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A MAN who abused a nurse who was treating him at Crawley Hospital has been ordered to compensate her and will write a letter of apology.Ashley Berry appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (December 2) charged with using abusive and insulting behaviour to cause harassment and distress.Berry, from Rother Crescent, in Gossops Green, pleaded guilty to abusing the nurse at the Urgent Treatment Centre, based at the hospital in West Green, in the early hours of October 11.After entering...

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December 14, 2015, 7:05 am

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POLICE have arrested a wanted man on suspicion of kidnap and being involved in the violent attack in Tilgate Park where a man was left helpless in a stream 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.Police...

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December 14, 2015, 8:04 am

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THE man accused of throwing a gun into a bin at Gatwick Airport, sparking a major security alert and leading to the North Terminal to be evacuated for six hours has appeared in Court.French national Jerome Chauris, 41, is charged with possessing an air gun and a lock knife at the North Terminal on November 14.He pleaded not guilty to both allegations when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court this morning (Monday, December 14) via video link. Police were called at 9.30am on Saturday after a...

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December 15, 2015, 12:12 am

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A WOMAN who stabbed a man, who she suspected of stealing a sentimental photograph, with a kitchen knife has been jailed. Kerry Persons, of Black Dog Walk, Northgate, was sentenced at Hove Trial Centre last Friday. The 35-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm. The victim, John Smith, had been at the defendant's home on June 30 this year when she noticed a photo of her late brother was missing and accused him of taking it. She stabbed him once in the back with...

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December 15, 2015, 4:15 am

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A CRAWLEY fraudster has been sent to prison for the role he played in major scams conning people into booking and paying for hire vehicles which never existed and for spending money on American Express and bank cards wrongly gained.In total six men have been jailed this month for playing a part in the crimes which took place between 2010 and 2012.David Guttridge, 33, from Haywards, in Pound Hill, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court on December 4.Anthony Stevens, 50, from...

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December 15, 2015, 11:51 pm

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POLICE are understood to be investigating reports of several thefts from LB1 bar in Crawley on one night at the weekend.People on social media have reported having items stolen from handbags at the bar in Gales Drive, Three Bridges, on Saturday.Mobile phones, money and IDs including a driving licence were taken.A post on Facebook group Spotted Crawley reads: "There was a lady in LB1 on Saturday who stole 3 people handbags, was taking them to the toilets and emptying out what she didn't want...

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December 16, 2015, 11:00 pm

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QUESTIONS have been asked about why police have failed to arrest anyone over a brutal attack and robbery in which a man had chunks of flesh taken out of his face.Alex Samson was savagely beaten up during a night out in the town centre – and thinks he was punched in the face with a set of knuckle dusters.But despite giving police the names of the two men who he says were responsible for the attack, nobody has been arrested or even questioned.Mr Samson was standing in the smoking area...

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December 17, 2015, 12:35 am

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A MAN who attacked his ex-partner has been bailed until he is sentenced.Slah Hassine pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.Twice between October 1 and 28 this year he attacked his former partner at a flat in Ashenground Road, Haywards Heath.His female victim suffered a cut to her forehead and injured her knee in the attacks after being thrown to the ground. She had to go to the Princess Royal Hospital for...

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December 17, 2015, 3:04 am

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THE thug who murdered a homeless man in Three Bridges has failed in a bid to clear his name at the Criminal Court of Appeal.Daniel Palmer, now 25, brutally beat up Joao Esteves, put a cord around his neck pulling it tight and took photos of him lying injured on the ground before leaving him for dead.Palmer attacked Mr Esteves in the forecourt of the Kwik-Fit garage on the corner of Stephenson Way and Haslett Avenue East, in Three Bridges, and frogmarched him to a nearby alleyway where he...

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December 18, 2015, 1:37 am

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POLICE are investigating an attempt to scam a vulnerable man in Crawley. The victim, who has learning difficulties, was approached by two men in a car who asked him to get inside and tried to get him to hand over credit cards and PIN numbers. He was approached as he was walking along Ewhurst Road, in West Green, opposite the ambulance station on Ifield Avenue, while taking a lunchtime break from work at a nearby shop at about 1.45pm on Monday, December 14. A gold Skoda saloon car containing...

