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November 14, 2014, 2:42 am

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THREE men have been jailed for their part in a conspiracy to kill a woman who fought off a hitman during a brutal attack at her home.Bruce Killick, 63, Graham Martin, 39, and Karl Cruise, 55, have been found guilty after a five week trial at Hove Crown Court for planning to kill Bruce's wife, Susan, on February 18 at their home in Brooks Green, near Horsham.Killick and Martin were sentenced to 30 years, to serve a minimum of 20, and Cruise was jailed for for 30, to serve with a minimum of...

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November 14, 2014, 4:57 am

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A MAN wanted for recall to prison is being hunted by police in Sussex. Jowad Ghemati, from Hastings in East Sussex, failed to comply with conditions of a prison release licence. He had been released part way through a one-year sentence imposed at Lewes Crown Court in April this year for attempting to pervert the course of justice. He is described as white, 6'2", of medium build with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone who knows where he may be is asked to contact Sussex Police via...

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November 14, 2014, 5:19 am

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A man who stole meat, Nirvana T-shirts and electrical goods in Crawley has been ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation programme. Michael King appeared for sentencing at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 6. King, from Staplecross Court in Salvington Road, had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of theft. On October 15 he stole four Nirvana T-shirts from New Look, in Queensway. The 32-year-old stole meat of an unknown value from the Langley Green Co-Op on October 5. On October 1...

Patio door smashed in burglary at Bewbush house and failed...

November 14, 2014, 8:48 am

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A HOME in Bewbush was broken into after a patio door was smashed last week.An untidy search of the house in Tallis Close was carried out on Tuesday evening last week. It is not clear at this stage what, if anything, has been stolen.An attempt was also made to break into a house in Northgate. A would-be burglar tried to force open a window to get into the property in Kilnmead Close at some point between October 31 and Monday last week.Police are...

Crawley man accused of historic rape of child found not guilty

November 15, 2014, 4:00 am

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A MAN has been found not guilty of raping a girl under the age of 16.Ian Gillett, 60, was accused of carrying out a string of offences in Crawley between 1969 and 1976, when he would have been aged between 15 and 22.Gillett, who now lives in Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, appeared for trial at Lewes Crown Court at the start of this month charged with three counts of rape and two of indecent assault.On November 3 a jury found him not guilty of all the charges.

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November 16, 2014, 3:35 am

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A MAN from Pound Hill will face trial at crown court charged with offering to supply class A and B drugs in Crawley.Jack Grimstone, from Spring Plat, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 7 to answer three charges.Between March 30 and April 10 the 22-year-old is accused of offering to supply cannabis in the town. On May 30 he is alleged to have offered to supply MDMA. On the same date he is also charged with offering to supply cannabis.Magistrates directed the case to be sent to the...

Young woman admits theft of clothes from Primark in County Mall

November 16, 2014, 6:46 am

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A YOUNG woman has been given a 12-month conditional discharge for stealing clothes from Primark in County Mall.Hope Casey stole £67.50 worth of items on April 25.The 24-year-old, of Heather Walk, Smallfield, originally denied the offence, but changed her plea to guilty when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, November 5.She also has to pay £90 in court costs.

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November 16, 2014, 9:13 am

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TWO men who stole a tyre and wheel from a vehicle in a car park near Gatwick Airport have been ordered to carry out unpaid work.Anthony McDonagh, from Glentsworth Place in Slough, and Michael McDonagh, from Jacobean Close in Maidenbower, both appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court for sentencing on November 6.The pair had previously changed their pleas to guilty to a charge of theft after initially electing to face trial for the offence.Anthony and Michael, both 20, stole a tyre and a wheel...

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Crawley man arrested for drink driving after car hits house and...

November 17, 2014, 7:56 am

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A DRIVER from Furnace Green has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a Ford Mondeo crashed into a parked car, hit a house and caused a gas leak in Ardingly.A number of homes were evacuated following the incident at about 11.20pm on Friday. The Mondeo caused damage to a wall and a gas pipe after hitting a parked car and then collided with three other cars.The driver had left the scene and was stopped by police near the South of England showground.As a result of the...

Worker at High Street restaurant arrested and will be removed...

November 17, 2014, 8:54 am

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AN employee at a High Street restaurant is due to be removed from the UK after immigration officials raided the takeaway and arrested him on Thursday.Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers visited Blue India in the High Street at about 6.30pm with support from Sussex Police. Staff were questioned to check if they had the right to live and work in the UK and a 27-year-old man was found to have overstayed his visa. He was arrested and is now detained pending his removal from the UK.Blue...

