Jailed in May: The criminals put behind bars this month

1. Peter Nash

Peter Nash (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Peter Nash was jailed for life after he murdered his wife and 12-year-old daughter before stabbing himself 22 times.

During the three week trial, the court heard that the body of his wife was found under a quilt on the living room floor.

Police went to the couple’s home in Heath Estate, Great Waldingfield, on September 8 after Nash’s wife Jillu failed to turn up for work and their daughter Louise did not go to school.

When emergency services entered the house, they found Mrs Nash’s dead body on the floor in the living room and Louise’s body under a sheet in the bedroom.

Mrs Nash had been asphyxiated and appeared to have a T-shirt stuffed in her mouth.

Louise died from a stab wound to her abdomen.

Nash was found lying on the bed next to his daughter holding a knife and was repeatedly stabbing himself.

Giving evidence, he claimed he had “lawfully” killed his wife because of her behaviour and killed his daughter because he was worried about what would happen to her.

Nash was given a 40-year life imprisonment jail term.

2. Nicky Bates

Nicky Bates (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Nicky Bates was jailed for 40 months for drug dealing in Lowestoft. 

Bates, 34, of no fixed address, ran a drug line in the town, and officers linked him to bulk advertising messages that had been sent out.

He had admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin between March 28 and April 14 this year. 

Andrew Thompson, for Bates, told Ipswich Crown Court his client had become involved in supplying drugs to finance his habit.

3. Darren Aldis

Darren Aldis (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Darren Aldis, 42, was jailed for 34 months after cocaine worth an estimated £6,000 was seized in a raid. 

Aldis, of Mortimer Road, was sentenced to 34 months behind bars at Ipswich Crown Court.

It follows the execution of a warrant at his home on Mortimer Road on March 1. 

Officers recovered white powder, which was revealed to be cocaine that had an estimated street value of £6,000 and £1,000 in cash.

Aldis pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs, namely cocaine, and possession of criminal property.

4. Glen Hibbard and Toni Baron

Glen Hibbard and Toni Baron (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Glen Hibbard and Toni Baron were jailed for a combined 50 months after they attacked the owner of a caravan site with a knife.

Mark Berry was asleep in a caravan at the Sutton Heath caravan site near Woodbridge in the early hours of July 19, 2021 and woke up to find Glen Hibbard sitting astride him and stabbing his forehead with a knife.

Hibbard told Mr Berry he was going to cut his eye out while his girlfriend Toni Baron helped pin Mr Berry down on the bed, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Baron bit Mr Berry on the leg above his knee and was described as “egging on” Hibbard.

At one stage, Hibbard got Mr Berry in a chokehold and the victim had pretended to be unconscious.

After the incident, Mr Berry was taken to hospital and was found to have suffered injuries including slash wounds to his forehead, a punctured lung and two broken ribs.

Baron, 24, of New London Court, Chelmsford, and Hibbard, 29, of St Andrew’s Place, Melton, denied wounding Mr Berry with intent to do him grievous bodily harm but admitted a less serious charge of inflicting grievous harm.

Hubbard was jailed for 30 months and Baron was jailed for 20 months.

5. Freya Hoey

Freya Hoey (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Freya Hoey was jailed for 30 months after she climbed through a bedroom window and threatened a man with a knife.

Hoey went to the premises in St Andrew’s Place in Melton with her 17-year-old friend who had earlier made threats to her former boyfriend who lived at the address.

Eleanor Sheeran, prosecuting, said the 17-year-old co-defendant’s former boyfriend wasn’t in the bedroom when she and Hoey climbed in through the window in November but his roommate was asleep in bed.

Hoey was holding a knife and said: “Don’t move or I’ll stab you” while her friend threatened to stab the roommate if he called the police.

Hoey, 19, of Back Hamlet, Ipswich, who had 100 previous convictions, admitted threatening with a knife in a private place, assault and breach of a suspended sentence at Ipswich Crown Court.

6. Nolan Akuoko, Keon Graham and Jerome Greave​s

Nolan Akuoko, Keon Graham, Jerome Greave​s (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Nolan Akuoko, Keon Graham and Jerome Greaves were jailed for their involvement in a Samurai sword chase in Felixstowe. 

The trio had previously admitted violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon. 

It followed an incident that took place on December 28, 2020. 

The group were caught on CCTV chasing the victim along Coronation Drive and Elizabeth Way, before forcing him into a car. 

The car was then driven by the victim along the A14 before being stopped by police in the Nacton area of Ipswich.

Akuoko, 19, of Faraday Road, Ipswich, was sentenced to 19 months in jail.

Graham, 23, of no fixed address, was jailed for 30 months while Greaves, 23, of Highfield Road, was sentenced to 40 months in prison.