Copthorne couple appeal for help tracing dog which mauled pet...

February 1, 2015, 4:25 am

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A COUPLE are appealing for help in tracing the owner of a dog which mauled one of their pet sheep to death and badly injured another.Bryan and Olive Chitty run Woodmans Farm, in Copthorne, purely as a hobby with just a small number of animals on site.They were devastated to find one of their two sheep dead and the other with teeth marks embedded in it on January 13.They found dark-coloured fur on barbed wire which surrounds the field where the sheep were kept and the injuries are consistent with...

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February 1, 2015, 11:04 pm

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HUNDREDS more crimes were committed in Crawley last year than the year before, new figures suggest.Figures published by the Office for National Statistics last Thursday show that 8,932 crimes were recorded in the town in the 12 months up to September 30, 2014.This was a significant increase on the 8,388 crimes recorded in the year up to September 30, 2013.Some types of crime are falling, including theft, criminal damage, and robbery. However, the number of burglaries, drug offences and...

Crawley man arrested for GBH following Burgess Hill fight

February 2, 2015, 2:47 am

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A CRAWLEY man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and assault following a fight in Burgess Hill.Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning (January 31).A fight broke out between two men between 3 and 3.30am in the Waitrose car park in Burgess Hill. One man, a 30-year-old from Haywards Heath, sustained a serious injury to his ear and hand.A 28-year-old man from Crawley was arrested and bailed until March 28 while investigations...

Bewbush man cleared of stealing jewellery and computer games from...

February 2, 2015, 6:45 am

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A MAN from Bewbush who had been accused of stealing PS4 computer games and jewellery from a home in Furnace Green has had the charge against him withdrawn.Christopher Smith appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 21 after being charged with the theft of items worth £610 from a home in Epsom Road, Furnace Green, on July 11 last year.The 23-year-old, who lives in Salvington Road, Bewbush, was told the prosecution had applied to withdraw the charges when he attended the hearing, and...

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February 2, 2015, 8:13 am

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POLICE have launched a manhunt for two men who repeatedly hit their victim on the head as he lay helpless on the floor during an attempted robbery in Three Bridges.A 40-year-old Crawley man was confronted after he left Pondwood Road and turned on to a path leading to the underpass under the Hazelwick flyover at about 9.45pm last Wednesday (January 28).On the path two men came out from the bushes. One punched the victim to the face while the other pushed the victim causing him to fall to the...

Ifield man accused of Queens Square assault and stealing...

February 2, 2015, 6:22 pm

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A MAN will face trial later this year accused of stealing jewellery from two people and assaulting a man in Queens Square.David Coxall appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 14 charged with two counts of thefts and one of assault by beating.Coxall, of Langley Lane, Ifield, pleaded not guilty to all charges.Between March 21 and April 5 last year the 50-year-old is alleged to have stolen jewellery, of an unknown value, from a property in Yarmouth Close, in Furnace Green.Between...

Mystery surrounds how two human leg bones appeared at Pease...

February 3, 2015, 3:39 am

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MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of what are thought to be two human leg bones at a fishing lake which appeared overnight and which were laying in a position as if carefully placed there.It was reported on Friday that suspected human bones had been found at Newpond on Parish Lane, Pease Pottage and it has now been revealed that they are almost certainly leg bones.Photographs were sent off to the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification in Dundee and officers later collected them so...

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February 3, 2015, 4:19 am

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TWO 17-year-old boys have been charged in relation to an attack on a sheep in Tilgate Park in which the defenceless animal was stabbed and set on fire.The male Boreray sheep's body was found burning among conifer trees in the park by distraught staff from Tilgate Nature Centre on October 2.The sheep are kept in an enclosure outside the nature centre, in the park itself, as they are wild and frightened of people, so need to be kept out in the open.The breed come from a small island off...

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February 3, 2015, 11:29 pm

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A 59-year-old man has admitted crashing his car while almost five times the drink-drive limit.Robert Hutchinson will appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 23 to be sentenced.He was spotted by a member of the public driving his Nissan Almera erratically on the A281 heading towards Horsham at 5.45pm on Friday last week.As the witness phoned police to describe what he could see, Hutchinson veered off the road, over-corrected and crashed head-on into a Ford Ka heading south on the...

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February 4, 2015, 2:46 am

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OFFICERS investigating the sudden appearance of human bones at a fishing lake in Pease Pottage have asked for contact details of every member of the fishing club which uses it.On Monday last week two bones were found at one of the designated fishing spots at Newpond in Parish Lane by chairman of Crawley Angling Society, Lenny Wells.They had mysteriously appeared overnight as another member had been fishing in the same spot the previous day until about 4.30pm.After reporting the find to police...

