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July 2, 2014, 10:30 pm

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NEIGHBOURS have expressed shock that a child rapist was living in their street. Adam Warren, from Warnham Road, Furnace Green has begun a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of raping two young girls.Warren was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court last week.The 35-year-old carried out a string of horrific sex attacks on two girls who were aged, respectively, between seven and 11 and six and nine at the time of the attacks, which all took place between six and eight years ago.Warren had...

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July 3, 2014, 6:48 am

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DANIEL Palmer, the man accused of murdering Portuguese national Joao Esteves in a Three Bridges alleyway, has appeared in court ahead of his trial later this month. The 24-year-old, who spent his latest birthday in custody, appeared at Hove Crown Court today (Thursday) for a pre-trial review. Wearing a black suit he sat in the dock as the defence and prosecution ensured everything was on schedule for the trial which is due to start on July 21. A man and a woman were also in the court room and...

Rolf Harris sentencing: Crawley activist appears outside court

July 4, 2014, 4:50 am

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A WELL known Crawley activist has appeared outside the court where convicted paedophile and former children's entertainer Rolf Harris is being sentenced. Arshad Khan, who regularly appears outside Parliament and in the background of news reports has once again found his way into the limelight. Mr Khan, of Letchworth Court, Bewbush is currently outside Southwark Crown Court waving a placard reading: "Attack on Iran will lead America and Russia to World War 3." Mr Khan has contested more...

Sussex Police wants its officers using hybrid and electric cars

July 5, 2014, 3:30 am

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SUSSEX Police have taken a step towards becoming a greener force by test driving a hybrid car for the first time.Surrey and Sussex Police Driving School will test drive a Vauxhall Ampera Hybrid for four weeks.A Hyundai ix35 Hydrogen, which is powered by hydrogen, will also be tested by the team for one day.A hybrid car is one that uses more than one means of propulsion, such as a normal petrol or diesel engine and an electric motor.Dennis Ord, who sourced the vehicle for the driving school,...

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July 7, 2014, 8:48 am

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A TAXI driver has had his jaw broken in two places in an attack by four men in Bewbush. Police are appealing for help to find those who attacked the 43-year old Crawley man, who was left with serious facial injuries. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 5, four men got into a pre-booked taxi outside the Half Moon pub in Brighton Road, Southgate. As the taxi turned into Stevenage Road, Bewbush, the men started punching the driver to the head. He managed to stop the car and the men got...

Sussex dad jailed after killing his five-week-old daughter

July 9, 2014, 7:19 am

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A MAN has been jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of his five-week-old baby daughter. Mark Sandland, 28, of Cambridge Road, Hastings, appeared at Hove Crown Court today (Wednesday) for sentencing. Sandland had been charged with murdering daughter Aimee-Rose at their home in St Leonards on November 5, 2012. The court heard he had been frustrated by her screaming as he tried to play PlayStation game Assassin's Creed 3. He picked her up by her torso and shook...

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July 9, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A FORMER delivery driver for Parcelforce has been found guilty of stealing £500 in £1 coins when collecting parcels from a post office.When caught with most of the money, Matthew Fay, of Leighlands, Pound Hill, made up a story that he had won it on a scratchcard – but two weeks later he changed his story and claimed he had picked the money up by mistake while collecting parcels from a post office in Worthing.This explanation was dismissed, however, at Horsham Magistrates'...

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July 10, 2014, 3:15 am

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A POLICE officer who won a bullying case against Scotland Yard was accused of making threats to damage property in Crawley last year, it has been revealed.Firearms officer Carol Howard won a claim of discrimination against the Metropolitan Police earlier this month.It was subsequently revealed that the officer was held on suspicion of offences in 2013 and this year including assault and harassment.Sussex Police said Ms Howard was arrested in August last year on suspicion of assault, harassment...

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July 10, 2014, 4:42 am

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POLICE have revealed that a man suffered a broken jaw after being punched following a Rod Stewart concert. He was attacked close to Brighton's Amex Stadium after the concert last month. The man, from Hamsphire, was attacked at the junction of the A27 and Knights Gale Road as he left the concert at about 10.30pm on June 13. He returned home and went to his local hospital the following day where he was admitted and underwent surgery. His jaw was broken in two places and he required a...

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July 10, 2014, 6:15 am

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A MALE driver has had his vehicle seized by police following a routine stop in a car park off The Boulevard. Officers stopped the driver at 11.23am today (July 10) at the Boulevard East Car Park. They were at the scene until 1.35pm. Officers were there so long because checks had to be carried out on the man's licence with the DVLA, some of whose staff are striking today. Checks revealed that the man's licence had been revoked on medical grounds. Because of this officers took action to seize...

