Stafford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 424 verdicts at Stafford Crown Court (Stafford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Ian Manderfield

Making and distributing indecent images of children *

Sentence

46 months imprisonment

Ian Manderfield, of North Street, Bridgtown, Cannock, Staffordshire, was caught with dozens of indecent images of children. He told police he was a paedophile hunter sending images to snare others, but admitted they were his own. Police attended his home; he escaped, running 300m before detention. His hidden phone contained 37 Category A images/videos of children as young as two, including torture and mutilation; 37 Category B; Category C images; extreme pornographic images involving animals and life-threatening acts; and obscene messages with children's photos. He sent images to multiple users via WhatsApp.

Pleaded guilty to eight charges including making and distributing Category A, B and C indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornographic images, and publishing obscene messages about children. Judge Jonathan Gosling highlighted the exceptional depravity of the images, including Category A material of children as young as two and torture. Signed sex offenders register for life and made subject of indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

1 Jan 0001

Kevin Hitt

Child sex offences *

Sentence

16 and a half years imprisonment

Kevin Hitt, 56, and his wife from Gosport, Hampshire, were raided by police at their home in Tamworth, Staffordshire in October 2019. Officers seized video footage of abuse and pornographic images. The couple committed a series of child sex abuse crimes.

Admitted 21 charges: seven of engaging in a sexual act in the presence of a child, ten of causing a boy or girl to engage in a sexual act without penetration, and four of causing a child to watch sex. Given a sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Kurt Haydon

Possession and distribution of indecent images of children *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Kurt Haydon, a former West Midlands Police constable, downloaded and possessed indecent images of children aged nine to 12 between 2011 and 2018. The images included categories A, B, and C, with category A being the most severe. The material was discovered in 2019 during an unrelated investigation when police seized two devices from a house linked to him. Haydon was suspended from duty in May 2021 and later resigned. He denied the charges, claiming others had access to his devices, but was found guilty following a trial.

Former police constable. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty after trial. Recorder Julian Taylor stated: 'These are real children who have been abused because of people like you accessing these ghastly images.' Acknowledged his exemplary record and impact on family.

1 Jan 0001

Leon Justin Pegg

Sexual offences *

Sentence

29 years imprisonment

Leon Justin Pegg of Tamworth was found guilty of 24 sexual offences, including one count of rape, two counts of attempted rape, making and distributing indecent photographs of a child. Convicted following an investigation by Staffordshire Police after allegations made in 2018.

Found guilty of 24 sexual offences. Sentence included an 11-year jail term for one count of rape and eight years each for two counts of attempted rape. Placed on the sex offenders register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Liam Honnor

Conspiring to import class B drugs *

Sentence

2 years 9 months imprisonment

Liam Honnor was part of a Midland gang involved in a conspiracy to import and export cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Police carried out dawn raids in Tamworth last October and arrested him. He admitted two counts of conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of class B drugs ketamine and cannabis and possessing criminal property.

Pleaded guilty to all charges.

1 Jan 0001

Mate Maka

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Mate Maka, an 18-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to three years in prison on 28 July 2022 at Stafford Crown Court for engaging in sexual activity with a child. He was arrested on 19 December 2018 along with six others in an operation by Staffordshire Police's Child Protection and Exploitation Team, probing the sexual exploitation of three 13-year-old girls in Burton-upon-Trent between May and September 2018. The case proceeded through two trials in June 2021 and February 2022, and Maka was found guilty.

Arrested on 19 December 2018 with six others for the exploitation of three 13-year-old girls. Convicted after two trials. Detective praised victims' bravery.

1 Jan 0001

Mark Ball

Sexual assault *

Sentence

four years imprisonment

Mark Ball, 52, from Penkridge, sexually assaulted a woman inside a house in March this year. He initially denied that anything happened but faced with evidence, he admitted his crimes in court.

Previously pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

Mark Clowes

Gross negligence manslaughter *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Clowes and the deceased lived together in a loving relationship; both were alcoholics and the deceased binge drank. Following a bout of drinking and after she soiled herself, Clowes pushed her into a bath of scalding water set at 82 degrees. Paramedics found scald marks and piles of skin on the floor. The deceased was utterly incapable, vulnerable and under his control, creating an obvious and serious risk of death from immersion in such hot water.

Acquitted of unlawful act manslaughter; convicted of gross negligence manslaughter.

1 Jan 0001

Douglas Cox

Being concerned in the supply of heroin *

Sentence

5 years and 10 months imprisonment

Douglas Cox was stopped and searched by officers on Tom Smith Way in Rugeley in December last year. Officers found an empty Kinder Surprise container, £395 in cash, three wraps of heroin and a mobile phone. Scales were later seized from an address in the town.

Admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin.

