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October 29, 2015, 8:43 am

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A TRIAL against a young man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he was 17 has been discontinued after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Samuel Blackman-Gibson was facing six charges: two counts of sexual assault in that he is alleged to have touched her breasts without consent on several occasions; two counts of assault by penetration; and two counts of causing a girl aged 14 to engage in sexual activity of a non-penetrative nature by allegedly forcing her to perform sex...

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October 30, 2015, 6:37 am

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A MAN has been charged with attempted murder after an attack at a house in Tilgate. Emergency services were called at 5.40pm on Wednesday to Ross Close to reports a man had been assaulted. The victim, a 51-year-old man, was taken to East Surrey Hospital. The police helicopter was deployed at the time to search for a suspect following the incident. Jason Halliday, 45, of Ross Close, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking a man who was known to him. Halliday appeared at...

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October 30, 2015, 8:51 am

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A RETIRED priest from West Sussex who sexually assaulted four men, as young as 14, has been jailed.Vickery House was sentenced at the Old Bailey yesterday (Thursday) having been convicted of five sexual offences against young men during a 12-day trial.House, from Brighton Road in Handcross, sent to prison for a total of six and a half year for crimes he committed in the 1970s and 1980s.The 69-year-old was found guilty of two offences against a boy then aged 14 and 15 in Devon between 1970 and...

Teen, 17, charged with stabbing Crawley footballer sent to crown...

October 30, 2015, 10:18 am

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A TEENAGER charged with stabbing a footballer at half time of a match being played in Crawley has been sent to the crown court due to severity of the allegation.Luis Saltos, 26, who plays for Alliance FC, was violently attacked at cherry Lane Playing Field last Saturday (October 24) after he and his teammates discovered their changing room had been broken into.Emergency services were called to playing field at around 2.20pm after a report property had been stolen from the changing rooms.Players...

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November 1, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A WOMAN with mental health problems who walked onto railway tracks in a cry for help will be sentenced for trespassing.Charlotte Findley had been discharged from Langley Green Hospital just hours before she decided to walk onto the tracks near the Horsham Road level crossing, Southgate, on July 9.The 24-year-old was arrested under the Mental Health Act after a train stopped to avoid hitting her. British Transport Police (BTP) later charged her with trespassing on the railway and...

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November 2, 2015, 8:22 am

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A WOMAN was banned from getting on a flight at Gatwick after joking about having a gun in her bag. The incident happened today at the easyJet bad drop desk in the South Terminal. The woman, who is reportedly 36 years old and from London, was banned from getting on her flight and given strong words of warning by police at the airport after they thoroughly searched her bag. She was not arrested.

Teenager stabbed in back near ambulance station in Crawley

November 4, 2015, 4:52 am

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A TEENAGER has been stabbed in the back while walking near the ambulance station in West Green. The 18-year-old victim was walking along Ifield Avenue, close to the ambulance station, between 11.20 and 11.40pm on Friday (October 30) when he was approached by a man known to him. The victim sustained a minor stab wound to his back, requiring treatment at East Surrey Hospital. A 17-year-old boy from Crawley was arrested on suspicion of GBH. He has been bailed until January 6, 2016. Anyone who...

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November 5, 2015, 3:40 am

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A TEENAGE woman accused of a racially aggravated assault on a taxi driver who allegedly refused to give her friend with cerebral palsy a lift will take place next week. Brooke Webb was due to face trial on a charge of racially aggravated common assault at Horsham Magistrates' Court last Thursday. The 18-year-old denies that charge but admits resisting a police officer on June 27. The case was adjourned last week after the defence was only served with the case against Webb on the day of the...

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Sussex residents to be asked if they will pay more to fund...

November 5, 2015, 10:10 am

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SUSSEX households are being asked if they would be willing to pay more for policing the county because the Government is slashing £7.7 million from Sussex Police's budget. A new formula is being introduced to determine how much each of the country's police forces receives in the form of a Government grant, which makes up the bulk of funding. The police share of council tax accounts for the remaining portion of the budget. This new formula has determined that Sussex should see a cut of...

Victim of alleged attempted murder was attacked with a hammer

November 5, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A MAN has been charged with attempted murder following a hammer attack in a small cul-de-sac in Tilgate.The incident happened at about 5.40pm last Wednesday inside a house in Ross Close which neighbours say is shared by a couple.The victim, a 51-year-old man who does not live there, was seen being led away by paramedics with his head in bandages.He was taken to East Surrey Hospital and is not believed to have life-threatening injuries.Residents were told to stay indoors while police officers,...

