These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the second month of 2022.
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Some of the criminals locked up in Sussex in February. Pictures courtesy of Sussex Police. Pictures courtesy of Sussex Police
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Jack Stockdale, now 28, of Paradise Walk in Bexhill, was sentenced to six years in prison at Lewes Crown Court on March 31 after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving while over the limits of alcohol and drugs and while uninsured and unlicensed. Stockdale was identified as the driver of a black Yamaha motorcycle that collided with a lamppost on the A269 Ninfield Road, Bexhill, at around 10.30pm on Wednesday, March 12, 2020. His pillion passenger – 27-year-old Joel Vinten from Bexhill – was airlifted to hospital but died on March 16. Witnesses reported seeing the motorbike being driven at excess speed into a 30mph bend, causing it to lose control and leave the road. Photo: Sussex Police
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Hazret Avdyli, (left) 26, of Eltham Green Road, London SE9, was arrested on the balcony of a flat he had been visiting in Littlehampton trying to evade officers last October with the 'deal line' phone of what was known as the 'Joey' line, empty of a Sim card, found at his feet. Avdyli pleaded guilty in February and on March 23 was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court to four years imprisonment for being concerned in the supply of both crack cocaine and heroin in the Littlehampton area from London last year. Abdullah Omar, (right), 33, of Mountfield Road, London E15, was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court on March 24 of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the Bognor area. He was sentenced to eight years. He had played a significant role in the running of the 'Henry' drugs line into the area from London. Photo: Sussex Police
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In January 2019, officers on plain-clothed patrols in Hastings town centre witnessed a man and two women acting suspiciously in Cornwallis Gardens. Believing a drug deal had taken place, officers observed the man as he returned to his car. He was detained after parking up elsewhere in the town, and taken to Hastings Police Station. The key to the car was found discarded nearby alongside a package containing 69 wraps of crack cocaine and 44 wraps of heroin. DNA found on the discarded drugs wraps matched that of the man arrested - later known to be Alex Simon, 25, of Frederick Street, Swansea. He was charged with possession with intent to supply a Class A drug (heroin) and possession with intent to supply a Class A drug (crack cocaine). Simon had also been arrested in connection with the discovery of a cannabis factory at a property in Milward Road, Hastings, in August 2019. Officers had been at the address on an unrelated matter when they noticed a smell of cannabis coming from the letterbox. Inside, they foun Photo: Sussex Police
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Albert Frani, 27, of Rushlake Road in Brighton, was arrested and charged with being concerned in the production of a Class B drug (cannabis). At Brighton Magistrates’ Court on March 14, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison. Officers from Brighton and Hove’s Neighbourhood Policing Team investigated the Rushlake Road area following concerns of suspected drug dealing raised by members of the public. Information gathered was passed on to Brighton and Hove’s Tactical Enforcement Unit, who conducted house to house enquiries on March 13. As one resident came to his front door, officers could hear the sound of fans whirring in the background and a significant smell of cannabis coming from the property. A thermal imaging camera used by a PCSO also detected an unusual amount of heat coming from inside. The occupant was detained while a search was carried out, which found four rooms filled with cannabis cultivation equipment and signs that dozens of plants had recently been harvested. Two large bags Photo: Sussex Police
9. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in March 2023
A Brighton teenager has been jailed after making violent threats towards two women, including threatening to petrol-bomb their home. Zaine Reid, 18, of Sussex Terrace in Brighton also arrested two officers when they arrested him on December 27 last year. Between December 6 and December 22, he sent messages to two 18-year-old women, threatening to kill them, pay people to harm them, and petrol bomb their homes. Appearing at Brighton Magistrates Court, on Friday, February 24, he plead guilty to two counts of malicious communications and harassment, was found guilty of two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, and deemed not-guilty of causing actual bodily harm, with which he was also charged. he was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison suspended for 24 months for the malicious communications and harassment charges, and four weeks in prison for assaulting emergency workers on March 10. He was also given a three year restraining order Photo: Sussex Police
10. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in March 2023
A man has received a significant custodial sentence after he was caught on camera committing two robberies in a West Sussex town, Sussex Police has confirmed. Police said Michael Hooper first approached an elderly man at a cash point at Sainsbury’s in Crawley Avenue, West Green, on April 10 last year and asked him for some money. When the man refused, Hooper pushed him and snatched the cash from his hand, before running from the scene, Sussex Police added. During the second incident on May 22, he entered a newsagents in Ifield Road, West Green, and attempted to purchase a bottle of whisky, police reported. After his card was declined, he walked towards the till area but was challenged by staff, Sussex Police added. Police said he then reached over the counter and took a 70cl bottle without paying for it and ran out of the shop. Sussex Police said he returned just over an hour later, this time in possession of two Stanley knives, which he brandished towards staff behind the counter. Fearing for their safety, the staff activated the security alarm, police reported. In the meantime, Hooper again reached across the counter and this time stole two further 70cl bottles of whisky before leaving the store, Sussex Police said. Both incidents were captured on CCTV and the defendant was subsequently identified as Hooper, 43, of Leopold Road, Crawley. Police said he was arrested and charged with burglary, two counts of robbery and two counts of possession of a knife in public. Hooper pleaded guilty to all five offences and was sentenced to a total of 44 months’ imprisonment at Lewes Crown Court on February 24, Sussex Police added. Photo: Sussex Police
11. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in March 2023
A man left his victim unconscious in the street after violently attacking him, police said. Darryl Crane was jailed for carrying out the assault in Hastings. Police said he had been drinking with the victim, a 26-year-old man, at a flat in Hastings when he carried out the attack. Sussex Police said police officers later found the victim unconscious in the street outside with serious injuries. The victim was taken to hospital, with injuries including a fractured eye socket and internal bleeding in his head, as well as bruises to his body, arms and knees, police added. Police said he remembered very little of the incident apart from trying to escape from the flat, and remained in hospital for two weeks afterwards. He is still suffering as a result of his head injuries. Crane was arrested along with a youth, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, police said. After a trial at Hove Crown Court on January 16 this year, Crane was found guilty by a jury of Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm with intent. Police said Crane, 35, unemployed, of Halton Place, Hastings, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment and a further three years on licence. The youth, a teenage boy, was found guilty of Section 20 Grievous Bodily Harm. He was sentenced to a three-year youth rehabilitation order with a supervisory requirement, police added. The court heard how officers found the victim in the street in Priory Road, Hastings, at about 9.30pm on April 21, 2020. Photo: Google
12. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in March 2023
A man has been jailed after he was found guilty of two counts of rape and other offences against a woman in West Sussex, Sussex Police have said. Arthur Norris, known to most as Alfy Norris, sought to isolate the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, and control her, police said. Sussex Police said that he claimed that the victim’s family and friends were “toxic” for her. Police were alerted after Norris attended her address and set fire to her car. She then disclosed how she had been raped and controlled by Norris, who forced himself upon her. Norris, 35, formerly of Montalan Crescent, Selsey, stood trial at Portsmouth Crown Court in December, charged with two counts of rape, arson, and coercive control. The jury reached unanimous guilty verdicts on all four counts against him. The court heard how the victim revealed the extent of the sexual offences and abuse after he had attended her address and torched her vehicle in July 22. Officers swiftly arrested Norris, and he was remanded in custody to await trial. In court on Monday, March 6, Norris was sentenced to seven years and eight months in custody. Photo: Sussex Police