These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the tenth month of 2022.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
5. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
A Bognor Regis man who committed a series of knifepoint robberies has been jailed, a Sussex Police spokesperson said. Michael Richard Jones, 28, of Belmont Street, was sentenced to four years imprisonment for crimes committed at three separate Bognor Regis businesses earlier this year. Police said the incidents took place at the Premier convenience store in Gordon Avenue on June 26, Grande Wines in Felpham Road on July 8 and at the post office in Summerley Lane on July 12. He was arrested on August 15, after police launched an official inquiry including CCTV trawls and witness statements. Jones was remanded in custody and charged with three counts of robbery. Having pleaded guilty to all three counts, he appeared at Lewes Crown Court on October 11, where he was sentenced. Photo: Sussex Police
6. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
A Hurstpierpoint man has been sentenced to prison after he was filmed appearing to attempt a sexual act with a dog, Sussex Police have said. Police said that Peter Lerwill, 30, of Western Road, plead guilty to attempting a sexual act with an animal at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday, October 20. He was sentenced to 12-weeks in prison, they added. Police said that Lerwill was arrested on Thursday, June 9, after they received a report of ‘a man dressed in women’s clothing involved in a sexual act with a dog’. Police said the dog was taken to a vet immediately for an assessment and care, but it had not suffered any injury and was returned to its owner. Photo: Sussex Police
7. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
Three people have been jailed and ordered to repay over £20,000 in illegally gained money after being convicted of County Lines drug offences in West Sussex. In May 2021, West Sussex’s Community Investigation Team (CIT) became aware of a county drugs line known as the ‘TT’ line operating between Worthing and London. An investigation was launched and five months later, on October 12, a police operation in partnership with the Metropolitan Police targeted properties associated with the gang. Damarius Patterson, 21, (left) formerly of Marischal Road in Lewisham, Asharm Patterson-Low, 27, formerly of Dunheved Road in Croydon, and Lucy Pinkney, 24, (right) formerly of Limpsfield Avenue in Croydon, were all taken into custody. On February 4, 2022, Pinkney was jailed for four years, Patterson for six years and Patterson-Low for five years and four months. At the time of his arrest, Patterson-Low was found attempting to wash rocks of crack cocaine down the sink, and he was in possession of two mobile phones. In his kitchen were Class A drugs worth over £1,000, paraphernalia associated with drug dealing and £940 in cash next to a cash counting machine. Pinkney was arrested in Worthing and in a property linked to her in the town was found heroin and crack cocaine worth £6,760, more than £2,000 in cash and a mobile phone connected to the TT line. All three were charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, as well as conspiracy to acquire / use / possess criminal property. On December 10, 2021, at Lewes Crown Court, all three pleaded guilty to the three counts of supplying Class A drugs, but not guilty to acquiring criminal property. That charge was ordered to lie on file. On Friday, October 14, the final of three confiscation orders were completed, where it was heard they had benefitted to the sum of £112,092.73 each. The court found Pinkney had £11,298.54 in recoverable assets and Patterson-Low had £10,000, which were all forfeited under a confiscation order. The remaining Photo: Sussex Police
8. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
Matthew Banks, from Chichester, forcefully shook his two-year-old son causing injuries which later led to his death, a Sussex Police spokesperson said. Banks pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of two-year-old Leo following an investigation by the West Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit. He appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, October 21 and was sentenced to three years, eight months imprisonment. Leo had been receiving specialist in-patient and out-patient treatment for head injuries suffered in December 2017, when he was just four weeks old. He died at home in February 2020 as a result. Sussex Police said Banks, 34, of Gilbert Road, was interviewed by officers in relation to his son’s injuries and admitted to shaking the baby ‘quite vigorously while looking after him during the night. He told police Leo had been crying hysterically and seemed stressed during a feed, leading to Banks become tired and frustrated. Medical help wasn’t sought until the following morning, when Leo’s mother woke up and realised her son was poorly. Photo: Eddie Mitchell