Among them includes a group of fraudsters who duped elderly people out of more than £1m, dangerous drivers who led police on wild chases, and a drugs gang who used catapults and drones to drop their deliveries into the county's prisons.

Here is a round-up of all the criminals banged up in March.

All the East Lancashire criminals jailed in March

Dean Green-Lynch

Dean Green-Lynch (Image: Lancashire Police) Prolific shoplifter Dean Green-Lynch continued to steal from shops despite his criminal behaviour order, resulting in him receiving a 24-week prison sentence.

The 33-year-old was also ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge upon his release.

Full story: Prolific shoplifter banned from 5 stores and jailed

Zohaib Khan

Zohaib Khan (Image: Lancashire Police)

Zohaib Khan was jailed for three years and four months after robbing a shop while armed with a knife.

Khan, of Holly Street, Nelson, stole £275 worth of cigarettes from the shop in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson.

Full story: Nelson robber takes cigarettes from shop after knife threat

Michael Mullen

Mullen was sentenced at Blackburn Magistrates' Court (Image: Anthony Moss)

Oswaldtwistle man Michael Mullen was jailed for 26 weeks after he slapped and punched his ex partner.

Mullen, of Trinity Street, assaulted her after he refused to leave her house during an argument.

Full story: Oswaldtwistle man slapped and punched ex who dumped him

Giovanni Piras, Dean Clarke, Samuel Daniels, Giuseppe Persico, Muhammad Afzal, and Caroline Cunliffe

Top L-R: Dean Clarke, Muhammad Afzal, Giovanni Piras. Bottom L-R: Giuseppe Persico, Caroline Cunliffe, Samuel Daniels (Image: Lancashire Police)

Six members of a fraud gang were jailed after duping elderly victims from across the country out of more than £1m from their fake call centre base in Blackburn.

They were jailed for a combined 25 years at Preston Crown Court.

Full story: Blackburn fraud gang scammed elderly victims out of £1m

Dylan Culshaw

Dylan Culshaw (Image: Lancashire Police)

Violent thug Dylan Culshaw was jailed for 10 years after kicking a man in the head while he lay on the floor.

Culshaw, of Warner Street, Accrington, left his victim with a fractured skull, a bleed on the brain, five broken ribs, and a broken nose.

Full story: Violent Accrington thug kicked man in face in street fight

Thomas Ward

Preston Crown Court Sessions House, where Ward was sentenced (Image: Archive)

A man who committed two offences of dangerous driving in different parts of the country was jailed for 17 months.

Thomas Ward, formerly of Higher Antley Street, Accrington, was also given a two-and-a-half-year driving ban.

Full story: Accrington driver who rammed police cars is jailed

Thomas Howard

Thomas Howard (Image: Lancashire Police)

Thomas Howard, of Chapel Street, Brierfield, was jailed for 32 weeks for a course of dangerous driving.

Howard led police on a chase through Rossendale in a Mercedes Sprinter van before getting stuck at a narrow bridge in Ramsbottom.

Full story: Brierfield man who dangerously drove van is jailed

Riley Whitfield

Riley Whitfield (Image: Lancashire Police)

A Burnley shoplifter who appeared in court on his 20th birthday was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison.

Riley Whitfield committed 28 offences of shop theft in under three months and during one of them assaulted a member of staff who challenged him.

Full story: Burnley shoplifter who appeared in court on 20th birthday jailed

Arron Hanson

Arron Hanson (Image: Lancashire Police)

Arron Hanson was jailed for four years and five months at Burnley Crown Court for a violent attack with a shovel.

Hanson, of Roughlee Grove, Burnley, was also found to be in possession of a large Samurai sword when his property was searched by police.

Full story: Burnley man jailed after violent attack with shovel

Umar Farooq

Umar Farooq (Image: Lancashire Police)

A drug dealer led police on a chase through Blackburn after he was spotted performing a deal.

Umar Farooq, of Moorfield Avenue, Ramsgreave, also led police in North Wales on a separate chase down the A55 while he was under the influence of drugs.

Full story: Blackburn drug dealer led police on dangerous chase

Liam Taylor

Liam Taylor (Image: Web)

A paedophile teacher used AI to make images of students into pornography.

Liam Taylor, of Hindle Street, Darwen, committed the offences while he was working in the Isle of Man, but he taught for a term at The Hollins School in Accrington having previously committed these offences.

He was sentenced at the Court of General Gaol Delivery in Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man.

Full story: Darwen paedophile teacher made AI porn photos of students

Operation Harrogate

Fourteen people were sentenced as part of Lancashire Police's Operation Harrogate (Image: Lancashire Police)

Fourteen members of an organised crime group who used catapults and drones to drop drugs into HMP Preston and HMP Lancaster Farms were jailed for more than 50 years.

The gang, who were investigated under Lancashire Police's Operation Harrogate, included a prison nurse who snuck drugs and SIM cards into her place of work in her shoes, having hollowed out the soles.

Full story: East Lancashire drugs gang jailed for more than 50 years

Daniel Webster

Webster was jailed at Preston Crown Court (Image: Anthony Moss) Daniel Webster was jailed for seven years and eight months for raping a woman.

Webster, of Parkinson Street, Burnley, was also sentenced for the attempted rape and sexual assault of the same woman.

A custody image of Webster was requested.

Full story: Burnley man sentenced for rape and sexual assault offences

Axis Robertson

Axis Robertson (Image: Lancashire Police)

Prolific shoplifter Axis Robertson was jailed for one year and given a criminal behaviour order barring him from 14 shops across Pendle.

Robertson, of no fixed address, cannot enter the following Colne stores: Sainsburys, North Valley Road, TK MAXX, North Valley Road, LIDL, North Valley Road, Pets At Home, Corporation Street Retail Park, ASDA, Corporation Street Retail Park, DFS, Corporation Street Retail Park, Poundland, Corporation Street Retail Park and B&M, Corporation Street Retail Park.

Full story: Shoplifter barred from entering 14 stores across Pendle

Vaughan Sixx

Vaughan Sixx (Image: Lancashire Police)

Oswaldtwistle man Vaughan Sixx was jailed for three years after he blackmailed his former friend over his £15,000 raffle winnings.

Sixx, of Cross Street, was given more than £3,000 by the friend after he made various threats to him and his family.

Full story: Oswaldtwistle man blackmailed friend over £15,000 winnings

Anthony Horsham

Blackburn Magistrates' Court (Image: Anthony Moss) A drunk Blackburn man caused damage to his mum's home as she hid in the bathroom.

Anthony Horsham, of Hollin Bridge Street, was jailed for eight weeks and pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order.

Full story: 'Drunk' Blackburn man 'caused damage at mum's home'

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith (Image: Lancashire Police)A paedophile wept in the dock as he was given a 10-year sentence for sexual communication with a child and engaging in sexual activity with a child.

Christopher Smith, of Douglas Place, Blackburn, believed he was talking to girls aged 13 and 14 online, though they turned out to be decoys.

He also engaged in sexual activity with a real child when she was around 12 or 13 years old.

Full story: Blackburn paedo given 10-year sentence over 'lurid' crimes

Audrey Hamid-Taha, Yasin Hamid-Taha and Javed Iqbal

L-R: Audrey Hamid-Taha, Yasin Hamid-Taha, Javed Iqbal (Image: Lancashire Police) A woman and two men were jailed for a combined 70 years for the exploitation, rape, and abuse of three children in Burnley.

Audrey Hamid-Taha was sentenced to 28 years in prison, while Yasin Hamid-Taha and Javed Iqbal were sentenced to 21 years each.

Full story: Trio jailed over exploitation and rape of kids in Burnley

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