Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the first four months of 2025.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
29. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
Lancing man Luke Maddran has been jailed for controlling and abusing a woman, as well as threatening to kill members of his own family. On September 17, 2024, a woman reported Maddran, 38, of no fixed address, was on his way to kill her and her children. She disclosed she had been subjected to repeated physical and psychological abuse from Maddran over a period of around five years. The victim reported multiple violent assaults and terrifying threats to kill her and her family, and kidnap her son. Maddran also threatened to kill several members of his own family, who disclosed they felt he was capable of following through with the threats. The victim and her family were taken to safety and an urgent search was launched for Maddran. He was arrested the same day, charged with two counts of intentional strangulation, coercive and controlling behaviour, causing actual bodily harm and making threatening communications and remanded in custody. At Hove Trial Centre on February 20, he pleaded guilty to all charges. At the same court on February 24, he was sentenced to six years and two months in prison and given a restraining order against all the victims and their children, and ordered not to enter West Sussex for a period of 14 years. Photo: Sussex Police
30. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
A drug dealer who was found in possession of drugs in Horsham has been sentenced. Shamel Sudeene-Darien was stopped by officers in the town centre on suspicion of drug dealing. He was found to have five wraps of suspected heroin and six wraps of suspected crack cocaine. Police completed a search of a rented address in the town, where a young child in his care was found alone. The address contained drugs, cash, weapons, and hazards for a young toddler. Officers ensured appropriate safeguarding was put in place to ensure the toddler was safe. Sudeene-Darien, 27, unemployed and formerly of an address in Penge, London, was charged with nine offences. These included possession of class A drugs with intent to supply (namely heroin and crack cocaine), being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, being concerned in the supply of cannabis, acquiring, using or possessing criminal property, possession of an offensive weapon in public (namely a screwdriver), and child neglect. At Lewes Crown Court on March 11, he was sentenced to a total of three years in prison. The court was told how officers suspected Sudeene-Darien of drug dealing and detained him for a search at 5pm on January 20. He was found with wraps of suspected drugs in his possession as well as a screwdriver, and a burner mobile phone linked to County Lines drug dealing. The subsequent search of an address found £1,000 in cash, and 154 wraps of crack cocaine found in a black glove. His phones also showed further evidence that he was supplying drugs in the area. Photo: Sussex Police
31. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
Jodie Dawkins, 31, of The Goffs, Eastbourne, has been jailed for 41 weeks following a string of shoplifting offences in the town. She was arrested and charged on March 17, and pleaded guilty to 12 counts of shoplifting. In total, she stole £1,300 worth of goods including alcohol, clothing, protein bars, cosmetics, chocolate and condiments between November 2024 and March. She was remanded in custody and sentenced at Brighton Magistrates’ Court the following day, where she was also given a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) which prohibits her from entering certain shops in Eastbourne. Photo: Sussex Police
32. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between January and April
A Hailsham man who stole from a vulnerable woman has been jailed for robbery. Mark Stonestreet, 38, of St Marys Avenue, Hailsham, has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment following a hearing at Lewes Crown Court on April 22. In addition to the custodial sentence, Stonestreet received a 10-year restraining order, with conditions not to approach the victim, not to visit North Street in Hailsham and not to enter Asda in Hailsham. This restraining order will remain in effect for 10 years. The sentencing follows an incident on February 8 in Carriers Path, Hailsham, where Stonestreet targeted a 66-year-old woman who was using a disability walker. He snatched her wallet and cash directly out of her hand, fracturing her wrist. Following police enquiries, Stonestreet was subsequently arrested and remanded in custody. This significant sentence acknowledges the fact that Stonestreet had targeted the same victim on previous occasions. Photo: Sussex Police