Police seize cash in drugs raid on Broadfield estate

September 18, 2014, 4:35 am

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POLICE raided a Broadfield home and seized a large quantity of cash this morning as part of an ongoing operation to tackle drug dealing in the neighbourhood. Shortly after 8am officers executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a home in Iveagh Close. A large quantity of cash was seized after the home was searched but no drugs were found. No one was arrested. A Sussex police spokesman said: "The search was done as part of an ongoing operation in the dealing of Class B drugs in the...

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Teenage girl attacked and robbed in Langley Green

September 18, 2014, 9:28 am

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A TEENAGE girl was attacked and robbed by a man in Langley Green yesterday (Wednesday). Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident involving a 16-year-old victim. The girl, from Horley, was approached by a man who asked her for the time in Langley Walk between 5pm and 5.30pm. The man then walked with her to Langley Green Farm but then snatched her white Samsung Galaxy S3 phone from her hand, striking her underneath the chin at the same time. The attacker was white, 18 or 19 and...

Man brandished knife and chased his father around car, court told

September 18, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A SOUTHGATE man has been accused of chasing his father around while holding a kitchen knife and threatening to kill him.Christopher Black, 28, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (September 10) facing two charges of assault by beating, one of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and another of criminal damage.Black, from Perryfield Road, only entered a plea to the charge of possession of an offensive weapon, which can be tried in either a magistrates' court or a...

Glamour model Jodie Marsh feared Crawley man would rape or murder...

September 19, 2014, 3:48 am

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A STALKER from Crawley who sent glamour model Jodie Marsh pictures of his penis and doctored images of them having sex in a bizarre bid to win her affections has been sectioned indefinitely. Joseph Mafwenke was sentenced on Tuesday (September 16) after previously being found guilty of stalking the TV personality, who has now carved out a career as a competitive bodybuilder. At the hearing at Basildon Crown Court judge David Owen-Jones decided to detain Mafwenke under the Mental Health Act...

Home Office to launch projects to tackle extremism in Crawley

September 19, 2014, 4:00 am

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NEW projects aimed at stopping the radicalisation of Muslims in Crawley and preventing further terror threats have been approved by the Government.Crawley MP Henry Smith has been working with the Home Secretary, Theresa May, to introduce programmes to stop extremism within the Muslim community in the town.At a meeting in June, also attended by Crawley Police and borough council representatives, it was agreed that further action needs to be taken in Crawley.The Home Office has this week approved...

Four Sussex Police detectives under investigation for conduct of...

September 19, 2014, 4:23 am

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SUSSEX Police detectives are under investigation for their handling of a reported sex attack by Jimmy Savile in the county. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the conduct of four detectives over the reported indecent assault on a woman said to have occurred in 1970. Notices have been served to the four serving officers to advise them they are subject to the investigation for the way they handled the reported assault. Two of the officers, a detective sergeant...

Ifield man arrested on suspicion of defrauding woman out of...

September 19, 2014, 4:40 am

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A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding a woman out of £132,000 over a period of time. Police executed a warrant at an address in Elstead Close, Ifield at 7.30am today (Friday) and arrested a 56-year-old man. He is suspected of gaining the cash over a period of time from a local woman by fraud. He is currently in custody for police interview and while further enquiries are made.

Drunk friends admit attack on man in Crawley street

September 19, 2014, 8:00 am

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TWO men have admitted beating up a man they came across in the street in an "unprovoked" drunken attack which left the victim requiring hospital treatment.Mark Kelsey and Christopher McAllister appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week, each facing a charge of assault by beating.Both pleaded guilty, with Kelsey also admitting possession of cocaine, which was discovered on him when he was arrested in Crawley on May 3 this year.Prosecutor Melanie Wotton told the...

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Transport police visit Gatwick train station to recover items...

September 20, 2014, 1:00 am

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POLICE have visited the lost property office at Gatwick's railway station in a bid to track down property reported as stolen.In the last week British Transport Police (BTP) officers have been to the office to check serial numbers of items including phones, laptops and tablets.These identification numbers were run against the National Mobile Property Register in a bid to recover property and return it to its rightful owner.Officers have also increased patrols at stations and on busy routes to...

Southgate woman claimed Jobseekers' Allowance and housing benefit...

September 20, 2014, 2:00 am

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A WOMAN has admitted failing to notify Crawley Borough Council and the Department for Work and Pensions to changes in her circumstances, which resulted in her being given an overpayment of £4,080.39 in benefits.Lydia Inns pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the period between April 14 and December 22, 2013, when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week.The 43-year-old, of Oak Road, Southgate had failed to inform Crawley Borough Council and the Department for...

