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Mum and 2 sons guilty of taking part in Bewbush brawl in which...
A MUM and two of her sons have been found guilty of playing a part in a mass brawl in Bewbush in which a teenager was attacked with a wheel wrench and an innocent bystander knocked down by a car.Doris Robertson, 50, of St Aubin Close, in Broadfield, and sons Kenny, 23, and Hansley, 25, of Britten Close, in Bewbush, have all been found guilty of violent disorder by a jury at Lewes Crown Court last Friday.A fourth defendant, who cannot be identified due to his age, was also found guilty.The jury...
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Police not ruling out link in The Hawth and K2 burglaries after...
POLICE are advising businesses to regularly empty tills and safes following rise in break-ins and thefts in Crawley.In the past month 10 shops and offices in the town, including at K2 Crawley leisure centre and The Hawth, have been burgled, with intruders particularly targeting money.As well as emptying tills and safes, Sussex Police are also urging firms to keep a minimum amount of cash on their premises.Detectives have not ruled out the possibility of the incidents being linked.Chief Inspector...
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Drug-driver caught in Broadfield with MDMA and cannabis banned...
A YOUNG man who failed to get his conviction for driving a vehicle while unfit through drugs overturned has been banned from getting behind the wheel for the next year.Jack Stuttard appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday to be sentenced for three drug-related offences.The 22-year-old was stopped and arrested by police on January 2 for driving a vehicle while unfit through drugs, possessing a controlled Class A drug and possessing a controlled Class B drug.Prosecutor Melanie Wotton...
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Woman who went to Furnace Green school in 1970s may be able to...
POLICE want to speak to a woman who was a pupil at a Furnace Green school in the 1970s because she may unknowingly have information which could help in the investigation of a historic sexual assault.
Detectives have been told that a 'Katy Tyler' was a pupil at St Andrews Primary School in the early 70s.
Detective Constable Rees Hopcraft said; "There is no suggestion at all that she was involved in any crime, but she may have valuable information, even though perhaps not necessarily...
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£4,000 cash stolen after burglar smashes window at house in...
JEWELLERY and £4,000 in cash has been stolen from a home in Tinsley Green after a window was broken.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the burglary in Radford Road yesterday (Wednesday).
A downstairs front window was broken and an untidy search of the property was carried out.
Investigating officer Elena Mannan said: "The homeowners were out between 8.50am and 3.45pm, so this break-in will have happened during daylight hours next to a fairly busy road."If you saw anyone...
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Police are failing to solve 90% of the burglaries in Crawley
POLICE have failed to solve more than 90 per cent of the burglaries committed in Crawley since the start of 2013, shocking new figures have revealed.Between January 1, 2013, and August 31, 2015, Sussex Police received 1,976 reports of burglaries at homes, businesses and other buildings in the town.Out of these crimes the investigations into 1,679 were closed without the culprit – or even a suspect – being identified.With about another 70 burglaries police had a named suspect but...
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Jury retires in trial of man accused of raping woman at...
A JURY has retired in the trial of a man alleged to have raped a woman in a block of flats in Maidenbower.
Several witnesses have given evidence in the case against Matthew Edwards, which began at Hove Crown Court on Tuesday.
The 39-year-old tree surgeon, of Felcourt Road, East Grinstead, has denied charges of rape and trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offences since he was arrested the day after the offences are alleged to have occurred.
The complainant, who cannot be named for legal...
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Two men appear at crown court over acid attack at Crawley Leisure...
TWO men accused of an acid attack outside Cineworld at Crawley Leisure Park have appeared in the crown court for the first time.
Lee Bates, 25, a groundsman, of Halston Close, London, and Michael McPherson, 26, of Aldrington Road, London, appeared at Hove Crown Court for a preliminary hearing today (Friday).
They are charged with possession of an offensive weapon, assault and GBH with intent.
Both men appeared in the dock together for a brief hearing before the case was adjourned until November...
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Woman breaks down in tears as she admits stealing sunglasses at...
A WOMAN who stole a pair of sunglasses worth more than £150 from Gatwick Airport by walking out of a shop with them on her head to go on a week-long holiday has broken down in court.Lisa Quinn appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday charged with theft from a shop. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence.On April 24 she stole a pair of Michael Kors sunglasses, worth £178.33 from the Sunglass Hut in the airport's North Terminal.Prosecutor David Holman said:...
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Man acquitted of rape at Maidenbower flat after jury hears there...
