Thug pleads guilty to attacking man in Crawley's Poundland store

March 6, 2015, 2:38 am

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A THUG has admitted attacking another man in Crawley's Poundland store in Queens Square. Neil Hunter, 41, from Brighton Road, Southgate, carried out the assault in the discount shop on April 22 last year. He appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on February 16 and was given a 12-month conditional discharge. He was also ordered to pay £115 in costs. Last April Hunter appeared in court and pleaded guilty to criminal damage and using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment,...

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March 6, 2015, 7:20 am

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SUSSEX Police are appealing for witnesses after two armed robbers held up a betting shop. At 8.20pm yesterday (Thursday) two men entered Betfred, in Findon Road, Findon Valley, armed with handguns, and threatened a lone male staff member who was working there, and a customer who was also present. The men stole several hundred pounds in cash, together with a mobile phone belonging to the member of staff. One of the robbers demanded that the sole customer, a 29-year man, turn out his...

Call for teens to be named and shamed over Broadfield bus attacks

March 6, 2015, 10:15 pm

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BROADFIELD residents have expressed dismay at the "lenient" sentences handed out to three teenagers who were responsible for a series of attacks on buses in the neighbourhood.Between October 5 and 8 last year a number of buses were hit by missiles, including hockey balls and eggs.The attacks left one woman in hospital and caused Metrobus to temporarily suspend services to the neighbourhood, while damaged vehicles were repaired amid concern for passengers' safety.The punishments the...

Man given restraining order for assaulting woman in Gossops Green

March 7, 2015, 6:00 am

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A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work and given a restraining order after being found guilty of assaulting a woman. Abdul Ali, 43, had denied attacking Linda Amoordon-Ali at an address in Colne Walk, Gossops Green, last October, but was found guilty on February 16. Ali was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 20. He was also made the subject of a restraining order stopping him from contacting...

NAMED AND SHAMED: Tilgate driver who failed to stop after crash

March 8, 2015, 8:30 am

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A YOUNG motorist has been convicted of driving without due attention and failing to stop after a crash.Taha Abbas Al-Alou, 20, of Livingstone Road, Tilgate, committed the crimes in Southgate Avenue on August 24.He previously denied the offences, but changed his pleas to guilty when he appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on February 16. He was fined £150 for each offence, had his driving licence endorsed with five penalty points, and was ordered to pay further costs of £320.

Langley Green man fined £35 for pushing police officer

March 9, 2015, 4:23 am

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A MAN has been fined £35 for assaulting a police officer on New Year's Eve.Warren James admitted pushing the PC at his home address in Maiden Lane, Langley Green, when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 18.The 37-year-old was fined £35 and ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

Arsonist sets fire to recycling bin damaging home

March 9, 2015, 4:44 am

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AN ARSONIST set fire to a recycling bin outside a home in Gossops Green in the early hours of Sunday. A crew in one fire engine was sent from Crawley Fire Station at 4.12am to deal with the blaze outside the house on Highams Hill. Firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the flames, which had caused slight damage to the property's guttering and fascia. They were away from the scene at 4.34am.

Man "with knife" arrested in Crawley Harvester

March 9, 2015, 5:14 am

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A MAN has been arrested at a Harvester restaurant in Three Bridges after reports that a man there was in possession of a knife. Police were called to The Hawth Park Inn, in Haslett Avenue East, at 9.40pm last Thursday. Erwan Queffeulou, 31, a security worker, from Commonwealth Drive, Three Bridges, has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon. He will appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on March 25.

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Sex attack on teenager close to railway station

March 9, 2015, 5:57 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted close to a railway station. The attack happened in Station Approach, close to Horley station at about 7.40pm on Friday, February 27 as the girl, who is in her late teens, was walking towards the station. A man reportedly approached her and touched her inappropriately before running away. Officers believe he crossed the road and entered The Grove. The man is described as white, about 5ft 5in to 5ft 6in tall, and...

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March 9, 2015, 7:19 am

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POLICE have arrested two people on suspicion of kidnapping a man and holding him prisoner in a garage in Broadfield.Officers from Sussex Police received a report of an assault and false imprisonment on Friday afternoon (March 6).The call was received at about 7pm with the incident taking place earlier in the afternoon.A 23-year-old man was taken to a garage at the back of the the Premier convenience store in Broadfield Barton where he was held against his will, punched and threatened.Police...

