Overview
- Sussex Police reported 279 arrests during the Dec 1–Jan 1 operation, with 56 convictions now recorded and nine new cases detailed in court reports.
- Tadhg Ryan was sentenced at Brighton Magistrates’ Court after a 145 micrograms per 100ml breath reading and a child in the car, receiving a 30‑month ban and a 12‑month community order with alcohol abstinence.
- Prashanth Arumugasamy recorded 154 micrograms on the A27 at Albourne and was handed a 60‑month ban, 200 hours of unpaid work and financial penalties at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.
- Southampton Magistrates’ Court listed fresh guilty pleas including Krisjanis Kupcs with a 167 micrograms reading, while two defendants in separate matters were remanded to March dates.
- The legal limit is 35 micrograms per 100ml breath, and recent sentences across Brighton, Hastings, Crawley and neighboring courts include disqualifications, fines, costs, victim surcharges and community orders.