Dad of young footballer breaks jaw of opposition team's manager...

February 4, 2015, 2:56 am

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THE dad of a young footballer broke the jaw of the opposition team's manager after a row on the touchline. Adam Holgate has been ordered to pay £11,100 in compensation for breaking the jaw of a Horley Town youth manager at the under-17s football match. Holgate, from Waterfield Green, Tadworth, Surrey, admitted punching coach Antonio Musto at a match between Horley Town and Epsom and Ewell on January 13, 2013. Holgate was at the game to support his son, who plays for Epsom and Ewell....

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February 4, 2015, 4:19 am

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THE public is being asked to report any sightings of a distinctive motorbike worth £3,500 which was stolen from outside homes in Bewbush.The 2013 plate Honda CBR 125 CC was taken from Padstow Walk overnight between Monday and Tuesday this week. The bike was parked in a residential parking space and is fitted with an immobiliser and is marked so it can be identified.The bike belongs to Cameron Simpson, 21, who bought it about nine months ago as his sole mode of transportation because he...

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February 4, 2015, 7:34 am

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SEPARATE arson attacks on two vehicles in the same road in Ifield are being investigated by police as residents call for CCTV to be installed to deter criminals.A car was destroyed after being set on fire in Friston Walk last Wednesday (January 28) – and another car parked in the street was damaged the week before.Police officers on patrol alerted the fire service after they spotted a silver Volkswagen Passat burning at 11.40pm on Wednesday.Firefighters from Crawley Fire Station had to...

Armed police swoop on K2 Crawley

February 5, 2015, 4:49 am

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ARMED police have descended on the car park at K2 Crawley in an operation to tackle drug offences in Crawley.Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), working with Sussex Police, have today (Thursday, February 5) arrested two people as part on an ongoing operation in the town.Armed officers have attended the car park at the leisure centre, off Pease Pottage Hill and also Hammond Road, in Broadfield.In total two men have been arrested, aged 32 and 35 from...

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February 5, 2015, 5:00 am

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DRIVERS and pedestrians are still risking their lives at the town's level crossings, police have warned.The British Transport Police (BTP) are carrying out high-visibility patrols this week to raise awareness of the dangers.Between April 1 last year and January 1, 2015, the BTP recorded six incidents at the Crawley High Street crossing and nine incidents at the Horsham Road crossing.During this time one caution was issued to a man for trespassing. In the same period officers took action against...

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Man appears in court accused of sex offences on young child

February 5, 2015, 7:45 am

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A MAN has appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court accused of a string of child sex offences. Justin Overton appeared in the dock at the court last Wednesday, but the alleged offences are considered so serious they could not be heard at the court. The 42-year-old is accused of two counts of sexual assault and two counts of intentionally attempting to cause a girl to engage in sexual activity of a penetrative nature. The offences, which all involve a girl aged nine or ten, are alleged to have...

Police raid eight Crawley homes in major drugs operation

February 5, 2015, 9:02 am

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POLICE have searched eight Crawley homes as more than 100 officers were sent as part of a major crackdown on the supply of drugs in the town.Sussex Police, assisted by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), have carried out warrants at a number of addresses in Broadfield and Furnace Green.The warrants were carried out at about 1pm today (Thursday) as part of an ongoing operation to tackle drug offences in the town. Homes were searched in Anglesey Close,...

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February 5, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A TEENAGE girl who was forced to live opposite the paedophile who sexually assaulted her when she was just 12 will finally be able to move after the council found her and her mother a new home.The girl, now 14, had no option but to live opposite the 52-year-old after a court order banning him from moving back into the Broadfield street was lifted. This was partly because Crawley Borough Council had sold the home to the paedophile while the result of the court case was still pending, and the...

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February 6, 2015, 3:30 am

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A TEENAGER who was arrested for assault after issuing a plea for help has questioned why she was prosecuted and whether police are properly trained to deal with people with mental health problems.Erin Hutson phoned a mental health worker on August 22 because she was having suicidal thoughts.The health worker called police as they could get to her home in Buckley Place, Crawley Down, sooner.After being spoken to by officers, the 19-year-old locked herself in her bedroom and police forced their...

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February 6, 2015, 4:45 am

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A WOMAN has been given a curfew after changing her pleas to two assault charges. Emma Hassett, from Commonwealth Drive, Three Bridges, pleaded not guilty to both charges when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on June 18 last year. But the 26-year-old changed her plea to guilty on January 2 and was sentenced on January 23. Hassett assaulted Fatih Demir and a police officer in Crawley High Street on April 20. For both offences she was given a three-month curfew, meaning she has to...