Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the first third of the year.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
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Ivanov was jailed for life and made the subject of an indefinite hospital order. He had admitted killing a 61-year-old man in Crawley in a savage stabbing attack near a playground. Ivanov pleaded guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility.
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Brighton boxer Freedom Eubank led police on a high speed pursuit through the city, ran a red light and drove the wrong way up a one-way street. Eubank was jailed for 15 months for driving like an idiot, as the judge put it.
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Teenager Mackay led police on a high speed pursuit through East Sussex but was eventually Tasered as he tried to run. He was convicted of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving with no insurance. Mackay was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment in a Young Offender Institution and disqualified from driving for 35 months from the date of his release.
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Julijs Andrianovs was found slumped over his steering wheel with a sword and a crack pipe stashed in his car, a court heard. He was jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to possessing an offensive weapon and failing to provide a blood sample to police and being convicted of a further charge of possessing an offensive weapon.