Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the final four months of 2025.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
5. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A Littlehampton man who engaged in sexual activity with a teenage girl has been jailed. Police said that George Blackmore, 23, of Arundel Drive in Littlehampton, was 19 at the time of the offending when he developed an inappropriate relationship with a girl under the age of 16. She reported a number of incidents of sexual activity with Blackmore, including an allegation of rape, police added. A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: “Sexual images of the child were found on Blackmore’s devices following his arrest in 2022. Police also received separate reports from a 16-year-old girl around the same period, who alleged Blackmore had engaged in sexual communications with her, including sending sexual videos and images. Both girls were safeguarded and provided specialist support, while Blackmore was charged with rape, two counts of sexual activity with a child and making an indecent photograph of a child, in relation to the victim who was under the age of 16, police added. He was also charged with engaging in sexual communication with a child and causing a child to watch an image of sexual activity, in relation to the 16-year-old." The Sussex Police spokesperson added: “At Hove Crown Court on Thursday, July 24, Blackmore was found guilty of both counts of sexual activity with a child. He was found not guilty of all other charges. At the same court on September 22, he was jailed for three and a half years and given a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, significantly reducing his ability to cause further harm.” Photo: Sussex Police
6. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A drug dealer has been sentenced after being stopped in his vehicle in Worthing. Tyreek Rodney was linked to the supply of class A drugs including crack cocaine and heroin. After being stopped, a search was carried out at an address in Grafton Road, Worthing, where large quantities of the drugs were found. Police found 600 wraps of drugs, white powder rocks, as well as large sums of cash and weapons inside. Rodney, 25, was arrested and admitted two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply, money laundering, and possession of cannabis when before Lewes Crown Court on September 8. The court was told how an incident unfolded on July 9. Officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit and Tactical Enforcement Unit acted on information and concerns that there may have been possible firearm in a vehicle. A Vauxhall Insignia driven by Rodney was safely stopped in Grafton Road, Worthing, but no firearm was found. A search of his address found the large quantities of class A drugs, cash and weapons and he was taken into custody. Rodney, of Grafton Road, Worthing, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
7. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A drug dealer who was caught on camera has been jailed for two years. Following reports of drug dealing in the Sillwood Road area of Brighton on August 4, officers were able to identify a suspect from footage captured nearby. The next day, Endri Lamaj, 23, of no fixed address was spotted by officers in John Street, Brighton, where he was followed and detained to be searched under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Lamaj complied and even offered officers Class A drugs while admitting the offence. Eleven zip bags of cocaine were obtained during the search, and Lamaj was also found in possession of a large quantity of cash. He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A drug and taken to custody. Lamaj was charged with the offence in the early hours of August 6 and appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court the same day where he was remanded into custody. At his hearing the following month on September 3 at Lewes Crown Court, Lamaj pleaded guilty to the offence, and he was sentenced the same day to two years in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
8. Locked up in Sussex 2025: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
A man from London has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of running a County Line supplying crack cocaine and heroin into Eastbourne. Shevane Collins, 32, from Lewisham, London, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on September 12, after being found guilty following a five-day trial. The investigation revealed that Collins was responsible for co-ordinating the supply of drugs from London into the Hampden Park area of Eastbourne. Evidence showed his vehicle and personal phone numbers were repeatedly linked to drug line activity between September 2020 and January 2021. Collins was arrested on two occasions - in January 2021, and again in April 2021 - when officers found a wrap of crack cocaine inside his vehicle. A search of his home also uncovered over £3,000 in cash. He was charged in April 2022 and denied the offences, but a jury found him guilty of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as possession of crack cocaine. Collins will now serve a five-year prison sentence. Photo: Sussex Police