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.
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A drink-driver who deliberately hit a pedestrian following an altercation at a pub has been jailed for more than 10 years. Philip Forrest was drinking in The Three Fishes in Chapel Road, Worthing, on the evening of October 10, 2020, before the incident occurred. He had to be reminded on multiple occasions by staff to comply with coronavirus regulations. This included not wearing a mask and getting too close to other patrons. During the evening, he had an altercation with another man in the pub, which continued outside on the street. The 42-year-old carpenter, of Ivydore Avenue, Worthing, punched the 55-year-old victim in the face and then made off from the scene on foot. Shortly afterwards, the victim was walking on the opposite side of the road, close to the junction with Liverpool Gardens, when a white Vauxhall Combo van came around the corner, mounted the kerb and struck him. This caused him to fall to the floor, causing serious injuries including a broken arm. The van failed to stop, however. Photo: Sussex Police
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A man who threatened to kill police officers at a caravan park in Sussex has been jailed. Jacob Woodford had been staying at holiday camp in Selsey in September 2021. He called 999, claiming to have a sawn-off shotgun that he would use to harm himself. During the call, he also made a false claim about having a hostage tied up inside the caravan. Armed response officers and police negotiators attended the scene, and after a one-hour stand-off Woodford surrendered and was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill. The 29-year-old, of Benhams Road, Southampton, was charged with sending a communication conveying a threatening message, under the Malicious Communications Act, and admitted the charge in court. At Portsmouth Crown Court on July 8 he appeared for sentence. It was revealed he had committed the offence just a month after being given a suspended prison sentence for assaulting an officer in Hampshire. Woodford was sentenced to a total of ten months in prison for his offence and for breaching his suspended sentence. Photo: Sussex Police
35. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
Two Brighton men have been sentenced after they pleaded guilty to supplying crack cocaine and heroin. Aiden Dore (pictured), 23, of Mount Pleasant and Daniel Smith, 40, of Lower Rock Gardens both admitted to being involved in the supply of class A drugs. The pair were arrested in August 2020, after they were observed dealing drugs in the street by police officers. A flat in Lower Rock Gardens was then searched and more drugs were found, as well as burner phones, cash and dealing equipment. The pair were sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on 30 June with Dore jailed for four-and-a-half years. Smith was given a two-year suspended prison sentence for his lesser role in the same offence, as well as a £500 fine. The judge described their offences as “a filthy trade which ruins people’s lives”. Photo: Sussex Police
36. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
Another man has been sentenced following a number of drug raids across East Sussex and London in May. Omar Lofty, 27, of Buckingham Road, London, NW10, was given a ten year and eight months sentence at Lewes Crown Court on Friday 15 July, after pleading guilty to being concerned in supply of cocaine. Officers seized from him quantities of crack cocaine, heroin, cocaine and cannabis with a total estimated potential street value of up to £1,125, 000, and a total of £154,430.22 cash. Lofty had been been arrested on Wednesday, May 4, at his home address, as part of a series of dawn raids at addresses in Eastbourne, Hastings and London. Sussex Police, supported by London's Metropolitan Police and Surrey Police, led the execution of 19 drugs warrants, resulting in 18 arrests on suspicion of involvement in the supply of Class A drugs. Some 5,000 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin were seized during the raids, as well as 7kg of cocaine, 2kg of heroin, £300,000 in cash and four phones suspected of being used in the run. Photo: Sussex Police