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A MAN has been sentenced for stealing a bottle of Hugo Boss aftershave from a shop in Crawley town centre.Scott Costen, from Oak Way, Northgate appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 29 where he changed his plea on a charge of theft, to guilty.On April 9, 2013, the 24-year-old stole the aftershave worth £40.99 from Boots in County Mall.He had previously pleaded not guilty to the offence.Magistrates sentenced Costen to a 12-month supervision order and ordered him to carry out 40...

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Home in Maidenbower burgled during the day

January 11, 2015, 1:30 am

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A PROPERTY in Heathcotes, in Maidenbower, has been burgled. It was broken into and searched at some point between 8am and 7pm on Friday, January 2. It is not known what, if anything, was stolen at this stage of the police investigation.

Broadfield man, 40, pleads guilty to assaulting woman twice in...

January 11, 2015, 3:00 am

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A MAN from Broadfield who assaulted a woman on two occasions at a home in Bewbush will be sentenced at the end of the month.Darren Fisher, who lives in Broadwalk Rise attacked Sussanna Fisher on December 19 and 20 at a home in Runshooke Court.The 40-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 22.He was released on bail on the condition that he does not contact the victim or another named female, or go to the home in...

Pensioner jailed for sex attacks on boy over six years

January 12, 2015, 3:53 am

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A PENSIONER has been jailed after being found guilty of a host of sex attacks on a young boy over six years.Gary Moscrop, 76, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court last Thursday (January 8) to a total of 10 years in prison after being found guilty of 10 offences against a boy then aged between seven and 13.The assaults took place between 1979 and 1985 and included indecent assault, gross indecency with a child, buggery and child cruelty.Moscrop, who is retired and from Hendon Street in...

Crawley man has emergency surgery after being stabbed in stomach

January 12, 2015, 7:27 am

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A MAN from Crawley was rushed to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery after being stabbed in the stomach.The incident occurred in St James's Street, Brighton between 6.30 and 7am on Saturday (January 10) at its junction with Camelford Street, close to The Bulldog, a well-known gay bar. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.The victim, a 28-year-old man from Ifield, was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital,...

Woman fined for attacking female police officer

January 13, 2015, 5:15 am

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A WOMAN who assaulted a police officer must pay £50 compensation to the victim and attend an alcohol intervention course.Deborah Hanson was sentenced for assaulting PC Pauline Lane on July 15 last year at Crawley Police Station when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 22.She had pleaded guilty to assaulting a constable in the execution of her duty at an earlier hearing on November 12.Hanson, 48, from Shaws Road, Northgate, was given a community order and told to attend...

Man taken to hospital after hit and run on Crawley High Street

January 13, 2015, 7:27 am

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A MAN has been knocked unconscious in a hit and run on Crawley High Street. Police are appealing for witnesses after the victim was knocked down in the hit and run crash. The 33-year-old man, from Crawley, was struck by the car on the High Street at about 1.30am on Friday (January 9) but the vehicle did not stop. He was unconscious for several minutes at the scene before being taken to hospital for treatment for cuts and bruises. Detective Constable Dan Richardson said: "The victim has...

Shameless motorist caught drink driving for a FIFTH time but...

January 13, 2015, 8:57 am

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A SERIAL drink-driver has been caught drink-driving for a fifth time - but has been spared jail. William Langley had already served four bans for drink-driving when officers found him behind the wheel of his wife's car in Lewes while he was almost four times the drink-drive limit. Police had been called to the Tesco superstore in Brooks Road in the town at about 11.30am on July 19 after staff had refused to serve the 62-year-old alcohol because they believed he was drunk. Langley argued with...

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WANTED: Police appeal for public's help to trace "Eastern...

January 13, 2015, 9:03 am

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DETECTIVES investigating a sexual assault on a 21-year-old woman have released an image of a man they want to trace. At about 4.20am on Friday, October 31 last year the victim was accosted on the walkway between Madeira Drive and Marine Drive, in Brighton, near the Harvester pub, which was closed at the time. The suspect is described as being of Eastern European appearance and in his twenties. Officers have previously appealed for information and have now acquired a CCTV image of a man seen...

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January 13, 2015, 10:03 am

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A SEXUAL predator has been jailed for a string of child sex offences after preying on his victims online and taking indecent images of young girls on webcam.Oliver Sturman persuaded his young naive victims into performing sexual acts for his pleasure, threatened to tell their friends if they refused and took indecent images of them.The 19-year-old was sentenced to a total of five-and-a-half years imprisonment at Southampton Crown Court last Friday (January 9), with further four-and-a-half...

Court seizes Crawley man's mobile phone to stop him sharing...

