Among those locked up were a man who paralysed his partner after years of coercive abuse, a father who admitted the manslaughter of his six-week-old son, organised crime figures running large-scale drugs networks across the county and offenders targeting vulnerable children.
Here are 27 criminals sentenced last month, and the crimes that put them behind bars:
7. Lewis Westwood
Lewis Westwood, 31, of Egremont, Cumbria, was jailed for 12 years at Preston Crown Court after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Leyland. He was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child and placed on the sex offenders register for life | Lancashire Police
8. Kenneth Booth
Kenneth Booth, 66, formerly of Towneley Road, Longridge, sexually abused girls in Longridge and Chorley. He was convicted of three counts of indecent assault on a girl, four counts of gross indecency on a girl under 14, one count of assault by penetration on a girl under 13, one count of causing/inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity - no penetration, two counts of assault by touching, and one count of sexual assault on a female. He appeared before Preston Crown Court where he was sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison. | Lancashire Police
9. Kurt Devoy-Foster
Kurt Devoy-Foster, 34, repeatedly attempted to groom girls he believed were as young as 12. Devoy-Foster pleaded guilty to Sexual Communication with Children under 16, causing/inciting a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity, causing/inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and multiple failures to comply with notification requirements. He was jailed for seven years and six months. | Lancashire Police
10. Brian Trevithick’s
Brian Trevithick, 76, was jailed for four years and eight months at Preston Crown Court after admitting causing death by dangerous driving when he ploughed into Greenhill Social and Bowling Club in Burnley, killing 72-year-old Lynne Harvey. | Lancashire Police
11. Joshua Shaw and Mark Kirkwood
Joshua Shaw, 33, of no fixed abode, and Mark Kirkwood, 29, of Gynn Avenue, Blackpool, were jailed for 15 years and eight years and six months respectively after running an ‘Amazon-style’ cannabis warehouse supplying drugs across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast and carrying out blackmail and burglary offences. | Lancashire Police
12. Dean Green-Lynch
Dean Green-Lynch, 34, of no fixed address, was jailed for eight weeks at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court after admitting nine shop thefts and was banned from entering several Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Co-op stores in Blackburn. | Lancashire Police