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A YOUNG father has been ordered to pay compensation for assaulting his on-off girlfriend.Joe Masterson injured Georgie Worsfold by throwing a pair of scissors at her hip, causing her to bleed.He then smashed a mirror while she called police from the safety of another room at her home in Fisher Close, Southgate, on March 2.The 23-year-old, of Copthorne Road, Felbridge, pleaded guilty to assault and criminal damage.He was fined £150 and given a two-year community order when he was...

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June 20, 2014, 6:30 am

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A MAN accused of inhumanely killing his cat by drowning it in a bucket of water has appeared in court.David Streeter, from Cherry Lane, Langley Green, was at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday where his defence team applied to change the date of his trial.The 63-year-old had pleaded not guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and failing to ensure its welfare at the same court on March 12.At that hearing magistrates heard that eight police officers had arrived at Streeter's...

Family of Crawley pensioner who died after being hit by...

June 21, 2014, 11:15 pm

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THE family of a pensioner, who died after being knocked down by a drink-driver while he crossed the road, have launched a campaign urging people never to drive if they think there is the slightest chance they could be over the limit.Mohamed Shamim, of Baker Close, Southgate, died in East Surrey Hospital earlier this month, having been in a sedated state for two weeks with fractured legs and spine.The 80-year-old had just left the new Crawley Islamic Culture Centre and Mosque, on the corner...

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June 23, 2014, 6:20 am

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A MAN is to appear in court accused of attempted robbery, criminal damage and making off without paying after an incident in Bewbush. Police were called to Nevile Close at around 4.15am on Sunday, June 15 to a report that a man had damaged the wing mirror of a taxi after a dispute over the fare. Vikesh Patel, 23, of Nevile Close, has been released on bail to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on July 2.

Military memorabilia stolen from couple in their 60s in Northgate

June 25, 2014, 4:42 am

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MILITARY memorabilia has been raided from the home of a couple in their 60s on London Road in Northgate. Police are appealing for information after the military medal and veteran pin badges were stolen. The medals and pins were the couple's grandson's and army-related but not service medal or pins. They hold sentimental value to the family. Between 12.15pm and 1.45pm on Thursday, June 5, intruders broke into their home and stole a number of small items. These included a bronze medal with...

Police officer from Crawley stole £150 of groceries from...

June 25, 2014, 9:00 am

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A FORMER police officer from Crawley is still out of work more than four months after admitting stealing groceries from a supermarket.It emerged this week that in February, at Lewes Crown Court, Roger Toms pleaded guilty to stealing £150 of items from Tesco in Hazelwick Avenue, Three Bridges, on April 16 last year.He and his wife Sharon had been due to face trial on the same charge, after both of them denied the theft. But as the trial was about to start, on February 6, Mr Toms pleaded...

Burglars fail in bid to break into shop in Crawley town centre

June 25, 2014, 10:00 am

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THIEVES have failed in a bid to break into a shop in Queens Square. The alarm was activated and nothing was stolen when the burglars tried to get inside BrightHouse, a store which sells home furnishing, appliances and computing equipment.The crime took place at about 8pm last Thursday and police are investigating.

Woman found guilty of drunk and disorderly behaviour in High...

June 25, 2014, 11:15 am

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A WOMAN from Gossops Green has been fined for being drunk and disorderly in Crawley town centre.Debbie Taylor, from Highams Hill, was due to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday to answer a charge of being drunk and disorderly in a public place.However, the 20-year-old did not attend court and the case proceeded without her.In her absence, magistrates found the case against her was proved.On November 2 last year Taylor was found to have been drunk and disorderly in the High...

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£2,000 of diving equipment stolen from Crawley garage

June 25, 2014, 12:30 pm

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DIIVING equipment worth more than £2,000 has been stolen from a garage in Trist Way, Ifield.The break-in occurred between 10pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday.The stolen equipment included a wrist computer, a buoyancy waistcoat and breathing regulators.

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June 26, 2014, 2:30 am

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RESIDENTS have told of their shock after a jogger was attacked by a man wielding a knife as he ran through woods between Gossops Green and Bewbush last Thursday afternoon.Police initially taped off an area of Woldhurstlea Wood to investigate the crime.The runner was close to the edge of the woods nearest Coxcomb Walk, in Bewbush, when he was attacked at about 2.35pm.An ambulance, police van and police dogs were sent to the scene, while a police helicopter was seen circling overhead.Luckily the...

Southgate man to stand trial on race charges after incident at...

