Some of the criminals with Suffolk links who faced justice in September, including people from Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds
It has been a busy month for the courts, with sentences handed out to people across the county.
While some were punished for more minor offences, others received long jail terms for the more serious of crimes.
These are some of the people with Suffolk links who faced justice in October.
Dealer hid drugs in his underwear
For our first case, a man who hid substances in his underwear was jailed.
Ryan Latham, 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 69 months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court on October 2.
This was after he dealt drugs over a period of seven months.
Latham was also found guilty of possession of ketamine and possession of two mobile phones in prison, after being arrested in Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft.
He was initially arrested on February 15, 2021.
Teen sex offender jailed over attacks on seven girls
Our second case deals with an offender who was jailed after a string of rapes and sexual assaults while he was still a teenager.
Marcus Lucas, 20 of Sidegate Avenue, Ipswich, was found guilty of 16 offences at trial in May – after pleading guilty to six additional charges, and was sentenced on October 5.
Judge Emma Peters described him as a dangerous offender, who was arrested repeatedly between 2018 and 2020 after girls accused him of coercing them into sex acts.
And his offending did not stop between these arrests – and Lucas actually spent his sixteenth birthday in jail after one girl made allegations against him.
He was jailed for six-and-a-half-years, plus a five-year licence period upon his release.
Lucas must also sign the sex offender register indefinitely, on top of having a restraining order against him for 10 years.
Six jailed for more than 50 years after machete attack
Up next, six people were sentenced this month after a machete attack back in August.
The gang, all males between the ages of 16 and 19 at the time, were arrested in Westbourne Park in Ipswich on August 10, following reports of threatening behaviour in which threats to kill were made towards a person.
Two long machete-style knives were found in bushes where the group had been running past on their way to the park.
All were charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
They were jailed in Norwich Crown Court on October 5 for a total of 51 years combined.
Derby man drove to Suffolk village to assault boy
Also in October, a man who drove to Suffolk to assault an 11-year-old boy was jailed.
David Murphy, 40, from Derby, appeared before Derby Crown Court on October 6, having previously pleaded guilty on June 16 to inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity and meeting a boy under 16 following sexual grooming.
He met the boy online in 2021, where they conversed through WhatsApp and Murphy sent intimate photos of himself to the boy.
The pair then met in person in June of that year, after which he paid the boy.
Murphy was sentenced to six years and eight months, extended by six years for dangerousness.
Serial fantasist and sex offender pretended to be Boris Johnson’s bodyguard
Also this month, a serial fantasist and sex offender who claimed to be Boris Johnson’s bodyguard was jailed.
Adam Wyles, of Great Yarmouth, appeared before Norwich Crown Court earlier this month, accused of posing as an insurance claims assessor in an attempt to scam £13,500 from a Norfolk amusement park.
Other deceptions included a previous claim to be a police officer and a music impresario, often in order to gain access to young girls.
He even posed as an army medic in order to work in a refugee camp for Ukrainians.
The court said he had a ‘long history of dishonesty’.
He was arrested in Hopton after officers learned of his involvement with two 15-year-old girls from Suffolk.
He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
Prolific shoplifter jailed for offences across Suffolk
A prolific shoplifter who stole items from across Suffolk was jailed this month.
Sean Smith, of no fixed address but from the Bury St Edmunds area, was arrested on October 17 – and appeared before Norwich Magistrates’ Court two days later.
Smith committed a total of 19 shoplifting offences from businesses including an Aldi in Newmarket, alcohol and headphones from a Sainsbury’s and HMV in Ipswich as well as cosmetics from Boots.
He was jailed for six months.
County lines dealer jailed
A man who ran a county line for nearly five months was among those jailed this month.
Kelsey Delamain, 27, of Brightwell Close, Ipswich, admitted to supplying Class A drugs on October 19.
Delamain operated a county line known as ‘Frank’ from March until mid-July this year, distributing heroin and crack cocaine.
He sent nearly 5,500 texts from a single phone, the court heard, which was discovered after his property was raided in September.
He was jailed for nearly three years.
Drug-dealer sent hundreds of texts in two weeks
And finally, another county lines dealer was jailed in October.
Garth Streete, 63 of Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft, was in the dock at Ipswich Crown Court on October 19.
He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of drugs and acquiring criminal property, namely £220.
He reportedly sent 235 text messages between March 24 and April 6 – all sent to known drug users in Lowestoft.
Streete was handed a five years and six months in prison.
