RESIDENTS have told of their shock after a man suffered a fractured eye socket after being punched and kicked by a gang of masked men in an attempted street robbery in Maidenbower.Police are trying to trace a driver who may without realising it have stopped the victims from enduring further violence.At about 1.30am on Tuesday, October 7 three young men were walking along Cavell Way when they were approached by four other men, described as in their late teens, who were wearing either plain...
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Residents left shocked by violent attack by masked men in...
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Drink-driver Christopher Wilberforce given 12-month ban
A MAN has been disqualified from driving for 12 months after admitting drink-driving.Christopher Wilberforce, 32, was found to have 52 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms, on the A23 in Pease Pottage on September 29.Wilberforce, who lives in Portland Road, Hove, pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday and was given a £240 fine on top of his disqualification.He must also pay £85 costs and a £24 victim...
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Man scarred and suffers broken tooth after being punched in face...
A MAN has been left with scars and suffered a broken tooth after being punched in the face on his way home from a night out in Crawley.
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault, in Friary Way, in the town centre, in the early hours of Saturday (October 25).
A 31-year-old victim was attacked as he walked past the bus station and headed towards Cross Keys between 2.20 and 2.35am following a night out with friends.
Words were exchanged between the victim and a small group of men,...
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Police investigate fight in Crawley between 10 Polish men and 2...
TWO victims were punched and hit with a blunt object in an attack by a gang of ten men as they walked home.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault on the two men, aged 28 and 38, who were attacked in Southgate Avenue on Saturday, October 25.
The victims, who are both Russian, were walking home at around 11pm when the assault took place between the railway bridge and Southgate Drive.
One was struck in the face with what is believed to have been a blunt weapon, causing a facial...
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Man pleads guilty to stalking Crawley woman after hiding tracking...
A MAN who stalked a woman by placing a tracking device in her car will be sentenced next month.Robert Nowak, 35, pleaded guilty to stalking Monkia Sikon-Nowak between February 28 and September 23 this year.He appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on October 17, and was released on conditional bail.Nowak placed tracking devices in the victim's vehicle and voice recorders in her car and at her home, in Stace Way, Worth, in order to follow her and keep tabs on her movements.He also pleaded guilty...
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Burglar steals wedding ring and Persian rug from Crawley home
A WEDDING ring and a Persian rug have been stolen from a property on Radford Road, in Tinsley Green.
A burglar struck at some point between 8am and 4.20pm on Tuesday, October 14.
Having broken in through a rear door to the conservatory, the thief also stole a bracelet and a laptop.
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Father of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne found dead at home
THE father of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne, who was abducted and killed by former Crawley man Roy Whiting, has been found dead at his home in Kent.
Michael Payne, 45, had struggled with depression and alcoholism since his eight-year-old daughter was murdered in July 2000.
Paedophile Roy Whiting, who grew up in Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green, was later jailed for life for the crime.
Mr Payne, along with his wife Sara, campaigned for Sarah's Law, an introduction of a law which would allow...
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Man, 62, appears in court accused of performing sex act in front...
A MAN has appeared in court accused of performing a sex act in front of a child in public.Timothy Cawston is charged with engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a 12-year-old girl, in Dorsten Square, Bewbush, on July 11.The 62-year-old, from Railey Road, Northgate, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing.However, the case was not ready to go ahead so the judge adjourned the hearing until November 5.Cawston was released on bail.
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Pilot arrested on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to fly...
A PILOT who was due to fly to Gatwick was arrested on suspicion of being drunk before he got into the cockpit.
The 48-year-old, from Crediton, Devon, was arrested on suspicion of being over the limit to carry out an ancillary function, namely being prepared to fly.
He was preparing to pilot a Flybe plane from Newquay to Gatwick just before 9am yesterday (Wednesday).
He has been bailed until December 8, when he will need to report to Newquay Police Station.
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Crawley shoplifter pleads guilty to stealing Nirvana T-shirts
A MAN has admitted stealing meat, T-shirts and electrical goods in Crawley.Michael King appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on October 16.King, 32, faced four charges and pleaded guilty to all of them. He admitted stealing four Nirvana T-shirts from New Look, meat from the Co-op and electrical goods from Asda.King was released on conditional bail to appear at the same court on November 6 for sentencing.
