These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the final month of 2023.These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the final month of 2023.
These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the final month of 2023.

Locked up in Surrey: These are some of the criminals jailed in December 2023

By Matt Pole
Published 2nd Jan 2024, 14:54 GMT
Updated 2nd Jan 2024, 14:54 GMT
Surrey’s judges, juries and magistrates were busy in December.

These are some of the most serious, high-profile and prolific offenders who were jailed in the final month of 2023.

All information comes directly from Surrey Police.

Two Chilean men who were part of a ‘tourist burglary cell’, have been sentenced to spend Christmas in prison after an inconspicuous Vauxhall Astra led to their criminal enterprise falling apart. The two men were sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 6 December and received: Luis Contreras Tuninetti, born 24/01/1984, was sentenced to three years for four counts of residential burglary after pleading guilty; Julio Duran Tuninetti, born on 15/07/1977, was sentenced to one year and four months for one count of residential burglary after pleading guilty. Tuninetti and Tuninetti were initially arrested on the M25 on 2 August 2023 after officers spotted them in a vehicle that had been flagged as being in the vicinity of a number of east Surrey burglaries. The car, a silver Vauxhall Astra, had been flagged as a potential ‘mission vehicle’ and was crucial in linking the two men to their crimes. Following their arrest, addresses linked to the men were also searched, leading to stolen jewellery and watches being uncovered. Items including two walkie talkies, cash in assorted currencies and multiple bottles of perfume were also found at the addresses. The Surrey burglary offences relate to two residential burglaries in Oxted and one in Coulsdon. The successful prosecution of the two men was brought around by a thorough and complex investigation carried out by our officers who used intel, CCTV, ANPR and forensics to build a complete picture of their criminal activities and bring them to justice.

5. Locked up in Surrey: These are some of the criminals jailed in December 2023

Two Chilean men who were part of a ‘tourist burglary cell’, have been sentenced to spend Christmas in prison after an inconspicuous Vauxhall Astra led to their criminal enterprise falling apart. The two men were sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 6 December and received: Luis Contreras Tuninetti, born 24/01/1984, was sentenced to three years for four counts of residential burglary after pleading guilty; Julio Duran Tuninetti, born on 15/07/1977, was sentenced to one year and four months for one count of residential burglary after pleading guilty. Tuninetti and Tuninetti were initially arrested on the M25 on 2 August 2023 after officers spotted them in a vehicle that had been flagged as being in the vicinity of a number of east Surrey burglaries. The car, a silver Vauxhall Astra, had been flagged as a potential ‘mission vehicle’ and was crucial in linking the two men to their crimes. Following their arrest, addresses linked to the men were also searched, leading to stolen jewellery and watches being uncovered. Items including two walkie talkies, cash in assorted currencies and multiple bottles of perfume were also found at the addresses. The Surrey burglary offences relate to two residential burglaries in Oxted and one in Coulsdon. The successful prosecution of the two men was brought around by a thorough and complex investigation carried out by our officers who used intel, CCTV, ANPR and forensics to build a complete picture of their criminal activities and bring them to justice. Photo: Surrey Police

Alvaro Agudelo (27/11/1990 - pictured) and Esteban Llancaman (28/08/1983) were sentenced on December 1 following their conviction for burglary and attempted burglary. On June 28 2023, a woman in Banstead was on the morning school run when she got a notification on her mobile phone that her home security system had detected movement in the back garden. On her phone app she saw live footage of two men dressed in balaclavas sneaking into her back garden and breaking into her house by climbing onto a low roof and going through a first-floor window. The victim quickly called her husband and alerted the police, but the two thieves left within minutes having stuffed a backpack with a selection of jewellery, watches, and foreign currency. As part of enquiries to identify them, investigating officers studied the footage from the app and checked the victim’s dashcam footage from that morning and the day before. On the dash cam they identified a grey Toyota Corolla parked near the house both on the day of the burglary and the day before. Checks showed the car was not local - it was registered in London, insured to someone different in Luton, and had entered Surrey early in the morning from Brixton on both days. Believing this vehicle could have been driven there to observe residents coming and going, a marker was placed on its licence plate for it to be stopped on sight by any officers. Eight days later, on 6 July, Metropolitan Police Officers stopped it in the Lambeth area. Inside were Agudelo and Llancaman along with a number of mobile phones and a rucksack containing screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches and specialist lock picking equipment. Both men were arrested on suspicion of going equipped for burglary and for the burglary in Banstead. Analysis of their mobile phones placed the men at the site of the offence and revealed they had taken photos and videos of some of the items they had stolen. Agueldo was also further charged with an attempted burglary from 2021. On the evening of Friday 11 June 2021, a couple at a

