Locked up in Sussex 2021: These are some of the criminals jailed between September and December
It has been another busy year for judges, juries and magistrates across Sussex.
By Matt Pole
Published 28th Dec 2021, 07:00 BST
Here we take a look at some of the criminals locked up during the final four months of 2021.
All of the information below comes from either Sussex Police or our reporters attending court in person.
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Officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU) were on patrol approaching Elm Grove in Brighton when they were alerted to a vehicle without insurance at 3.45pm on October 15. The officers turned on the siren and blue lights in order to stop the black BMW, which at first pulled over. But when an officer got out to speak to the driver, the driver reversed the vehicle and drove away at speed. Further specialist officers from the Roads Policing Unit (RPU), Tactical Firearms Unit (TFU) and SEU were called in to locate the vehicle, as well as the National Police Air Service helicopter (NPAS). The vehicle was being driven by Slah Hassine, 51, of Junction Road, Burgess Hill, and it was traced to Warren Road, Brighton, travelling towards Woodingdean. Footage shows the moment when Hassine spotted that he was being tracked by the helicopter. It captured him swearing at the camera out of his window before he attempted a turn in the road to travel in the opposite direction. He then drove over a traffic island and bol
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David Conrad, 57, of Pepper Lane, Ashurst, was sentenced to seven years in prison at Brighton Crown Court on 18 November, having been convicted of indecent assault on the girl, then aged eight, while they were spectators at the Shoreham Air Show in August 2003. He will also serve a further year on extended prison released licence and will be a registered sex offender indefinitely.
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Scott Porter of St Joseph’s Way, Haywards Health pleaded guilty to the charges at the Central Criminal Court on 29 September and was sentenced yesterday (30/11) at the same court to a total of four years and three months imprisonment and a Serious Crime Prevention Order for five years. He will also be placed on an extended licence for four years. The 43-year-old admitted to making or possessing an explosive substance in suspicious circumstances under section 4 of the Explosives Substances Act 1883 and possessing terrorist related material under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Two searches were carried out at properties in Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill in connection with this investigation in August last year.