Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the summer of 2022.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
45. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A Brighton man who repeatedly stabbed a man in the head with a pair of scissors, before fleeing to Liverpool to try and evade capture, has been jailed. Ryan McLean, 39, of no fixed address, was caught on CCTV chasing his victim into the convenience store Rishi News in South Street, Portslade, on February 27, before viciously assaulting him in a stock room. He had previously been seen chasing his victim’s car at high speed through Portslade shortly before midday, then getting out and continuing the chase on foot. Despite a shopworker’s attempt to stop McLean chasing the victim – a 29-year-old local man – into the stock room, he forced his way through and carried out the assault. His victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while McLean fled the scene. At Lewes Crown Court on July 15, he was sentenced to 33 months in custody for the GBH and six months in custody for the possession of an offensive weapon, to run concurrently. He also received an additional four-week jail sentence to run consecutively for breaching a suspended prison sentence for possession of a knife and drug driving. Photo: Sussex Police
46. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A Darlington man who stabbed a man three times on a visit to Brighton has been jailed for seven years. Brian Hamilton, 53, of Bolton Close in Darlington, was seen sprinting away from the scene in Bramble Way on the evening of September 29, 2020. He had stabbed a man he had only recently met – in the head, neck and upper back – in an unprovoked and seemingly motiveless attack. His 32-year-old victim managed to flag down an off-duty police officer in Crowhurst Road, who called for assistance. He was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries that had a life-changing impact. Hamilton was swiftly identified as a suspect but fled the area, despite already being on conditional bail as part of an investigation in Darlington. He was arrested in Paddington in August, 2021, in collaboration with the Met Police, and charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a bladed article in a public place. After denying both charges he was found guilty and sentence on July 1 Photo: Sussex Police
47. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A 53-year-old paedophile posed as a young woman before encouraging another man in the USA to sexually abuse a toddler, according to Sussex Police. Luke Smith, of Hewitt Road, Portsmouth – who lived in Orchard Way, Barnham at the time of the crime – has been sentenced to 20-years in jail after admitting 13 child sex offences, police have revealed. Police said Smith used an online messaging service to speak to a man in the USA while posing as a 20-year-old woman and using a pseudonym. Officers arrested Smith in Barnham and ‘numerous devices' were seized, including his laptop and phone, police said. Police said chat logs were found, containing ‘dozens of requests’ Smith made for the victim to be abused. Smith was charged and appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, August 19, following an ‘extensive investigation’, police said. Police said Smith pleaded guilty to nine counts of encouraging the penetrative sexual assault of a child under 13 and four counts of making indecent images of children – some of which were category A, ‘which are deemed to be the most extreme’. He was sentenced to 20-years imprisonment on Wednesday, August 31. He will also be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life, police confirmed. Photo: Sussex Police
48. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A court confiscated thousands of pounds from a Worthing drug dealer after he was jailed. Charlie Burns was originally stopped by officers from the Tactical Enforcement Unit after he was seen driving erratically in a black BMW in Brougham Road on December 21 2021. The 27-year-old appeared to be intoxicated, and officers saw powder around his nostrils. He gave a positive roadside DrugsWipe for cocaine. A search of his vehicle revealed he was in possession of £23,900 in cash, and drugs worth about £9,000 which he had stashed in a bag by a baby seat. A further search of an address found cocaine worth £100,000 hidden under a television cabinet, and more than £15,000 in cash. At Lewes Crown Court in February Burns admitted possession of ketamine with intent to supply, possession of cocaine with intent to supply, and possession of cannabis with intent to supply. He also admitted two charges of acquiring, using or possessing criminal property. He was sentenced to five years and two months in prison. Following that hearing, Sussex Police continued with its investigation into Burns’s finances, where it was discovered that more than £100,000 in cash and third party payments had gone through his accounts in the two years before. Burns, of HMP Lewes but formerly of an address in Worthing, appeared at a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act at Lewes Crown Court on August 15. It was revealed he may have benefited to the sum of more than £228,000 during the investigation period. A sum of more than £44,000 was available and was seized by the court. Photo: Sussex Police