December 2021

The face of Corby predator jailed after secretly filming a 14-year-old girl

A “predator” from Northamptonshire has been jailed after secretly filming a 14-year-old girl.

Mark Jakes, previously of Corby, has been locked up after being sentenced in Northampton Crown Court last month.

In 2019, Jakes observed and secretly recorded a 14-year-old girl, and he faced two charges of taking an indecent photograph of a child and one count of observing a person doing a private act.

The 54-year-old was sentenced in Northampton on November 11, where he was sent to jail for two years and was given a ten year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.