These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the tenth month of 2024.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
13. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October 2024
A volunteer youth worker has been jailed for publishing hundreds of indecent images of children on social media. Perry Cornish posted explicit content from his computer while at his home address and also while at a youth centre in West Sussex. Police became aware of his offending after it was reported by X (formerly Twitter) in December 2021 and January 2022. The 23-year-old, of Dower Walk, Crawley, was subsequently arrested and a number of his electronic devices were seized. Analysis revealed the children in the images were aged between four and 17 years of age. He was charged with the following offences: Making 86 Category A indecent images of a child; Making 56 Category B indecent images of a child; Making 21 Category C indecent images of a child; Distributing a Category A indecent image of a child; Distributing a Category C indecent image of a child. While the case was going through the judicial process, police received a further report relating to Cornish in April 2024. He had used an online platform to engage in conversation with users he believed to be under the age of 16 – but the users were in fact undercover police officers. He was further arrested and charged with the following offences: Two counts of intentionally attempting to communicate with a girl who he did not reasonably believe to be 16 or over, and encouraging them to make a sexual communication, for the purpose of sexual gratification; Two counts of intentionally attempting to communicate with a girl who he did not reasonably believe to be 13 or over, and encouraging them to watch or look at an image of sexual activity, for the purpose of sexual gratification; Intentionally attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child who he did not reasonably believe to be 13 or over, for the purpose of sexual gratification; Making two Category A indecent images of a child; Making nine Category B indecent images of a child; Making 240 Category C indecent images of a child. Due to the overwhelming evidence presented to him, Cornish pleaded Photo: Sussex Police
14. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October 2024
A man has been jailed for numerous violent offences against a woman in Hastings Lee Woods, 31, of no fixed address, attacked and strangled a woman in her 30s inside her address. It was heard that police were called to a report of a disturbance on Priory Road, off Egremont Place on August 20 after Woods and the woman could be heard arguing. Woods violently assaulted her during this exchange and strangled her. She tried to escape to the bathroom, where he kicked the door down and assaulted her. After trying to evade police, Woods was arrested on August 24 and charged with grievous bodily harm, intentional strangulation and criminal damage. He pleaded guilty to all three charges on August 28 at Brighton Magistrates' court. On September 24 at Hove Crown Court, Woods was sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment and was handed a five year restraining order against the woman. Photo: Sussex Police
15. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October 2024
A St Leonards man has been jailed for rape on a girl. Randy Tirbanie raped of a teenage girl on February 16, and suffocated her with a pillow. The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been supported by specially trained officers, as well as her family. The incident, which took place at an address in St Leonards, was reported to police shortly after and Tirbanie was arrested on the day. He was later charged with two counts of rape and one count of suffocation. Following a five-day trial at Lewes Crown Court, starting on August 12, he was found guilty on all three counts. Tirbanie, 43, of St Matthews Road, St Leonards was sentenced to 12 years and six months’ imprisonment when he appeared before Lewes Crown Court on September 27. Photo: Sussex Police