These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the eighth month of 2025.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
9. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in August 2025
William Jones, 30, has been jailed for more than two years after pleading guilty to committing a series of thefts, burglaries, and frauds targeting vulnerable people. His string of offences took place within a three-month period earlier this year while he was on license for committing similar offences. The first theft happened on February 28 at an address in Milton Road, Eastbourne. Jones entered the back of the property by breaking through the garden gate. He went on to steal items from the garden, totalling around £500. Next, Jones targeted a property on March 3 in Sandy Cross Lane, Heathfield. Breaking the garden fence to enter the property, he stole around £200 worth of items. He also attempted to access the garage; however he was unsuccessful. Later that month on March 21, Jones cold called an address in Hailsham offering to do some gardening work for a 75-year-old woman. He completed this work and was paid the pre-agreed amount of £150. Jones then returned to the property on March 31 offering to do more work in the garden. He requested an upfront payment of £1,000 from the victim, £300 for the work and an additional £700 for materials. When the victim explained she did not have that amount of cash, he took her to two post office branches and a bank in Eastbourne to withdraw the money. Upon receiving the cash, Jones promised to return to undertake the work, however he never returned. On April 14, Jones continued his burgling spree, targeting an address in Hyperion Avenue, Polegate. He was seen leafleting and attempting to cold-call other properties the area before he broke into an address and stole money and jewellery. Lastly, on April 24, Jones approached an address in Heathfield. He spoke with a 75-year-old man at the property, falsely stating that he knew his family and that they had asked him to cut his trees. Once Jones was inside the address, he stole four legally owned shotguns belonging to the man and left. Reports were made to police, and officers conducted enquiries to establish who Photo: Sussex Police
10. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in August 2025
Gianpaulo Bambi has been jailed for six years after officers seized over one kilogram (kg) of cocaine, two kilograms cannabis and over £2,750 in cash from him across two separate incidents. On September 18, 2024, officers stopped a Volkswagen on the A27 Westbound near Hollingbury, Brighton for a faulty brake light. Due to suspicious behaviour, a search was conducted under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Bambi, a passenger in the vehicle was found to be in possession of one kilogram of cocaine and £2,750 in cash which was subsequently seized. He was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs, acquiring, using or possessing criminal property, and riding in the front passenger seat of a motor vehicle whilst not wearing a seatbelt. He was charged the next day with possession with intent to supply a class A drug and acquiring, using or possessing criminal property. He appeared in Brighton Magistrates Court on September 20 and was remanded into custody but later granted conditional bail. Then on May 27 this year, officers on a proactive patrol in Brighton observed suspicious behaviour between two men outside of an address. One of those men was Bambi. Officers approached Bambi and noticed a strong smell of cannabis prompting a search under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act which he resisted. Bambi was found to be in possession of around two kilograms of cannabis, cocaine and a significant amount of cash, and was arrested on suspicion of possession to supply class A and B drugs and obstructing or resisting a constable in execution of duty. At Brighton Magistrates Court on May 28, Bambi was charged with possession to supply a class B drug and obstructing or resisting a constable in execution of duty and remanded into custody. On June 25, 2025 at Lewes Crown Court Bambi pleaded guilty to acquiring, using or possessing criminal property, possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs. Gianpaulo Bambi, 28, of King George VI Drive, Hove appeared at Lewes Crown Photo: Sussex Police
11. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in August 2025
A man has been sentenced following a fatal collision that took place in Ifield Road, Crawley, on the morning of February 9, 2023. Danyaal Zubair, 28, of Lucas Close, Maidenbower, was driving a black BMW 335 that he had borrowed from a friend. After exiting the Ifield Roundabout into Ifield Avenue westbound at speed, he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a red Honda Jazz travelling on the other side of the road. A third vehicle – a maroon Nissan saloon car – unable to stop in time, collided with the BMW on the eastbound side of the road. The driver of the Nissan suffered minor injuries, however the driver of the Honda Jazz was mechanically trapped inside the vehicle, and after being freed was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Zubair was arrested at the scene after a DrugsWipe tested positive for cannabis. Sadly, the driver of the Honda Jazz, 78-year-old David Pollard, experienced medical complications from his injuries relating to the collision, and died on February 13, 2023. This led to the further arrest of Zubair on March 10 on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He was released under investigation while a series of enquiries were undertaken. As the evidence mounted, on July 31, 2024, Zubair was charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving and causing death by driving a vehicle while unlicensed or uninsured. He appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court a month later on August 28, pleaded not guilty to both offences and was released on bail. Zubair continued to plead not guilty at his plea hearing at Lewes Crown Court on September 25, 2024. On March 24 this year, Zubair changed his plea to guilty to causing death by careless driving, and causing death by driving a vehicle while uninsured. He received an interim six-month driving disqualification ahead of his sentencing. Undeterred, Zubair took to the roads again and on April 22, less than a month later, was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified, and driving whilst uninsured. He was Photo: Sussex Police
12. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in August 2025
A prolific offender who embarked on a £2,000 shoplifting spree across Worthing and Arun has been jailed again. Police were able to build a comprehensive file of evidence against Joanne Cook thanks to early reporting from the businesses she targeted. Her crime spree occurred from April 2 to April 15 this year where she stole items including alcohol, meat, cosmetics and household cleaning products, worth almost £2,000 combined. The incidents happened at the Co-Op stores in South Street, Cricketers Parade, Tarring Road, Field Place Parade, New Broadway and Goring Road in Worthing; as well as Sainsbury’s at Lyons Farm; Paydens Pharmacy in Broadwater Boulevard; Boots in The Street, Rustington; One Stop in North Lane, East Preston; and Tesco in Sterling Parade, Rustington. In total, she was arrested and charged with 14 count of shoplifting, 12 counts of breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order and possession of a bladed article in public, at Worthing Custody Centre in Durrington. The 36-year-old, of Clarendon Road, Broadwater, pleaded guilty to all offences and appeared before Lewes Crown Court on July 22, where she was sentenced to a total of 34 weeks’ imprisonment. Photo: Sussex Police