1 Jan 0001

Dean Whitehurst

Conspiring to import class B drugs *

Sentence

5 years 7 months imprisonment

Dean Whitehurst was part of a Midland gang involved in a conspiracy to import and export cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Police carried out dawn raids in Tamworth last October and arrested him. He admitted two counts of conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of class B drugs ketamine and cannabis, being concerned in the supply of cannabis, possession of cannabis and being concerned in the supply of ketamine.

Pleaded guilty to all charges.

1 Jan 0001

Dominik Beri

Rape *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Dominik Beri, 18, from Burton-upon-Trent, was jailed for six years on 28 July 2022 at Stafford Crown Court after being convicted of child sexual offences. He was among seven men detained on 19 December 2018 by Staffordshire Police's Child Protection and Exploitation Team, following reports of the sexual exploitation of three 13-year-old girls in the town between May and September 2018. The proceedings involved two trials in June 2021 and February 2022. Beri was found guilty of raping a girl aged 13 to 15 and sexual assault on a female. The case exposed a network of abuse targeting vulnerable minors.

Convicted of raping a girl aged 13 to 15 and sexual assault on a female. Part of a network of abuse exploiting three 13-year-old girls in Burton-upon-Trent.

1 Jan 0001

David Whitefield

Fraud *

Sentence

two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, with 300 hours unpaid work

David Whitefield ran Whitefield Properties which had branches in Milton, Leek and Crewe. Over a four-year period he pocketed the rent and deposits paid by tenants rather than passing on the cash to landlords or deposit protection schemes. Whitefield Properties collapsed into administration in 2014, owing more than £198,000. An investigation found the 44-year-old made 1,200 payments totalling £123,000. Staff were ordered to tell landlords he was out if they called demanding their missing rent.

Pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading and two counts of fraud. Banned from being a company director for five years. Victims criticised the sentence as lenient.

1 Jan 0001

David Tomlinson

False imprisonment *

Sentence

15 years imprisonment

David Tomlinson, of Calgary Crescent, Winshill, detained a young girl against her will at a property in Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire. The offences took place and were reported in April 2021. Following an investigation by Staffordshire Police's child protection and exploitation team, Tomlinson was arrested the next morning.

Pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, sexual activity with a child and taking an indecent photograph of a child. Ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

1 Jan 0001

Craig Lindsay

Inciting a child to sexual activity and sexual activity in the presence of a child *

Sentence

15 months imprisonment

Craig Lindsay, a teacher from Uttoxeter, engaged in explicit internet sex chats via webcam with a schoolgirl he first took interest in at age 14. He showered her with compliments before exchanging sexual messages when she was 16 or 17, culminating in him performing a sex act in front of the webcam while she watched. The chats lasted months and were discovered years later on her laptop.

Admitted the offences. Judge Michael Challinor noted grooming from age 14, no penetrative activity, psychological harm to victim. Defence highlighted online-only conduct with no physical proximity.

1 Jan 0001

Craig Neal Jenkins

Making indecent photographs of a child *

Sentence

2 years 2 months imprisonment

Craig Neal Jenkins, a convicted sex offender from Burton, was found to have breached a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed in 2014. On 2 August 2022, police inspected his devices and discovered deleted WhatsApp messages on his mobile phone and an indecent image of a child on his laptop. After his arrest, a search of his home recovered a camcorder and tapes. He was prohibited from deleting messages, failing to disclose devices, and using an incognito browser. He admitted the offences at Stafford Crown Court.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child and two counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years and given a new SHPO.

1 Jan 0001

Daniel Cater

Rape *

Sentence

17 years imprisonment

Daniel Cater raped a girl aged under 13, took an indecent photograph of a child, attempted to cause or incite a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and distributed an indecent photograph of a child. An investigation began in March 2021 when he was arrested by Staffordshire Police on suspicion of making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children in Cannock, Staffordshire. His digital devices were seized and analysed, leading to a further arrest for the rape.

Found guilty after a trial. Ordered to register as a sex offender for life and comply with a sexual harm prevention order.

1 Jan 0001

Damien Roberts

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

11 years in prison

Damien Roberts, aged 27, of College Road in Oswestry, drove a black Nissan Qashqai southbound on the A5, colliding head-on with a white Nissan Juke on the bridge over the Ceiriog river near Chirk at 7pm on December 2nd, 2022. The 49-year-old driver of the Nissan Juke died at the scene.

Pleaded not guilty to manslaughter but admitted death by dangerous driving charge. Plea not accepted by prosecutor Kevin Hegarty KC.

1 Jan 0001

Clowes

Gross negligence manslaughter *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years

The defendant was prosecuted for manslaughter following a complicated case of gross negligence manslaughter.

Acquitted of unlawful act manslaughter. Convicted of gross negligence manslaughter by jury (Calver J). Prosecuted by Richard Barraclough KC leading Robert Price, instructed by West Midlands CPS.

