Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the final four months of the year.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
13. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A dangerous rider who was seen doing wheelie manoeuvres on a motorcycle in Brighton has been jailed. Footage showed Ryan Burtenshaw riding ahead of officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU) in an unmarked police vehicle in Old Shoreham Road towards Dyke Road in January 2022. When police caught up with the 24-year-old, he failed to stop, and again performed a wheelie. He then accelerated away from police in the 20mph zone and showed no regard for other road users. During a short pursuit, he narrowly avoided colliding into pedestrians and other vehicles. Burtenshaw, unemployed, of Meadowview, Brighton, appeared before Lewes Crown Court on October 19. Burtenshaw admitted dangerous driving, failing to stop when directed by a police officer, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, and driving without valid insurance. He was jailed for five months, and was disqualified from driving for one year and eight months. Photo: Sussex Police
14. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A jealous ex-partner drove his car into a love rival before attacking him with a baseball bat and then fleeing police in a rooftop chase caught on camera, police have reported. Zaki Idris, 29, of Manor Way in Brighton, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison and given a five-year restraining order. Idris was found to have followed his victim for months before the pre-meditated attack on January 26. Police reported, on the night of the attack, Idris waited in a black Citreon C4 for his victim, a 35-year-old local man, to leave Underground Gym in Camden Street, Portslade. Police added that as his victim passed, he drove his vehicle directly towards him, throwing him across the bonnet and windscreen, before getting out and attacking him with a baseball bat. Witnesses reported him striking his victim multiple times, while threatening to kill him. As his victim defended himself Idris was chased by members of the public, before police officers pursued him through gardens nearby and onto the roof of a house, where a stand-off ensued. After another foot chase across rooftops and through a neighbouring garden, Idris was eventually caught and taken into custody. A search of his vehicle discovered a claw hammer and a knife. Detectives investigating the attack sought to find a link between Idris and his victim, and found that he had attempted to break into his ex-partner’s house in May, 2021, after seeing the victim’s car parked outside. He was removed from the scene without ever seeing the victim in person, but pictures of his car and registration number were later found on his mobile phone. After the attack on January 26, it was discovered by police Idris had been captured by police cameras near the victim’s car a number of times during December 2021, and January 2022. The final time was in the hour before the attack. He was subsequently charged with attempted grievous bodily harm, dangerous driving, making threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon and detained under the mental health Photo: Sussex Police
15. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A Bognor Regis man who committed a series of knifepoint robberies has been jailed, a Sussex Police spokesperson said. Michael Richard Jones, 28, of Belmont Street, was sentenced to four years imprisonment for crimes committed at three separate Bognor Regis businesses earlier this year. Police said the incidents took place at the Premier convenience store in Gordon Avenue on June 26, Grande Wines in Felpham Road on July 8 and at the post office in Summerley Lane on July 12. He was arrested on August 15, after police launched an official inquiry including CCTV trawls and witness statements. Jones was remanded in custody and charged with three counts of robbery. Having pleaded guilty to all three counts, he appeared at Lewes Crown Court on October 11, where he was sentenced. Photo: Sussex Police
16. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A Hurstpierpoint man has been sentenced to prison after he was filmed appearing to attempt a sexual act with a dog, Sussex Police have said. Police said that Peter Lerwill, 30, of Western Road, plead guilty to attempting a sexual act with an animal at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday, October 20. He was sentenced to 12-weeks in prison, they added. Police said that Lerwill was arrested on Thursday, June 9, after they received a report of ‘a man dressed in women’s clothing involved in a sexual act with a dog’. Police said the dog was taken to a vet immediately for an assessment and care, but it had not suffered any injury and was returned to its owner. Photo: Sussex Police