Police have issued an appeal to the public for help finding a woman who they are looking to return to prison.
They are trying to find Gemma Stacey Jackson who has a long history of drug problems.
Sussex Police said: “We’re searching for Gemma Jackson, 43, who is wanted on recall to prison for breaching the terms of her licence.
“She is known to frequent the Brighton and Hove area.
“Anyone who sees her is asked not to approach her but to call 999 immediately, quoting crime reference 47260071080.”
Jackson lived in two Brighton properties that were ordered to close in 2017 because of links to drugs and violence – in May Road and Queen’s Park Road.
At May Road, Brighton, a man was hurt in a hammer attack and a shotgun was fired through the window of a flat.
In the same year, Jackson was fined for having cocaine.
And on Thursday 11 July 2019, she made off with Sergeant Vince Lam’s police radio after a tussle in Kemp Town which left her breasts exposed.
At Brighton Magistrates’ Court the next day, she pleaded guilty to stealing the radio, which was recovered, and to resisting arrest.
The magistrates said that she had been aggressive and sentenced her to four weeks in prison, suspended for a year.
She has since been jailed for other offences.
Brighton used to have a wealth of good honest people residing. The town centre has become a shithole filled with homeless , drug addicts , drunks and thieves. And they are the visible ones.
People wo der why there aren’t people buying g on the high street but ordering from home. It’s a gamble going out these days.
Brighton’s always been a slum. Got a bit better around 2000-2008, then plummeted.
I’m really sad that Brighton & Hove is now like this, i came here from Scotland (legit), in 2012, my time being here in which I now call home, even i see from where I am how this city has gone down hill, indeed when i actually meet a brightonian i will always say how fantastic this city is, but i have to say all i get back “it’s a f @#£&%g s@#£&h@##,how sad this sounds from people who were born and bred in Brighton and Hove… 😔