Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the summer of 2024.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
9. Locked up in Sussex 2024: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A robber who threatened a petrol station worker with a knife has been jailed. Matthew Maule entered the premises in Findon Road, Worthing, at about 5am on February 8 this year. A worker reported a robbery at the premises and the suspect had left the scene. There was also a further report of an incident at an address in Worthing involving a knife. Sussex Police issued a public appeal to help identify and locate Maule, and he was subsequently arrested on suspicion of robbery and possession of a knife in a public place. At Lewes Crown Court on May 3, Maule, aged 38, formerly a groundsman of Gravits Lane, Bognor, admitted robbery, possession of a knife in public, and possession of a bladed article in public. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
10. Locked up in Sussex 2024: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A drug driver caused serious injuries after he swerved and collided head-on with another vehicle near Chichester. Charlie Bedworth, 37, failed to see a vehicle ahead of him indicating to turn right off the Selsey Road B2145 near Hunston. He attempted to evade a collision but in doing so drove into the path of an oncoming vehicle. At the roadside Bedworth provided a positive DrugWipe test for cocaine. The victim, a 53-year-old local man from Selsey, was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. He continues to require ongoing treatment and rehabilitation for his injuries nearly a year after the crash. At Portsmouth Crown Court on May 10, Bedworth, unemployed of Justin Close, Brentford, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and drug-driving. He was sentenced to four years in prison and was disqualified from driving for five years. The court heard how the incident happened at about 7.40am on June 10 last year. A motorist in a Range Rover ahead of Bedworth had indicated to make a right turn. But Bedworth, driving at speed in an Audi Q5, failed to see the vehicle braking for the turn. At the last moment, he swerved into the path of an oncoming Kia Picanto. Bedworth failed a roadside DrugWipe test which indicated cocaine in his body. His later blood test showed he had 296 micrograms (ug) of the chemical breakdown of cocaine, called benzoylecgonine, per litre of blood in his body. The legal limit for this chemical breakdown product is 50ug per litre of blood in the body. At interview he initially claimed he had not taken any drugs and speculated he may have had a drink spiked while dining at a restaurant. But when asked how two independent tests could be wrong, and asked if he had taken any drugs in the seven days prior to the collision, he refused to answer. Photo: Sussex Police
11. Locked up in Sussex 2024: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
A man has been jailed after stealing a bike and making threats with an angle grinder in Brighton. George Jhugroo, 24, of Brookfields Avenue in Mitcham was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on May 23 following a guilty plea last month. On May 28, 2023, the victim left his bike locked up in Kings Road, near Cavendish Place while he was on the lower seafront promenade. A short while later, the victim looked up to Kings Road to see sparks and a man, now known to be Jhugroo, using an angle grinder to remove the lock from his bike. Members of the public gathered around Jhugroo, requesting he stop, and in response he threatened to assault them with the angle grinder. After removing the lock, Jhugroo rode off on the bike towards Norfolk Square. Following the robbery, Jhugroo sustained an injury during an altercation, and the bike was later recovered. The same day, Jhugroo attended the Royal Sussex County hospital for treatment, where he was intercepted by police and arrested in relation to the matter. He was then bailed with strict conditions pending further enquiries. Jhugroo was charged on February 5 with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. On April 4, Jhugroo pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced on May 23 to 33 months imprisonment. Photo: Sussex Police
12. Locked up in Sussex 2024: These are some of the criminals jailed between May and August
Two men have been sentenced for the robbery of a man in Brighton. Charlie Crookes (pictured) and Anthony Kirsten targeted the man as he walked in The Avenue, Bevendean. The victim tried to avoid them and entered a nearby shop. But Crookes and Kirsten followed him inside where they assaulted the victim with a bottle and threatened him with a knife. It left the victim shaken and injured. Both men admitted robbery and possession of a bladed article when they appeared before Lewes Crown Court for sentence on June 7. Crookes, 23, of Norwich Drive, Bevendean, Brighton, admitted robbery, aggravated vehicle taking, and possession of a bladed article over the incident on December 6 last year. He was also convicted for a range of other separate offences including making threats with a knife, theft of bicycles, and possession of cocaine. In specific he admitted one charge of robbery, one charge of aggravated vehicle taking, four counts of possession of a blade article, three counts of making threats with a bladed article, affray, three counts of theft of a bicycle, theft of food, burglary, and possession of cocaine. Crookes was sentenced to seven years in prison in total. He must serve a minimum of two thirds of the sentence before he can be considered for parole. The court added an extra three year extended sentence for his licence period. Photo: Sussex Police