These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the seventh month of 2025.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
5. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
Sussex & Surrey Serious and Organised Crime Unit have disrupted a UK-wide multi-kilo drug supply worth millions. Three men have been jailed, a woman has been given a community order, and one man has been convicted in relation to the supply of over 100 kilograms (kg) of class A and B drugs as a result of the investigation. The five defendants are linked to a major organised crime group believed to be responsible for a larger UK-wide supply of hundreds of kilos of drugs worth multi-millions of pounds, one of Sussex’s biggest operations. To date, 32 members of the wider organised crime group have been arrested, and a significant number of illegal drugs and weapons have been taken off the streets across Sussex. Robin Kingham, 34, of Swan Avenue, Upminster, Havering, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a class A drug, possessing an offensive weapon in a private place, acquiring, using or possessing criminal property and possession with intent to supply class A drug. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. Photo: Sussex Police
6. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
A robber who threatened store staff with a hammer has been sentenced. Jack Reeder entered a Co-op store in Ham Road, Shoreham, with the weapon. He threatened staff and demanded cash before running away. The 33-year-old was heavily intoxicated and was later identified by witnesses and handed himself in following a public appeal. Shop workers at the store described how the incident left them incredibly shaken and tearful. Reeder, of Seafield Road, Hove, appeared for sentencing at Lewes Crown Court on July 22, where he admitted robbery, and a further charge of theft from a shop. The court was told how the incidents happened on May 10 this year. It started in the Shoreham News shop in Buckingham Road at about 7am where he was rude to a shop worker and stole a packet of crisps. Then moments later he entered the Co-op in Ham Road. He demanded money from the till and threatened a shop worker with a hammer. Two shop workers with more than 20 years of experience each said they had never experienced an incident like it during their careers. Later, witnesses saw Reeder eating breakfast in a nearby café and removing the hammer from a sock. He left the area via bus. Reeder handed himself after seeing a public appeal issued. He was initially remanded in custody on May 13 at a hearing before Crawley Magistrates’ Court. Photo: Sussex Police
7. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
An Arundel man who distributed indecent images of children has been jailed. Kieran Hornsby, 29, formerly of Canada Road in Arundel, distributed the most serious (category A) indecent images of children via an X (formerly Twitter) account owned by him. He was arrested in March, 2023, where several electronic devices were seized and found to contain evidence of distribution of indecent images, and material suggesting a sexual interest in children. In addition to the indecent images of children, a number of voyeuristic images were found of an adult woman, who was totally unaware of them having been taken. Hornsby was subsequently charged with distributing category A indecent images of children and voyeurism. He pleaded guilty to both charges and, at Lewes Crown Court on July 15 he was sentenced to a total of three years in prison, given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and made subject to lifelong notification to the Sex Offenders Register, severely restricting his use of digital devices, the internet and overseas travel. He was also given a restraining order regarding the voyeurism victim, who in law will have lifelong anonymity. Photo: Sussex Police
8. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
James Wadhawan has been jailed for sexual offences involving a teenage girl in Lancing. Wadhawan, 35, of Penalverne Crescent in Penzance, was issued with a Child Abduction Warning Notice (CAWN) in January 2024, following reports of inappropriate contact with teenager. On March 9, 2024, police received a report of Wadhawan having been seen with the victim in Lancing. Officers engaged with the girl and her family, while Wadhawan was arrested later that evening. He was released on bail with strict conditions while further enquiries were carried out. On March 13, 2024, Wadhawan was found again with the girl on a bridge in Lancing and arrested. He was charged with two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 and one count of child abduction, and remanded in custody. Wadhawan pleaded guilty to all charges at Lewes Crown Court on May 12 and, at Hove Trial Centre on July 1, was jailed for 10 years, given an indefinite restraining order against the victim and will be a registered sex offender for life. Photo: Sussex Police