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July 23, 2014, 2:35 am

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DANIEL Palmer, the man accused of murdering Joao Esteves in Three Bridges, beat up his victim and left him for dead - but not before taking photos of the injured homeless man, a court has heard this morning. The prosecution also allege that Palmer put a cord around Mr Esteves's neck and pulled it tight. Evidence has been heard this morning at Lewes Crown Court where Palmer is accused of murder. Paul Valder, prosecuting, told the court that on the night in question Palmer had been thrown...

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July 23, 2014, 3:22 am

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POLICE have released a CCTV image of three robbers who threatened staff in a shop before stealing £10,000 worth of cameras. The robbery took place at Jessops, in Swan Walk, Horsham, just after 4pm on June 25 but with the CCTV image now available officers are hoping someone may recognise the suspects and come forward with information. Detective Constable John Hord, of West Sussex CID, said: "This was a terrifying incident for staff. While no one was hurt, the men threatened to cause...

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July 23, 2014, 4:47 am

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DANIEL Palmer asked a friend to "bring petrol" to where Joao Esteves was lying motionless in a Three Bridges alleyway, a court has heard this afternoon. Palmer is accused of the murder of homeless man Joao Esteves in January this year. This afternoon a jury has been told that Palmer phoned a friend and told him Mr Esteves had come at him with a knife. The court was told that Palmer added: "I have hit someone and they are not moving." Prosecutor Paul Valder told the...

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July 23, 2014, 7:31 am

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DANIEL Palmer was upset about the state of a relationship he was in on the night when he is alleged to have murdered homeless man Joao Esteves, a court has heard this afternoon. Prosecutor Paul Valder told a jury at Lewes Crown Court that shortly before attacking Mr Esteves, Palmer had been crying while speaking on the phone to a woman he had been seeing. She was at university, Mr Valder said, and Palmer was upset at how their relationship wasn't going as he had hoped. Mr Valder told the...

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July 23, 2014, 8:13 am

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DANIEL Palmer, who is standing trial accused of murdering a homeless man in Three Bridges, told a friend "I lost it, it was going to happen some time," a court has heard today. Palmer, 24, is accused of beating up Portuguese national Joao Esteves and putting a cord around his neck and pulling it tight. He is then said to have taken photos before leaving Mr Esteves for dead. Palmer denies murder and claims Mr Esteves, 45, pulled a knife on him, causing him to defend himself....

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July 24, 2014, 2:43 am

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JOAO ESTEVES, the Portuguese man allegedly murdered by Daniel Palmer in Three Bridges, had schizophrenia, a court has heard. Mr Esteves, 45, arrived at Gatwick Airport on a flight from Lisbon, where he lived with his elderly mother, at about 9.30am on January 15. He came to the UK in search of work but four days later was found in an alleyway between Stephenson Way and Haslett Avenue East with a serious head injury. He died later that day (January 19) in hospital. A post-mortem carried out...

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July 24, 2014, 3:37 am

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A MAN had part of his left ear bitten off as he was attacked by two men in the street. Sussex Police have released CCTV photos of a man they would like to speak to about the incident. A 24-year-old man was attacked shortly after 12.30am on Sunday, March 30, near the junction of New Road and North Street, in Brighton. Police have only today (July 24) appealed for the public's help to catch the attackers. The victim was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital. Detective Constable...

Crawley murder trial: Joao Esteves was only in Crawley as he was...

July 24, 2014, 7:21 am

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THE trial into the alleged murder of Joao Esteves in Three Bridges has heard today (Thursday) that the homeless man was only in Crawley having been told by police to leave Gatwick Airport or risk being arrested. The 45-year-old was advised to head to Crawley Open House - but no check was made as to whether it had any beds available. It turned out there weren't any spare beds, leading Mr Esteves to spend the night on which he was fatally injured on the streets. Daniel Palmer, 24, denies...

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July 24, 2014, 10:45 pm

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A MAN who hid his phone in a toilet with the intention of filming his colleagues has been cleared of three charges of voyeurism – after magistrates accepted he has an extreme phobia of diarrhoea and vomit.A psychologist was called in to explain how Thomas Clark's actions were not as perverse as was being claimed by prosecutors.The 28-year-old, from Barry Close in Tilgate, told a court he was petrified someone using the unisex toilet at his workplace before him might have suffered a...

Man, 22, in hospital after being stabbed in Crawley playing field

July 25, 2014, 2:46 am

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A MAN has been stabbed and two people arrested after a confrontation between a group in a Bewbush playing field. Police were called to a report of a suspicious group in Skelmersdale Walk, Bewbush, at 4.11pm yesterday (Thursday). Minutes later the ambulance service contacted police to say they were attending an incident where a 22-year-old man had received knife wounds to his left arm. The attack is believed to have taken place in the playing field off Breezehurst Drive. The victim was taken...