Woman has hair pulled and face slapped in road rage incident

November 18, 2014, 12:37 am

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Police are seeking witnesses to a 'road rage' incident in which a woman was slapped in the face and had her hair pulled.On Monday, November 11 at approximately 5.45pm there was an incident at the Bonnets Lane junction with Lowfield Heath Road in Lowfield Heath. involving the drivers of a black Mini Cooper and black Toyota Yaris.The woman driving the Toyota is alleged to have got out of her car, approached the 23-year old driver of the Mini, who had been on her way home to Horley, and...

Police seize car without insurance in Ifield

November 18, 2014, 1:00 am

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A CAR was seized from a street in Ifield last night after police identified it as not having any insurance.Officers were parked in The Tithe, Ifield Green for some time before the car was taken away at about 10.50pm. A Sussex Police spokesman was unable to confirm whether it had been a planned operation or if officers simply identified it in passing using the numberplate recognition system.The car was put on the back of a recovery truck and driven away.

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November 18, 2014, 3:36 am

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November 18, 2014, 10:00 pm

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POLICE are reviewing a decision to allow two officers to set up a Crawley gym with a man convicted of an attack on a footballer which left him in a coma for weeks.The Metropolitan Police is looking into the set up at Crossfit Crawley, which is run by serving officers Leanne Henery and Glen Oliver, following a complaint by the victim's mother.One of the coaches and directors at the gym is Daniel Bell, who is one of four men who were convicted of attacking Robert Hughes.Mr Hughes' mother, Maggie,...

Bank in Crawley High Street raided - for baked goods

November 19, 2014, 2:18 am

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A DARING heist took place at a Crawley bank on Friday morning as a delivery was being made.But rather than a security truck or cash machine being raided, the peckish pilferer pinched £5 worth of baked goods. A bakery had been delivering to the Royal Bank of Scotland in Crawley High Street when the daring culprit quite literally took the biscuit.Staff phoned police to report the theft but the icing bandit is not thought to have been caught.

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November 19, 2014, 7:15 am

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COCAINE worth more than £500,000 has been discovered hidden within rope netting at Gatwick Airport.Border Force officers have seized 13kgs of the Class A drug, concealed within rope netting used to secure a pallet of imported food.The package arrived at Gatwick on a flight from Jamaica last Thursday (November 13). The pallet contained a variety of fruit and produce including yams, sweet potato, avocados and soursop.The cocaine, which was high purity and estimated to have a street value of...

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November 19, 2014, 9:14 am

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POLICE have formally identified the two men who died of suspected heroin overdoses in Broadfield. Emergency service were called to Holman Close shortly before 9am on November 9 due to concerns for the health of two people. Two men were found dead at the scene. They were Jason Bailey, 46, from Celandine Close in Broadfield, and Paul Richards, 32, of Merton Road, also in Broadfield. There has been no official confirmation for the cause of their deaths but police have revealed that the two...

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November 20, 2014, 2:14 am

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By Gareth Davies & Chris BallingerTHE appeal hearing for the director of a Crawley gym who was convicted in 2012 of an attack on a footballer which left him in a coma for weeks has been adjourned due to a lawyers' strike.Daniel Bell, a partner and director at CrossFit Crawley in Manor Royal, is one of four men convicted in a Greek court of causing grievous bodily harm to Robert Hughes in Crete in 2008.Curtis Taylor, Daniel Bell, Sean Branton, all from Horley, and Joseph Bruckland, from...

Number of burglaries linked to ruthless gang now passes 100

November 20, 2014, 3:39 am

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THE number of burglaries across the region believed to have been carried out by the same prolific gang has now passed 100.The group of ruthless criminals are thought to be responsible for breaking into 101 homes across Sussex, Surrey and Kent.Of the 101 incidents now being linked to Operation Smart - set up to catch the gang - 11 have taken place in Crawley, eight in Copthorne, and others in Crawley Down and Ardingly.The latest burglaries are two in Newhaven and three near...

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November 20, 2014, 4:33 am

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POLICE officers are currently searching the area in Tilgate Park following reports that members of the public saw a group of teenagers with a knife or bladed object.A Sussex Police spokesman stressed that, at this stage, it is simply a report, and that officers have been sent to the park to look into it. Police were told the teenagers were wearing school uniform.