A building company director who disregarded safety regulations and the owner of a dangerous XL bully dog were among those jailed in Suffolk this week.

Domonic Rowan

Domonic Rowan was previously jailed for rapeDomonic Rowan was previously jailed for rape (Image: Suffolk police) Described as "dangerous", Ipswich Crown Court heard how Domonic Rowan, who also goes by Aaron Royer, was on the run for five years after raping a woman in her home. 

The 58-year-old, of no fixed address but formerly of Hackney, was released from a previous prison sentence for kidnap and rape in the summer of 2016 and gained contact details of his next victim the following year. 

Rowan offered the victim a secretary position in a fake business and set up a meeting with the woman at her home to discuss the possibility. 

The drank together and the woman made it clear she was not interested in sex but Rowan raped her while she was asleep on the sofa. 

The victim only realised what happened the next morning and she reported it to the police. 

Rowan was arrested in Blackpool in 2022 after police used the location of his mobile phone to identify where he was. 

Judge Emma Peters sentenced him to 12 years in prison with six years on licence.

Lenny Duberry

On March 2, 2022 officers were investigating an unrelated matter at a nearby property when one noticed the door of a nearby motorhome banging in the wind. 

When he went to investigate, 41-year-old Lenny Duberry burst out of the motorhome and hit the officer in the eye with the back of his hand when the officer, who had turned off his bodycam, put his hands on Duberry's shoulder. 

Duberry, of Heather Avenue in Ipswich, denied assault and accused the officer of having a "racist grudge" against him but was unanimously convicted by a jury. 

In addition to the assault, Duberry was sentenced for leaving a petrol station without paying £40 for fuel and failing to comply with notification requirements relating to a previous jail sentence for two offences of rape. 

Judge Richard Kelly sentenced Duberry for a total of 20 weeks but as he had been in custody since February, he was eligible for immediate release from prison. 

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Jane Hubbard

Jane Hubbard was jailed for two yearsJane Hubbard was jailed for two years (Image: Suffolk police) Described as "obnoxious, abusive and obstructive" with a "record-breaking" 113 previous convictions, Jane Hubbard's XL bully bit an officer on the arm while searching her house for a suspect of another crime. 

Thirty-six-year-old Hubbard, of Gregory Street in Sudbury, refused to tell police where the suspect was but he was soon found hiding in a cupboard. 

Ipswich Crown Court heard how the hospital was unable to stitch the "nasty" wound the officer suffered at first because they feared it may have been infected. 

The dog is to be destroyed and an order was made for Hubbard to be disqualified from owning a dog. 

She was also sentenced for an assault which happened in Woodhall Business Park in July last year. 

Hubbard admitted to all of the offences and received an eight-month sentence for the dog attack and a consecutive 16-month sentence for the assault. 

Wayne Murfet

Ipswich Crown Court heard how 41-year-old Wayne Murfet, who was the boss of Lors Homes, supplied 36 fake Building Control Completion Certificates to the buyers of flats on the Grosvenor complex in Newmarket High Street. 

He was accused of cutting corners for profit and exposing flat owners to an "intolerable level of risk" to their lives as Murfet stood to gain more than £5million if he sold all the flats for a minimum of £150,000 each. 

Murfet, of Freckenham Road in Chippenham, denied making or supplying articles for use in fraud but he was found guilty by a jury of the charge as well as an additional charge in relation to a house at the Paddocks, Brinkley Road, Burroughs Green, Newmarket. 

At sentencing, Recorder Emma Nash said his aim had been to make sales as fast as possible and his victims were left to deal with the consequences.

He was jailed for three and a half years and has been disqualified from being a company director for seven years.

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Scott Butcher

Scott Butcher was jailed for 120 weeksScott Butcher was jailed for 120 weeks (Image: Essex police) Ipswich Crown Court heard how 37-year-old Scott Butcher, of no fixed address, committed 20 offences of theft, five breaches of criminal behaviour as well as breaching a prison sentence order between March and April of this year. 

Butcher, who was banned from every Co-op store in Essex for three years, stole from branches in Iceni Way, Old Heath Road, Stanway, Mersea Road and Wimpole Road in Colchester. 

The court was told he had 134 previous convictions and had spent up to £400 a day on crack cocaine on numerous occasions. 

At a previous hearing David Baird, for Butcher, said his client was combatting his addiction to crack cocaine as was motivated to achieve results so he could be a father figure to his young son. 

Judge Emma Peters sentenced Butcher to two years and four months and a criminal behaviour order will remain in place until September of next year.