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July 25, 2014, 8:51 am

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THE POLICE helicopter has been scrambled from its Redhill base this afternoon (July 25) after four people were seen jumping from a foreign HGV. The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter took off at around 3.40pm to assist Sussex Police on the search, in the Copthorne area. NPAS Redhill tweeted news of its activities just after 4.45pm. Enquiries are ongoing. * More information will follow when we get it.

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July 25, 2014, 10:14 am

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POLICE are still searching this evening for four men - who it is believed could be illegal immigrants - who were seen jumping out of a lorry in Copthorne. At 2.18pm this afternoon (Friday) police were alerted to the incident. The men were seen jumping from a blue, foreign-registered lorry on the A2220 (Copthorne Road) near The Copthorne Hotel and running into a nearby housing estate. A police spokesman told the Crawley News: "Officers together with a police dog began searching for the...

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July 25, 2014, 11:45 pm

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NEW figures have been published showing that 258 people in two years have been seriously injured or killed on Sussex roads by drink-drivers. The revelation comes as a taxi driver has been banned from the road for speeding while almost twice the legal limit on the M23.In the 2011/12 and 2012/13 financial years there were 258 people killed or seriously injured in Sussex in collisions where alcohol was either listed as a contributory factor or a positive breath test was taken.The most recently...

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July 26, 2014, 6:30 am

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A MAN who was caught deceitfully selling memory cards and USB drives on eBay has been ordered to repay the £31,000 he made in profits.Amish Patel, 30, was convicted of five counts of making false claims about the storage capacity of USB sticks and memory cards he was selling through the internet auction site.Patel lived in Wakehurst Drive, Southgate, when his crimes were first brought to the attention of Trading Standards.He was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court last Friday and ordered to...

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July 26, 2014, 11:15 pm

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FIVE children have been robbed of their mobile phones, an iPad and cash in Goffs Park just two weeks after a teenager was punched to the floor and repeatedly kicked in another robbery there.The latest victims - three girls and two boys in their early teens - were threatened and robbed by two men aged about 17 to 20.The crime took place at about 5.30pm on July 10, and follows an attack at about 5.30pm on June 25, in which an 18-year-old man was attacked in the park.On that occasion two men...

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July 27, 2014, 12:58 pm

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THERE is a high police presence in Bewbush this evening after a number of incidents of public disorder. Speaking at just before 9pm this evening (Sunday) a police spokesman confirmed that police are still trying to bring the trouble to an end. They were first called to the park next to Dorsten Square at 7.41pm this evening by a member of the public who was witnessing a fight taking place. The police spokesman said that there have since been "a few incidents of minor public...

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July 27, 2014, 2:09 pm

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POLICE say tonight's widespread trouble in Bewbush is "dying down" - but a huge police presence remains in the neighbourhood, in case more violence flares. Speaking at 10.20pm tonight (Sunday) a Sussex Police spokesman said that police had received 80 phone calls reporting a host of incidents across Bewbush. He said at this stage it is too early to say what injuries have occurred - but added that there "probably have been injuries" due to there being so many "live...

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July 28, 2014, 12:35 am

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A WOODEN bench was deliberately set alight last night (July 27) in a play area off Breezehurst Drive in Bewbush. Firefighters from Crawley Fire Station were sent to the scene in one fire engine at around 7.20pm. They used buckets of water to douse the flames and left the scene after around 10 minutes. It is unclear whether the fire was related to "incidents of minor public disorder" that broke out after a large fight at Dorsten Square at 7.42pm, involving up to 50 youths.

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July 28, 2014, 3:57 am

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BASEBALL bats and stones are reported to have been used in the mass brawl in Bewbush last night which involved as many as 50 youths, police have revealed. They have given more details within the last few minutes of the trouble that flared across the neighbourhood. Seven people were arrested as police from Crawley and neighbouring areas were called in to break up the fight. More than 20 calls were received from concerned members of the public as the youths clashed in Dorsten Square. A...

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July 28, 2014, 4:36 am

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LAST night's shocking violence on the streets of Bewbush is being linked to another fight which took place in the neighbourhood last Wednesday. Chief Inspector Justina Beeken, Crawley's district commander, told the Crawley News this afternoon that a smaller fight took place on that occasion. Police had been tipped off that a brawl was planned at the end of the school day. Chief Insp Beeken said: "On Wednesday we received some information that there may have been something between two...