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Pensioner cleared of raping Crawley boy - but jury cannot reach...

December 10, 2014, 3:20 am
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A MAN has been cleared by a jury of taking part in the sickening rape of a young boy in Crawley.Arthur Blackman, 72, was charged with taking part in an attack more than 50 years ago – which involved the victim's own father, who is now dead.But Blackman maintained that the victim, who is now 59, had confused him with somebody else called Arthur.Yesterday (Tuesday) Blackman was cleared of buggery of a boy between the age of five and eight. But the jury could not reach a verdict on a...

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Children's school trip ruined after thief steals their cuddly...

December 10, 2014, 9:00 pm
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THE season of giving feels more like the season of taking for some unfortunate Crawley residents – after two separate festive thefts.In the first, a fluffy white toy seal and a teddy bear with a red hat are believed to have been stolen after they were left for about 15 minutes on the route of a Christmas walk with the intention of them being found by a group of five and six-year-old children.In the second, a Christmas wreath and hanging baskets were stolen from outside the home of a couple...

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Gatwick Airport worker punched in face after being confused with...

December 11, 2014, 12:00 am
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A CLEANER at Gatwick Airport has called on his bosses to stop making him clean female toilets after he was punched in the face for accidentally walking in on a woman.Jean-Noel Talate was working in the South Terminal last Friday night at about 11pm.He had been cleaning the women's toilets when he knocked on an unlocked cubicle and, having got no answer, opened the door to find a woman in there.Shocked and embarrassed, he offered to take the woman to where she could make a complaint but...

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Woman pleads guilty to stealing £600 of DVDs from Asda

December 12, 2014, 1:30 am
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A WOMAN has admitted stealing more than £600 worth of DVDs from Asda.Venera Biliteanu appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 26 charged with theft.Biliteanu pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place on November 6.The 39-year-old went to the Crawley supermarket and stole DVDs to the value of £606.Magistrates gave Biliteanu a 12-month conditional discharge.Biliteanu, from Westbury Road in Ilford, east London, must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 court...

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NAMED AND SHAMED: Crawley driver was four times the drink-drive...

December 12, 2014, 3:56 am
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A MAN has been given a suspended prison sentence after driving while more than four times the drink-drive limit.Joseph Kavanagh, 31, was caught driving an Audi A3 on Pegler Way on November 1 while over the limit.He gave a breath test of 147 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.He admitted the offence on November 3 and at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 25 was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 24 months, because of the high...

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Bewbush woman in court accused of stealing bag with £380 of...

December 13, 2014, 7:45 am
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A BEWBUSH woman has denied stealing a bag and the goods inside worth £380 at Gatwick Airport.Bhupendra Patel appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 26 charged with theft.The 52-year-old is alleged to have stolen a bag containing cosmetics at Gatwick Airport on September 6.Patel, from Donnington Court, in Cowfold Close, Bewbush, pleaded not guilty.Magistrates released Patel on unconditional bail to next appear at Horsham Magistrates' Court for trial on February 26.

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45-year-old Tilgate woman pleads guilty to stealing cider from...

December 14, 2014, 7:45 am
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A WOMAN has been fined after admitting stealing a two-litre bottle of strong cider from Lidl and failing to surrender to Crawley Police Station having been released on bail.Louise Bennett, 45, stole the alcohol – worth £2.99 – on November 2 and on the same day was released on bail. Then, on November 19, she failed to surrender to the police station.Bennett, from Gresham Walk, Tilgate, pleaded guilty to both offences at Crawley Magistrates' Court on November 25.She was fined...

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Unemployed man and student accused of stabbing man found by...

December 15, 2014, 6:46 am
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TWO men alleged to have been involved in the stabbing a man who was found by police injured on a roof in Langley Green with wounds to his neck and stomach will face trial.Walter McHugh and Nikesh McHugh appeared at Lewes Crown Court last Friday (December 12) to answer charges in relation to a stabbing in Crawley on September 19.Unemployed Walter McHugh, 53, pleaded not guilty to causing actual bodily harm (ABH) and being in possession of an offensive weapon.Nikesh McHugh,...

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Haul of weapons, including 45 shotguns, handed into Crawley...

December 15, 2014, 10:15 pm
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A HUGE arsenal of guns has been handed in to Crawley Police Station during a weapon amnesty.A total of 63 weapons, including 45 shotguns, were handed in at the station on Woodfield Road during a 12-day campaign run by both Sussex Police and Surrey Police.More than 300 firearms and thousands of bullets were recovered across both counties after residents were encouraged to hand over any unwanted weapons.Between November 10 and 21, 45 shotguns, eight air weapons, three pistols, three revolvers and...

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Man charged after woman almost loses finger in Staffie biting...

December 16, 2014, 3:16 am
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A MAN has been charged with being responsible for a Staffie accused of biting a woman and her dog in Broadfield.Tyler Bygraves, of Seaford Road, in Broadfield, has been charged after answering police bail last week.The 20-year-old has been charged with being in charge of a dog - a Staffordshire bull type terrier - dangerously out of control in Heather Walk, also in Broadfield, on October 12.At about 9pm a woman was bitten on the hand, breaking her finger in two places and causing...

