These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the first month of 2024.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
9. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in January 2024
A man has been jailed following an assault in Horsham. Police were called to reports of a disturbance at an address in Peary Close at around 6pm on January 30, 2023. Kristopher Everitt, 40, of no fixed address, entered the property without permission, before showing a resident his hands covered in blood. He then proceeded to rub it on his victim’s t-shirt and his face. Other residents of the property, who were known to him, intervened, and shouted at Everitt to leave, who eventually did. Upon exiting, he damaged a fence on Cook Road. Everitt pleaded guilty to both criminal damage and common assault, and was sentenced for 14 months’ imprisonment on January 22 when he appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court. Photo: Sussex Police
10. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in January 2024
An organised crime group have been sentenced for their roles in supplying drugs disguised as bath salts and beauty products. The group used products in an effort to ship class A and class B drugs to the USA and Australia via courier services. But the vast majority of packages were intercepted either in the UK or in the recipient countries, prompting a police inquiry. Sussex Police officers attended rented premises at Truleigh Hill near Shoreham, where about £1 million in MDMA was located inside two holdall bags. Following a thorough investigation, eight people have been convicted for their roles in the criminal enterprise. At Hove Crown Court on January 12 the final defendants appeared for sentence. Alexander Griffin (pictured) was linked to the organised group. He was observed by officers in central Brighton entering a 'stash' vehicle which contained 4,000 suspected class A drugs tablets in the Churchill Square shopping centre car park in August 2019. The estimated street value of the drugs was worth more than £320,000. Officers observed him interacting with brothers Dean Mazirel and Oliver Mazirel in Canon Place, before the brothers were also later arrested. Alexander Griffin, 37, formerly a financial consultant of Ninfield Road, Bexhill, admitted conspiring to fraudulently evade any duty or prohibition, or restriction or provision, contrary to the Criminal Law Act. He was sentenced to six years in prison during a hearing in May 2023. Photo: Sussex Police
11. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in January 2024
An organised crime group have been sentenced for their roles in supplying drugs disguised as bath salts and beauty products. The group used products in an effort to ship class A and class B drugs to the USA and Australia via courier services. But the vast majority of packages were intercepted either in the UK or in the recipient countries, prompting a police inquiry. Sussex Police officers attended rented premises at Truleigh Hill near Shoreham, where about £1 million in MDMA was located inside two holdall bags. Following a thorough investigation, eight people have been convicted for their roles in the criminal enterprise. At Hove Crown Court on January 12 the final defendants appeared for sentence. The court was told how two holdall bags containing MDMA were found in stables rented by Jenny Blake in June 2019. Lee Hudson and his then partner Laura Burke were seen visiting regularly, and through paperwork and investigation, Matt Hodgson and Benjamin Beal (pictured) were also linked to the group. Benjamin Beal, 43, formerly a managing director of a property company, of Downland Drive, Hove, was found guilty of conspiring to fraudulently evade any duty or prohibition, or restriction or provision. He was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
12. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in January 2024
An organised crime group have been sentenced for their roles in supplying drugs disguised as bath salts and beauty products. The group used products in an effort to ship class A and class B drugs to the USA and Australia via courier services. But the vast majority of packages were intercepted either in the UK or in the recipient countries, prompting a police inquiry. Sussex Police officers attended rented premises at Truleigh Hill near Shoreham, where about £1 million in MDMA was located inside two holdall bags. Following a thorough investigation, eight people have been convicted for their roles in the criminal enterprise. At Hove Crown Court on January 12 the final defendants appeared for sentence. The court was told how two holdall bags containing MDMA were found in stables rented by Jenny Blake in June 2019. Lee Hudson (pictured) and his then partner Laura Burke were seen visiting regularly. Lee Hudson, 42, formerly a barber, of Manor Fields, Horsham, was found guilty of conspiring to fraudulently evade any duty or prohibition, or restriction or provision and was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison. Photo: Sussex Police