DOZENS of people have been jailed for Herefordshire crimes in the last year.
From murderers and sex attackers to thieves, we have taken a look back at 2023 to bring you this round-up of all the prison sentences we have reported on in the last 12 months.
A banned Herefordshire man was jailed after getting behind the wheel of a car while subject to a suspended prison sentence.
Kristian Jones Davies entered guilty pleas to charges of driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle on a road or public place without third party insurance when he appeared before magistrates in Merthyr Tydfil in January after previously entering not guilty pleas at an earlier hearing.
He also admitted committing a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order imposed by magistrates in Hereford on June 6, 2021, for driving while disqualified.
A stalker was jailed after breaching his restraining order to repeatedly contact and visit his victim.
Krystian Majewski entered guilty pleas to one count of stalking without fear, alarm, or distress, and one count of harassment by breach of a restraining order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in January.
A Herefordshire man was jailed for spitting on a police officer and a paramedic in an incident in a county town.
Alex Bryson entered guilty pleas to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker by beating when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in January.
Roy Millist, who is 71 years old and from Hereford, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court to seven years in prison following his conviction for three counts of sexual assault by means of penetration.
A Herefordshire man who spent Christmas behind bars has been jailed after making Facebook posts.
Marek Olesky was remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing after he was found guilty of two counts of harassment by breach of a restraining order by magistrates in Hereford.
An aggressive pub-goer who broke the jaw of a paramedic who had gone to help him has been jailed for two years.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said its paramedic Steve Raven was punched in the face as he tried to treat the man outside Shooters bar in Leominster.
Henry Steven Allun Grain, 20, was jailed for two years at Worcester Crown Court after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent.
A 21-year-old shoplifter who has "caused constant misery" in Herefordshire was jailed for six months.
Tyrone Ellis, from Kingstone near Hereford, was sentenced to 28 weeks in prison after being convicted of theft and breach of an outstanding community order.
A "professional criminal" was jailed after committing another offence the day after he was handed a suspended sentence.
Joshua Newbury admitted one count of breaching a criminal behaviour order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster on January 27.
An attacker was jailed after admitting assaulting emergency workers.
John Stancer, of Ridgemoor Road in Leominster, entered guilty pleas to two charges of assaulting an emergency worker by beating and one of common assault of an emergency worker when he appeared before magistrates.
An abusive banned driver who was barred from a Herefordshire Wetherspoon pub ahead of his sentencing was jailed.
Nathan James appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing in February after he was bailed with conditions not to enter the Dukes Head Wetherspoon pub in Leominster or contact his victims after entering guilty pleas to nine charges when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in January.
A stalker was handed an 18-month prison sentence after entering a guilty plea on the day of his trial.
David Furnell entered a guilty plea to one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress when he appeared before a judge at Worcester Crown Court in January.
A Herefordshire man has been jailed after sexually communicating with children.
Martin Mossey appeared before magistrates in Worcester for trial in February after entering not guilty pleas to two counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child and one count of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm, or distress at an earlier hearing.
An attempted murderer from Hereford was jailed for trying to saw her boyfriend's head off with a bread knife and stabbing him 29 times.
Samantha Smith, 56, launched the frenzied attack at the home of her boyfriend as she pinned him down on the bed armed with two knives.
A Pokemon card thief has been jailed after stealing hundreds of pounds worth of goods from shops in Herefordshire and Shropshire.
Joshua Symonds entered guilty pleas to nine counts of theft from a shop when he appeared before a deputy district judge in Kidderminster in February.
A Hereford site manager was jailed for than nine months after he was caught with indecent pictures of children on his work laptop.
Gary Godsall, 50, admitted to police that searching for child pornography on the internet made him aroused, with six category C pictures found on the laptop.
But he was sentenced to 42 weeks in prison as he was already subject to a suspended sentence for a “huge” number of indecent pictures found previously
A man who launched an 'unprovoked' and 'serious' attack on a person on a train in Herefordshire was jailed after failing to comply with his community order.
Aiden Docherty entered a guilty plea to one count of failing to comply with the requirements of a community order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in March.
A banned Herefordshire man was locked up after taking a car without consent.
Mitchell Leedham, also known as Mitchell Starkey, entered guilty pleas to on charge of theft from a vehicle, one of driving without insurance, one of taking a vehicle without the owners' consent, one of theft from a shop, and one of driving while disqualified when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in March.
Luke Bellis, Ajay Price and John Lock
Luke Bellis, Ajay Price and John Lock were sentenced for murdering 51-year-old Carl Dyche in Kington
All three were found guilty by a jury following a trial at the crown court that lasted several weeks earlier this year.
A banned Herefordshire man was jailed after flouting a restraining order.
Wesley Worral, of Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire, admitted one count of harassment by breaching a restraining order when he appeared before magistrates in Blackpool.