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Bouncer guilty of assaulting punter outside nightclub

December 16, 2014, 5:20 am
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A DOORMAN from Copthorne has admitted using excessive force against a punter outside a town centre nightclub.Terry Scott appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with beating another man, Samuel Davies, outside Poison IV in Little King Street, East Grinstead, in the early hours of Sunday, May 11.The 34-year-old, of Calluna Drive in Copthorne, originally denied the offence, but changed his plea to guilty after his solicitor had showed him CCTV footage of the incident...

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£3,000 reward offered to catch paedophile who raped...

December 17, 2014, 5:08 am
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A REWARD of £3,000 has been offered to help track down the man who raped an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from school.Crimestoppers has put forward the financial incentive for information which leads to the man's arrest and conviction.The young girl was attacked as she walked along Balcombe Road, in Pound Hill, at a busy time of day in broad daylight.Her attacker grabbed her and dragged her into a secluded footpath – between Blackwater Lane and Balcombe Road – where he...

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Man slaps boy, 6, in the face in Crawley town centre Morrisons

December 17, 2014, 5:27 am
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A MAN has slapped a six-year-old boy across the face in a supermarket in Crawley town centre.Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in which the boy was in a shopping trolley at Morrisons in High Street at 10.45am on Monday (15 December) with his mother when she momentarily turned away from her son.While her back was turned a man approached the boy and slapped him across the face. The man then left the supermarket.The man was white, between 20 and 25, stocky and about 6ft. He...

Man slaps boy, 6, in the face in Crawley town centre Morrisons

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Man appears in court accused of masturbating in front of shoppers...

December 17, 2014, 9:12 pm
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A MAN has denied masturbating in front of members of the public in County Mall.Arnold Potter, 20, from Tuxford Close, has also been accused of touching a woman in a sexual way without consent in the alleged incident at County Mall on October 30.He denied both charges when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 3. Having elected to be tried by a jury, he will next appear at Lewes Crown Court on December 23.

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Crawley TV licence fee dodger claimed he was using television as...

December 18, 2014, 6:27 am
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IT is surely an excuse that is about as believable as a naughty school child claiming his homework has been eaten by his pet goldfish. TV Licensing staff have released a list today (Thursday) of the most ridiculous excuses they have come across in 2014 from people caught watching TV without a licence. And top of the list was one dreamed up by a Crawley man, who was determined to avoid a fine. The unnamed man told an enquiry officer: "I don't use my TV to watch TV programmes. I use it...

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Suspected drink-driver pulled over in Crawley

December 18, 2014, 7:42 am
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A SUSPECTED drink-driver pulled over in Crawley is among five motorists charged with offences as part of Sussex Police's continuing Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-driving.Richard Faithfull, 24, was arrested after police stopped him on suspicion of speeding in Sylvan Road, Furnace Green, at 11.30pm on December 16.Faithfull, of Oak Close, Borden, Kent, was charged with drink-driving and released on bail to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 14.A total of 54 motorists have so...

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Bewbush shoplifter caught stealing meat from Co-op

December 20, 2014, 3:45 am
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A MAN has been ordered to pay more than £250 in compensation after being caught shoplifting.Michael Nesbitt appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 1 charged with two counts of theft.Nesbitt, 29, admitted stealing "laundry items" worth £166.55 from a Co-op in Crawley on March 24 and meat to the value of £85.06 from a Horsham branch of the same chain on April 4.Magistrates ordered Nesbitt to pay back the full amount which came to £251.61.Nesbitt, from...

Bewbush shoplifter caught stealing meat from Co-op

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Broadfield man Kye South pleads guilty to assaulting woman

December 20, 2014, 7:30 am
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A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after he admitted assaulting a woman.Kye South, 20, attacked the woman in the street where he lives, Baylis Walk, in Broadfield, on October 21.He pleaded guilty to the offence on November 5 and was sentenced when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 4.South was ordered to carry our 112 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months and was given a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim. He was also ordered to pay...

Broadfield man Kye South pleads guilty to assaulting woman

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Ifield man, 53, appears in court accused of sexually assaulting...

December 21, 2014, 5:30 am
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A MAN has denied sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Thomas Johns, 53, from Treyford Close, Ifield, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Monday to answer the charge and he pleaded not guilty. Johns is accused of carrying out the attack between September 18, 2005 and September 17, 2006, when he would have been in his 40s. The sex assault allegedly took place in Horsham. Johns was released on bail and told not to contact the alleged victim. He is due to appear at the same court for trial on...

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NAMED AND SHAMED: Police reveal names of 21 suspected drink-drive...

December 22, 2014, 9:22 am
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SUSSEX Police have released the names of a further 21 motorists who have been charged with offences after being arrested as part of Sussex Police's Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-driving. David Shepherd, 38, was arrested at 5.30pm on 18 December after officers saw him riding a motorbike without a helmet in Terminus Road, Littlehampton. Shepherd, of Elspring Mead, Wick, was charged with drink-driving and riding a motorbike without a helmet. He was released on bail to appear at Worthing...

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