

Nine South Shields and South Tyneside criminals locked up during lockdown
Unless otherwise stated, they are all from South Shields and have been locked up after pleading guilty to offences at Newcastle Crown Court. Our previous rogues’ gallery of jailed criminals is available here.

1. Lee Amess
Amess, 27, of Cookson Place, Stanley, was jailed for seven months after admitting unlawful possession of a bladed article in public in South Shields. Photo: Other 3rd Party

2. Reece Bannister
Bannister, 20, of Netherton Avenue, North Shields, was locked up for 16 months after admitting committing three driving offences in Jarrow on February 13 and three in South Shields on March 29. Photo: Other 3rd Party

3. Adam Cain
Cain, 44, of Stanhope Road, South Shields, was jailed for 40 months after admitting committing burglary in Tunstall, Sunderland, on June 21. Photo: Other 3rd Party

4. Callum Goodwin
Goodwin, 27, of Percy Street, Jarrow, was jailed for 20 months at Durham Crown Court after admitting unlawfully and maliciously administering a poison or other destructive or noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy his victim after spraying a prison officer with urine on June 16 last year. Photo: Other 3rd Party