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A WOMAN who was sexually abused by a member of staff while a patient at Langley Green Hospital has bravely waived her anonymity to try and stop her attacker striking again.Maria Lozano was admitted to the mental health facility on Martyrs Avenue in April 2011 after attempting to take her own life at Beachy Head.The 49-year-old, who is from Bexhill, in East Sussex, was brought to Crawley due to a lack of beds at Eastbourne District General Hospital.Her suicide attempt had come when she had been...

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Langley Green shoplifter sentenced for stealing drinks from Co-op

May 15, 2015, 4:12 am

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A WOMAN has been fined for stealing a case of canned drinks with spirits mixed into them from a Co-op store.Bridgett Maloney, from Perth Close, Langley Green, took the case of drinks from the Co-op store in Horsham, on February 11.The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to theft when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 30.She was fined £67 and ordered to pay £24 compensation to Co-op.Maloney must also pay a victim surcharge of £20 and £85 in court costs.

Police find £16,000 of cocaine after stopping car on A23

May 15, 2015, 6:02 am

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TWO men are due to appear in court after police seized cocaine from a car during a traffic check on the A23. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday (May 13) police stopped a Land Rover Discovery heading northbound on the A23 at Handcross Hill. The officers seized from inside the vehicle three quarters of a pound of cocaine with a total potential estimated street value of £16,000 and arrested the two men in the vehicle. Dominic Bradshaw, 32, unemployed, of Townsley Close, Luton, and Russell...

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May 15, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A PAEDOPHILE from Ifield has been found guilty of a sickening sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl.Thomas Johns, from Treyford Close, was convicted last Wednesday of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration following a two-day trial at Lewes Crown Court.The 54-year-old carried out the attack at some point in 2005 or 2006, when the victim was 12 and he was in his 40s.It was only in 2012 that the victim, whose identity is protected, felt able to talk about her horrific ordeal.She told her father...

Homeless teenager stole £200 of computer games from Asda

May 16, 2015, 3:15 am

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A TEENAGER living at a homeless hostel for young people has admitted stealing more than £200 of computer games from Asda. David Ware, 18, took £202 of games from the supermarket on Pegler Way on April 11. He pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 29 and was given a 12-month conditional discharge. Ware, from Southwell Lodge, on Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, must also pay £35 court costs. He also admitted possession of cannabis on the same day. No extra punishment was...

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May 16, 2015, 6:30 am

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A PENSIONER has been hit with a hefty fine for driving without due care and attention in Manor Royal.Larrimie Taylor, 63, from Erica Way, Copthorne, was charged with the offence in Gatwick Road, on February 23.She pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 22, where she was fined £400 and ordered to pay further costs of £125. She also received seven penalty points on her licence.

Town centre newsagents' caught selling alcohol to child

May 16, 2015, 8:45 pm

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A NEWSAGENTS' in the town centre could lose its alcohol licence after selling a Smirnoff Ice to a child in an undercover police sting and to another person who was drunk to the point where they were "bemused and swaying".Sussex Police have requested a review of the premises licence of Boulevard Newsagents – which could stop it from selling alcohol.This followed an operation in which a 16-year-old volunteer was sold a Smirnoff Ice alongside some sweets.During this test purchase a...

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May 17, 2015, 7:30 am

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PROTESTERS who stopped refugees being deported from Gatwick Airport are going to face trial after they argued their actions were justified.Lara Farrell and Chiara Lauvergnac appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday both charged with taking part in a demonstration to interfere at Gatwick Airport and obstructing a highway in the airport boundary.They each pleaded not guilty to the charges.Farrell, 25, also denied causing criminal damage to a WH Tours coach windscreen wiper to the...

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Southgate woman pleads guilty to driving while disqualified

May 17, 2015, 8:00 am

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A WOMAN has been given a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.Nicola Buckingham, from Caburn Heights, Southgate, committed the offences when she drove a Ford Ka on the A23 on April 15.At Crawley Magistrates' Court on May 1 the 41-year-old admitted the offences.For driving without a licence Buckingham was given an 18-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs and court costs of...

Topless man pepper-sprayed by police after disturbance in...

May 18, 2015, 10:14 am

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A YOUNG man who was "hoping initially to calm the situation" when police were called to a disturbance ended up being pepper sprayed after shouting in an officer's face while topless. Police officers were called to Hambleton Court, in Southgate, at about 7.20pm on March 28. When they arrived they found an injured person in a communal hallway, who they spoke to. At Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 29, prosecutor Melanie Wotton explained how Alexander Verster then got involved. She told the...

Langley Green man pleads guilty to driving without due care and...

