of the public in a nearby field; when officers arrived, he claimed he had not been the driver and was simply smoking cannabis. The van key was found in his possession and witnesses identified him as the driver. In custody, he failed to provide a breath specimen. After failing to appear at earlier court dates, he was eventually arrested in Cambridgeshire and remanded in custody.

Fabian Small, 23, from Leicester, was caught passing a package to a prisoner at HMP Peterborough on March 8, 2025, during visiting hours. The package contained 29.9g of cannabis, 43.4g of tobacco, and seven unknown pills. This incident was linked to a separate Leicestershire police investigation for possession with intent to supply cannabis. The items had significant value inside the prison, with cannabis worth up to £3,000 and tobacco up to £1,500.

Max Roberts, 18, from Eastfield Road, Peterborough, attempted to strangle his fiancée, punched and kicked her face and body, smashed furniture, and killed her pet hamster in November 2024. He later sent her a threatening message saying he would 'kill everything she loves'.

John Cooper, 65, of Haverhill, who traded as John’s Menswear, sold fake designer goods including Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Gant, Tommy Hilfiger, Fred Perry and Lacoste. An investigation was launched after the seizure of 768 counterfeit clothing items from his stall at Bury St Edmunds market in August 2023, with an estimated street value of £21,171.16. He had been advised by Trading Standards in March 2023 but continued selling the goods, which were also advertised on Facebook. Covert test purchases confirmed the items were counterfeit.

Jay Woodgate, 28, of Peterborough, crashed his BMW into a parked car in Broadway at about 4am on 15 December and failed to stop. He led police on a high-speed pursuit, driving at nearly double the 30mph speed limit on Eye Road, ignoring a keep left bollard, turning right onto the Frank Perkins Parkway, driving through red traffic lights at Eye roundabout, re-joining the parkway at speeds over 90mph, going the wrong way around the Boongate roundabout, driving along St Johns Street, crossing a mini roundabout in the wrong lane, continuing onto Rivergate, and travelling at 65mph along London Road before crashing into traffic lights at the junction with Fletton Avenue. He attempted to hide in nearby undergrowth but was arrested and failed a roadside alcohol breath test with a reading more than double the limit. He was taken to hospital as a precaution and refused to provide a blood sample.

Travis Setchell, 30, was driving a red Audi A3 on the A1139 at Eye, in Peterborough, just before 4am on 7 December 2024 when he caught the attention of a road policing officer after swerving between lanes. A check revealed incorrect registration plates. He failed to stop, sped off along the A47 towards Wisbech reaching 100mph, went through red lights, failed to slow for roundabouts, and dangerously overtook vehicles. With four passengers in the car, he slammed on brakes and reversed, ramming a police car. He mounted a pavement in Wisbech and rammed another police car before stopping in Lerowe Road. He had an expired licence, no insurance or MOT, blew over the drink drive limit, and cannabis was found in the car.

Mark Bye sexually abused a single boy over a four-year period. The abuse involved multiple serious sexual offences, indecent assaults, and acts of indecency with the child. It occurred while Bye was residing in Acorn Way, Red Lodge, near Mildenhall, Suffolk. The victim described feelings of shame, fear, and disgust, which affected his relationships and daily life. The crimes were reported later, leading to Bye’s prosecution.

Mark Bailey, 53, was involved in handling stolen goods following a series of moped thefts in Cambridge in 2022, where over 300 mopeds, low powered motorcycles and electric bikes/scooters worth more than £450,000 were stolen. A warrant was executed at his home in December 2022, recovering stolen vehicles and a mobile phone with evidence linking him to sales of the stolen items.

Dr Lukasz Woda was convicted of making indecent photographs and moving images of a child. He was sentenced on 9 January 2025 following his conviction at Cambridge Crown Court. Dr Woda, a vascular surgeon on the specialist register, was suspended by the General Medical Council in October 2024 and faces a tribunal hearing from 25-27 June 2025 regarding his fitness to practise.

Lukasz Woda was convicted of making indecent photographs and moving images of a child. The circumstances of the crime are not detailed in the text, but it involved the creation of such images, leading to his sentencing.

Lee White, 52, of Littleport, sent 109 emails to Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan between August 29 and September 1, 2024, containing racial abuse and threats to kill Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and cabinet ministers. He claimed in interview that he sent them after an aggravated burglary at a relative’s house was 'covered up' and because he was 'bored'. He was arrested on September 4, 2024. While on bail, between November 24 and 26, 2024, he sent messages to his probation officer threatening to kill everyone in the probation office with grenades and guns, and to make Parkside Police Station in Cambridge explode. He was arrested again on November 28, 2024, and remained silent in interview.