The faces and crimes of Cambridgeshire criminals jailed this week

These are some of those to have been locked up recently

A woman who punched, kicked, and stamped on a victim while demanding money is among the latest Cambridgeshire offenders to be sent to prison. The list of criminals also includes a man who raped two women in Peterborough.

These are some of the people who were jailed after appearing at courts across the region between March 20 and March 27. CambridgeshireLive regularly reports on local crimes.

Here is a run down of some of the Cambridgeshire criminals to have been jailed in the past days.

‘Predatory’ man raped women who told him ‘no’

Wayne Lightfoot, 36, has been sent to prison for 26 years after being convicted of his crimes. He met his first victim on a night in September 2022.

They went to the victim’s home and had consensual sex. However, later that night he raped her, despite being told “no” and that he needed to leave.

In August 2025, Lightfoot went on a date with a second woman in Peterborough, before going back to his house in Stanton House, Hampton Hargate. When they arrived, the victim changed her mind and said she wanted to leave.

However, he violently assaulted her, took her phone away and then raped her. Following a trial at Peterborough Crown Court, he was found guilty of four counts of rape, seven counts of sexual assault and false imprisonment.

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Woman punched, kicked, and stamped on victim

A 28-year-old woman who punched, kicked, and stamped on another woman while demanding money has been sent to jail. Natalie Renton, 28, has been sentenced to almost three years for her crime.

Renton, 28, approached the victim, asking for a lighter, in the morning of January 30 in a car park near Maskew Avenue in Peterborough. The victim, a woman in her 30s, told Renton that she did not have one.

Renton became aggressive and verbally abusive before punching the victim, dragging her to the ground by her hair, and repeatedly kicking and stamping on her face. Renton demanded money throughout the attack, but none was handed over. The victim suffered swelling, bruising, and hair loss, and was treated in hospital.

She was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit robbery. The court also imposed a restraining order until 2030, ordering Renton to not approach the victim or attempt to contact her directly or indirectly.

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Woman jailed after shoplifting spree

Charlene Monks, 27, admitted to a string of thefts in Peterborough and was sent to jail. She began her spree in late February, by stealing from Asda, in Rivergate on three separate occasions.

On March 1, Monks, of no fixed address, entered the Co-op, in Waterhouse Way, Hampton Gardens, Peterborough, and went to the checkout to buy alcohol and cigarettes. However, before paying, Monks grabbed the items and ran out the shop.

She also committed theft at Sainsbury’s in Oxney Road, Parnwell, Peterborough, on March 2, and she was later arrested on March 19.

Monks admitted the thefts, together with two in Southend-on-Sea in Essex, and she was jailed for a year after a suspended sentence imposed in January for shoplifting was activated. The court also ordered Monks to pay £1311.41 in compensation.

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