Overview

• Isle of Wight judges jailed Michael Smith for 18 years after a summer jury trial found him guilty of multiple historic child sex offences including rape.
• Logan Robinson received a 20‑month term suspended for two years after police intercepted his bus and found 273 Category A child‑abuse images among hundreds more on seized devices.
• In East Lancashire, Jake McMahon‑Bates was jailed for two years for making and distributing indecent images of children, with a 10‑year sexual harm prevention order imposed.
• Drug dealer Owen Knowles was jailed for three years and four months after a raid uncovered 43.5g of cocaine, 909g of ketamine, 437g of cannabis, THC vapes, phones and cash.
• Robber Mohammed Laheri received three years and four months for targeting a Blackburn takeaway, with a restraining order banning him from going within 200m of the premises.