South Londoners jailed in August so far including paedo and road rage killer
Here are the names and faces of the men who are have been sentenced to prison time in August 2025 so far.
Orpington road rage killer
Neil Sullingston (Image: Surrey Police) Neil Sullingston, 53, from Orpington, deliberately drove into moped rider Wayne Wigley, killing him.
Sullingston was driving to work in his white Seat Ibiza along the A244 in Esher, Surrey, when he noticed Mr Wigley riding a moped behind him.
The two men had previously been involved in road rage incidents which Sullingston had reported to police.
At around 6.19am on July 1 last year dashcam and CCTV footage showed Mr Wigley throwing a rock at Sullingston's car, smashing the rear window.
Mr Wigley then entered the right filter lane near the junction with Milbourne Lane.
Sullingston followed in close pursuit before deliberately driving into the back of the scooter without braking or swerving.
The impact threw Mr Wigley from the moped, severing his right lower leg and causing catastrophic internal injuries.
Members of the public, including an off-duty police officer, a paramedic and a firefighter tried to help but Mr Wigley was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sullingston was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Read the full story here - Orpington man jailed after Esher road rage death
Second chance Bromley paedo
Shaun Taylor-Thompson (Image: Met Police) Shaun Taylor-Thompson, 33, of Beckenham Grove in Shortlands, was caught with images and videos of babies being abused just months after a judge gave him a second chance.
The ex-care home worker was given suspended sentence last February after a raid on his home revealed thousands of indecent images and videos of children including disturbing videos of children as young as 18 months old being abused.
It has now been revealed that within weeks Taylor-Thompson was offending again and was caught with over a thousand more child abuse images and videos.
On June 1 last year Met Police officers conducted a routine visit to his home.
They discovered he had been using private browsing sites and had concerning photos on his iPhone.
Further analysis of his device revealed he had deleted his internet history 1046 times since March and had used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to disguise his identity online.
They also found 1,017 child abuse images and videos, including videos of babies younger than three months old being abused.
A further raid of his home revealed various other devices which the Met are still analysing.
Taylor-Thompson was sentenced to three years in prison.
Read the full story - Bromley second chance paedophile caught with abuse images
Croydon man repeatedly assaulted his partner
Daniel Santana (Image: Surrey Police) Daniel Santana, 40, from Croydon, repeatedly assaulted his partner and damaged her family's belongings.
Between October 2021 and March 2022, Santana subjected the woman to sustained abuse, including physical assaults and harassment.
He once called her up to 60 times in a row.
The victim reported the abuse in January 2025, and Santana was promptly arrested.
He has now been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison after pleading guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour.
He has also been recalled to prison to serve the remaining nine years of a previous sentence for rape, grievous bodily harm (GBH), actual bodily harm (ABH), arson and harassment.
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