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.
17. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
Three people have been jailed and ordered to repay over £20,000 in illegally gained money after being convicted of County Lines drug offences in West Sussex. In May 2021, West Sussex’s Community Investigation Team (CIT) became aware of a county drugs line known as the ‘TT’ line operating between Worthing and London. An investigation was launched and five months later, on October 12, a police operation in partnership with the Metropolitan Police targeted properties associated with the gang. Damarius Patterson, 21, (left) formerly of Marischal Road in Lewisham, Asharm Patterson-Low, 27, formerly of Dunheved Road in Croydon, and Lucy Pinkney, 24, (right) formerly of Limpsfield Avenue in Croydon, were all taken into custody. On February 4, 2022, Pinkney was jailed for four years, Patterson for six years and Patterson-Low for five years and four months. At the time of his arrest, Patterson-Low was found attempting to wash rocks of crack cocaine down the sink, and he was in possession of two mobile phones. In his kitchen were Class A drugs worth over £1,000, paraphernalia associated with drug dealing and £940 in cash next to a cash counting machine. Pinkney was arrested in Worthing and in a property linked to her in the town was found heroin and crack cocaine worth £6,760, more than £2,000 in cash and a mobile phone connected to the TT line. All three were charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, as well as conspiracy to acquire / use / possess criminal property. On December 10, 2021, at Lewes Crown Court, all three pleaded guilty to the three counts of supplying Class A drugs, but not guilty to acquiring criminal property. That charge was ordered to lie on file. On Friday, October 14, the final of three confiscation orders were completed, where it was heard they had benefitted to the sum of £112,092.73 each. Photo: Sussex Police
18. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
Matthew Banks, from Chichester, forcefully shook his two-year-old son causing injuries which later led to his death, a Sussex Police spokesperson said. Banks pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of two-year-old Leo following an investigation by the West Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit. He appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, October 21 and was sentenced to three years, eight months imprisonment. Leo had been receiving specialist in-patient and out-patient treatment for head injuries suffered in December 2017, when he was just four weeks old. He died at home in February 2020 as a result. Sussex Police said Banks, 34, of Gilbert Road, was interviewed by officers in relation to his son’s injuries and admitted to shaking the baby ‘quite vigorously while looking after him during the night. He told police Leo had been crying hysterically and seemed stressed during a feed, leading to Banks become tired and frustrated. Medical help wasn’t sought until the following morning, when Leo’s mother woke up and realised her son was poorly. Photo: Eddie Mitchell
19. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A St Leonards man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl has been jailed. Police said Raymond Haffenden, 69, of Springfield Road, received a 12-year jail sentence at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday, October 19 after being found guilty of four counts of sexual assault. He was accused of sexually assaulting a young girl on a number of occasions. A police investigation was launched when allegations were reported, and computer devices seized. Police said Haffenden was arrested and charged with four counts of sexual assault on a girl by touching; three counts of sexual assault on a girl by penetration and two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child. On May 5 he was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a girl by touching and two counts of sexual assault on a girl by penetration. Police said he was sentenced to four years in prison for the two sexual assaults by touching, and 11 and 12 years for each charge of sexual assault on a girl by penetration – all to be served concurrently. Haffenden was told he must serve at least two thirds of his sentence in custody and he was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Protection Order, severely restricting his access to children and electronic devices. Photo: Sussex Police
20. Locked up in Sussex 2022: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A Peacehaven woman has been jailed for a violent assault in a pub that left her victim with significant facial injuries, Sussex Police has reported. Louisa Lyons, 40, of Buckhurst Road in Peacehaven, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the incident in the Telscombe Tavern public house on August 17, 2019, police said. Sussex Police said Lyons was reported to have armed herself with a fire extinguisher before headbutting her victim – a 39-year-old woman – and smashing her face into the floor in an unprovoked attack. Sussex Police said Lyons was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and, at Hove Crown Court on Friday, October 14, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison, with a further three years to be spent on licence. Photo: Sussex Police