Michael and Emma are the most common names for prisoners in England and Wales

Michael and Emma are the most common names for prisoners in England and Wales
Michael and Emma are the most common names for prisoners in England and Wales
Michael and Emma are the most common names for prisoners in England and Wales, Ministry of Justice figures reveal MOJ data has shown the most common forenames of the 82,000 prisoners in England and Wales In male prisons, guards are most likely to come across a Michael, Daniel or David Emma, Kelly or Sarah are the most common names in women's prisons  Among the most notorious Michaels are Lee Rigby's killers Michael Adebolajo, 37, and Michael Adebowale, 30

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People with the names Michael and Emma are most likely to find themselves behind bars in England and Wales, a new study has revealed.

Data from the Ministry of Justice has revealed the first names of the 82,000 men and women locked up in prisons in England and Wales.

In male prisons, guards are most likely to come across a Michael, Daniel or David, while the same goes for Emma, Kelly or Sarah in women's prisons. 

In female prisons, where more than 3,000 inmates are being held, the most common name is Emma, of whom there are 57. 

Michael Adebowale, 30, was convicted in 2014 of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby and handed a 45-year sentence

Michael Adebolajo, 37, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for murdering the 22-year-old soldier

The pair drove a car into Rigby at 30mph to 40mph before hacking him to death with knives and a meat cleaver near Woolwich barracks, south-east London, in broad daylight in May 2013

Emma Tustin was jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years in December 2021 for cruelly starving, poisoning and then murdering her six-year-old stepson Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

Emma Tustin was jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years in December 2021 for cruelly starving, poisoning and then murdering her six-year-old stepson Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

This equates to nearly 2 per

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