Billy Harte, 28, and Martin Roberts, 26, both of Chichester, were jailed on June 30 for stealing from pallets outside Homebase. On June 28, the pair were seen driving a van into the Barnfield Drive store, which was found filled with gravel and timber. Both admitted attempted theft, theft, going equipped for theft, while Harte also admitted drink driving, aggravated vehicle taking and driving without insurance. Roberts was jailed for 32 weeks, Harte for 18.

placeholder image — Billy Harte, 28, and Martin Roberts, 26, both of Chichester, were jailed on June 30 for stealing from pallets outside Homebase. On June 28, the pair were seen driving a van into the Barnfield Drive store, which was found filled with gravel and timber. Both admitted attempted theft, theft, going equipped for theft, while Harte also admitted drink driving, aggravated vehicle taking and driving without insurance. Roberts was jailed for 32 weeks, Harte for 18.

Locked up in Sussex: Here are the most high profile criminals jailed in July

By John Holden

Published 3rd Aug 2020, 08:27 BST

Updated 3rd Aug 2020, 14:06 BST

Coronavirus may have slowed much of the world but the wheels of justice have never stopped grinding.

In July, and the last couple of days of June, Sussex saw paedophiles, thieves, drug dealers and more sent to jail for their crimes. Here are some of the most high profile.

Nigel McDermott, 53, travelled from his home in Wiltshire to meet what he thought was a teenage girl for sex in Crawley on February 12. The builders merchant was jailed for three years, on July 10, after admitting facilitating a child sex offence. He was placed on the sex offenders register.

9. Nigel McDermott

Nigel McDermott, 53, travelled from his home in Wiltshire to meet what he thought was a teenage girl for sex in Crawley on February 12. The builders merchant was jailed for three years, on July 10, after admitting facilitating a child sex offence. He was placed on the sex offenders register.