Overview

• David Lishman was sentenced to 14 years in County Durham for two rapes, harassment and £22,500 in criminal damage, and was placed on a lifelong restraining order and sex offender register.
• Former Greater Manchester gymnastics coach Michael Haynes received a life sentence after being convicted of 20 offences including the rape and sexual assault of two underage students.
• Rawal Rehman was jailed for 12 years for causing a three-year-old girl’s death in a cocaine-fuelled van crash, while Jordan Lee received four years for a brutal street assault.
• Jamie Talbot and Andrew Othen were each given 32-month prison terms and subjected to Sexual Harm Prevention Orders for child grooming attempts and breaches of notification requirements.
• Courts from Hampshire and Cambridgeshire to Watford imposed a mix of lengthy custodial sentences, suspended terms and protective orders to safeguard victims and the public.