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November 20, 2014, 5:15 am

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A FORMER teacher at Copthorne Prep School has admitted a series of historic sexual offences against young boys.Charles Napier pleaded guilty to 29 indecent assaults on 21 boys under 16 between September 1967 and April 1972 when he appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.Napier was remanded in custody as Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith adjourned sentencing to December 23. He is also due to stand trial on a separate charge of gross indecency with a child next August. And he is due...

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November 20, 2014, 9:20 am

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AN emergency call by a member of the public who feared schoolchildren were brandishing a knife in Tilgate Park were investigated by police this afternoon - who found the children carrying a metal ruler.Officers were sent to the park at about 12.15pm following the call saying that teenagers wearing uniform appeared to be carrying a bladed object.They scoured the park and found two boys, whom they spoke to and found to be in possession of a ruler, which the concerned resident had...

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November 21, 2014, 4:46 am

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POLICE are warning the public to be on their guard against a conman posing as a window cleaner in Crawley. The "suspicious window cleaner" is said to be asking for a "loan" to visit his sick child after he has finished cleaning a victim's windows. He doesn't, however, return the money as promised. There have also been reports of him asking for a "large note" in payment, promising to return with the change. But again he doesn't do so. The warning to remain...

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November 21, 2014, 5:35 am

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A TWISTED paedophile, who worked at Gatwick Airport as a security guard, is facing jail after pleading guilty today (Friday) to downloading more than 120,000 images of child porn. Sick Trevor Best, from Tillotson Close, Maidenbower, faced 12 charges relating to the downloading and in some cases distributing of indecent photos of children. He pleaded guilty to all 12 charges. One of the charges was that he downloaded 123,111 indecent photos of children onto his computer. Another charge...

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November 22, 2014, 4:33 am

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A TECHNICAL problem means the Sussex Police non-emergency contact telephone number is not working today (Saturday, November 22).The national fault with the 101 number is affecting about three-quarters of the country's police forces and is expected to continue into this afternoon (Saturday).The 999 emergency service phone number has not been affected.Inspector Andy Kille from Sussex Police said: "Unfortunately, callers using the 101 number are getting a ringing tone, but there is no...

Pensioner, 73, stole £4,200 from HSBC bank account

November 23, 2014, 9:15 am

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A PENSIONER man who stole £4,200 from an HSBC bank account has been given a suspended jail term.David Williams, 73, from The Gables, in Copthorne, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 6 for sentencing.Williams had pleaded guilty to theft at a previous hearing, having initially pleaded not guilty and elected trial. He stole the money between November 17, 2013 and December 9, 2013.Magistrates sentenced Williams to eight weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.He will also have...

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November 24, 2014, 3:03 am

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SUSSEX Police are supporting a national counter terrorism awareness campaign to make it harder for terrorists to attack the county following the threat level being increase.The international terrorism threat has been increased to severe and officers are carrying out projects this week in Crawley to deter and detect terrorist action.The awareness week is running until Sunday (November 29) and focuses on action that can be taken to stop terrorism in crowded places, transport hubs, preventing...

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November 24, 2014, 11:56 pm

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SUSSEX Police are searching for a man who exposed himself in front of schoolgirls on two separate occasions on one afternoon. At 4.30pm last Friday the pervert approached a 14-year old schoolgirl on her way home from school, while she was walking on the footpath (which is not visible from the road) beside Cross Levels Way, in Eastbourne, between the District General Hospital and Sussex Downs College. She walked past him as he was crouching or hiding in the trees and bushes. He then stepped out...

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November 25, 2014, 11:00 pm

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THE victim of a road rage attack who was punched and had "chunks" of her hair pulled has spoken about the terrifying ordeal for the first time. The 23-year-old woman was followed through West Green, Ifield and Langley Green before she was confronted and attacked while still in her car at about 5.45pm on November 10. The victim, who has asked not to be named due to fears of reprisals from her attacker, was driving home to Horley from her job in Crawley town centre when the incident...

Gang mocks disabled couple in Subway shop then attacks them

November 26, 2014, 7:37 am

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A GANG of teenagers began mocking a disabled couple in a sandwich shop before following them and pelting them with sweets then punching the man. Police are appealing for help to trace the gang of five who set upon the man and woman in a Subway store in Horsham. The victims - a 25-year-old woman and her 21-year-old boyfriend who both have learning difficulties - were getting food at Subway in Carfax, Horsham, shortly after 6pm on Tuesday (November 25) the teenagers, who were in the store, began...

