CRIMINALS jailed in April include flouting of restraining orders, failing to pay fines, and a rapist.

The list below includes some of the offenders that were put behind bars by judges during April.

The offenders' names and a summary of what led to them appearing in the dock are as follows:

James Felton Queen

Ban: The defendant flouted his restraining order by going to Raffles Avenue, Carlisle

Ban: The defendant flouted his restraining order by going to Raffles Avenue, Carlisle

A HOMELESS Carlisle man has been jailed for 80 days after he admitted flouting court' restraining order.

James Felton Queen, 45, from the city's John Street Hostel, went to an address in Raffles Avenue despite knowing he is prohibited from going with 100 yards of the property.

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Fine defaulters jailed by Carlisle court

A man in handcuffs

A man in handcuffs

MAGISTRATES in Carlisle have imposed jail terms on four men for failing to pay outstanding fines.

Mark Clark, Kyle Robert Crawford, Graham Paul Carruthers and Ian Davidson were all jailed.

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Raymond Harrison

Raymond Harrison (69) was sentenced for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s and 1980s.

Raymond Harrison (69) was sentenced for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s and 1980s.

A CUMBRIAN farmer who repeatedly raped one schoolgirl and molested another after grooming both with gifts of sweets and cigarettes has been handed a 20-year jail term for the historical crimes.

The female raped by Raymond Harrison several decades ago told police as she made disclosures as an adult many years later of a threat he gave her, adding: “He said nobody was to know because it had to be our secret.”

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Carl Frank Weston

Workington Magistrates Court

Workington Magistrates' Court

A HOMELESS man from Workington has been jailed after he admitted a spate of offending.

Carl Frank Weston, 37, pleaded guilty to five offences when he appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court.

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Matthew Adam Neale

Sending a letter leads to jail. Picture: PA

Sending a letter leads to jail. Picture: PA

MAGISTRATES have jailed a 44-year-old Carlisle man for six weeks after he admitted flouting a restraining order.

Matthew Adam Neale, whose address was given as The County Hotel, Botchergate, breached the order by sending a letter from Acklington - though the charge does not say to whom it was addressed.

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Denise Elizabeth Brill-Edwards

Boots in Ulverston

Boots in Ulverston

MAGISTRATES jailed a shoplifter who failed to comply with a court order.

Denise Elizabeth Brill-Edwards was jailed for 10 days after she failed to meet the requirements of a curfew imposed for stealing a number of items from shops.

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David Logan

JAILED: David Logan killed Joshua, Coby-Jay and Skylar Flynn

JAILED: David Logan killed Joshua, Coby-Jay and Skylar Flynn

A DRINK driver said he 'cannot say sorry enough' in a letter from prison sent to the Flynn family.

David Logan is today starting ten years behind bars after being sentenced for killing a dad and his two children while on a Father's Day walk.

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Aaron Hird

Philip Hatfield and wife Anna

Philip Hatfield and wife Anna

A DRIVER who seriously injured another motorist in a head-on collision has been jailed for more than a year.

Barrow man Aaron Hird collided with another car after he attempted to overtake four vehicles on a stretch of the A595.

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