Criminals put behind bars at Norfolk courts in October 2023

Limmick Gabbitas

Limmick Gabbitas was given an eight-and-a-half-year sentence (Image: Norfolk Police)

Norwich Crown Court heard that Gabbitas, 20, wanted to have sex with a 13-year-old girl in front of her younger brother.

Danielle O'Donovan, prosecuting, said that as well as online chats about him wanting to have sex with her in front of her brother, police also found images of the victim performing sexual acts.

Gabbitas, from Cringleford, also admitted to three possession of indecent images offences relating to the victim, including 15 of category A which are serious, resulting in an extended eight-and-a-half year sentence, made up of four-and-a-half in custody and four years extended licence.

Christopher Hockley

Christopher Hockley was given 16 years (Image: Norfolk Police)

Hockley "stage-managed" the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines by paying for videos of them, courts heard at the beginning of the month.

The 65-year-old, from Thetford, was caught when police searched his devices after officers received a complaint from the grandfather of an 11-year-old girl in the UK who he contacted on Facebook.

Citing previous severe child exploitation offences, a judge sentenced him to an extended sentence of 16 years and three months made up of 12 years three months custody and an extended four years on licence.

Bradley Saffer

Bradley Saffer was given four weeks in jail for breach of a DVPO (Image: Norfolk Police)

Serial abuser Bradley Saffer was sentenced to four weeks in jail after he pleaded guilty to being in breach of a domestic violence protection order after visiting a woman in Swaffham.

A representative for Norfolk’s chief constable told Norwich Magistrates' Court Saffer had a long history of breaking court orders and had breached DVPOs on five previous occasions which included assaulting his partners.

Saffer, of Style Loke in Barford, also admitted breaking a curfew that is part of bail conditions imposed as part of a separate court case.  

Jake Tyler

Jake Tyler was given four years for continued dealing of class A drugs (Image: Norfolk Police)

Jake Tyler, 30, of North Walsham, appeared at court on October 16 after admitting possession with intent to supply class A drugs, namely methamphetamine, on three separate occasions in the last three years.

He also admitted being concerned in the supply of ketamine, producing cannabis, possessing a prohibited weapon - a paralysing spray - and obstructing a constable.

In addition, Tyler admitted possession of an offensive weapon - a knuckle duster - as well as possession of ketamine, tramadol and cannabis on the same date, earning him a sentence of four years for "continued dealing of class A drugs".