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.
29. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed after her latest string of offences in Worthing. In July 2020, 30-year-old Kirsten Hocking, of no fixed address, was given a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) aimed to curb her offending. As part of the order she is banned from entering a number of retail premises in the town centre and entering a number of surrounding roads. But in January 2021, she was jailed for 26 weeks after pleading guilty to multiple charges of theft, which was in breach of her CBO. Between March 25 and April 21 2022, she committed further offences. She stole items including washing powder, make-up, aftershave and food from shops including Wilko, Tesco and Poundland. She was subsequently arrested and charged with five counts of shoplifting and six counts of breaching her Criminal Behaviour Order. She was convicted at Lewes Crown Court on May 20 and sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. Photo: Sussex Police
30. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
Two construction company bosses have been jailed for health and safety failings that resulted in a worker falling to his death at a building site in Hove. Steven Wenham (right), 48, of Charlotte Street in Brighton, was sentenced to five years in prison at Lewes Crown Court on June 7, after previously pleading not guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence. Both he and his company Total Contractor’s Ltd were also found guilty of two offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act regarding failure to properly safeguard against serious injury or death from a fall from height. Total Contractor's was fined £190,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs and a £170 victim surcharge. Wenham was also disqualified from being a company director for ten years. John Spiller, 52, of Fishersgate Close in Portslade, was jailed for 15 months after being found not guilty of manslaughter, but guilty of the same two health and safety offences as Wenham. His roofing company, Southern Asphalt Ltd, also pleaded guilty Photo: Sussex Police
31. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A 40-year-old man from Crawley is beginning a prison sentence after being convicted of three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, after previously being convicted of the same offence in 2020. Ashok Rana, of Jordans Crescent, was jailed for 22 months for the above offences, as well as breaching a sexual harm protection order (SHPO) and breaching the terms of a suspended sentence. Already on the Sexual Offender’s Register from previous offences, he was placed on it for a further 10 years. Rana was arrested at his home address on August 4 2021, following information obtained by colleagues from Surrey Police. Upon arrest, a search of his property found multiple devices capable of storing media, all of which were seized as part of the investigation. A large collection of indecent images of children were subsequently found. Rana was charged and pleaded guilty to all the offences. He was later sentenced at Lewes Crown Court. Photo: Sussex Police
32. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A Goring man, found guilty of rape, will spend four years in jail. Isaac Amponsah, 41, of Strand Parade, Goring-by-Sea, stood trial at Hove Crown Court, accused of the oral rape of a woman at an address in Worthing in 2018, according to Sussex Police. Police said Amponsah was found unanimously guilty by a jury. On Monday, May 9, he was sentenced to four years in prison. police said. He will also be placed on the sex offender’s register for life. Photo: Sussex Police