Bulky items including back massager stolen in burglary at Bewbush...

August 17, 2015, 5:35 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a ground floor flat in Bewbush. The crime took place at the property in Ivory Walk at some time between 10am and 3pm last Thursday (August 13). The resident, a 41-year-old man, came home to find a number of items had been taken including a full length back massager and an air purifier. Investigating officer Rebecca Doherty said: "This incident happened during the middle of the day and some of the items missing are quite bulky....

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August 17, 2015, 10:16 am

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POLICE are investigating a road rage attack in Pease Pottage where a BMW driver gestured angrily at a white Ford Transit van driver before getting out his car with a plank of wood and spitting in the other motorist's face.The incident occurred on the A264 dual carriageway southbound at Pease Pottage in the rush hour on August 5.Sussex Police officers want witnesses to come forward because many other motorists would have been affected at about 5pm, by being forced to slow down or stop to avoid...

Manor Royal could get its own private security force to stop...

August 17, 2015, 10:35 pm

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MANOR Royal business leaders have revealed they are considering introducing their own private security force after another three businesses were targeted by burglars.Cash and computer equipment was stolen from three premises in the same building on Gatwick Road just five days after a similar break-in at a Subway store.A rooftop window leading to accountancy firm Taylor Sims appeared to be the entry point as burglars ransacked the business before making their way through L&C Barbers and...

Maidenbower man appears in court for refusing to leave town...

August 18, 2015, 8:05 am

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A MAN has appeared in court after ignoring a police order to leave the town centre. Laurynas Bogusevicius appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on July 21 charged with failing to leave a locality specified when requested. On July 5 this year the 27-year-old was ordered to leave the town centre while he was in the High Street. Bogusevicius, from Bolton Road in Maidenbower, pleaded guilty. Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge for six months. He was also ordered to pay a victim...

Boy to appear in court accused of throwing acid in man's face

August 19, 2015, 1:48 am

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A TEENAGE boy is to appear in court this morning accused of throwing acid in a man's face. The 16-year-old is due to appear before magistrates in Brighton at 10am today (Wednesday) charged with throwing a corrosive fluid into the face of a 23-year-old man, and causing criminal damage to a Ford Fiesta car. The alleged offences occurred in Brighton on Tuesday morning (August 18). The parties involved are known to each other.

Girlfriend of Crawley rapist Lloyd Breach to stand by him while...

August 19, 2015, 6:26 am

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THE girlfriend of convicted rapist Lloyd Breach has vowed to stand by him despite the fact he has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Breach was sentenced last week for raping a 15-year-old girl three times. The 23-year-old, from The Old Stables in Ifield Wood, has spent time in prison before for a string of sex offences including child grooming. But before he was sentenced for his latest crimes a court heard that he is now engaged and that his fiancée is standing by him. The...

Shameless Crawley conman sold caravan holidays that didn't exist...

August 19, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A FRAUDSTER who carried out a "wretched" and "dishonest" scam which saw 13 families' holidays ruined has been spared jail.Samuel Brazil was branded "thoroughly dishonest" by a judge as he was sentenced for 15 counts of fraud relating to false adverts for caravan holidays and sofas.The 22-year-old, from Perth Close, Langley Green, posted the adverts on Facebook and an online advertising site called Face Bay promoting caravan holidays at three legitimate sites –...

Young man accused of causing friends' deaths and drug-driving

August 20, 2015, 5:56 am

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A MAN has appeared in court charged with causing the deaths of two of his friends and with drug-driving. Marc Martin, 22, and Matthew Preece, 21, died after the BMW they were travelling in hit a tree and flipped on to its roof. The incident occurred in High Beeches Lane, in Handcross, on the evening of Wednesday, December 17 last year. Kyle Witney is charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of driving while unfit through drugs. The 20-year-old, of...

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August 20, 2015, 10:45 pm

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A LORRY driver who performed a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre by driving the wrong way around a roundabout has been banned from getting behind the wheel again for 30 months. Stephen Weller, who had already been sacked by the Three Bridges company he was driving the lorry for, was also given a suspended prison sentence. The shocking piece of driving was carried out on the B2028 (Selsfield Road) in Turners Hill. Weller narrowly avoided a head-on collision with several other vehicles after he...

Man tasered on Gatwick flight detained under Mental Health Act

August 21, 2015, 12:08 am

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A 37-YEAR-old man who was arrested on an easyJet flight has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being abusive to staff. The incident occurred yesterday morning (Thursday) while passengers were waiting to depart. Budget airline easyJet confirmed that police boarded flight EZY831, bound for Belfast, due to "a passenger behaving disruptively" during a dispute over luggage. The man was then tasered for the "safety of the passengers, crew and the man himself".He was...

