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.
![An eighth member of an East Sussex drug gang has been jailed after a ground-breaking investigation by Sussex Police and its partners. Harley Roberts, 25, of Havalon Close in Basildon, was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin, and conspiracy to commit a modern slavery offence, Sussex Police confirmed. Police said he also received a ten-year Slavery Trafficking Prevention Order, handed down at Hove Crown Court on Thursday, September 14. Roberts’ sentence takes the gang’s total jail time to 53 years and eight months, Sussex Police added.](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk3ZWE5NDM1LTc1MDMtNGFiMC05M2QzLTQ3NGQ4NWEyNDg3Yzo4NTk3OGM4ZC1mNGFmLTRkNTItOGZhNy0zMzU3ZGNhZDkwNzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Locked up in Sussex 2023: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
An eighth member of an East Sussex drug gang has been jailed after a ground-breaking investigation by Sussex Police and its partners. Harley Roberts, 25, of Havalon Close in Basildon, was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin, and conspiracy to commit a modern slavery offence, Sussex Police confirmed. Police said he also received a ten-year Slavery Trafficking Prevention Order, handed down at Hove Crown Court on Thursday, September 14. Roberts’ sentence takes the gang’s total jail time to 53 years and eight months, Sussex Police added. Photo: Sussex Police
![A man has been sentenced following his involvement in violent offences in Bexhill, Sussex Police have confirmed. Police said Connor Hyland-Whiting assaulted a man with a machete in the street following an earlier altercation in a town centre pub. The 25-year-old also committed offences in East Sussex. Following a public appeal, he was located at a holiday park in Camber Sands and was arrested and charged, police said. At Lewes Crown Court on September 11, he admitted wounding with intent, possession of an offensive weapon, possession of a knife, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and affray. Police said he was sentenced to a total of five years in prison, with an additional four years on his licence period. Sussex Police said the court was told how an argument broke out inside a pub in London Road, Bexhill, at 11.20pm on February 24. Police said Hyland-Whiting and the victim had to be separated by security staff, and witnesses described Hyland-Whiting as becoming ‘irate’ and assaulting a security guard. After being removed, he was later seen emerging from a vehicle with a machete and assaulting the original victim in the town centre before running off, Sussex Police added. Police said the victim suffered injuries consistent with a stabbing and required hospital treatment. A month earlier, Hyland-Whiting was involved in a separate violent incident, Sussex Police added. Police said he was involved in an affray at a premises in Mount Road, Hastings, in the early hours of January 22, where he was seen holding a knife. Hyland-Whiting was arrested by officers from the Tactical Enforcement Unit on March 3 and was taken into custody, Sussex Police added. Police said his offences were deemed so serious that the court also imposed an extended sentence, as Hyland-Whiting is considered at risk of committing similar serious offences.](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg3MDMwOGZhLTIyNDEtNGM5NC1hZGVlLTVjYmY0NGQ3NzJmMjo4Y2MwYjM0OC1kNGY0LTRiOTAtOGFhZS02ZWE3NTcyMzA1MTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Locked up in Sussex 2023: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A man has been sentenced following his involvement in violent offences in Bexhill, Sussex Police have confirmed. Police said Connor Hyland-Whiting assaulted a man with a machete in the street following an earlier altercation in a town centre pub. The 25-year-old also committed offences in East Sussex. Following a public appeal, he was located at a holiday park in Camber Sands and was arrested and charged, police said. At Lewes Crown Court on September 11, he admitted wounding with intent, possession of an offensive weapon, possession of a knife, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and affray. Police said he was sentenced to a total of five years in prison, with an additional four years on his licence period. Sussex Police said the court was told how an argument broke out inside a pub in London Road, Bexhill, at 11.20pm on February 24. Police said Hyland-Whiting and the victim had to be separated by security staff, and witnesses described Hyland-Whiting as becoming ‘irate’ and assaulting a security guard. After being removed, he was later seen emerging from a vehicle with a machete and assaulting the original victim in the town centre before running off, Sussex Police added. Police said the victim suffered injuries consistent with a stabbing and required hospital treatment. A month earlier, Hyland-Whiting was involved in a separate violent incident, Sussex Police added. Police said he was involved in an affray at a premises in Mount Road, Hastings, in the early hours of January 22, where he was seen holding a knife. Hyland-Whiting was arrested by officers from the Tactical Enforcement Unit on March 3 and was taken into custody, Sussex Police added. Police said his offences were deemed so serious that the court also imposed an extended sentence, as Hyland-Whiting is considered at risk of committing similar serious offences. Photo: Sussex Police
