Here are the names and faces of the men and women who are have been sentenced to prison time in November 2024 so far.
Dominic Fitz-Campbell
Dominic Fitz-Campbell (Image: MPS) Dominic Fitz-Campbell, of Anstridge Road in Greenwich, who was described as the “mastermind” behind an £80,000 meth operation, has been jailed for 10 years.
Metropolitan Police officers from the gangs unit used covert tactics, expert witnesses, and forensic techniques to identify Dominic Fitz-Campbell, of Anstridge Road, as the leader of the operation.
With help from UK Border Force, they set up a covert sting, leading to Fitz-Campbell’s arrest.
A covert sting, also known as a sting operation, is a law enforcement operation that uses undercover officers to catch offenders.
Police also seized a kilogram of meth and nearly £16,000 in cash.
Fitz-Campbell initially tried to flee and later claimed he ran because he was smoking cannabis.
He denied knowing about the drugs and claimed the cash was from benefits or wasn’t his.
Experts valued the meth at £80,000, and phone records linked Fitz-Campbell directly to the drug operation.
Read the full story – ‘Mastermind’ drug dealer from Greenwich was behind £80,000 meth operation
Fars Mtawea
Fars Mtawea (Image: West Mercia Police) Fars Mtawea, 46, of St Marys Road in Nunhead, made death threats to a domestic abuse victim.
He was jailed for 36 months after he was found guilty of making threats to kill by a jury at Worcester Crown Court.
As a foreign national with a sentence over 12 months he is liable for automatic deportation to his country of origin, Syria.
The offences took place in Evesham, Worcestershire.
Mtawea was also given a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim directly or indirectly.
Diego Solarte
Diego Solarte (Image: Met Police) Taekwondo coach Diego Solarte, 44, of Studley Road in Stockwell, was jailed for nine years.
He targeted the children between 2018 and 2021 in their homes and during group classes.
The girls, who did not know each other, reported the abuse which led to Solarte’s arrest.
The first girl, who was taught taekwondo by Solarte, reported the abuse to the police in September 2021.
Solarte was arrested, but initially denied the allegations, suggesting the children had fabricated the claims to avoid taking taekwondo lessons.
A second girl then came forward while the investigation was ongoing, telling her school counsellor that Solarte had touched her inappropriately.
Solarte was arrested again on May 30, 2022.
He continued to deny the allegations, claiming the second victim had made them up.
Following a trial at Inner London Crown Court, he was found guilty of his crimes.
Anthony Akinniranye
Anthony Akinniranye (Image: Surrey Police) Anthony Akinniranye, 20, of Manor Green Road in Epsom, has been jailed for six years after carrying out two knifepoint robberies in Epsom and Ewell.
The first robbery occurred on December 27 at a shop on East Street in Epsom.
Wearing a mask, Akinniranye entered the shop with a machete, threatening the staff member and demanding cash, cigarettes, and vapes.
He fled the scene, leaving behind coins, cigarette packets, and a till insert. Forensic analysis identified his DNA on the till insert, which CCTV footage had shown him holding.
The following evening on December 28, Akinniranye carried out a second robbery at a shop on Kingston Road in Ewell.
CCTV footage captured him entering the store armed and masked, using the same approach as in the first robbery.
Officers reviewing the footage identified he was wearing the same clothing as in the East Street incident.
Through CCTV connections and forensic evidence, police linked Akinniranye to both robberies.
Ashley McCabe
Surrey Police (Image: Surrey Police) BMW driver Ashley McCabe, 36, who caused the death of a motorcyclist in a “dangerous” crash on the M25 crash has been jailed.
The incident took place on Sunday, April 18, 2021, as 33-year-old Attila Radi and his fiancée rode home on their motorbike from Surrey.
Describing the conditions as “perfect riding weather”—clear, bright, and sunny—Radi’s fiancée said they were both highly visible, with Radi wearing a high-visibility jacket and her in a high-visibility helmet.
Witnesses agreed that there were clear conditions and that the couple were highly visible on the road.
While the pair were travelling in lane three of the M25, heading anticlockwise towards Kent, several witnesses saw a grey BMW 1 Series tailgating a white Audi S5 in lane four.
As the vehicles approached junctions 7 and 6, the BMW driver attempted to undertake the Audi by swerving into lane three, where it crashed with Radi’s motorbike.
Despite Radi’s efforts to regain control, the impact caused him to lose control of the bike.
Radi was thrown into the central reservation, where he died instantly.
His fiancée, who landed in the carriageway, suffered only minor injuries.
The BMW driver did not stop at the scene, instead merging back into lane four briefly before speeding off.
Read the full story – ‘Aggressive’ BMW driver caused motorcyclist’s death in undertaking M25 crash
Adrian Lacey
Adrian Lacey (Image: Met Police) Adrian Lacey, 42, who was caught with a knife at a Tesco store has been jailed.
Adrian Lacey was arrested at the supermarket in Sutton last Wednesday (November 6).
The 42-year-old had smashed a window at the store and was carrying a three-inch pocketknife.
The following day Lacey was produced at Croydon Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to possessing a knife and criminal damage.
He was sentenced to six months in prison.
Read the full story – Man caught with pocketknife at Sutton Tesco is jailed
Paris Bregazzi
Paris Bregazzi (Image: PA) Paris Bregazzi, 37, of Hackney, has been jailed for a racially aggravated attack.
The beautician was jailed for eight weeks after she pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault by beating.
The assault took place against a woman in Southwark on Friday (November 1).
Bregazzi, who is transgender, has an extensive criminal record and was only recently released from prison for assaults against six different women in April.
On September 3 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court she was jailed for 24 weeks for those assaults.
Bregazzi made headlines in 2018 when she pushed an off-duty police officer onto the Tube tracks at Hanger Lane Station in Ealing.
A court heard Bregazzi had drunk four bottles of Prosecco and was arguing with a friend on the platform when PC Sam Chegwin intervened.
PC Chegwin pushed her in the chest in a defensive manner, ignorant of the fact she had recently had extensive breast surgery.
Bregazzi reacted by shoving him with force, sending him toppling onto the track, just inches from the line with a fast train seven minutes away.