January 13, 2015, 8:25 pm

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A MAN has had his mobile phone taken away after harassing a woman and damaging her car. Liam Foxley, 21, from Lambeth Close, Broadfield has also been banned from contacting the victim, from going to Atkinson Road, in Maidenbower, and from publishing, sharing or distributing images of the victim, after a restraining order was issued. On November 9, Foxley damaged a Mini belonging to the victim, in Stackfield Road, Ifield. He pleaded guilty to the offence at Crawley Magistrates' Court on...

Dopey dad sends his 3-year-old son to nursery with lunchboxes...

January 14, 2015, 1:53 am

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A DOZY dad has been jailed after sending his three-year-old son to nursery with two lunchboxes full of drugs and knives. Lee Webb, 23, from Folkestone, in Kent, dropped his child off at a nursery in the town on March 28, 2014. But instead of giving nursery staff a bag containing his child's lunch, Webb accidentally handed over a bag containing lunchboxes in which a mix of class A and B drugs, drugs paraphernalia and knives were hidden. Realising his mistake he requested the bag back, but...

​Woman beaten up in 9.30am alleyway attack

January 14, 2015, 7:35 am

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A WOMAN has been savagely beaten up while walking along an alleyway.Police are appealing for witnesses after the victim was approached by two women in an alleyway on Manor Close, in Horley, last Monday (January 5) at about 9.30am. The attack left her with cuts and bruising to her head and face, but she did not need hospital treatment. She reported the incident the following day and now a witness appeal has been launched. Investigating officer PC Gavin Dublin-Cumberbatch, said: "This was a...

Child sex crimes pervert, 50, jailed after posing online as young...

January 14, 2015, 9:08 am

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A PERVERTED 50-year-old Sussex man has been jailed after admitting that he tried to get a girl aged between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity. Mark Sorenson, 50, from Harcourt Way, Selsey, appeared at Chichester Crown Court today (Wednesday), having pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to 12 child sex offences. He was sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment, and was also served with a sexual offences prevention order severely restricting his access to children and computers, to...

5 people arrested on suspicion of 200 burglaries many of which...

January 14, 2015, 2:45 pm

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POLICE are questioning five people on suspicion of being involved in a series of more than 200 burglaries across the south east. A number of the burglaries took place in Crawley. Detectives from Sussex, Surrey, Kent and the Metropolitan Police have been working together to try to identify and arrest a group of people suspected of carrying out break-ins in all four force areas since September. Officers from across the region were alerted at 7pm yesterday (Tuesday) after homes in Heathfield...

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Teenager conned victim on Facebook into buying shirt autographed...

January 15, 2015, 2:30 am

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A TEENAGER has admitted advertising a T-shirt for sale on Facebook which had been autographed by Wayne Rooney and then taking the buyer's money but not delivering the promised item. Danny Matthews, 19, from Juniper Road, Langley Green, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday morning where he pleaded guilty to fraud. In August and September 2014, Matthews had a picture of the T-shirt signed by the Manchester United and England captain on his Facebook account and said that he was...

Man sentenced after being caught with herbal cannabis on him at...

January 15, 2015, 7:01 pm

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A MAN found in possession of herbal cannabis at Gatwick Airport railway station walked free from court without further punishment after spending time in custody.Daniel Chong was found to have 2.52 grams of herbal cannabis at the station on November 19.Chong, from Brookfield Drive, Horley, pleaded guilty to cannabis possession and to failing to surrender to court bail when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on December 30.The 36-year-old's time spent in custody was deemed to have been...

"It's a lie": Wife of Broadfield dad arrested on...

January 15, 2015, 9:35 pm

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A CRAWLEY dad has been released on bail after he was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the bloody war being waged in Syria.Counter-terrorism officers raided the 40-year-old's home in Broadwood Rise, in Broadfield, in the early hours of last Wednesday.He has not been named but neighbours and the chairman of Crawley Mosque have leapt to the dad's defence.Police have not revealed what specifically he is accused of doing, stating only that he was questioned on suspicion of being...

Gran hid drugs on 7-year-old grandson to try and stop police...

January 15, 2015, 11:05 pm

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A GRANDMOTHER was caught hiding drugs on her seven-year-old grandson after being caught swapping price tags in Primark.Paula Harris, from Stoneycroft Walk, Ifield, slipped wraps of amphetamine into the young boy's pocket as store staff waited for police to arrive.But she aroused suspicion when she was overheard telling the youngster "take this home with you and put it somewhere safe for nanny".The drugs were then found on the child when police officers arrived at the store.Harris, 48,...

Teenager sentenced after shocking attack on his own mum

January 16, 2015, 12:15 am

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A TEENAGER picked up his mother by the throat and bit her following a dispute over a dog blanket. Robert Geering also trapped his stepfather in a shed and held a wooden "weapon" up against his elderly step-grandfather during the family argument. He then fled the scene in a Landrover Discovery belonging to one of his relatives, which he did not have permission to drive. The incident occurred at Little Oddynes Farm, in Cinder Hill Lane, Horsted Keynes, where he lived at the time and where his...