Jailed: Nine West Midlands criminals who were put behind bars in June including rapists and a drug smuggler
June saw some of the worst criminals in the West Midlands jailed
Every month, criminals appear at courts across the Black Country and Staffordshire for crimes ranging from thefts and vehicle offences to rape and murder.
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Here we take a look at nine of the people who were brought to justice for their crimes in our region.
1) Jagdeep Singh
Jagdeep Singh, 43, of Bloomfield Road, Tipton, was jailed for six years and eight months after admitting to smuggling class A drugs. The electrician was part of an Organised Crime Group (OCG) and was tasked with taking receipt of drug deliveries and acting as a warehouse man for the gang.
2) Cornel Filipeche
Cornel Filipeche, of Hawthorn Road, Perry Barr, was sentenced to 10 years on June 6 after pleading guilty to rape, robbery and causing grevious bodily harm. The sentence comes after a woman was brutally attacked and raped near Walsall Road, Perry Barr on January 18.
3) John Harris
John Harris, from Wolverhampton, was convicted of nine offences including eight counts of rape and a count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. The offences date as far back as 1976. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
4 and 5) Jenna Holland and Jack Insley
Jenna Holland, from Stone, and Jack Insley, from Fenton, were both jailed after working together to steal thousands of pounds from an elderly man they befriended in Staffordshire. Holland was jailed for nine months, and Insley was jailed for 10 months.
6) Jordan Tonkinson
Tonkinson, from Gower Street, Willenhall, was jailed for four years after admitting to assault and robbery after a group of children targeted his home in a game of 'knock-door-run'.
7) Donaldo Mateau
Mateau, of no fixed address, was jailed for 12 and a half years following a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court. He was arrested after he drove a van towards Brookvale Road before firing two shots at a house on the road.
8) Ricco Douglas
Douglas, of Birmingham, was jailed for more than five years on June 9 after driving from the West Midlands to Llandrindod Wells in Wales, and then stabbing a man in a 'drug deal gone wrong'. He admitted to wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm on March 21.
9) Hughie Bradley
Bradley, of Sutton Coldfield, was sentenced to eight years and nine months for conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and conspiracy to steal goods. He would steal the cars using relay kits that he would order from Poland, which allowed him to start cars without having access to keys.