Here are just some of the Suffolk criminals that were jailed at Ipswich Crown Court during February 2023.
Hailie Macro
Hailie Macro, 19, was jailed for four years following an incident where she left an 18-year-old with permanent scarring after biting off part of her lip.
She attacked the teenager in the car park at the Premier Inn in Bury St Edmunds after she intervened in an argument between Macro and another woman, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Macro had punched the victim on the back of the head and she had turned round and struck Macro in self defence, said Lynne Shirley, prosecuting.
A scuffle followed with both women pulling each other’s hair before the victim felt a pain in her lip and a tearing sensation.
She was left covered in blood and was taken to West Suffolk Hospital before being transferred to Addenbrooke’s hospital.
Macro, of Kings Close, Mildenhall, admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and an offence of assault by beating on the victim’s boyfriend.
She was given a four-year sentence of youth detention and was banned from contacting the victim for five years.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore, 57, was jailed for 27 months after he made and distributed indecent images of children and 50,558 pictures and videos were found on his electronic devices.
Moore, of Oulton Road, Lowestoft, pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order at Ipswich Crown Court.
A registered sex offender, Moore was convicted in 2018 for making and distributing indecent images of children, as well as possession of prohibited images and possession of extreme pornography.
He received a custodial sentence and, upon release, was being managed by the Public Protection Unit.
After his release from prison, police paid a routine visit to his home address in November 2021.
Part of the visit saw officers scan his devices for any content which may be related to child abuse material, and it returned positive results on his desktop computer, indicating child abuse material was present.
Theodore St Joseph
Theodore St Joseph, 18, was jailed for two years after he left a man lying unconscious in an Ipswich street with a fractured skull after he made a “lewd” comment to his girlfriend.
St Joseph, of no fixed address, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on November 4 last year and was sentenced to two years detention in a young offenders’ institution.
The victim was walking home from a shop in Felixstowe Road when he came across St Joseph, who was walking home from the town centre with his girlfriend, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Words were exchanged between the men and St Joseph punched the victim several times.
The victim had then walked away with his hands in his pockets and was punched twice from behind by St Joseph, causing him to fall to the ground where he lay unconscious in the road.
He was found to have a hairline skull fracture and had five stitches in a cut on his forehead.
Paul Devereux
Paul Devereux, 58, was jailed for four years and six months after he set light to an Ipswich garage in a revenge attack because he thought the owner had reported him to the police for an alleged fraud.
Devereux, of no fixed address, admitted arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
He used an accelerant to start the blaze at the garage which was attached to two houses in Ashcroft Road in Ipswich in September last year, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
The fire completely destroyed the garage and damage to the two adjoining houses was avoided thanks to neighbours who spotted the fire at an early stage and alerted the fire brigade, said Simon Connolly, prosecuting.
He said that after starting the fire Devereux had driven off in his car and was later arrested in the vehicle, which he was living in at the time.
Peter Casey
Peter Casey, 24, was jailed for five years and three months after he exploited vulnerable teenagers and forced them to carry drugs.
Casey, of Sterling Close in London, pleaded guilty to arranging or facilitating the travel of an individual for exploitation at Ipswich Crown Court.
It follows an incident on July 22 last year when police received a report that a missing teenager from Ipswich had been seen in a grey BMW car.
The vehicle was located travelling in the Suffolk town and was stopped in Scrivener Drive, where it was searched.
An investigation was then conducted by police who determined that Casey had been facilitating the travel of young people around the country and forcing them to carry illegal drugs against their will.
He was also issued with a restraining order and a Slavery Trafficking Prevention Order (STPO) - the first of its kind in Suffolk - for a period of 12 years.
Danny Cole and Rikki Wisby
Danny Cole and Rikki Wisby were jailed for a total of eight years after they assaulted two people during a burglary.
Rikki Wisby, 36, from Commercial Road, Lowestoft, was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to burglary with intent, criminal damage, intentional strangulation and a string of other offences.
Danny Cole, 35, of Northgate, Lowestoft, was sentenced to three years and 10 months imprisonment for burglary with intent and assault.
Both were sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court for their involvement in an incident last year in which the pair assaulted two people during a burglary.
They also damaged property belonging to the victim, including two mobile phones and a television.
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