Chichester man found laying drunk on the floor is jailed

By Court Reporter
Published 14th Jan 2022, 10:42 BST
Updated 3rd Feb 2022, 15:32 BST
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A Chichester man who has repeatedly been found drunk on the floor has been jailed.

Gerald Burton, 64, of The Mainline Rooms, Whyke Road, appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 6, and admitted a number of offences related to alcohol.

He was jailed for a total of nine months. Magistrates said the offences were serious enough to warrant a prison sentence due to Burton’s record of previous offending and because further offences were committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence.

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Sussex Police said after the case that paramedics had responded to a report of Burton having fallen over while intoxicated in Montague Street, Worthing, on January 5. Police said Burton was abusive to those trying to help him and he was subsequently arrested for being in breach of his criminal behaviour order.

Gerald Burton. Picture from Sussex Police.Gerald Burton. Picture from Sussex Police.
Gerald Burton. Picture from Sussex Police.

He was remanded in custody and the following day, he was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.

Burton was jailed for six months after admitting consuming alcohol in a public place, being drunk in a public place and behaving in a way likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, in Richmond Road, Worthing, on December 6, 2021, breaching a criminal behaviour order made by Brighton Magistrates’ Court on May 26, 2021.