June 26, 2014, 3:16 am

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A MAN has been released on bail having appeared in court on charges of racially-motivated criminal damage and common assault. Andrew Tester, of Barley Close, Southgate, is due to appear at Horsham Magistrates' Court on October 2. He faces charges of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and racially or religiously aggravated common assault. The charges followed an incident at the Lidl supermarket in Hazelwick Avenue, Three Bridges, on Friday, April 11. Tester, 33, had pleaded...

Furnace Green man jailed for 20 years after raping two children

June 26, 2014, 5:53 am

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A MAN from Furnace Green is starting a 20-year prison sentence after committing a string of sickening sex offences on two young girls. On Monday (June 23) Adam Warren, 35, from Warnham Road, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court to a total of 20 years in prison for sex offences against two girls who were aged, respectively, between seven and 11, and between six and nine, at the times of the offences between six and eight years ago. He had been convicted on May 19 after a retrial. The...

Teenager punched to floor and repeatedly kicked in robbery in...

June 26, 2014, 8:46 am

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A TEENAGER has been punched to the floor and repeatedly kicked in a terrifying robbery in Goffs Park. At about 5.30pm on Tuesday (June 25), the victim, an 18-year old local man, was walking from West Green towards Bewbush via a short footpath through Goffs Park. The path runs between Goffs Lane and Gossops Drive. As he walked along Goffs Lane alongside Snell Hatch Cemetery he saw two men walking towards him. One is described as a white, in his early 20s, of slim build, 5ft 6in tall, with...

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June 26, 2014, 8:47 am

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SUSSEX Police have released the names of 28 people who will be appearing in court on suspicion of drink driving. The drivers are being named in the hope that it will act as a deterrent to stop people getting people behind the wheel when over the limit. It is part of the police force's summer crackdown on drink and drug driving - called Operation Dragonfly. A total of 76 people have now been charged this month as part of the operation. Superintendent Jane Derrick, the head of the force's...

Two men arrested following afternoon fight in Crawley town centre

June 27, 2014, 8:08 am

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TWO men were arrested after a fight in Crawley town centre yesterday (June 26). Police were called to The Broadway at around 2.45pm to reports of a fight between two men. Both men, a 43-year-old from Crawley and a 19-year-old from Uxbridge, were arrested on suspicion of affray. They have both been bailed until August 8 while investigations continue.

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June 30, 2014, 5:07 am

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RESIDENTS in Crawley are being urged to be extra vigilant after two victims - both aged 80 - were targeted in a phone scam in which fraudsters pretended to be police officers. Two separate households in Gossops Green were targeted by the crooks on Friday (June 27). Both victims received a telephone call from someone claiming to be a police officer. On one occasion they said they were from Camden and on the other from Charing Cross. The callers then told the householders that their bank...

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June 30, 2014, 7:53 am

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A WOMAN has accepted a police caution for defrauding a bus company by altering tickets to allow her to travel for free on buses in Crawley. The 18-year-old, from Maidenbower, admitted to fraud by false representation after she had altered the dates on bus tickets on March 11 and 25 so she did not have to pay on the Metrobus. A Metrobus spokesman said: "Metrobus has a zero tolerance approach towards ticket fraud on our buses. "We will always take further action against anyone...

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July 2, 2014, 4:55 am

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A WOMAN with a degree in nursing whose life spiralled out of control after "something happened" five years ago has appeared in court for shouting abuse at a police officer and kicking him in the shins. Sanchia Robertson, who is homeless and living in a field, used to have a house, a mortgage, and a normal family life, a court heard. The 42-year-old, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and being drunk and disorderly when she appeared at Crawley...

Sussex Police name and shame another 6 suspected drink drivers

July 2, 2014, 8:16 am

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SUSSEX Police have named and shamed another six people suspected of drink-drive offences. It is part of a summer crackdown on the crime, with police officers hoping that naming suspects will act as a deterrent to stop people getting behind the wheel when over the limit. A 33-year-old woman is to appear in court charged with drink driving after a crash that put another driver in hospital. Laura Gardiner lost control of her grey BMW 120 on the A22 in Ashurstwood shortly after 9am on June 17...

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July 2, 2014, 10:15 am

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AS criminals go they don't get more much more dozy than this. An attempted burglary in Henshaw Close, in Bewbush, on Sunday had to be abandoned by the thieves - after they accidentally rang the door bell of the house they were trying to break into. A resident, who had been asleep at the time, woke up when they bell rang, at about 3.30am. He didn't go down to check who was there, due to the time, but later that morning discovered someone had tried to force open the front door. And police, who...