These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the second month of 2023.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
5. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in February 2023
A man who used a dog chain to smash multiple windows at a council-owned building in Worthing has been jailed. Gavin Collett will spend 14-months behind bars, after causing more than £18,000 worth of damage at Portland House in Richmond Road, according to Sussex Police. The 39-year-old had been housed at the temporary accommodation, at the time the offences were committed, police said. Police said Collett used a heavy weighted dog chain to smash eight windows in the early hours of February 11 last year. “He then threw bricks or stones to smash a further three windows and a glass door at the premises on the evening of February 17, 2022,” a police spokesperson added. He was identified through CCTV footage and arrested by officers, and charged with two counts of criminal damage. Police said Collett pleaded guilty to the offences. Photo: Sussex Police
6. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in February 2023
A ‘dangerous individual’ who raped a vulnerable women, he met in a bar in East Sussex, will now spend more than six years in jail. Sussex Police said Angelo Giovino, 50, of Holland Road in Hove, met his victim – a woman in her 20s – in a bar in Hove in September 2018. "He took her to an address to which he had access and, once inside, Giovino sexually assaulted and raped her,” a police spokesperson said. Police received a report from the victim the following morning, and the next day Giovino was arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. Giovino was subsequently charged with rape and sexual assault. At Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday, February 14, he was found guilty of rape and one count of sexual assault. On February 17, Giovino was sentenced to six-and-half-years in prison for rape and three years for sexual assault, to run concurrently, police said. Photo: Sussex Police
7. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in February 2023
A Horsham man who made more than 7,000 calls to Sussex Police and SECAmb from September 2020 and was continually abusive to emergency service contact officers has been sentenced to 39-months in prison, Sussex Police has reported. Police said Roger Jackson, 77, pleaded guilty at a hearing at Lewes Crown Court on Friday, January 27. As part of the sentence Jackson will also have a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for 10-years, Sussex Police added. Since September 2020, Jackson has wasted more 400-hours of time while speaking with contact officers from Sussex Police and SECAmb, police said. Jackson also persistently abused contact handlers from SECAmb, making almost 4,000 calls (3,976) through to 999. Photo: Sussex Police
8. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in February 2023
A Portslade man who subjected a woman to a prolonged, violent assault has been jailed, police confirmed. Sussex Police said Damian Manning, 33, of Lincoln Road in Portslade, subjected his victim – a woman in her 20s – to a sustained attack on 29 August, 2022, that left her with multiple injuries. Police were called to the property at around 7am to reports of a disturbance and separated Manning from his victim so they could be spoken to separately. Police said Manning was arrested at the scene, charged with intentional strangulation, causing actual bodily harm, making threats to kill and two counts of criminal damage, and remanded in custody. He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm and intentional strangulation and found guilty of one count of criminal damage, Sussex Police said. He was found not guilty of making threats to kill and criminal damage, police added. At Hove Crown Court on February 8, Manning was sentenced to 13 months in prison. He was also given a restraining order banning him from contacting his victim or visiting a number of addresses linked to her, police added. Photo: Sussex Police