Man fined for harassing women in Bewbush

August 21, 2015, 4:30 am

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A MAN has been fined more than £500 after being found guilty of harassing two women at the Bewbush Centre.Gary Rankin appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on July 24 to face trial for two charges of causing harassment through threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.Rankin, from Staplecross Court, in Salvington Road, Bewbush, had previously denied the allegations.Magistrates found him guilty, though, after hearing the evidence. The 42-year-old committed the offences on August 27,...

Crawley taxi drivers to be given handbook on spotting when child...

August 23, 2015, 12:00 am

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ALL taxi drivers in Crawley who are licensed by the council are being given a handbook to educate them on how to spot the signs of child sexual exploitation.Crawley Borough Council has spent £1,800 on the small handbooks which explain how to report concerns and what the tell-tale signs are that a child may be being ferried around the town to be sexually abused.C5 Consultancy Ltd has produced the documents on behalf of the council and their creation is part of a drive to safeguard children...

Traffic warden "shaken and bruised" after being pushed...

August 24, 2015, 8:17 am

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A POLICE hunt has been launched after a traffic warden was left "shaken and bruised" after being attacked and pushed to the ground in Crawley town centre.The Crawley Borough Council employee was checking parking tickets on vehicles using the pay and display spaces opposite The Jubilee Oak pub in the High Street when he was attacked.The Crawley News understands the traffic warden asked a motorist to move on who reacted by attacking him last Thursday (August 20) at about 3.15pm.Members...

Six arrests after man kicked and punched on ground in "unpro...

August 24, 2015, 1:33 pm

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SIX people have been arrested after a man was set upon by a group and attacked in Crawley High Street in the early hours of Sunday morning.A 44-year-old man, from Crawley, was knocked to the ground and punched and kicked outside United Taxis, by the taxi rank.Police were called and several people were arrested.Six people have been arrested, two women aged 22 and four men aged 18, 31, 29 and 27, on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray. They have been bailed to 17 October...

DO YOU RECOGNISE THIS MAN?: Photo of man released in connection...

August 26, 2015, 12:14 am

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Police are looking for a man in connection the rape of a young woman on a footpath in Horsham. In the early hours of Sunday, August 16, the 22-year old Horsham woman left Piries bar in the town centre with a man. They walked along East Street and down The Causeway past St Marys Church, to a footpath where the attack took place. Detectives are keen to identify and speak with the man shown in the photograph who may be able to help the investigation. They are also keen to speak with a group of men...

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August 26, 2015, 2:43 am

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A FRAUDSTER who falsely claimed more than £44,000 in housing benefit over six years has been ordered to pay back every penny by a judge.James Farman, 37, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court last Friday (August 21) after being convicted of dishonestly failing to tell Crawley Borough Council of a change in his living circumstances.Farman, of Albany Road in West Green, was prosecuted by the council for committing housing benefit fraud.He started claiming housing benefit from the council in May...

Go Ape targeted by thieves who broke into Tilgate Park base

August 26, 2015, 10:25 am

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POPULAR activity centre Go Ape has been targeted by thieves who broke into the main base and stole parking permits.Sussex Police were called to the treetop adventure course, in Tilgate Park, early on Tuesday morning after staff arrived and discovered the theft.It took place overnight on Monday and initially employees feared money had been stolen from the till.However, it was later emerged it was in fact parking permits that had been taken.Anyone with information is urged to call Sussex Police on...

Broadfield man caught with cocaine fined by magistrates

August 26, 2015, 10:30 am

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A MAN caught with five wraps of cocaine has been fined by magistrates. Ivano Furcy, 25, of Beachy Road, in Broadfield, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on August 4 charged with possessing a class A drug. He The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to being in possession of cocaine at his home address in Beachy Road, Broadfield on November 3 last year. Magistrates fined Furcy £110 and ordered him to pay a £20 victim surcharge, plus £85 Crown Prosecution Service costs. The total...

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August 28, 2015, 4:38 am

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THE family of Lisa Watling have said that her children are the "real victims" as the Crawley mum's boyfriend, Minesh Parbat was jailed today (Friday) for causing her death. Parbat has been jailed for seven years, having previously been found guilty of causing her death through dangerous driving. In a statement released after the sentencing, Miss Watling's family said: "Our lives have been ripped apart leaving a wound that will never fully heal, no matter how much times...

Man arrested on suspicion of spiking woman's drink in bar

August 28, 2015, 7:00 am

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A SUSSEX man has been arrested on suspicion of spiking a woman's drink. Police are now looking to trace the suspected intended victim. Officers were called on Wednesday, August 5 at approximately 8.15pnm to Edwards, in Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, after a witness noticed a man putting an unknown substance in a woman's drink. The witness noticed a woman, in her late twenties, described as white with short dark hair, sitting down with a man, in his thirties, at a table. Officers believe...