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December 3, 2015, 7:45 am

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A WOMAN who failed to give police the name of a person suspected of committing an offence while driving a vehicle has been fined £375 in court.Gillian Slater, of Drake Road, Tilgate, failed to provide the details of the person driving a Citroen in Shoreham on August 10.The 52-year-old was charged with failing to give the details when requested by or on behalf of the chief officer of police for Sussex.She initially denied the charge but changed her plea to guilty at Crawley Magistrates'...

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BREAKING NEWS: Immigration officers at High Street restaurant

December 3, 2015, 9:42 am

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IMMIGRATION officers are currently at a High Street restaurant. Home Office personnel supported by Sussex Police are at Reds Piri Piri on Grand Parade in the High Street. Officers are questioning members of staff inside the restaurant which is understood to be closed.

Crawley man arrested on suspicion of drug-driving

December 4, 2015, 1:05 am

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A CRAWLEY man has become the second of the town's residents to be arrested as part of a Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-driving. Sussex Police launched Operation Dragonfly on Tuesday and within hours a 63-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, which Crawley News reported on Wednesday. It has since been revealed that another Crawley resident was also arrested on Tuesday. A 25-year-old man was arrested at 10.33am in Grange Close, Northgate, on suspicion of drug-driving....

Wanted Crawley man jailed for 26 weeks after handing himself in

December 4, 2015, 3:05 am

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A CRAWLEY man wanted for a series of thefts has been jailed after handing himself in following an appeal. Ryan Higson, 27, of no fixed address but formerly of Letchworth Court, Bewbush, had been due to answer a charge of theft from a shop and breach of a community order. Following efforts to trace him, he handed himself in to officers on November 25. Last Friday (November 27) Higson, unemployed, appeared before Crawley magistrates. He was charged with three counts of shoplifting, to which he...

Immigration raid on High Street restaurant finds no illegal...

December 4, 2015, 3:58 am

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A RESTAURANT owner has slammed Home Office officials for raiding his business for the second time in three months based on intelligence he says is flawed. Immigration officers questioned staff at Reds Piri Piri yesterday (Thursday) because they believed someone was working there illegally. But after leaving without making any arrests, furious owner Wasim Haider has criticised the Government agency for "wasting money" and giving people the wrong impression about his business. He said: "They were...

Homeless Crawley man accused of trying to steal cash machine

December 4, 2015, 4:48 am

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A HOMELESS man from Crawley allegedly tried to steal a cash machine and caused £14,000 worth of damage. Police were alerted when a patrol car came across road closed signs, which they thought were suspicious, on the A272 Bolney Road near Ansty just before 1am last Saturday (November 28). At the same time a call was received reporting a theft taking place at Ansty Garage. Officers were on scene within a minute and blocked a Mitsubishi vehicle, which was driven at the police car, causing...

Crawley men appear in court accused of possessing a gun

December 5, 2015, 3:43 am

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TWO men have appeared in court charged with having a gun.Nandan Chelliah-Sarvana and Mohammed Khan both stood in the dock at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with possessing a firearm.Neither Chelliah-Sarvana, 38, or Khan, 25, entered pleas.Chelliah-Sarvana, from Pennine Close in West Green, and Khan, from Atkinson Road in Maidenbower, are alleged to have had a gun in Chantry Road, in Harrow, Middlesex, on April 7.The pair are charged with having a firearm less than 60cm long in...

Furnace Green man cleared of raping woman in Broadfield

December 6, 2015, 5:30 am

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A MAN has been cleared after it was alleged that he had raped a woman in Broadfield.Rafal Rybianski faced trial at Hove Crown Court earlier this month.The 27-year-old was accused of having carried out the sex attack on April 23 at an address in Broadfield.But a jury unanimously found Rybianski, from Warnham Road, in Furnace Green, not guilty on November 20.He was then discharged by the judge.

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Crawley woman accused of shoplifting in Wilko 5 times in 8 days

December 7, 2015, 6:45 am

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A WOMAN accused of stealing hundreds of pounds worth of items from Wilko on five occasions over eight days will face trial.Rosa Calaca appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.The 45-year-old had previously pleaded not guilty to five counts of theft from a shop. She is alleged to have shoplifted five times from the store on The Broadway in March.Calaca is charged with stealing cosmetics of an unknown value on March 18 and £182 of confectionery the next day. On March 23 she is...

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December 7, 2015, 7:07 am

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A FORMER baggage handler who abused his position at Gatwick Airport by attempting to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into the country has been jailed.David Fox used his work privileges to get into the restricted transfer shed area of the airport to remove Class A drugs from suitcases and take them out among his own belongings.Fox also removed labels from innocent peoples' luggage to then re-use them on bags containing drugs.The 65-year-old, who was assisted by Stephen Chambers, 45, of...