![A gardener who raped two girls has been jailed for 16 years. John Gosling’s 'appalling abuse' of the two girls included raping them as well as other sexual abuse. Gosling, from Grange Close in Three Bridges, was convicted of 11 offences at Lewes Crown Court on September 14. The offences, which dated in the late 2000s and late 2010s, included raping a girl under the age of 13 and raping a girl between the ages of 13 and 15. Gosling was told he will have to serve a minimum of ten-and-a-half years before he can be considered for parole. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also imposed, which restricts his access to children, and he will be a registered sex offender for life. His 11 convictions included assaulting a girl under the age of 13 by penetration, two counts of assaulting a girl aged 13 to 15 by penetration, and charges of attempting to engage girls aged 13 to 15 in both penetrative and non-penetrative sexual activity.](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk0OTQxYjAxLWZmMjEtNDg1Yi05YTExLWMyZmUxZjU1ZjY1NTozZGVjZGRmOC04OTBkLTQwZWEtOWVkMC1iNjFjNjFkMmZmOGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Locked up in Sussex 2023: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A gardener who raped two girls has been jailed for 16 years. John Gosling’s 'appalling abuse' of the two girls included raping them as well as other sexual abuse. Gosling, from Grange Close in Three Bridges, was convicted of 11 offences at Lewes Crown Court on September 14. The offences, which dated in the late 2000s and late 2010s, included raping a girl under the age of 13 and raping a girl between the ages of 13 and 15. Gosling was told he will have to serve a minimum of ten-and-a-half years before he can be considered for parole. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also imposed, which restricts his access to children, and he will be a registered sex offender for life. His 11 convictions included assaulting a girl under the age of 13 by penetration, two counts of assaulting a girl aged 13 to 15 by penetration, and charges of attempting to engage girls aged 13 to 15 in both penetrative and non-penetrative sexual activity. Photo: Sussex Police
![A man who who took indecent images of two young girls has been jailed for eight years, Sussex Police has revealed. Police said Neil Schooley, 55, of Woburn Place in Brighton, asked a young girl to remove her clothes and pose for a photograph and, two days later, exposed himself to the child. An investigation was launched after the offences were reported and a second girl came forward to report Schooley had given her wine, asked her to take off her clothes and taken a picture of her. "Schooley was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of taking indecent images of a child and two counts of causing or inciting sexual activity with a child," a police spokesperson said. "He pleaded not guilty to all charges, but was found guilty of each offence after a trial at Hove Crown Court in July." At the same court on Friday, August 31, Schooley was sentenced to eight years in prison, police said. He has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order significantly reducing his access to children and vulnerable people.](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhjMGVlZWYxLWU2YTItNDNlNS04N2Q1LWQ5YjhmZjIxYjI1Yzo1Yjk5MDY1Yy1iNTk1LTQ5ZmMtYWNhOC04NjZmYzlmMjk4ZmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Locked up in Sussex 2023: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A man who who took indecent images of two young girls has been jailed for eight years, Sussex Police has revealed. Police said Neil Schooley, 55, of Woburn Place in Brighton, asked a young girl to remove her clothes and pose for a photograph and, two days later, exposed himself to the child. An investigation was launched after the offences were reported and a second girl came forward to report Schooley had given her wine, asked her to take off her clothes and taken a picture of her. "Schooley was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of taking indecent images of a child and two counts of causing or inciting sexual activity with a child," a police spokesperson said. "He pleaded not guilty to all charges, but was found guilty of each offence after a trial at Hove Crown Court in July." At the same court on Friday, August 31, Schooley was sentenced to eight years in prison, police said. He has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order significantly reducing his access to children and vulnerable people. Photo: Sussex Police