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July 11, 2014, 2:21 am

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POLICE are hunting for a man who is suspected of pouring boiling water over a woman. Sussex Police want the public's help to trace 47-year old Luis Alfaro-Tames. In the early hours of Wednesday, July 2 officers were called to an address in Ousedale Close, Lewes, after the 31-year old woman had received second degree scalding and surface injuries to her face, neck and head when a kettle full of boiling water was poured over her. She was treated for her injuries at Royal Sussex County...

Crawley man charged with burglary as part of police crackdown

July 11, 2014, 5:26 am

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A CRAWLEY man has been charged with burglary as part of a Sussex Police crackdown on the crime. Tony Hoare, 29, from Ormesby Walk, Furnace Green, is accused of burgling a home in Vicarage Road, Crawley Down, on December 20. During the break-in silver cutlery and commemorative plates were stolen. Hoare will appear at Lewes Crown Court on July 24. His arrest was made by officers on the Operation Magpie team, who are looking to crack down on the crime. A 19-year-old man, of no fixed...

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July 14, 2014, 5:19 am

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A FEMALE police officer suffered a suspected cheek fracture after being called to a report of two youths breaking into a car in Broadfield. Officers attended Bluebell Close at 9.50pm last Friday, July 11, in response to the call. The female officer was allegedly was then headbutted. One suspect was arrested nearby but the other fled. Ryan David Bowler, 18, of Edrich Road, Broadfield, Crawley, has been charged with obstructing police, assaulting a police officer and threatening or abusive...

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July 14, 2014, 7:09 am

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DRIVERS from Crawley are among 11 who have been convicted as part of Sussex Police's summer crackdown on drink and drug driving. Sunday Aba, 44, was arrested after was he was found at the wheel of a car on the High Street, which had been driven erratically at 1.35am on June 1. Aba, of Swallow Road, Langley Green, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and driving without insurance. He was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay a £300 fine, £85 costs and a £20 victim...

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July 15, 2014, 12:04 am

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POLICE have launched an appeal for help in finding a violent robber who was jailed for shooting a man in a racially motivated attack and threatened a group of people with a gun while posing as a police officer. Peter Mahoney has gone missing from Ford Prison, in Sussex, and Sussex Police is urging the public not to approach him but immediately call the emergency services. Mahoney left the prison on Friday and travelled to Brighton on day release but did not return. He has not been seen or...

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July 15, 2014, 2:44 am

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A SECURITY breach at Gatwick Airport has seen a man pass through security checks and get airside without a ticket or boarding pass. A man, reportedly a Turkish national, managed to get through to the departure lounges without any documentation this morning (Tuesday) at about 8.20am. The incident sparked concern within the airport with some worried passengers said to have rushed to leave after overhearing what happened. A source at the airport said: "A Turkish man managed to walk straight...

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July 15, 2014, 6:12 am

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A GIRL was bitten on her cheek while walking home in West Green and had to be taken to hospital. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault on the 17-year-old who was attacked at Horsham Road on Friday (July 11) between 8.30pm and 9pm. The victim was walking home near to the level crossing and opposite the Casbah shop. The suspect was known to the victim. PC Jim Lee said: "We would like to speak to anyone who witnessed this assault. "It was a nasty unprovoked attack that...

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July 15, 2014, 11:57 pm

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A BURGER van owner accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his roadside trailer has appeared in court. Bilal Sarioglu is charged with three counts of sexual assault against the woman, who is not known to him, and one count of exposure on the A264 layby between Copthorne and Crawley on May 3, 2013, all of which he denies. The 44-year-old, of Olivier Road in Maidenbower, appeared in the dock at Hove Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday). But due to conflict with other cases, it was returned to the...

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July 16, 2014, 4:21 am

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A MAN was attacked yesterday evening (July 15) in Northgate and had to be taken to hospital. Four people have been arrested after the 53-year-old suffered serious head injuries in the attack. The man, of no fixed address, suffered a deep cut to his head and extensive facial fractures. He is being treated at the East Sussex Hospital. Detective Inspector Mark Cullimore said: "We are investigating an attack involving people known to each other. "The nasty assault happened on Tuesday...

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July 16, 2014, 4:30 am

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A FORMER Gatwick PCSO confiscated £15,000 from passengers and then hid the money in her police hat, a court has heard.Alexis Scott is accused of conning seven travellers flying out of the airport's North Terminal out of sums from £1,000 to £3,000 in the space of a month last year.A trial began last week at Canterbury Crown Court and jurors were told Scott took £3,000 from a woman who was travelling to Turkey that was intended to help pay for an operation and a...