A Leominster handyman has been jailed for 33 months for 15 fraud offences.
Naheed Plumridge, aged 48, of Churchill Avenue, was given the immediate custodial sentence at Worcester Crown Court
John Pudge Price, of Day House Farm, was jailed after previously indicating guilty pleas to seven charges surrounding work carried out between November 1 and December 3, 2020.
An attacker who failed to provide a specimen and caused criminal damage has been locked up.
Agnieska Fidler was sentenced by magistrates in Kidderminster in April after she was convicted of two counts of assaulting an emergency worker by beating, one of failing to provide a specimen, and one of causing criminal damage.
A woman from Hereford was jailed for 21 months after being found guilty at an earlier trial of sexual offences committed in 2021.
Patricia Lewis, 22, was convicted in March by Worcester Crown Court for child sexual offences with a boy who was 14 years old at the time.
A murderer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of his friend in Ross-on-Wye.
Kestutis Lekunas, 36, of Bluebell Close, was sentenced today, May 4, at Worcester Crown Court after he was found guilty of murdering Nerijus Liukpetris at an earlier hearing.
A Herefordshire man was jailed after public order offences in Worcester.
Christopher Stones entered guilty pleas to two charges of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.
Darren Sutton and Samuel Walker
Two men were handed prison sentences after an attack on a man in a Herefordshire town.
The sentence comes after a 51-year-old man was badly assaulted, suffering a number of injuries to his face, ribs, and other areas of his body, said PC Lowri Jones, of Bromyard's Safer Neighbourhood Team.
A Herefordshire man was locked up after breaking his restraining order on the day it was imposed by a court.
Andrew Jones admitted one count of harassment by breaching a restraining order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in May.
Leominster man Damien Lucas was jailed for nearly eight years for a string of child sex offences.
A teenager who killed her newborn baby was just 13 when she started having sex, a court heard.
Paris Mayo, who is now 19, will serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars after she murdered Stanley at her family home in Springfield Road, Ross-on-Wye on March 23, 2019.
A hammer attacker was entenced to 18 years in prison for an attempted murder in a Herefordshire town in 2022.
Alexander Stone, 38, of Bridge Street in Kington was handed the sentence on July 21 at Worcester Crown Court.
An attacker jailed after repeatedly hitting a family member with a weapon.
Victoria Gilbert was sentenced by magistrates in Hereford in July after she was found guilty of one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and admitted one count of assaulting an emergency worker by beating.
A banned man was locked up after entering a vulnerable elderly man's house despite being prohibited by a restraining order.
Tommy Jennings entered guilty pleas to one count of harassment by breach of a restraining order and one count of theft from a shop when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in July.
A thief who harassed a woman was jailed after being told that he has 'no realistic prospect of rehabilitation'.
Luke Fenn entered a guilty plea to one count of harassment by breach of a restraining order, one count of breaching a criminal behaviour order, and one count of theft from a shop when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in July.
A stalker who attacked a woman, sent repeated messages, and turned up to her home uninvited was jailed.
Leszek Przewdziecki appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing in July after entering guilty pleas to three counts of assault by beating and one count of stalking involving a fear of violence at an earlier hearing.
A lawbreaking Hereford man with a 'flagrant disregard' for court orders was jailed after he was caught behind the wheel.
Shretim Hysa entered a guilty plea to one count of driving without insurance, one count of driving without a valid MOT, and one count of driving while disqualified when he appeared before magistrates in Northampton in August.
A banned Herefordshire man was jailed after he was caught out behind the wheel just months after being ordered off the roads.
Andrew Stuchbery entered a guilty plea to five counts of driving while over the drug limit, two counts of driving while disqualified, one count of driving without a licence, and two counts of driving without insurance when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in August.
An animal sanctuary boss was jailed for causing unnecessary suffering to animals in his care.
Graham Stephens, of Broad Street, Bromyard, has also been banned from keeping animals for life after pleading guilty to eight offences under the Animal Welfare Act.
A sex offender from Herefordshire has been jailed for a string of acts of sex abuse against children and animals.
Knill Watkins pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, two counts of sexual penetration with a living animal and two counts of assault of a girl under 13 by touching.
He also watched a person doing a private act, possessed a prohibited image of a child, and possessed extreme pornographic images of animals.
A Herefordshire drug dealer has been jailed after he was caught with cocaine and heroin.
William Harmon, 36, of Monkhide Village Road in Monkhide, appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Friday, November 10, where he was sentenced to two years and three months for possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
An abusive Hereford thief has been jailed after committing a string of offences in the county.
Jason Wargen appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing in December after entering guilty pleas to 29 counts of theft from a shop, one count of criminal damage, three counts of assault by beating, and one count of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence at an earlier hearing.
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