6. Locked up in Surrey: These are some of the criminals jailed in December 2023

Alvaro Agudelo (27/11/1990 - pictured) and Esteban Llancaman (28/08/1983) were sentenced on December 1 following their conviction for burglary and attempted burglary. On June 28 2023, a woman in Banstead was on the morning school run when she got a notification on her mobile phone that her home security system had detected movement in the back garden. On her phone app she saw live footage of two men dressed in balaclavas sneaking into her back garden and breaking into her house by climbing onto a low roof and going through a first-floor window. The victim quickly called her husband and alerted the police, but the two thieves left within minutes having stuffed a backpack with a selection of jewellery, watches, and foreign currency. As part of enquiries to identify them, investigating officers studied the footage from the app and checked the victim’s dashcam footage from that morning and the day before. On the dash cam they identified a grey Toyota Corolla parked near the house both on the day of the burglary and the day before. Checks showed the car was not local - it was registered in London, insured to someone different in Luton, and had entered Surrey early in the morning from Brixton on both days. Believing this vehicle could have been driven there to observe residents coming and going, a marker was placed on its licence plate for it to be stopped on sight by any officers. Eight days later, on 6 July, Metropolitan Police Officers stopped it in the Lambeth area. Inside were Agudelo and Llancaman along with a number of mobile phones and a rucksack containing screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches and specialist lock picking equipment. Both men were arrested on suspicion of going equipped for burglary and for the burglary in Banstead. Analysis of their mobile phones placed the men at the site of the offence and revealed they had taken photos and videos of some of the items they had stolen. Agueldo was also further charged with an attempted burglary from 2021. On the evening of Friday 11 June 2021, a couple at a Photo: Surrey Police

Alvaro Agudelo (27/11/1990) and Esteban Llancaman (28/08/1983 - pictured) were sentenced on December 1 following their conviction for burglary and attempted burglary. On June 28 2023, a woman in Banstead was on the morning school run when she got a notification on her mobile phone that her home security system had detected movement in the back garden. On her phone app she saw live footage of two men dressed in balaclavas sneaking into her back garden and breaking into her house by climbing onto a low roof and going through a first-floor window. The victim quickly called her husband and alerted the police, but the two thieves left within minutes having stuffed a backpack with a selection of jewellery, watches, and foreign currency. As part of enquiries to identify them, investigating officers studied the footage from the app and checked the victim’s dashcam footage from that morning and the day before. On the dash cam they identified a grey Toyota Corolla parked near the house both on the day of the burglary and the day before. Checks showed the car was not local - it was registered in London, insured to someone different in Luton, and had entered Surrey early in the morning from Brixton on both days. Believing this vehicle could have been driven there to observe residents coming and going, a marker was placed on its licence plate for it to be stopped on sight by any officers. Eight days later, on 6 July, Metropolitan Police Officers stopped it in the Lambeth area. Inside were Agudelo and Llancaman along with a number of mobile phones and a rucksack containing screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches and specialist lock picking equipment. Both men were arrested on suspicion of going equipped for burglary and for the burglary in Banstead. Analysis of their mobile phones placed the men at the site of the offence and revealed they had taken photos and videos of some of the items they had stolen. Esteban Llancaman was sentenced to 15 months for burglary.