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NAMED AND SHAMED: Woman 5 times the drink drive limit when she...
A WOMAN has been jailed after she repeatedly crashed her vehicle into a parked car while more than five times the drink-drive limit.
Police were called after residents saw Phillipa Jutton's Toyota Aygo roll forward and hit a car in Glebe Close, Eastbourne, shortly before 10pm on October 15.
Jutton appeared to be asleep at the wheel and when one of the residents spoke to her she tried to drive away, hitting the same car three more times with her Toyota before she could get past it.
When...
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Police investigating third arson attack in same Southgate road
A THIRD arson attack has been carried out in the same street in the past six months where previous blazeS destroyed a garage and left one man badly burned.
On Wednesday night a fire was started in Richmond Court, Southgate but fortunately it burned itself out before turning into anything more serious.
A plastic child's slide and a bin were torched in the latest incident, which was thankfully far less severe than those earlier in the year.
On April 27 and then on May 31, a bin store and garage...
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Ifield woman offers reward for safe return of rare tortoise...
VETS within a 60-mile radius of Crawley are on high alert and the Government has been informed after a rare tortoise was stolen from a garden in Ifield.The Hermann's tortoise was taken from a house in Rydal Close in the early hours of October 17 while its owner was asleep.Because you need a special licence from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to own a Hermann's tortoise, the Government department has been informed of the theft.The Hermann's tortoise is one of...
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Crawley woman appears in court accused of sending abusive text...
A WOMAN will face trial for allegedly sending abusive text messages.Elena Averina, from Feroners Close, Furnace Green, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on October 16.Between April 22 and May 11 this year the 35-year-old is accused of harassing a man by e-mailing him and sending him several abusive text messages.Averina denies the charge.Magistrates set a trial date of February 12, at Horsham Magistrates' Court. Averina was released on unconditional bail.
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Crawley cat killer who drowned pet in bucket of water spared jail
A MAN who killed his sick pet cat by drowning it in a bucket of water has been spared a jail term by magistrates.
David Streeter was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates' Court today (Monday, November 3) having previously been found guilty of inhumanely killing an animal.
Streeter, from Cherry Lane in Langley Green, was given a 12-month community order and ordered to pay £1,150 in costs.
In June last year Streeter failed to provide his pet with the necessary veterinary care when it was ill...
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Police believe same gang are behind 40 burglaries
POLICE believe the same gang of burglars are responsible for 40 burglaries across Sussex over the past few weeks - 11 of which took place in Crawley and another eight of which took place in Copthorne.
Officers are also speaking to detectives in Kent, Surrey, Thames Valley and the Metropolitan Police to see if the same criminals could be responsible for similar break-ins across the South East.
Over the weekend there were three burglaries in Copthorne, three in East Grinstead and one in...
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Youths steal house and car keys while trick-or-treating in...
THREE youths stole a set of house and car keys while trick or treating at a house in Furnace Green on Hallowe'en.
The youths knocked on the door in Arden Road last Friday night at about 9.30pm and snatched the keys when the door was opened.
Police are investigating the crime. They are not thought to have stolen the car the keys were for.
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Woman raped in Horsham Park
A WOMAN was raped in a park in Horsham by a man she knew and police are appealing for witnesses to help trace him.
On October 28 at about 11am the victim, a 40-year-old woman from Horsham, was raped in Horsham Park. She reported it to police on Monday (November 3).
She had been in town when she met a man she knows and went to Horsham Park with him. He then forced her to have sex near to the North Parade end of the park.
DS Laura Diamond said: "The victim describes the man as white, between...
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Charges dropped against woman accused of stealing boxer shorts...
THE case against a woman accused of stealing men's boxer shorts has been dismissed after the prosecution could offer no evidence.
Nicola Anderson, 38, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on October 22, to face a charge of theft from Primark in Crawley on June 10.
But Miss Anderson, from Lark Rise, Langley Green, was released with the charge being dropped.
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Sussex Police reveal why suspected paedophiles were not arrested...
POLICE have revealed for the first time why a number of suspected online paedophiles in Sussex were not arrested as part of a national operation earlier this year.
Sussex Police and Surrey Police received 46 intelligence packages, from the National Crime Agency and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, pointing officers towards potential offenders between April and June.
Police executed a total of 35 warrants before the end of July and have now announced why further warrants...
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