While the coronavirus pandemic has limited the number of people who have appeared in court, it has not meant a total shutdown.

The number of people put behind since the start of lockdown has been less than what the public may be used to, but police and judges alike are still working hard to bring justice to the world.

That includes Hampshire Constabulary, who since the start of May, have made public the sentencing of 10 individuals.

We have compiled a list of all ten of these perpetrators, including what their jail term was and what they did to deserve it.

James Utting

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Utting was jailed for ten years on June 5 after he pleaded guilty to 43 offences of possessing and distributing indecent images of young boys from all around the UK.

The 36-year-old of St Michael's Road, Aldershot, admitted the offences relating to dates between June 7, 2016 and July 24, 2018.

He further admitted 116 offences to be taken into consideration.

As well as a ten year jail sentence, Utting was also put on an extended licence for five years on release.

Utting posed as a 15-year-old girl to induce the boys to send him images and video footage over social media.

On some occasions, he asked the victims to send more. If they refused, he threatened to share the images with their friends and family. In some cases, he carried out these threats, despite tearful pleas from the victims.

The victims were all boys aged between eight and 16.

Jordan Mvumelwano

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Mvumelwano was jailed for two years and two months after he assaulted a man with a glass beer bottle following an argument outside of The Beacon pub in Basingstoke causing a laceration and fracture to the skull.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard how the offender, along with a group of friends, were leaving the pub when an argument ensued with the victim.

This culminated in the 38-year-old victim being knocked unconscious after a bottle was thrown, and had to undergo surgery following the incident.

Mvumelwano, of Kidlington Road, was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on May 28 and was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £170.

Thomas Anthony Wellman

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Wellman, a Southampton man, was been jailed for 27 months after breaking in to two homes and damaging a CCTV camera at a police station.

The 23-year-old forced entry to houses in Fairisle Road and Alderney Close, Southampton, took car keys and stole an Audi A3 and Volkswagen Beetle.

It was when he was arrested on March 13 that he also caused damage to a CCTV camera in a cell at Southampton Central police station.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one of criminal damage.

Thomas Powell

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Powell was jailed for three years after being found in possession of indecent images of children.

The 24-year-old of Broomy Close, Dibden was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on May 19), put on the Sex Offenders Register for life and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years.

Powell pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to one count of possession of extreme pornographic images, two counts of possessing a prohibited image of a child and six counts of making indecent photographs of a child.

After executing a warrant at his home, officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT) seized Powell’s phone, two computers and a tablet which were analysed by a forensic computer examiner within the force. Between these devices, officers discovered over four million images and videos of abuse involving children had been downloaded and included category A images – the most serious.

Jason Lee Marshall

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Marshall stole jewellery and electrical items from a house in Portsmouth and was jailed for four and a half years as a result.

The 44-year-old forced entry to the property, in Stanley Street, Southsea, sometime between 10am on December 29, last year, and 1.10pm the following day, before searching it for items to steal.

A court heard the house was described as having been ‘ransacked’ and the owners felt ‘devastated’ when they discovered a number of items had been stolen.

This included items of jewellery, ornaments, and electrical items, including a camera and laptop.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard the keys to a Ranger Rover, which was parked outside, were also stolen, however, despite the vehicle being started just before 1am that night, it was not moved.

Marshall, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, and was sentenced on June 1. He also had two further burglaries, which occurred in Southsea in November 2019 and February this year, and a fraud taken into account.

Stephen Lea

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Lea man was sentenced on May 19 to 17 years in jail having been found guilty of non-recent child sex offences.

The 53-year-old of Logan Close, Southampton was found guilty of one count of rape and 13 counts of indecent assault on a child, following a trial at Southampton Crown Court.

The court heard that Lea began abusing his young victim in 1994 and continued until 1999.

Lea’s offences were reported to the police after the victim disclosed what had happened to a relative.

Lea was sentenced to 17 years, with an extended licence period of one year. He was also made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and ordered to be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Daniel Sharpe

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Sharpe was sentenced to 11 years in jail after pleading guilty to 6 robberies of betting shops in Eastleigh and surrounding areas.

The 26-year-old, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court on May 14 to six counts of robbery, four counts of possession of an offensive weapon and two counts of possessing a bladed article in a public place.

Sharpe carried out his attacks in betting shops in Bishops Waltham, Locksheath, Eastleigh, Chandlers Ford and Romsey between October 21 and February 6 this year.

Michael John Smith

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Smith was jailed for three years following a burglary on Worthing Road, Southsea, on January 16.

The 33-year-old was sentenced to prison on May 20 via a video link to Portsmouth Crown Court.

He plead guilty to the burglary and admitted a further four burglaries which were taken into consideration.

The court heard how he forced entry into the property by smashing the rear kitchen window, and proceeded to steal antique jewellery that was of sentimental value to the victim.

Smith was identified after a forensic examination found his blood at the scene. He was arrested by police on February 14.

Rebecca Trudy Connelly

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Connelly, a persistent beggar was jailed for 20 weeks after appearing in court on June 9

The 28-year-old, of Gosport Road in Fareham, had previously been handed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) by the courts, which prohibited her from begging.

However, she breached this by continually begging in Fareham and Gosport.

She was caught begging in West Street, Fareham, on November 22, 2019.

Connelly continued to beg and was again spotted in Gosport Road in Fareham, on November 24, Osborn Road in Fareham on January 2 this year and Gosport High Street on January 4.

She was subsequently arrested and charged for the breaches, and appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on February 7 this year where she admitted the offences.

Craig Nathan Knowles

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Knowles stole hundreds of pounds worth of cigarettes and cash from a shop in Sandown and was jailed for four years as a result.

The 35-year-old, of no fixed abode, targeted the same store three times in November and December of last year, and had made off with approximately £700 in cash and cigarettes by the end of his spree.

On each occasion he would enter Central Stores in Avenue Road before threatening staff, leaving them in fear for their safety as he made his demands.

On the evening of his third robbery, he was arrested by police and charged the next day, following an investigation by Isle of Wight CID.

Knowles appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on March 23 where he pleaded guilty to all three robberies and was later sentenced on May 29.