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November 26, 2014, 8:04 am

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PHONES, electrical goods and laptops were stolen from a town centre shop during an overnight break-in. Entry was forced at Street Value, on The Broadway, sometime last Friday night or Saturday morning. Shop staff arrived on Saturday morning to find items missing and evidence of forced entry. The incident was reported to Sussex Police, who are investigating.

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November 26, 2014, 8:20 am

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A DRINK-DRIVER has been sentenced after being caught behind the wheel while twice the drink-drive limit.Valer Vlaicu was pulled over by police who spotted a beer can in the footwell of the passenger seat and smelt alcohol on his breath.The 34-year-old, from Kitsmead, Copthorne, had been out for dinner in Crawley when he committed the offence in the early hours of November 11.He gave a reading of 77 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath in his system. The legal limit is 35.He...

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November 26, 2014, 8:31 am

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November 27, 2014, 12:15 am

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POLICE are trying to trace a man who they believe is likely to be in Sussex after a double murder at a house in Fetcham, Surrey. Detectives from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team are asking for information on the whereabouts of Viktoras Bruzas. Surrey Police were called at around 12.30am today (Thursday) after a resident at the property on The Copse found a man and a woman with serious injuries, believed to be stab wounds. Officers arrived at the address a short time later and the...

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November 27, 2014, 6:30 am

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A BROADFIELD schoolgirl is being forced to live opposite the paedophile who sexually assaulted her after the Court of Appeal quashed the conditions of an order which prevented him from living in her street.On top of that, Crawley Borough Council allowed the man to buy his council-rented home from the authority while the case was ongoing, meaning they now cannot move him away from his victim.The 14-year-old girl, whose identity is protected by law, is now living in fear of bumping into...

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November 27, 2014, 7:53 am

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A MAN who punched his wife in the face in a completely unprovoked attack when he was drunk has been spared jail partly because she wants to give him another chance.John Fippard started shouting abusive language at his wife at a friend's house before punching her when she asked him to stop being aggressive.Appearing at Crawley Magistrates' Court today (Thursday) Fippard was handed a community order and told he was lucky not to be jailed. He pleaded guilty to assault by beating at a...

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November 27, 2014, 10:34 am

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POLICE have smashed a ruthless gang of fraudsters who preyed upon elderly people in their own homes across the South East, including two victims in Crawley.The gang of 13 were sentenced at Hove Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday) and today (Thursday) over a series of frauds worth more than £250,000 during 2011.Elderly and vulnerable victims in Sussex, Surrey, and South and East London, were conned after being told drains at their homes needed repairing as they were affecting neighbours'...

Husband stalked wife by hiding voice recorder in their son's toy

November 27, 2014, 11:20 pm

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A STALKER who placed a tracking device in his wife's car and hid a voice recorder in one of their son's toys to spy on her conversations has been spared jail but given a restraining order. Robert Nowak was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Thursday for stalking Monika Sikon-Nowak, who he is separated from, for almost seven months and also assaulting her. The 35-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to both offences. Between February 28 and September 23 this year Nowak stalked his...

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November 28, 2014, 2:30 am

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A COCAINE addict has been jailed after "threatening to kill everyone at a GPs' surgery" – and then stabbing a doctor in the leg.Joseph Cocks was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison last Friday, having gone on the rampage at Pound Hill Surgery.Children had to be locked in a room as the 24-year-old ran amok and tried to get to them.When police arrived at the doctors', in Crawley Lane, they found Cocks, from Bashford Way, Worth, in the car park with a 12 centimetre...

Thugs jailed after shooting men who were fishing in Tilgate Park

November 28, 2014, 8:14 am

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TWO men have been jailed and will be deported once they have served their sentences after a man was shot in the face at point blank range while fishing in Tilgate Park.At about 1.30am on May 11 this year three men were fishing at Silt Lake within the park when they were approached by a Polish man and a Lithuanian man, who between them shot two of the victims with the victims' own air pistol.Modestas Kubilius, 24, from Walesbeech, Furnace Green, and Gintas Piscelinas, 26, from Tierney Road,...