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Berkshire and East Lancashire Year-End Court Round-Ups Name 2025’s Longest Jail Terms

The lists compile major sentences to show how local courts tackled serious violence, sexual abuse, coercive control, drugs, fraud, plus animal cruelty.

Overview

  • Berkshire’s heaviest penalties included Khalil Muhammad sentenced to at least 24 years for murder, Roderick Bryce-Hagain given 22 years for 32 child sex offences, and David Cameron jailed for 20 years for multiple rapes and related crimes.
  • Jakub Nowicki received a life sentence with a 19-year minimum for murdering Tomasz Kopec in Slough after an 11-day trial.
  • Airport security manager Junaed Dar was jailed for 16 years and six months for trying to bring about £2 million of cocaine into the UK.
  • In East Lancashire, Daniel Bowler was jailed for five years for persistent coercive control, while James Ashworth received 16 weeks after his dog died of starvation.
  • Pamela Urvoy was jailed for four years for defrauding her seriously ill uncle of £200,000 and forcing him to live in a basement.