A MAN who was accused of raping a woman at a block of flats in Maidenbower has been acquitted by a jury after just two hours of deliberations.
Matthew Edwards was cleared of two offences – rape and trespassing with intent to commit rape – following a four-day trial at Hove Crown Court.
The jury made its decision on Friday, having sat through evidence and several witness statements since the hearing began on Tuesday last week.
The 39-year-old tree surgeon, of Felcourt Road in East...
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Police dealing with ongoing incident in Bewbush involving injured...
PART of a residential road in Bewbush has been taped off by police as they continue to deal with an ongoing incident.
Officers were called to Peterlee Walk at about 4pm to reports of an injured man and one resident living in the street said they have seen blood on the ground.
However a spokeswoman for Sussex Police said it is unclear at this stage how the man got injured.
She added that officers are still dealing with the incident now and that the details will become clearer once police logs...
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Northgate man arrested over vehicle and property transactions
A MAN from Northgate has been arrested on suspicion of fraud over property and vehicle transactions which are being investigated by police.Detectives from Sussex Police based in Crawley arrested the 48-year-old, from Cobbles Crescent, yesterday (Monday) on suspicion of five offences of fraud.Three relate to property transactions, one relates to a vehicle transaction, and one relates to another financial transaction. After being interviewed he was released on police bail until November 27 while...
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Crawley and Copthorne men released without charge in investigatio...
TWO men arrested in connection with a brutal hammer attack outside a community centre will face no further action.A 28-year-old from Copthorne and a 22-year-old from Crawley were questioned by police following the incident outside The Haven Centre, in Crawley Down, on the afternoon of June 16. They were bailed until last Thursday, but they were both released without charge after the victim, a 31-year-old man, told police he did not wish to proceed with the case.
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PHOTOS: £10,000 damage caused to Sikh temple in West Green
CRAWLEY'S Sikh community has been left in shock following a break-in during which doors were smashed, cash stolen and important gold ornaments taken.
Crawley News reported on Friday that £2,500 was stolen from the Sikh temple in Spencers Road, West Green, which belongs to the Gurdwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha Crawley, on the night of September 25.
Our reporter has since been shown the £10,000 worth of damage caused to the temple, where doors were battered off their hinges and locks and...
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Broadfield woman allowed to walk free from court after trying to...
A WOMAN who was allowed to walk free from court last month despite admitting trying to bite and kick police officers was arrested just two days later for assaulting another officer.Iwona Duleba pleaded guilty on September 23 to being drunk and disorderly at her home address in Treeview, Broadfield, on July 14.But at the end of the Crawley Magistrates' Court hearing magistrates told her to withdraw her guilty plea and let her walk free.This was because Duleba had appeared in court three times for...
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Men in West Sussex who look at child porn seek help in effort to...
MEN living in West Sussex who look at child porn have sought help in the last six months in a bid to stop looking at indecent images.Stop It Now!, a child sexual abuse prevention campaign, was contacted by 10 men living in the county due to concerns they had about their own behaviour online.In addition to these 10 men, another two adults living in West Sussex rang to express their concerns about online behaviour of other adults.All the calls were received between April and August this...
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Asian couple racially abused in Asda car park in argument over...
TWO women have been arrested on suspicion of racially abusing an Asian couple in the car park of Asda in Crawley when an argument broke out about parking.Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses who saw three people being racially abused outside the supermarket, on Pegler Way, on Wednesday (October 14).A 32-year-old Asian man and his wife, also 32, were in the car park when they got into a minor altercation about parking with two women at around 5.30pm.A third man, the victim's friends, came...
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Residents want Speed Watch scheme in Southgate road being used as...
SOUTHGATE residents have questioned why they cannot run a Speed Watch scheme in a road they feel has become a "rat run" for motorists.People living in and around Malthouse Road have volunteered to run the scheme, which would see them standing in high-visibility jackets with a radar gun, to deter speeding.The road is part of a cut-through route from Southgate Avenue to Brighton Road, so drivers can get to parts of the town centre more quickly than they would if they stayed on...
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Three-year fight for justice ends with Crawley conman having to...
A CRAWLEY conman who left a young man in thousands of pounds of debt after selling him a car which was not his has been ordered to pay the victim £20,000.Naeem Ahmed was sold a Peugeot RCZ by Sooman Ram which was still on finance that hadn't been paid off.After selling him the car, Ram stopped paying the finance agreement and the police eventually pulled Mr Ahmed over and seized the car after the finance company reported it as stolen.This began a fight for justice which lasted more than...
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