A family of car thieves were among Surrey criminals jailed in November. At least eight criminals were put behind bars last month.
In one case, a man committed 33 burglaries across the region. He stole around £1m worth of items.
We have rounded up the criminals who were jailed in November across the county.
Drug dealer jailed
A Surrey drug dealer has been locked up after police found a phone hidden in a bed frame that confirmed his involvement in the sale of Class A drugs. Michael Touhey, 32, has been sentenced to over three years behind bars following an investigation by Surrey Police.
Officers executed a warrant at Touhey’s home address in Tadworth on July 26 2023, after receiving intelligence that he was involved in the supply of drugs. During the search, police found a phone hidden inside of a bed frame, alongside £395 in cash.
Analysis of over 10,000 messages on the phone showed Touhey orchestrating the sale of cocaine and cannabis. He ultimately pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis and, on Friday, November 1, appeared at Guildford Crown Court, where he was sentenced to three years and three months in prison.
Burglar sentenced
Emiliano Krosi, 24, committed a staggering 33 burglaries across the southeast. He has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.
He was found guilty of 33 counts of conspiracy to commit burglary at Guildford Crown Court on November 13. The spate of burglaries took place between October 2022 and March 2023 across Surrey, Kent, Essex, and Hertfordshire.
Investigators estimate that approximately £1,139,000 worth of items were stolen in this period. Officers apprehended Krosi after a red Mercedes he was using was identified as being involved in a burglary in Sevenoaks.
Krosi, who was on bail after being previously arrested by Kent Police, was rearrested by Surrey Police officers in August 2023 and subsequently charged with the 33 burglaries. Upon searching his phone, a large amount of evidence was uncovered including photos of stolen designer goods and ‘pins’ for locations of houses that he had already burgled or was planning to.
A number of stolen items including Rolexes, designer bags and jewellery were successfully recovered by officers.
London drug dealer supplying drugs into Surrey
Drug dealer Phillip Paul was supplying drugs into Surrey. He has been sent to prison for three years after dialing the wrong number.
Paul, 25, from Lewisham, was sentenced at Chichester Crown Court on November 14. Surrey Police first became aware of a drugs line operating in Redhill, Dorking, Leatherhead and Epsom, back in March of this year.
Messages advertising the sale of drugs including crack cocaine and heroin, were also accidentally sent to the mobile number of a serving Surrey police officer, who reported this into the Proactive Investigation Team. Through comprehensive phone work and enquiries, officers identified Paul as the ‘line holder’ and he was arrested outside his home.
Upon searching him, officers uncovered £337 in cash, a wrap of crack cocaine, three wraps of heroin and a bag containing two grams of cannabis. A number of messages from users requesting to buy drugs were also found on Paul’s phone. At court, Paul pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, being concerned in the supply of heroin and possession of cannabis.
Jail for drug driver
Daryll Henderson, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court in June.
The collision, which took place on the M25 at Bletchingley near the junction with the M23 in the early hours of 23 February 2023, tragically resulted in the deaths of front seat passenger Jamie Baines, 32, and rear seat passenger Mohammed Quereshi, 29. They were both from Bristol.
Henderson and a second rear seat passenger also suffered serious injuries and were treated at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. Henderson was driving his blue Mercedes A Class when he lost control and collided with a fence and a tree, before crashing into a lamp post.
A blood sample taken from Henderson following the collision showed that he was over the legal limit for both cocaine and cannabis. Henderson, from Bristol, has been jailed for 10 years on November 19 at Guildford Crown Court.
Paedophile sent to prison
Joshua Morris, who is 20, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple child sexual abuse image offences. The investigation into Morris began in 2021 after colleagues in the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command at the National Crime Agency flagged that he had been linked to the online sharing and possession of child sexual abuse images.
Upon searching Morris’ electronic devices, indecent images of all categories were discovered. Baby and child clothing were also found in his bedroom. In the three interviews conducted by officers with Morris, he either remained silent or answered no comment to all questions.
Morris, of Hogsmill Way in West Ewell, was sentenced on November 20 at Guildford Crown Court for three offences of distributing an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, three offences of making an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, one offence of taking an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, possession of an extreme pornographic image involving an animal and breaching a sexual risk order.
At sentencing, the judge also handed Morris a ten-year sexual harm prevention order.
Family of car thieves jailed
A family of car thieves who committed a spate of keyless vehicle thefts across the South East were caught after incriminating messages were found on their phones. The trio targeted high value motors over an 18 month period from May 2022 to November 2023.
Father and son George Bolton Senior, 37, and George Bolton Junior, 22 teamed up with up with George Snr’s brother, Warren Bolton, 33, to steal cars across Surrey, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Essex, West Midlands, and London. But their web of organised crime came to an end after Surrey Police officers discovered incriminating text messages involving George Jnr and Warren, discussing which vehicles to target, how to break into keyless vehicles, and videos of their latest steals.
They committed a total of 28 offences, typically in the early hours of the morning. All three men admitted conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and were sentenced to a combined total of 13 years in jail when they appeared at Reading Crown Court on Friday, November 22.
George Mark Bolton, 22, of Roman Road, Essex, was sentenced to a total of three years and two months in jail. His father, George Thomas Bolton Snr, 37, of Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison. Warren Bolton, 33, of Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, who also admitted being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and Class B drugs and was sentenced to seven years and two months behind bars.
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