These are some of the people with Suffolk links who have been sentenced in courts in February
It has been a busy month for the courts, with sentences handed out to dozens of people across the county.
While some were punished for more minor offences, others received long jail terms for the more serious of crimes, including burglary, sex offences and drug offences.
These are the people with Suffolk links who faced justice during the last month.
Burglar who broke into home while elderly resident slept jailed
A Lowestoft man was jailed over a string of burglaries and other offences.
On February 2 at Ipswich Crown Court, 34-year-old Shane McRoberts, of Ailmar Close, was jailed for six years and nine months.
Following his arrest on November 7, he pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, one count of attempted burglary, three counts of fraud by false representation and one count of possession of cannabis.
In one of the burglaries, McRoberts entered a home while an elderly resident slept downstairs.
Man jailed for burglary and firearms offences after being found with collection of illegal pistols
A man jailed for burglary and firearms offences was arrested after firing a gun at his bedroom wall.
At Ipswich Crown Court on February 6, William O'Neill, 37, was jailed for seven years and two months.
This was after he pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of illegally held firearms and one count of illegal possession of ammunition.
O'Neill, of Back Hamlet, Ipswich, was also sentenced over a burglary conviction which he received following a trial in December last year
Man pleads guilty to assault after pushing police officer
A man pushed a police officer following an argument in Ipswich, a court heard.
Harrison Jones, of Stevenson Place, Bury St Edmunds, appeared before Suffolk Magistrates' Court on February 24, where he admitted beating an emergency worker.
He had been charged following a row in Ipswich on December 18 last year.
Magistrates handed Jones a £450 fine and said he must pay a victim surcharge of £180, and £145 in legal costs
Cocaine dealer jailed after being caught throwing packages of Class A and Class B drugs out of his window
A Newmarket man has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to being involved in the local cocaine and cannabis trade.
Christopher Cook, 25 – an Icewell Hill resident – appeared at Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing on February 21.
He had previously pleaded guilty to charges of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, possessing cocaine with intent to supply, and possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
During his arrest, Cook was observed throwing packages out of the upstairs window of his home. These were later found to contain illicit substances and Class A and Class B drugs were found at his property.
Sex offender jailed for indecent images offences
A Suffolk man has been jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children.
Charles Moore, 57, of Oulton Road North in Lowestoft, was jailed for 27 months at Ipswich Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and a breach of a sexual harm prevention order.
Moore is a registered sex offender after he was convicted in 2018 of making and distributing indecent images of children, as well as possession of prohibited images and possession of extreme pornography.
After Moore's release from prison, police paid a routine visit to his home address in November 2021 where they scanned his devices and found 5,260 category A images, 583 unique category A videos, 6,786 category B images, 693 category B videos and 36,980 category C images and 236 category C videos.
At court on Wednesday, February 8 he was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and an order enforced for the destruction of his electronic devices.
Pair jailed after horrific burglary
Two men have been jailed after a horrific burglary which left their victims shaken and upset.
Rikki Wisby, 36, of Commercial Road, Lowestoft, and Danny Cole, 35, of Northgate, Lowestoft, pleaded guilty to a number of offences, including burglary and assault, at Ipswich Crown Court on February 10.
The pair were sentenced for their involvement in an incident on July 3 last year where they entered a property in Lowestoft before assaulting two people, as well as damaging two mobile phones and a television.
Cole was jailed for three years and 10 months after pleading guilty to burglary with intent, assault causing actual bodily harm and assault by beating.
Wisby was sentenced to four years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to burglary with intent, criminal damage, intentional strangulation, assault causing actual bodily harm, and malicious communication.
Man becomes first person in Suffolk to be handed a Slavery Trafficking Protection Order
A 24-year-old man has become the first in Suffolk to receive a Slavery Trafficking Protection Order, after he was convicted of forcing vulnerable teenagers to transport drugs.
At Ipswich Crown Court on February 9, Peter Casey, from northwest London, was jailed for five years and three months after pleading guilty to arranging or facilitating the travel of an individual for exploitation.
The court also issued a restraining order and a Slavery Trafficking Prevention Order (STPO) for 12 years.
This came after on July 22, 2022, a teenager who had been reported missing was sighted in Ipswich.
The vehicle they were travelling in was traced to Scrivener Road, Ipswich, and the car's four occupants – which included a 16-year-old boy and girl – were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs.
During a subsequent investigation, it was found that Peter Casey had been arranging for the travel of young people around the country.
He was forcing them to transport drugs against their will – an offence he was subsequently charged with.