May 19, 2015, 3:49 am

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A MOTORIST has been convicted of driving without due care and attention on Christmas Eve through Copthorne. Dilshad Ahmed was charged with committing the offence in Kitsmead on December 24. The 49-year-old, from Heron Close, Langley Green, pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 22 and was fined £37. He was also ordered to pay further costs of £105 and had his licence endorsed with three penalty points.

Elderly man facing 4 child sex charges may not face trial as he...

May 20, 2015, 12:05 am

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AN elderly man who faces charges of indecent assault and gross indecency with a girl under 14 may not face trial as he is "unlikely to survive for much longer".Richard Baines, 70, was due to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday to face four child sex charges.But his solicitor told the court he was "not in a fit medical state" and asked for the case to be adjourned so that reports could be conducted to verify this.Baines, from Hillview Road, Worthing, is alleged...

Tenant accused of threatening landlord after being asked to leave...

May 20, 2015, 10:30 pm

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A PORTUGUESE housing tenant allegedly made threats to his landlord and damaged a living room door after being asked to leave the property.Emmanuel Costa is accused of common assault against Maria De Franca, and of criminal damage to a door at the property in Fennel Crescent, Broadfield.The 28-year-old, who now lives in Causeway Close, Three Bridges, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court where he pleaded not guilty, through an interpreter, to both charges.He will now face trial at Horsham...

Crawley scaffolder fined for 'putting lives at risk' plans to...

May 20, 2015, 11:45 pm

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A FORMER British boxing champion who runs a scaffolding firm has had to lay off one of his staff after being hit with a hefty fine for putting workers at risk. The Crawley News reported on Monday that Michael Alldis, trading as Southern Tube Scaffold, was prosecuted after workers were deemed to have been at risk of falling from height during refurbishment work at a property in Winchester, in Hampshire. The 46-year-old, from Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green, was fined £18,000 by magistrates...

Terminally ill patient's family has windscreen smashed by yobs...

May 21, 2015, 12:09 am

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A TERMINALLY ill patient's family had their car windscreen smashed and a ward window where elderly people are treated was also targeted by yobs believed to be using catapults. Police have quickly stepped up patrols at East Surrey Hospital following the "sickening" incident on Wednesday last week (May 13), between 5 and 6pm. No injuries were reported, but the incident left patients and staff shaken after the ward window was smashed. Surrey Police is urgently seeking witnesses or...

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Pound Hill man to face trial accused of raping woman at his home

May 21, 2015, 12:41 am

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A POUND Hill man is to face trial accused of raping a woman.Ali Storm appeared at Lewes Crown Court on May 11 where he denied the charge.The 24-year-old is alleged to have a raped a woman at his home on January 24 last year.Storm, from Tennyson Close, in Pound Hill, was released on conditional bail to appear for trial at the same court on February 15, 2016.

Man falsely claimed he had no savings to get benefits admits...

May 21, 2015, 7:25 am

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A MAN who claimed more than £22,000 in benefits he was not entitled to had been ordered to pay back every penny plus extra costs and complete unpaid work.Syed Mudaser Hussain pleaded guilty, at the third time of asking, to two charges of fraud at Hove Crown Court on Tuesday of last week (May 12).Hussain, of Heron Close in Langley Green, had claimed housing benefit and Jobseekers Allowance between April 12, 2010, and August 12, 2012, on the basis he had no savings and did not own, or part...

WANTED: Man being sought for recall to prison could be in Crawley

May 21, 2015, 9:53 am

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POLICE are appealing for help from the public in tracing a man who is wanted on recall to prison and may be in Crawley. Jack Williams is wanted for breaching the strict conditions of his release licence. The 24-year-old, from Horley, is also known to spend time in Crawley and Merstham. He is described as white, of muscular build, freckled, with ginger hair and is approximately 5ft 8 inches tall. He also has tattoos on both hands and a pierced right ear. Anyone with any information about where...

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May 21, 2015, 10:30 pm

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THE Broadfield dad of three who was arrested on suspicion of being involved in terrorism after going on an aid trip to Syria says he feels he has been victimised by the British government since 2002.Kaisar Khan was detained by counter-terrorism police in an early morning raid on his home on January 7.But at the end of April the 40-year-old was told he would face no further action.Mr Khan, who lives in Broadwood Rise, travelled to Syria on an aid mission in December 2013 and says Alan Henning...

Furnace Green man appears in court alongside London man accused...

May 22, 2015, 12:30 am

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TWO alleged drug dealers have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, crack and heroin in Crawley.Syed Bokhari, 28, from Waveney Walk, Furnace Green, and Linus Louisy, 28, from Hilltop Avenue, London, are accused of conspiring with a third person, Jack Grimstone, to supply the three Class A drugs in the town between February 16 and 28, 2014.The pair appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday last week, where the case was transferred to Lewes Crown Court for a...