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June 2, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A THREE Bridges man has admitted in court to asking his elderly neighbour: "Why don't you go and die?"Chetan Majithia, of Nokes Court, Commonwealth Drive, pleaded guilty to a charge of using threatening behaviour when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (May 21).The court heard Majithia had been shouting at his home and a neighbour, who was with her young son, had asked him to stop.Prosecutor Melanie Wotton explained that when asked to do so, Majithia threatened...

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Cinema-goer bitten in the head and beaten up after asking noisy...

June 3, 2014, 5:48 am

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A MAN has been bitten in the head and beaten up, after asking a fellow cinema-goer to be quiet during a film. Police are appealing for witnesses to the shocking assault on a 28-year-old man at Cineworld in Crawley Leisure Park on Sunday (June 1) at 7.20pm. The victim was watching A Million Ways To Die In The West, which stars Liam Neeson, Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron, with his girlfriend when he asked the man sitting behind him, who was talking loudly, to be quiet. The man then hit...

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June 4, 2014, 10:30 pm

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POLICE are continuing the hunt for two men who carried out a brutal acid attack, nearly two months after it took place.A 22-year-old man was set upon as he returned home to his flat in Lyon Close, in Maidenbower, on April 8.Acid was thrown over his face and hands.His two male attackers are believed to have hidden around the corner before pouncing at about 7pm.Police have been searching ever since for two black men who were seen in the area wearing high-visibility jackets.They were seen driving...

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June 5, 2014, 1:30 am

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A FIERCE fire tore through a garage block as children and a pregnant woman slept just a few metres away - in the second arson attack in the same street within a month.Residents were awoken by the sound of crackling flames and tyres bursting as the blaze engulfed a car which was parked in the three-bay garage in Richmond Court, Southgate, in the early hours of Sunday.Two fire crews battled for 90 minutes to extinguish the flames.The outbuilding sits right next to one house, opposite two...

Police appeal to trace man after several passengers robbed on...

June 5, 2014, 3:01 am

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POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a man after passengers had items stolen on a train stopped at Gatwick. British Transport Police (BTP) officers are asking for the public's help in identifying a man on board a train travelling from London Victoria to Brighton. The incident took place on 18 April on board the 12.25am service, with the train held outside Gatwick Airport station while officers investigated. Now officers have released still images of a man they think will be able to help...

Woman, 18, found lying unconscious in Crawley lay-by with...

June 5, 2014, 7:12 am

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POLICE have launched an appeal for help after a woman was found lying unconscious in a lay-by in Manor Royal. The 18-year-old was discovered by a member of the public on the A23 (London Road), near County Oak Retail Park, at 11.50pm on Monday (June 2). They called 999 and when an ambulance arrived at the scene the woman was immediately taken to hospital and treated for a cut on her head and fractured ribs. Police are investigating the possibility she was attacked. They have interviewed...

Suitcase containing £10,000 of computer equipment stolen...

June 6, 2014, 1:15 am

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BRITISH Transport Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a suitcase containing more than £10,000 worth of computer equipment. The theft took place shortly after 9pm on Wednesday, April 9 as the victim, a 29-year-old man, travelled by train between Gatwick and Horsham. DC Nigel Craig said: "The victim, who boarded the train at Gatwick, left his luggage, which contained expensive computer equipment, in the luggage rack behind his...

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June 6, 2014, 1:18 am

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A MAN suffered bruising to his brain when he was punched in the face and knocked unconscious having been confronted by five men. Police are appealing for witnesses after the 21-year-old was attacked in the car park of The Windmill pub on Gossops Drive, Gossops Green, at about 9.30pm on Saturday (May 31). The victim had been confronted by a group of about five men outside the pub. He had been out with friends but was in the car park on his own when he was attacked. The confrontation is...

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June 6, 2014, 5:24 am

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A WOMAN who was found unconscious in a lay-by on Monday night (June 2) was attacked for a drink, it has been revealed. Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to the assault on the 18-year-old, near the Ibis Hotel, London Road, Manor Royal, between 10.30 and 11.50pm. Officers found the woman injured in a lay-by near County Oak Retail Park and she was treated later at hospital for a cut on her head and fractured ribs. The woman has told police that a man came up to her, grabbed a drink...

Crawley boy approached by strangers who tried to get him into...

June 6, 2014, 7:10 am

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POLICE in Crawley are investigating a report that a young boy was followed home by three men - who had tried to get him into their car. At about 6.30pm on Monday, May 26 (the recent bank holiday) the 12-year-old boy was walking home from the nearby Casbah convenience store in Horsham Road, West Green, after buying some sweets. A car, described as a red Nissan Almera, with a mid-1990s "M" registration and an EU symbol on the number plates, and containing three men, drove up and one...

