Guildford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Romaine Simpson was part of a gang that repeatedly targeted high-performance Audi RS vehicles in Surrey and Sussex. They broke into victims’ homes while they slept to steal keys before driving off in the expensive cars. The group was caught after police spotted a suspicious grey Audi RS4 with cloned number plates in Chipstead and pursued them on foot, recovering keys linking them to stolen vehicles.

On March 15 2017, Darren McClean verbally abused the victim, a transgender female, whilst shopping at a local supermarket in Caterham. The victim was buying groceries at the self-serve checkout when McClean started shouting offensive and transphobic comments at her. She approached McClean and asked him to stop however he continued and began taking pictures of her on his mobile phone. McClean was eventually removed from the supermarket by security staff leaving the victim shaken by the attack. Following the incident, McClean posted images taken on his mobile phone onto Facebook where he continued to make transphobic and hateful comments.

Eimantas Mikalauskas was involved in an illegal chop shop in Cranleigh, Surrey, where stolen luxury cars were dismantled and exported. He was arrested after a police raid in October and later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods.

Fabion Parnell, 26, deliberately hit a 16-year-old boy with his car after the boy tried to escape on his moped. Parnell dragged him along the road, ran over him again, and then sped off. The incident occurred in the early hours of 9 March 2024 near Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey.

Gytic Kirsinikas was involved in running an illegal chop shop in Cranleigh, Surrey, where stolen luxury cars were dismantled and sold worldwide. He was caught during a police raid in October and later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods.

Adrian Rozpara, 21, was caught on camera brandishing a one-metre-long samurai sword and shouting 'Where are you from?' during the attack on the teenager.

Billy O'Donoghue was involved in a series of burglaries at care homes, assisted living accommodation and homes of vulnerable adults across Surrey, Hampshire and south-west London. The offenders forced entry into 11 properties, often while residents were inside, and used pillowcases taken from victims' beds to carry away stolen cash, jewellery and sentimental items. CCTV captured O'Donoghue inside one property wearing a face covering, and specialist enquiries enabled officers to identify him. During one burglary in Farnborough, more than £1,000 raised for residents was stolen; during another, two pillowcases were filled with watches, perfume, jewellery and a camera. He was arrested in January 2025 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle.

Charlie Hart was part of a gang that repeatedly targeted high-performance Audi RS vehicles in Surrey and Sussex. They broke into victims’ homes while they slept to steal keys before driving off in the expensive cars. The group was caught after police spotted a suspicious grey Audi RS4 with cloned number plates in Chipstead and pursued them on foot, recovering keys linking them to stolen vehicles.

Daniel Willacy groomed a nine-year-old girl using Snapchat and Instagram, encouraging her to take videos of herself engaging in sexual activity. The offending came to light in February 2024 when the victim’s mother and sister found messages on her phone. Willacy initially contacted the victim using an alias, but his messages quickly became sexual; he sent 36 messages within 26 minutes and repeatedly requested indecent photos and videos. Officers linked the offending Instagram account to Willacy, and forensic examination of the victim’s phone located the chat log and a video she was groomed into making and sending.

John Cawley was involved in a series of burglaries at care homes, assisted living accommodation and homes of vulnerable adults across Surrey, Hampshire and south-west London. The offenders forced entry into 11 properties, often while residents were inside, and used pillowcases taken from victims' beds to carry away stolen cash, jewellery and sentimental items. In one incident at an independent living home for over-55s in Chertsey on December 12, 2024, £130 in cash, jewellery and World War One medals were stolen while a resident slept in an armchair. Cawley and an accomplice falsely claimed to be police officers responding to a disturbance when confronted. He was arrested in January 2025 and identified through CCTV and other enquiries.

On 2 April, at around 3am, 26-year-old Jamie Jayson Cansell was spotted driving a black Fiat Punto erratically in Cranleigh. When police ordered him to stop, he refused and led officers on a 17-minute high-speed chase across Cranleigh and Bramley. Police deployed tyre deflation devices three times to finally bring the vehicle to a halt. Nobody was injured. Cansell was arrested and later pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without a valid licence, using a vehicle without insurance, and failing to provide a sample for analysis.

Jason Walker, 35, from Blackburn, was part of a criminal money-laundering network that targeted elderly victims across Surrey, Essex and London between February and September 2019. The network laundered £331,223 taken from victims through unnecessary home repair work.