Arsonists cause shed blaze at allotments in Crawley

March 9, 2015, 11:06 am

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ARSONISTS destroyed a shed containing gardening equipment in an attack in Southgate at the weekend.Two crews from Crawley Fire Station were called to the allotments at Baker Close at 9.40pm on Sunday (March 8).On arrival the firefighters found a shed had been torched and was engulfed in flames. The structure had contained a selection of gardening equipment.Crew members used a hose to put out the fire.West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is treating the incident as a deliberate ignition arson...

Pound Hill teenager accused of assaulting woman twice in one day

March 9, 2015, 9:00 pm

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A TEENAGER accused of assaulting a woman at two different addresses on the same day and damaging a letter box has denied the charges in court.William Mason is alleged to have assaulted Sarah Fyfe at an address in Goffs Park Road, Southgate, and at a home in Banks Road, Pound Hill on January 9.On the same day he is accused of damaging a letter box belonging to Ashley Reade at the Goffs Park Road address.Mason, 18, from Courtney Road, Chester, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 16,...

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March 9, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A PENSIONER has appeared in court accused of possessing child porn images of the "highest category" along with dozens of photos and videos of people carrying out sex acts on animals.George Spiteri stood in the dock at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 25 facing a total of 25 charges relating to possessing and distributing child porn and being in possession of material depicting sexual intercourse between humans and animals.The 70-year-old did not enter a plea to any of the...

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March 10, 2015, 7:24 am

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THERE are 11 convicted sex offenders missing in Sussex, according to new figures published by the police.Data released by Sussex Police under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) shows a total of 11 registered sex offenders in the county are currently wanted because their whereabouts are unknown.Registered sex offenders - including rapists and paedophiles - are required to inform police and probation officers of their addresses and are supposed to be monitored by officials.A total of 39 police...

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March 10, 2015, 10:45 pm

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A MAN and a woman are to face trial after being charged with assaulting and abusing a cleaner at Gatwick Airport.Last December the Crawley News told how airport worker Jean-Noel Talate suffered injuries while working in the South Terminal.Daniel Greenslade, 45, from Northmead, Redhill, has been accused of assaulting Mr Talate on December 6.Greenslade denied the offence at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 25, when he admitted another charge, of possessing 7.5 grams of cocaine at Crawley...

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March 11, 2015, 4:45 am

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A MAN will face trial after denying he assaulted another man by beating him in a pub in Three Bridges.Gary Edwards, 52, is accused of assaulting Andrew Turner in The Snooty Fox, on Haslett Avenue East, on January 24. Edwards pleaded not guilty to the offence at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.The court heard that the assault allegedly happened in a dispute over a female.But Edwards, of Manor Court in Banstead, Surrey, claims that no contact was made with Mr Turner.Edwards was released...

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March 11, 2015, 8:28 am

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A PROTESTER has been taken to hospital after an attempt to superglue herself to a coach full of immigration detainees went wrong. The woman, 25, superglued her hand to a coach leaving the Brook House immigration removal centre in Perimeter Road South at Gatwick Airport yesterday (Tuesday). But she also got superglue in her eyes. The woman, from London, was freed and taken to East Surrey Hospital for treatment before being arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway. A 53-year-old woman,...

Burglars break into string of garages in Furnace Green

March 11, 2015, 10:27 am

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SEVERAL garages in Furnace Green were broken into last week police have revealed. The break-ins took place on Wednesday and Thursday in Burwash Road. At present it is known that one metallic blue Pinnacle mountain bike was stolen. It isn't known what else, if anything, was taken. Police have advised local residents to make sure their garages are secure.

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March 11, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A MAN has admitted driving without due care and attention after causing a crash that injured another motorist, damaged two cars and "demolished" a set of traffic lights.Derek Page was driving on Crawley Avenue when he drove "through a red light" at the Tushmore Roundabout and crashed into the vehicles, before careering down the road and smashing into the traffic lights.The 61-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Vauxhall Astra without due care and attention at Crawley...

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March 11, 2015, 11:45 pm

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A MAN has admitted possessing more than 2,000 images of child porn along with dozens of photographs of people carrying out sex acts on animals.Andrew Hocking appeared at Lewes Crown Court last Friday to enter pleas to six charges of having indecent photos of children and a further count of being in possession of material depicting sexual acts between humans and animals.The 57-year-old stood in the dock wearing a grey suit and had his head bowed as he spoke to give a plea to each charge.Hocking...