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:

19. Sam Bridges and Harvey Brooks
Sam Bridges, 33, and Harvey Brooks, 24, both of Fleetwood, were jailed for 45 months and 30 months respectively at Preston Crown Court after police uncovered cocaine and cash linked to drug dealing. Both admitted possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and related offences. | Lancashire Police

20. Stuart Wilson
Stuart Wilson, 33, of Motherwell, was jailed for five years at Preston Crown Court after officers stopped his BMW on the M6 near Garstang and found 25kg of cocaine worth about £2.5m hidden in the boot. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply. | Lancashire Police

21. Florin Ajudanu and Ruslans Stromanis
Florin Ajudanu (L) and Ruslans Stromanis (R), 41, of Blackburn, were jailed for four years and two years and three months respectively at Preston Crown Court after police shut down a crack cocaine and heroin drugs line operating in Blackburn. | Lancashire Police

22. Frankie Taylor and James Kiely
James Kiely, 30, and Frankie Taylor, 32, who headed an East Lancashire organised crime group, were among 19 people sentenced to a combined total of more than 79 years at Burnley Crown Court after Operation Vinci uncovered a conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis between December 2020 and July 2024. Kiely, of Bacup, was jailed for 15 years and three months, while his lieutenant Taylor, of Waterfoot, received 11 years and nine months, with other gang members handed prison terms and some given community sentences. | Lancashire Police


