24 notorious criminals from around the UK jailed in January

05.02.2022 - 14:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A couple whose baby died with more than 60 broken bones in her body and a would-be paramedic who raped five women he met on Tinder were just some of the notorious criminals from across the UK locked up last month.

Other offenders facing lengthy jail terms include the killers of a man who was stabbed in the back of the head with a spiked garden tool and a wannabe terrorist who used his student loan and carers’ allowance to fund his attempt to join a Syrian jihadi training camp

A police officer who used hidden spy cameras to film naked women and a mother who admitted to strangling her five-year-old daughter after becoming depressed during the pandemic were also put behind bars in January.

These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK since the year began.

A mother stabbed her boyfriend to death at a New Year’s Eve party while six children were in the flat.

Hannah Sindrey, 24, was convicted of the murder of 31-year-old Paul Fletcher at her flat in Rayleigh following a trial.

She must serve at least 14 years and five months before she can be considered for parole, Essex Police said.

The court heard that Mr Fletcher took Sindrey’s phone, and one belonging to her friend Kelly Blackwell, after taking cocaine and becoming paranoid that Sindrey may have been cheating on him.

Police said Mr Fletcher, known as Dod, was stabbed in the chest in the fracas that broke out in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2021.

Sindrey’s two children and 26-year-old Miss Blackwell’s four children were in the flat at the time.

A police officer was caught trying to arrange the abuse of an eight-year-old girl and accessed indecent images of a vulnerable teenager.

Lee Cunliffe, 40, was a serving