These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the sixth month of 2024.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
21. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in June 2024
A prolific Crawley criminal has been jailed for a spate of violent incidents. Danny Williams was sentenced to 44 months’ imprisonment when he appeared before Lewes Crown Court on May 31, 2024. On September 7, 2022, at around 1pm, Williams stole a Mercedes Sprinter van from a delivery driver in Brighton Road and was later identified on CCTV when exiting the vehicle. A month later, on October 7, 2022 at 11am, it was heard that Williams strangled a 52-year-old man in an unprovoked attack. Police were called following the incident in Broadfield Barton, in which after Williams threatened the man, he attacked his victim. On October 15, 2022, Williams approached another man in Broadfield Barton at around 9pm and asked for money. When the victim, a 32-year-old man, refused, he was threatened with a knife. He then went to a 45-year-old woman’s house on October 17, 2022 shortly before 3pm and threatened her. Williams, 45, of no fixed address, appeared before Lewes Crown Court on February 2, 2024 and pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening a person with a knife, intentional strangulation, common assault, theft of a motor vehicle, driving without a licence and assault by beating. Photo: Sussex Police
22. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in June 2024
A Bexhill man who raped and sexually assaulted two young girls has been sentenced to 28 years. John Armsby, 47, of Ninfield Road in Bexhill, repeatedly sexually abused two girls under the age of 13 between 2017 and 2022. The offences were reported to Sussex Police on January 24, 2022, and Armsby was arrested two days later. His young victims and their families were given specialist support by Sussex Police officers and our partners. Armsby’s home was searched, and digital devices were found containing indecent images of children. He was subsequently charged with five counts of rape of a child under 13, five counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, assaulting a child under 13 by penetration, three counts of possessing indecent images of children and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child. A jury found him guilty of all charges at Lewes Crown Court on March 26, 2024. At the same court on June 6, Armsby was sentenced to 24 years in prison, with another four to be spent on extended licence. He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, indefinite Restraining Orders against both victims and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. Photo: Sussex Police