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.
13. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
A man who committed a series of residential break-ins in Crawley Down has been jailed. The incidents occurred in the vicinity of Bowers Place in the early hours of March 22 this year. Tony Cooper, 32, of no fixed address, was tracked down in his vehicle on the A27 near Arundel two days later and arrested. He was charged with fraud by false representation, four counts of attempted burglary and three counts of theft from a vehicle, and remanded in custody to appear before Crawley Magistrates’ Court on March 26, where he pleaded guilty to all offences. He was further remanded in custody and appeared before Portsmouth Crown Court on July 4, where he was sentenced to a total of 21 months’ imprisonment. Photo: Sussex Police
14. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
A Polegate man has been jailed and given a restraining order following a serious domestic assault in Eastbourne. Oliver McDonald, 53, of Brookside Avenue, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on June 25 for sentencing. The court heard that on September 3 last year, McDonald’s victim, 64, had told the defendant that she wanted to end their relationship due to his aggressive behaviour over the previous six months. The following day she had gone to their shared residence to collect some of her belongings. As she was leaving, she was approached by the defendant who was entering the building. He asked what she was doing with her bags and she told him she was leaving with them. He then became violent and lunged at her, strangling, punching and kicking her. He also took her mobile phone from her. The victim was eventually able to leave and drove to a local police station to report the incident. McDonald followed her there and was arrested on suspicion of non-fatal strangulation and actual bodily harm. He was later charged with theft, assault by beating and two counts of strangulation. McDonald initially pleaded not guilty to the charges but then changed his pleas to guilty on all counts. He was sentenced to two years and nine months in jail, given a 10-year restraining order and ordered to pay a surcharge of £228. Photo: Sussex Police
15. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in July 2025
A dangerous driver who led police on a pursuit through Arundel has been sentenced. Marley Keet, 28, as already disqualified from driving when he was seen by officers. He failed to stop, and made off from police at high speed. During a 15-minute pursuit he collided with other vehicles and drove dangerously. Keet drove into a rural dead end, and tried to hide in the back of the van he was driving. But he was arrested and charged with dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without valid insurance, and failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis. At Lewes Crown Court on June 17 he was sentenced to one year in prison, and was further disqualified from driving for two-and-a-half years. Keet, of Old Market Lane, Littlehampton, had been approached by officers outside Arundel at 1pm on April 13. He drove off from officers, and was seen weaving in and out of traffic during a pursuit. Later, he drove the wrong way around a roundabout, and drove towards Amberley during a pursuit, before eventually he was safely stopped. Photo: Sussex Police