1 Jan 0001

Anjid Khan

Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs *

Sentence

6 years' imprisonment

Anjid Khan was transporting a large quantity of drugs worth over £100,000 in an Audi on the M6 northbound near Stafford on 26 January 2024. Police boxed in the vehicle between junctions 14 and 15; he attempted to escape, ramming a police car. He was tasered and bitten by a police dog during arrest. Search revealed crack cocaine (£15,700-£16,060), cocaine (£16,110-£22,800) and heroin (over £113,000), plus scales. Refused breath test in custody.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply heroin, possession of crack cocaine, dangerous driving and criminal damage. Fined £228, disqualified from driving for 2 years with extended re-test required. Drugs and £510 cash ordered destroyed.

1 Jan 0001

Arnold Baxter

Kidnap and sexual assault *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

In March 2001, Arnold Baxter abducted a six-year-old girl in Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton-on-Trent, sexually abused her, and abandoned her two miles away in Walton-on-Trent. He was linked to the crime years later after being stopped for drink-driving, which led to a DNA match with saliva on the girl's coat. In February 2017, he was jailed for nine years at Stafford Crown Court.

Ordered to register as a sex offender for life. Convicted of kidnap and sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl in 2001. Linked to the crime through DNA from a drink-driving stop.

1 Jan 0001

Aram Ahmed

Possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Aram Ahmed was stopped by police on the M1 near Rugby on 7 May 2015. Officers found a loaded pistol with six 9mm bullets and a silencer. Ahmed was arrested and an investigation linked co-defendant Araz Mohammedi. Following a two-week trial, Ahmed was convicted of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Convicted after trial. Loaded pistol with silencer and six bullets found in his car.

1 Jan 0001

Adam Rowson

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years

Adam Rowson met Alexis De Naray at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in the early hours of June 24, 2025, and offered him a place to stay. Rowson subjected De Naray to a prolonged assault, causing traumatic brain injury, 20 rib fractures (three post-mortem), and multiple injuries to head, torso, and upper limbs consistent with stamping, kicks, or strikes with objects. Defensive injuries indicated De Naray was in a foetal position. Rowson left the body in an abandoned building near the Shelton water tower around June 25, 2025 (body found June 27, 2025), took the victim's bank card to buy alcohol and scratchcards, and later pretended to discover the body.

Jury found guilty of murder. Defence cited alcohol and drugs as contributing factors. Judge noted Rowson was aware he had killed the victim but failed to seek help and used the victim's bank card afterwards.

1 Jan 0001

Adrian Rihard Demeter

Raping a girl aged 13 to 15 and sexual assault on a child *

Sentence

7 years 6 months imprisonment

Adrian Rihard Demeter, 22, from Burton-upon-Trent, was imprisoned for seven and a half years on 28 July 2022 at Stafford Crown Court for child sexual offences. He was one of seven men arrested on 19 December 2018 following an investigation by Staffordshire Police's Child Protection and Exploitation Team into the exploitation of three 13-year-old girls in the area between May and September 2018. The convictions were secured across two trials in June 2021 and February 2022 due to the number of accused. Demeter was found guilty of raping a girl aged 13 to 15 and committing sexual assault on a child. The offences formed part of a broader pattern of abuse against vulnerable teenagers. Staffordshire Police highlighted the victims' resilience, with Detective Sergeant Julie Pointon remarking: “We welcome these sentences and I would like to pay tribute to the girls’ incredible bravery in coming forward initially and throughout this long and complex investigation.” The total jail time for the group reached 51 years, demonstrating the court's firm stance. As Detective Constable Darren Mattocks noted: “We remained focused on seeking justice and providing support to the victims, who remained our first priority.” Reported by Staffordshire Police on 2 August 2022, this case emphasises the importance of thorough police work in protecting children from sexual exploitation.

Convicted after two trials in June 2021 and February 2022. Part of a group of seven men arrested for exploiting three 13-year-old girls. Police praised the victims' bravery.

1 Jan 0001

Amar Tasaddiq Hussain

Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, aged 29 from Birmingham, sparked a major national security alert by making a hoax 999 call on December 8, 2014, falsely claiming a Muslim West Midlands Police colleague was going to be kidnapped. The call, made amid a severe national terrorism threat level, caused fears of a Lee Rigby-style attack, leading to an unprecedented police response to protect officers and staff. Counter-terrorism detectives initially arrested a suspect, but evidence including voice analysis linked Hussain to the call. The plot stemmed from a grudge against colleagues from an Islamic community organisation, following a prior false report of a forced marriage in September 2014. Hussain conspired with Adil Bashir and Muhammad Ali Sheikh, who bought a phone with his money to send a WhatsApp message discrediting the colleagues.

Found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Admitted making the hoax 999 call. Former police officer with West Midlands Police. Tried to access police logs and involved in prior malicious report.

1 Jan 0001

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