Two men sentenced for deliberately starting fires causing more than £1 million in damages

By Sam Pole
Published 11th Nov 2023, 16:01 BST
Updated 11th Nov 2023, 16:02 BST
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Two men who deliberately started fires across Sussex causing more than £1 million in damage have been sentenced.

Joshua Brinkley, 20, of Southfield, Polegate, and Connor Luck, 21, of School Lane, Blackboys, set abandoned buildings, agricultural barns, farmland and haybales alight, causing extensive damage and disruption.

The estimated value of the total damage they caused was £1,117,825.

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Lewes Crown Court on Monday 30 October heard that at 10.27pm on Friday 26 June 2021, police were called by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service to a large fire at a derelict property in Broadwater Lane, Horsham.

Two large barns were set on fire in Tarring Neville. Picture: Sussex PoliceTwo large barns were set on fire in Tarring Neville. Picture: Sussex Police
Two large barns were set on fire in Tarring Neville. Picture: Sussex Police

On Thursday 8 July 2021, at 3.39am, police were alerted by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service to a large fire at a derelict property in Wivelsfield Green where eight fire engines were in attendance.

At 7.23am on Sunday 29 August 2021, police were contacted by East Sussex Fire and Rescue to a large deliberate fire at two outbuildings in Lower Willingdon that contained cylinders and farm machinery.

On Tuesday 2 November 2021, at 2.54am, police assisted East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service with a large fire in a barn on farmland off the A26 at Beddingham.

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