Broadfield man denies beating woman at home address

September 20, 2014, 6:00 am

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A 33-YEAR-OLD man from Broadfield has denied beating a female at his home address.Mike Sakir, of Heather Walk, has been accused of assault by beating in a "domestic incident" that is alleged to have taken place on August 18.Sakir pleaded not guilty to the offence when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week. He has been released on conditional bail.He is set to face trial at Horsham Magistrates' Court on December 19.

Male taken to hospital after being stabbed in Langley Green

September 20, 2014, 9:35 am

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A MALE was taken to hospital after being stabbed in Langley Green yesterday (Friday). Police were called at around 2.45pm to a report of a stabbing in the area of Perth Close. They arrested some suspects at the scene but others got away. Police then circulated details of the suspects' vehicle and they were this morning (Saturday) arrested by the Central Motorway Patrol Group on the M6 in Staffordshire. A Sussex Police spokesman said that there are no suspects outstanding. The male who had...

Maidenbower woman to stand trial for obstructing police officer

September 21, 2014, 2:00 am

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A DATE has been set for the trial of a woman accused of obstructing a police officer.Tammy O'Neil, of Atkinson Road, Maidenbower, has been charged with obstructing a police constable in an incident that is alleged to have taken place on April 6, although the exact details of what occurred are unclear at this stage.She has already pleaded not guilty, on May 7, to the offence.The 36-year-old appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week, where a date of January 9 was set for her...

Man accused of failing to report accident near Copthorne school...

September 21, 2014, 3:00 am

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A DATE has been set for the trial of a driver accused of failing to stop and failing to report an accident.Andrew Hocking, 57, has denied both the offences he has been charged with, which relate to an incident which is alleged to have taken place at Fairway in Copthorne on March 10 this year.Hocking, of Blandford Forum, Dorset, did not attend Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday, when a date for his trial at Horsham Magistrates' Court was set for December 18.

Two Crawley teenagers appear in court on robbery charge

September 21, 2014, 11:00 pm

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TWO teenagers from Crawley have appeared in court accused of carrying out a robbery in a park.Mohammed Chelfat, 18, of Hastings Road, Pound Hill, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, September 10 to each face a robbery charge.The charge against both defendants relates to the same incident, on May 11 this year, in which it is alleged they robbed someone of a mobile phone, bag and £20 in cash in a park in Haywards...

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September 22, 2014, 4:56 am

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A MAN who was stabbed in Langley Green on Friday afternoon was found by police on a garage roof with stab wounds to his neck and stomach. Two men have been charged by police after the altercation. Officers had been called to St Joan Close where an injured man was found on the garage roof after being involved in a fight in Perth Close at 2.45pm. The 26-year-old, of no fixed address, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with stab wounds to his neck and stomach. His...

Man suffers fit in back of police van after being arrested

September 22, 2014, 9:39 am

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A MAN has suffered a fit in the back of a police van today (Monday) after being arrested. Firefighters were called in to assist police at around 2pm. A fire crew travelled to the scene of the incident, on the A23 outside Ifield Community College, in one fire engine. A spokesman for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said that the man had been arrested shortly before the police van was forced to stop on the A23 because he had suffered a fit. The spokesman added that although the police had...

Maidenbower man convicted of driving offence after breaking his...

September 22, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A MAN has admitted driving without due care and attention while on his motorbike on Balcombe Road.Gary Lover, 46, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, September 10, where he pleaded guilty to the offence.On June 6 Lover crashed his motorcycle into the back of another vehicle, after a set of traffic lights changed.The court was told that Lover has "limited recollection" of the crash, having been injured in the collision and taken to St George's Hospital, in Tooting,...

Woman setting up new rape crisis centre in Crawley promises...

September 23, 2014, 1:00 am

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A RAPE crisis centre supporting victims of sexual violence is to open in Crawley next year.The centre, one of two in the country announced by the Government on Monday, will offer female victims access to expert advice, support and long-term counselling.A budget of £300,000 a year has been pledged to help run the centre and provide much needed services for woman living in Crawley, Sussex and Surrey who have been sexually abused or raped at any point in their lives.The centre is going to be...

Maidenbower man denies using violence to get into house

September 23, 2014, 2:00 am

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A MAIDENBOWER man denied using violence to get into a building when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (September 10).Matthew Bland, 29, pleaded not guilty to a charge of using violence to secure entry to a premises.The court heard that the charge relates to a "domestic incident" at his home address, in Wheeler Road, Maidenbower on July 15.Bland will face trial at Horsham Magistrates' Court on December 19.