A WOMAN has been fined £83 for keeping her car on a public road without it being taxed.Abi Fryer, from Harting Court, Bewbush, was found to have kept the Renault Espace on the road she lives on, without road tax on November 17.At Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 23 the 23-year-old was fined £83.She was also ordered to pay £57.50 in backdated road tax and £90 costs.
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Bewbush woman fined over untaxed car
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Pease Pottage man to face trial accused of attacking Northgate...
A MAN will face trial after being accused of assaulting a woman.Ashley Alderman, 22, from Barn Close, Pease Pottage, is alleged to have attacked Carly Wiltshire in Woodfield Road, Northgate, on February 8.He denied the offence at Crawley Magistrates' Court on February 25 and will face trial at Horsham Magistrates' Court on May 29.Alderman has been released on unconditional bail, the conditions being that he is not to contact his alleged victim, and not to go to an address in Ifield.
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Ifield murder: Woman was alive in boot when car was set alight,...
THE young woman whose body was found in the boot of a burning car near Ifield Golf Club was still alive when the car was torched, police have confirmed.The Volkswagen Jetta was hidden out of sight off a quiet country lane on Friday and set alight. When firefighters arrived at about 2.25pm they found the badly burned body in the boot and police launched a murder investigation.A Sussex Police spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that a post mortem revealed the cause of death to be smoke inhalation and...
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Drug smuggler at Gatwick Airport hid cocaine worth £180,000...
A WOMAN who attempted to smuggle £180,000 of cocaine through Gatwick Airport by hiding it inside her 46D bra has been warned she faces jail.
Nola Williams stitched 1kg of the Class A drug into her bra before she boarded a flight from Kingston, in Jamaica, to Gatwick in January 2014.
Williams, 47, was arrested along with accomplice Raymond Goodison as they tried to board a train from Gatwick Airport station to London Victoria.
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers found the 71 per cent-pure...
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BREAKING NEWS: Man charged over Ifield murder and victim's...
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a woman found in a burning car in Ifield.The body of Janet Müller was discovered in the vehicle in Rusper Road on Friday (March 13) shortly after 2.30pm.Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, 26, of Lakeside, Beckenham, London, is accused of killing Janet, a 21-year-old student from Eastbourne.He has been remanded in custody to appear at Guildford Magistrates' Court on Thursday (March 19).Miss Müller was reported missing from Mill View Hospital in Nevill...
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Watches, laptop and games console stolen from Tilgate home
A BURGLAR stole electrical items and watches after gaining entry to a property on Nash Road, Tilgte.
The thief stole a PlayStation 4, a laptop and two watches from the home having got in through the rear door.
The burglary took place between 1 and 1.40pm last Thursday.
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They must be going to hell! Thieves steal "God at work"...
THIEVES who clearly don't fear divine retribution have stolen a banner reading "God at work" from outside a Pound Hill church where a major regeneration project has just begun.The sign, measuring one metre by two metres, had been tied to temporary fencing at the front of Crawley United Reformed Church (URC).The Reverend Bridget Banks believes the banner, which was bought by two members of the congregation, was stolen – and she would like it returned.She said: "We put the...
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Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw appears in court accused of murder of...
CHRISTOPHER Jeffrey-Shaw, the man accused of murdering Janet Müller - whose body was found in the boot of a burning car, has appeared in court this morning.
The car was dumped and set alight close to Ifield Golf Club, off a quiet country lane, last Friday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived at the scene they made the grim discovery.
A post-mortem has confirmed that Miss Müller, 21, who was a student from Eastbourne, was alive in the car when it was set alight.
She died of...
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VIDEO: Driver so drunk after crashing car he falls off chair...
POLICE have released video footage showing how a driver who crashed his car after an afternoon drinking session was so drunk that he fell off his chair when waiting to be breathalysed after his arrest.
Robert Hutchinson was spotted by a member of the public driving his Nissan Almera erratically on the A281 heading towards Horsham at 5.45pm on Friday, January 30.
As the witness phoned police to describe what he could see, Hutchinson veered off the road, over-corrected and crashed head on...
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Ifield body in boot: Vehicle Janet Müller died in was a hire...
THE vehicle set alight in Ifield with young woman Janet Müller trapped in the boot was a hire car, it has emerged.
Guildford Crown Court was told this afternoon that the car did not belong to Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, the man accused of murdering Miss Müller.
