Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in January
By Matt Pole
Published 1st Feb 2022, 11:06 BST
Updated 1st Feb 2022, 11:09 BST
Sussex’s judges, juries and magistrates were busy in January.
These are some of the most serious, high profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the first month of 2022.
All information comes directly from Sussex Police.
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Shah Osmani, 27, was jailed for 20 weeks ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge for perverting the court of justice after lying about two speeding offences in Brighton. was detected driving over the 30mph speed limit in Marine Parade, Brighton, twice in the early hours of August 7, 2020. He was driving an Audi, which was his company car given to him by the company he worked for at the time. When a Notice of Intended Prosecution was sent to the company, they nominated Osmani and a further notice of prosecution was then sent to him. He responded by nominating an innocent person in an attempt to avoid prosecution. Investigating officers checked Osmani’s changing accounts of who was behind the wheel on the night in question. He first provided false addresses of the person who he claimed was responsible. Then he used the person’s former driving licence and created false insurance documents in a bid to avoid paying any penalty and to add credence to his explanation to the police as to who was driving at the time of Photo: Jeremy Glew-Deval
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Carole Taylor, 35, of Seaside Road, was sentenced to a total of five years imprisonment at Brighton Crown Court on January 14, having been convicted in December after a six-day trial at Chichester Crown Court of two counts of sexual activity with a child, of meeting a child following sexual grooming, and sexual communication with a child. She will be a registered sex offender for life. Photo: Sussex Police