7. Locked up in Surrey: These are some of the criminals jailed in December 2023

Alvaro Agudelo (27/11/1990) and Esteban Llancaman (28/08/1983 - pictured) were sentenced on December 1 following their conviction for burglary and attempted burglary. On June 28 2023, a woman in Banstead was on the morning school run when she got a notification on her mobile phone that her home security system had detected movement in the back garden. On her phone app she saw live footage of two men dressed in balaclavas sneaking into her back garden and breaking into her house by climbing onto a low roof and going through a first-floor window. The victim quickly called her husband and alerted the police, but the two thieves left within minutes having stuffed a backpack with a selection of jewellery, watches, and foreign currency. As part of enquiries to identify them, investigating officers studied the footage from the app and checked the victim’s dashcam footage from that morning and the day before. On the dash cam they identified a grey Toyota Corolla parked near the house both on the day of the burglary and the day before. Checks showed the car was not local - it was registered in London, insured to someone different in Luton, and had entered Surrey early in the morning from Brixton on both days. Believing this vehicle could have been driven there to observe residents coming and going, a marker was placed on its licence plate for it to be stopped on sight by any officers. Eight days later, on 6 July, Metropolitan Police Officers stopped it in the Lambeth area. Inside were Agudelo and Llancaman along with a number of mobile phones and a rucksack containing screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches and specialist lock picking equipment. Both men were arrested on suspicion of going equipped for burglary and for the burglary in Banstead. Analysis of their mobile phones placed the men at the site of the offence and revealed they had taken photos and videos of some of the items they had stolen. Esteban Llancaman was sentenced to 15 months for burglary. Photo: Surrey Police

A woman who attacked and killed another woman in a jealous rage will spend the next 26 years behind bars after she was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 4 December. Sara McKenzie, 62, of Fairview Road, Ash, was found guilty of the murder of 59-year-old Joy Boulton at her home address in Church View, Ash, on 11 May 2023. McKenzie was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice on 30 November, following a five-week trial at Guildford Crown Court. During the trial, the court heard how McKenzie had previously been in a long-term relationship with Joy’s fiancé, Trevor Dibnah. McKenzie had made efforts to rekindle their relationship and accused Trevor of breaking her heart, but he told her that he was not going to leave Joy. Unable to cope, McKenzie went to Joy’s house with the sole intention of killing her, striking her multiple times in a sustained and ferocious attack with a heavy object which left her with catastrophic head injuries which were to prove fatal. Joy’s final brave act was to scratch McKenzie’s face, which proved critical in proving McKenzie was responsible after her DNA was discovered under Joy’s fingernails. McKenzie, a fan of murder mysteries, realised that the police had a record of her DNA and constructed an elaborate cover-up to explain why her DNA would be found under Joy’s fingernails. She claimed she had been the victim of a robbery earlier that day, during which the female suspect had scratched her and grabbed a handful of her hair. McKenzie told police that she thought the woman had been after her DNA and tried to suggest that the same woman had also attacked Joy. After attacking Joy, McKenzie tried to conceal her crime, disposing of the clothing she had worn and the weapon used. She had a bath to remove any trace of blood and cleaned it up afterwards. Forensic scientists were able to locate traces of Joy’s blood in McKenzie’s bath using luminol, a substance that can identify a trace of blood that has been diluted 10,000 times. McKenzie showed absolutely

8. Locked up in Surrey: These are some of the criminals jailed in December 2023

A woman who attacked and killed another woman in a jealous rage will spend the next 26 years behind bars after she was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 4 December. Sara McKenzie, 62, of Fairview Road, Ash, was found guilty of the murder of 59-year-old Joy Boulton at her home address in Church View, Ash, on 11 May 2023. McKenzie was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice on 30 November, following a five-week trial at Guildford Crown Court. During the trial, the court heard how McKenzie had previously been in a long-term relationship with Joy’s fiancé, Trevor Dibnah. McKenzie had made efforts to rekindle their relationship and accused Trevor of breaking her heart, but he told her that he was not going to leave Joy. Unable to cope, McKenzie went to Joy’s house with the sole intention of killing her, striking her multiple times in a sustained and ferocious attack with a heavy object which left her with catastrophic head injuries which were to prove fatal. Joy’s final brave act was to scratch McKenzie’s face, which proved critical in proving McKenzie was responsible after her DNA was discovered under Joy’s fingernails. McKenzie, a fan of murder mysteries, realised that the police had a record of her DNA and constructed an elaborate cover-up to explain why her DNA would be found under Joy’s fingernails. She claimed she had been the victim of a robbery earlier that day, during which the female suspect had scratched her and grabbed a handful of her hair. McKenzie told police that she thought the woman had been after her DNA and tried to suggest that the same woman had also attacked Joy. After attacking Joy, McKenzie tried to conceal her crime, disposing of the clothing she had worn and the weapon used. She had a bath to remove any trace of blood and cleaned it up afterwards. Forensic scientists were able to locate traces of Joy’s blood in McKenzie’s bath using luminol, a substance that can identify a trace of blood that has been diluted 10,000 times. McKenzie showed absolutely Photo: Surrey Police

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