Her body was found in the boot of the burning Volkswagen Jetta.
The car was dumped and set alight close to Ifield Golf Club, off a quiet country lane, last Friday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived at the scene they made...
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Woman arrested after allegedly disrupting flight and indecently...
A WOMAN was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in an aircraft when her plane landed at Gatwick Airport this morning (March 19).
Aircrew on board the British Airways flight from Kingston, Jamaica, asked for the flight to be met by police after the woman allegedly disrupted the flight and indecently exposed herself.
The flight landed at around 8.45am and a 46-year-old woman from south-west London was arrested.
She remained in custody on Thursday afternoon.
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NAMED AND SHAMED: Fraudster who illegally claimed £5,000 in...
A WOMAN has been fined after pleading guilty to claiming almost £5,000 in benefits which she wasn't entitled to. Susan Stephenson, who used to live at several addresses in Maidenbower, dishonestly claimed housing benefit and council tax benefit on the basis that she failed to tell the council that she had been receiving a private pension since 2008. This led to an over-payment of nearly £5,000. She was charged with two counts of dishonestly claiming benefits and was fined £330,...
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Police question members of public for more information over...
POLICE investigating the murder of Janet Müller spent yesterday (Thursday) talking to members of the public close to the hospital where she went missing.The body of Janet, 21, was found in the boot of a burning car near Ifield Golf Club on Rusper Road last Friday by firefighters who had been called to the scene of a reported car fire.Janet had last been seen at Mill View Hospital in Nevill Avenue, Hove at 10pm on Thursday, March 12. Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen her leave...
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Housing fraudster convicted after falsely claiming she was...
A BROADFIELD woman has been successfully prosecuted by Crawley Borough Council for trying to fraudulently claim a council home.
Pheonah Zhitonge, 28, of Seddon Court, Broadfield, made a false application to join the council's housing register in April 2012 on the basis that she was a single homeless person with no fixed abode.
Applicants are required by law to complete the form truthfully and accurately.
Miss Zhitonge declared she was homeless and staying with her sister, sleeping on her...
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Ifield murder: Police today returning to scene where Janet...
POLICE investigating the murder of student Janet Müller are returning to Ifield a week after her death.Officers will be in Rusper Road from 2pm to 4.30pm today (March 20) asking people if they recall seeing a grey Volkswagen Jetta car in the road or the area. They will be handing out leaflets with a picture of the same model and make of car on them.The body of a woman was found in a burning Volkswagen car in Rusper Road, Ifield, close to Ifield Golf Club, last Friday (March 13). This was...
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PHOTOS: Police stopping cars in Rusper Road in hunt for witnesses...
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BREAKING NEWS: Police arrest second man over murder of woman...
POLICE investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in a burning car in Ifield have arrested a second man in connection with the killing.A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. The man from London is in custody.Detectives launched a murder investigation after the body of Janet Müller was discovered in a burning Volkswagen Jetta car in Rusper Road, Ifield, close to Ifield Golf Club, last Friday (March 13) shortly after 2.30pm.A man has been...
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Computers and jewellery stolen in burglary at Bewbush home
COMPUTERS and jewellery including necklaces, earrings and bangles have been stolen from a home in Coxcomb Walk, Bewbush.
A burglar forced a window of the property last Saturday and escaped with the items, as well as rings and two gold coins. The crime was reported to police at 10pm the same day.
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Liberal Democrats and Green Party choose Crawley candidates for...
THE Liberal Democrats and the Green Party have selected their candidates to stand in Crawley in the General Election.Sarah Osborne has been selected as the Lib Dems' prospective parliamentary candidate.
She is the Lib Dem group leader at Lewes District Council, having been elected in 2011.At the last General Election in 2010 the Lib Dems finished third, with 6,844 votes (14.4 per cent).The Green Party has also selected its prospective candidate – Guy Hudson. In 2010 the Green Party came...
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Ifield murder: Man bailed after being arrested on suspicion of...
A MAN who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of assisting an offender in relation to the murder of 21-year-old student Janet Müller has been released on bail.
The 30-year-old man from London has been bailed until April 15.
Detectives launched a murder investigation after the body of Janet Müller was discovered in a burning Volkswagen Jetta car in Rusper Road, Ifield, on Friday, March 13.
Just after 2.30pm firefighters discovered her body in the boot after being called to reports of a...
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