Mum who funded holidays by stealing £450,000 from firm...

December 8, 2015, 8:33 am

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A WOMAN who stole almost half a million pounds from her employer which ran car parks at Gatwick Airport to fund lavish holidays and pay for her daughter's wedding has been jailed.Ghazala Ashraf was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court last Thursday after being found guilty after a trial of three charges of theft and one of transferring criminal property. The thefts took place when Ashraf was working as an accounts manager for APCOA which then ran Gatwick Airport's long and short-term public car...

Man found in Tilgate Park stream with fractured eye sockets and...

December 8, 2015, 11:22 pm

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AN injured man was found lying in a stream in Tilgate Park with fractures to both his eye sockets and a broken leg after a car was seen speeding away in the early hours of the morning.Police officers were carrying out a routine patrol of a car park at the popular park when they saw a silver car speeding away from the area just after 1.30am on Tuesday (December 8).Following a search of the area, a 43-year-old man was found in a stream suffering with a number of injuries.He had sustained a broken...

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December 8, 2015, 11:43 pm

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POLICE have named the first group of drivers, including two from Crawley, who have been arrested and charged as part of a Christmas campaign to crackdown on people drink-driving.A total of 45 drivers have so far been arrested in Sussex since the campaign was launched at the start of the month. Of these, 22 have been charged and bailed to appear in court.Among them is Lee Errikson, of Beckford Way, in Maidenbower, was arrested at Crawley Police Station on December 5 and charged with failing to...

Crawley man convicted of being part of gang which scammed 34...

December 9, 2015, 9:55 am

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A CRAWLEY man has pleaded guilty to being part of a network of organised criminals who scammed dozens of people into believing they were at fault for flooding homes with raw sewage.A total of 10 people have pleaded, or been found, guilty of a variety of fraud and money laundering offences following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU).The fraud offences involved a total of 34 victims.At a hearing on November 16 this year Martin Jones, 26, of Newbury Road in...

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December 10, 2015, 1:56 am

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POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of attacking the victim found by officers in a stream in Tilgate Park with fractures to both his eye sockets and a broken leg.Sussex Police officers were carrying out a routine patrol of a car park in Tilgate Park when they saw a silver car speeding away just after 1.30am on Tuesday (December 8).Following a search of the area, a 43-year-old man was found in a stream suffering with a number of injuries.It has now been revealed a police patrol in Furnace...

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Police hunting men spotted fighting INSIDE car in Tilgate

December 10, 2015, 6:00 am

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POLICE have revealed why they were posting letters through doors asking for help investigating a "serious incident" in Tilgate last night.Residents living in streets across the neighbourhood received a letter from the Crawley Neighbourhood Policing Team yesterday (Wednesday, December 9).Sussex Police have now confirmed they are looking into reports of two people fighting both inside and outside a parked car in Salisbury Road,Officers were called to the road at about 6.15pm.A Sussex...

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December 11, 2015, 1:21 am

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A £1,000 diamond ring has been stolen from a town centre jewellers and police have issued photos of the two suspects. Two thieves struck in Warren James Jewellers in The Martlets at about 2.15pm last Friday (December 4) They made off with the 9ct white gold ring with a square cluster of diamonds. Anyone who recognises the men or who has any information about the incident is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 947 of 07/11. Or call the independent charity...

Senior Sussex Police officer allegedly called 11 prostitutes in...

December 11, 2015, 4:23 am

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A SENIOR officer at Sussex Police is facing a disciplinary hearing after allegedly arranging to meet up with prostitutes using his work mobile phone. Inspector Lee Lyons will answer allegations that his conduct amounts to a breach of Standards of Professional Behaviour after he allegedly arranged to meet prostitutes after his shift.He is alleged to have used his personal phone at work to make 23 calls to 11 prostitutes in just over an hour on July 23 last year.He will also face the charge that...

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December 13, 2015, 3:17 am

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POLICE are patrolling Crawley town centre throughout today and will use powers to force people to leave the area in a bid to keep Christmas shoppers safe.A dispersal order, known as a section 35 order, has been authorised for the town centre today (Sunday, December 13).Under the order, police officers and PCSOs can tell people to move on if there is reason to believe they may cause harassment, alarm or distress or be involved in crime or disorder in the area. They are asked not return for up to...

West Green teenager cleared of having a belt for a weapon

December 13, 2015, 7:15 am

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A TEENAGER accused of having a belt as a weapon in public has had the charge dropped but he has been fined for threatening behaviour.Sam Williams appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and using threatening behaviour to cause alarm.The allegation of having a belt out in public in Little Crabtree, West Green as a weapon on November 3 was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at the hearing.West Green, pleaded...