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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London drug dealer Maow was caught when police raided a flat in Worthing that was being cuckooed. Officers found 4,500 worth of heroin and crack cocaine at the address, along with nearly 2,000 in cash, scales and a large hunting knife, a court heard. He admitted two charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and was jailed for three years and two months.
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A scrap over a packet of cigarettes at a Bognor pub ended with young father Stephenson smashing a bottle over a strangers head, leaving him permanently scarred. Stephenson admitted grievous bodily harm with intent and common assault and was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison
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Smith punched a police officer in the face in an unprovoked attack in Broadwater Street West while drunk, police said. The attack was captured on bodycam video (right). He pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage, breaching a community order and breaching a suspended prison sentence order (which he had been given for head butting another police officer and assaulting two other police officers). He was jailed for 18 weeks.
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Simon Hutchinson, 53, now of Hailsham Road in Stone Cross, was jailed for 17 years for 14 offences relating to the sexual abuse of a young girl over a number of years. Hutchinson admitted four counts of rape and seven of sexual assault, all on multiple occasions, as well as three offences of possessing indecent images of children. He was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on April 22. Twelve years of his sentence will be spent in custody, with the remaining five on extended prison licence supervision. He will be a registered sex offender for life. Police commended the bravery of his victim for speaking out after such a sustained campaign of abuse