Man accused of stabbing doctor at Crawley surgery has plea...

June 7, 2014, 8:30 am

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A MAN accused of stabbing a doctor in the leg while he was at work in his surgery has had his hearing to enter a plea at court delayed.Joseph Cocks, from Bashford Way, in Worth, appeared at Hove Crown Court last Friday (May 31) for a plea and case management hearing.Cocks is charged with unlawful and malicious wounding, attempted wounding with intent, criminal damage to a window, affray and two charges of threatening a person with a knife.The results of a psychiatric report were due to be...

Judge decides not to send Crawley dad who made pornographic...

June 9, 2014, 12:00 am

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A DAD who made indecent photographs and video footage of pre-teenage children has been spared jail.Christopher Loades was also found to have extreme pornographic images of a person engaging in a sexual act with a dog.The 50-year-old, from Stone Court in Maidenbower, was sentenced last Friday at Hove Crown Court.He had previously pleaded guilty to making four indecent images of children and an indecent film of a child, as well as possessing the animal pornography.All the offences took place...

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June 9, 2014, 5:20 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man died three week after he was hit by a car in Crawley. Mohamed Shamim, of Baker Close, in Southgate, sadly died in the East Surrey Hospital last Thursday (June 5). Mr Shamim, 80, was hit by a white Dacia Sandero car at the junction of the A23 London Road and Martyrs Avenue, in Langley, after leaving the new Langley Green Mosque just before 6pm on Monday (18 May). Alan Wilsdon, the driver of the car from Wilmington Close in Broadfield, has...

Woman, 50, sexually assaulted near Tilgate Park

June 9, 2014, 7:59 am

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A WOMAN was sexually assaulted near Tilgate Park on Wednesday night (June 5). The 50-year-old victim was walking in Titmus Drive close to the allotments when a man groped her at about 10pm. But she pushed the man away and escaped. PC Claudia Fornari said: "The victim has been left extremely upset by her ordeal. "I need to speak to anyone who was in or around Titmus Drive on Wednesday night and could have seen or heard something."The victim screamed for help so someone may...

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June 10, 2014, 3:15 am

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SEARCH teams formed following delays in the hunt for tragic schoolgirl Sarah Payne have been awarded the group equivalent of an MBE by the Queen.Sussex Neighbourhood Watch search teams are among 111 groups across the country to have won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.The search teams are headed by Derek Pratt, from Mayfield in Worth, and are made up of trained volunteers who assist police in searching for missing people.When eight-year-old schoolgirl Sarah Payne was kidnapped and...

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June 10, 2014, 5:23 am

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POLICE have launched an appeal for help in finding a convicted murderer who was jailed for stabbing a man to death - four years after he escaped a Sussex Prison. Robert Donovan, 57, was jailed after he stabbed to death a man in the street when he was 17. In December 1974 he was jailed for life for the murder. He was later moved to Ford Prison near Arundel and left there on day release on June 19, 2010. He did not return and officers have been unable to trace him since. Donovan has links to...

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June 10, 2014, 6:20 am

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THIEVES have made off with £1,500 of cigarettes from a delivery lorry at the Co-op in Balcombe Road, Pound Hill. The offenders broke into the back of the vehicle to steal the bag of cigarettes between 12.30 and 1.05pm on Friday (June 6). A similar raid took place at the Co-op in Ifield Drive on May 13, where £3,600 of cigarettes were stolen from a lorry.

The 60p Man pleads guilty to persistent begging - and has to hand...

June 11, 2014, 7:40 am

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A NOTORIOUS Crawley beggar who has become known as The 60p Man has pleaded guilty in court this afternoon to persistent begging - and been told to pay £55 in fines and costs. Kieran Mooney – who has gained the nickname for the specific sum of money he normally asks for - was, ironically, arrested having only asked for 45p. He appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court this afternoon. The 24-year-old was arrested for the offence after approaching a plain-clothed police officer on...

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June 11, 2014, 9:30 am

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A MAN has denied being in possession of a baseball bat and threatening violence in the town centre.Tuan Bui appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday, June 4 to face charges of affray and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.Bui, 19, is accused of being in possession of a baseball bat while in The Broadway on April 21.Bui, from Wricklemarsh Road in London, pleaded not guilty to both allegations.He was released on unconditional bail to next appear at Lewes Crown Court on...

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June 12, 2014, 1:34 am

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A WOMAN has admitted a racially-motivated assault on a member of staff at the Octopvs Bar on the High Street. Tracy Bresnihan assaulted a member of staff after a dispute with them and broke candles at the venue on May 21. The 34-year-old, who is unemployed, was charged with racially aggravated common assault, criminal damage and resisting or obstructing a police officer in the lawful execution of his duty. She was given a 12-week curfew and told to pay a £60 victim surcharge and...