Unless otherwise stated, they were all jailed at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting offences. Our gallery of some of the toughest prison sentences handed out to defendants from our area in 2020 is available here.
5. Robbie Loughran
Loughran, 33, of Braeside, Gateshead, was jailed for four-and-half-years after admitting committing robbery in Whitburn in August 2018. Photo: Other 3rd Party
6. Adam McKeith
McKeith, 24, of Baxter Road, Town End Farm, Sunderland, was jailed for 24 weeks at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to one count of disclosing a private sexual photograph without consent and two charges of breaching a restraining order. Photo: Other 3rd Party
7. Ryan Neil
Neil, 38, of Willmore Street, Sunderland, was jailed for 44 weeks at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court after admitting unlawfully carrying a kitchen knife on May 23 and after magistrates triggered part of an earlier suspended sentence for a similar conviction. Photo: Other 3rd Party
8. Adam Richardson
Richardson, 33, of Dene Avenue, Peterlee, was jailed for five years and 11 months at Durham Crown Court after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and perverting the course of justice following a collision on April 3, 2019. Photo: Other 3rd Party