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.
9. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in September
A St Leonards man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl has been jailed. Police said Raymond Haffenden, 69, of Springfield Road, received a 12-year jail sentence at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday, October 19 after being found guilty of four counts of sexual assault. He was accused of sexually assaulting a young girl on a number of occasions. A police investigation was launched when allegations were reported, and computer devices seized. Police said Haffenden was arrested and charged with four counts of sexual assault on a girl by touching; three counts of sexual assault on a girl by penetration and two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child. On May 5 he was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a girl by touching and two counts of sexual assault on a girl by penetration. Police said he was sentenced to four years in prison for the two sexual assaults by touching, and 11 and 12 years for each charge of sexual assault on a girl by penetration – all to be served concurrently. Haffenden was told he must serve at least two thirds of his sentence in custody and he was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Protection Order, severely restricting his access to children and electronic devices. Photo: Sussex Police
10. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
A Peacehaven woman has been jailed for a violent assault in a pub that left her victim with significant facial injuries, Sussex Police has reported. Louisa Lyons, 40, of Buckhurst Road in Peacehaven, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the incident in the Telscombe Tavern public house on August 17, 2019, police said. Sussex Police said Lyons was reported to have armed herself with a fire extinguisher before headbutting her victim – a 39-year-old woman – and smashing her face into the floor in an unprovoked attack. Sussex Police said Lyons was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and, at Hove Crown Court on Friday, October 14, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison, with a further three years to be spent on licence. Photo: Sussex Police
11. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
A Hampshire man is beginning a 23-year sentence after being found guilty of committing 19 sexual offences against children while living in Billingshurst, Sussex Police has reported. An investigation of Michael Coburn, of Spitfire Way in Hamble-le-Rice, was launched after two victims came forward to police and disclosed the assaults in January 2022, police said. Sussex Police said Coburn, 49, was arrested and charged with 19 child sex offences. He pleaded not guilty to all charges but was convicted by a unanimous jury following a trial at Lewes Crown Court in August 2022, police added. At the same court on September 29, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison with a further five years on licence, police added. Sussex Police said he will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for life. Photo: Sussex Police
12. Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in October
A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to four years in a youth offenders institute following a stabbing in Worthing earlier this year, Sussex Police have said. They said police patrolling Worthing town centre on March 13 were flagged down by a boy, who was 13 at the time, who had ‘sustained wounds to his leg and shoulder’. This followed an earlier verbal altercation in the town centre between two groups of youths, said police, adding that officers provided immediate first aid before the boy was taken to hospital and later discharged. Sussex Police said the boy pleaded guilty to the offences and appeared before Lewes Crown Court where he was sentenced to four years in a youth offenders institute, plus two years on extended licence. They confirmed that three youths were released with no further action, and said the remaining three were discounted by the Crown Prosecution Service and will face no further action. Photo: Sussex Police