Northampton Crown Court Sentencing Results

Daniel Carter, a 35-year-old employed by the Raunds site of logistics giant DPD, stole electronic items worth an estimated £2,327 while working there. He was already a serving prisoner at HMP Fosse Way in Leicester at the time of sentencing.

Wayne Stead stalked a female victim and her partner for three months between August and November 2024. He visited her home address in Rushden, repeatedly messaged and called her, followed her when she left her home, and placed a surreptitious tracker on her car. The stalking had a substantial adverse effect on her usual day-to-day activities.

Louis De Zoysa shot and killed Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana in a holding cell at Croydon's Windmill Road custody centre on September 25, 2020. While handcuffed, he retrieved a concealed .41-calibre revolver and fired multiple shots, hitting Sgt Ratana in the chest and thigh, leading to his death. De Zoysa also sustained injuries from his own gunfire. He was arrested earlier that day in Norbury and had bullets and cannabis on his person.