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December 18, 2015, 2:28 am

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A POLICE officer based at Gatwick Airport has been arrested on suspicion of being more than twice the drink-drive limit.More than 100 motorists have been arrested in Sussex since the Christmas 2015 crackdown on drink and drug-driving was launched on December 1.A total of 102 arrests had been made in the county up until the end of Wednesday (December 16). Of these, 50 have been charged.Among them is James Smoothy, 26, a British Transport Police officer based at Gatwick Airport.He was arrested in...

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December 18, 2015, 9:23 am

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A MAN in his 50s has denied multiple counts of intentionally touching an underage girl sexually and making her touch his penis. Graham Burns, from Otway Close in Bewbush, is charged with sexually touching a girl on five occasions between November 22, 2010, and April 30, 2014. Between November 22, 2010, and August 5, 2014, is also accused of twice inciting an underage girl to touch his penis. Burns, 54, is jointly accused with Carla Leaworthy, 43, of Pegwell Close in Bewbush, of engaging in...

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December 22, 2015, 2:49 am

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A WOMAN who was followed and approached as she walked in Crawley at 2.30am at the weekend is being urged to contact police.Sussex Police are appealing for the woman who was spoken to by a man as she walked along Haslett Avenue in the early hours of Sunday (December 20) to come forward.A driver noticed that a man appeared to be following a woman and attempted to talk to her about borrowing a lighter.When the driver stopped and asked the woman if she was ok, the man quickly turned around and...

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December 22, 2015, 5:11 am

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December 22, 2015, 8:48 am

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EIGHT more motorists have been convicted as part of Operation Dragonfly - Surrey and Sussex Police's Christmas 2015 crackdown on drink and drug-driving. Michael Cutler, 46, unemployed, of Milward Road in Hastings, was arrested in Old London Road, Hastings, on 3 December and charged with driving with 61mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath in his system. He pleaded guilty at Hastings Magistrates' Court on Thursday (17 December) and was disqualified from driving for 17 months. He was also ordered to...

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December 22, 2015, 10:15 pm

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A TEENAGER has been fined £145 for driving a vehicle in Crawley with a fake blue warning light attached.William Mason was due to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 15 charged with driving a motor vehicle fitted with a device resembling a blue warning beacon contrary to the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations.The 19-year-old did not attend in person but a guilty plea was made on his behalf.Mason, from Banks Road in Pound Hill, drove a Vauxhall on Crawley Avenue with the illegal...

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December 23, 2015, 3:57 am

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TWO men have been arrested in connection with a violent assault in the town centre which left a man with deep cuts to his face and needing a skin graft. The attack happened at about 2am on Saturday, December 4 in Bank Lane – a small road which runs down the side of the closed Legends bar and is behind Wilko, just off the High Street. Alex Samson, 28, told officers he was led down the road from Anjelique before being attacked and having his phone and £470 in cash stolen. He suffered...

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December 23, 2015, 9:33 am

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A WOMAN being pursued because she was suspected of stealing goods from Debenhams in County Mall drove "for some distance" with an employee of the store clinging to her bonnet, a court has heard. Mary Totham, 29, allegedly stole £110 of goods from the department store on October 8 and was followed to County Mall's car park by staff members, who tried to stop her driving away, Crawley Magistrates' Court was told today (Wednesday). It is alleged that after driving at one employee, she then...

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December 23, 2015, 9:39 am

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A CON artist who used counterfeit Border Force stamps on invoices to try to reclaim more than £28,000 of VAT on goods bought at Gatwick Airport has been sent to prison.Aydan Yildirim was questioned by HM Revenue and Customs after Sussex Police officers arrested her as she attempted to reclaim VAT on computers and telephone products she had bought at Gatwick Airport in November. Investigations revealed the 30-year-old had presented the VAT invoices to claim a refund on goods bought,...

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December 23, 2015, 8:38 pm

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A YOUNG man has been given a suspended jail term for stealing perfume worth hundreds of pounds from Debenhams.Jake Braine appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 1 to be sentenced for theft.The 21-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to stealing perfume, worth £210, from Debenhams in County Mall on October 30.Braine had already been banned from entering the shop due to threats he had made.Magistrates gave him a nine-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months.Braine, from...