​Police called to break up a fight outside Crawley Post Office

November 8, 2015, 2:12 pm

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POLICE were called to a Crawley Post Office to break up a fight between two people in broad daylight.Police were called The Boulevard Post Office just before 1pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday) after two people were seen getting into a scrap. One person was arrested.

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November 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A HUSBAND who didn't want his wife to divorce him throttled her after flying into a rage when she refused to see someone to try and repair their relationship.Ali Urgenc followed his wife, Karolina Urgenc, upstairs at their home in Hazel Close, Langley Green, on June 15 after she said she did not want to remain married to him.He grabbed her by the throat and allegedly pushed her onto the bed before telling her "I'm going to kill you" with his hands still round her throat.Urgenc, 43,...

Two passengers barred from flights at weekend over claims they...

November 9, 2015, 1:58 am

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TWO passengers were refused boarding on flights at Gatwick over the weekend after making foolish comments at security. One claimed to have a gun in his bag and a second joked about having a bomb in his luggage. Sergeant Darren Taylor, of Gatwick Police, wrote on Twitter this morning: "Without sounding like a broken record why do folk keep trying to be amateur comedians when it comes to checking in or going through security."Once again two passengers having to be spoken to by us and...

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November 9, 2015, 4:59 am

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A MAN accused of stealing from a shop in Southgate has failed to appear in court and police have issued an appeal to trace him. Ryan Higson, 27, is wanted for failing to appear at court on September 30 to answer a charge of theft and for breaching a court order for community service. He is also sought for interview over a series of 11 shoplifting offences in the Crawley area over the past two months. Higson, who is about 6' tall, of slim build, with light brown hair, had been living at addresses...

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November 9, 2015, 5:19 am

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A YOUNG man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he was 17 will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict last month.Samuel Blackman-Gibson faces six charges: two counts of sexual assault in that he is alleged to have touched her breasts without consent on several occasions; two counts of assault by penetration; and two counts of causing a girl aged 14 to engage in sexual activity of a non-penetrative nature by allegedly forcing her to perform sex acts on him.All of...

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November 9, 2015, 8:19 am

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A WOMAN was punched in the face when she resisted an attempt to snatch her handbag in Bewbush. At about 9.50pm on Saturday, a 43-year-old woman was walking along a footpath, known locally as Dousters Brook, near Vanbrugh Close, Bewbush, when she was approached from behind by a man who attempted to take her handbag. He punched her in the face when she resisted and she fell to the floor but he failed to take the bag and ran off. The suspect is described as black, tall and thin, and in his 20s. He...

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November 9, 2015, 10:48 am

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POLICE have been forced to close an investigation into a stabbing in Crawley High Street after the man attacked would not help officers.A 46-year-old man had to be taken to hospital on September 3 after he was knifed in the abdomen on a busy night in the High Street.Officers searching the area found a knife and appealed for witnesses who saw the incident close to the Old Punch Bowl pub.However, police have now confirmed two men arrested on suspicion of being involved in the attack on the Crawley...

Man appears in Crawley court after 16 years on run

November 10, 2015, 2:09 am

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A man who absconded from Ford Prison 16 years ago is back under lock and key after being arrested in the Canary Islands. Spencer White, now 39, absconded from the open Sussex prison in July 1999 after being sentenced to three years for kidnapping an adult. He was stopped by police as he arrived at Lanzarote airport on September 19 and detained after being recognised as wanted on a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). It is believed that he has been living in southern Ireland and was apparently...

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November 10, 2015, 4:38 am

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TWO Crawley men will have to pay in excess of £50,000 after failing to heed a warning to stop running an unauthorised car park for people travelling from Gatwick. In 2014 the directors of Airport Parking Limited, Imran Shahid and Tariq Wasi, converted land at Lower Hollow Copse in Copthorne into an unauthorised car park. The land was used to store up to 800 cars of holidaymakers travelling from nearby Gatwick Airport, but the pair failed to apply for the necessary planning...

Police arrest six people in drug raids across Crawley where...

November 10, 2015, 8:25 am

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POLICE have arrested six people after carrying out several drug raids at homes across Crawley, with "significant" amounts of cocaine and cash being recovered.Sussex Police executed drug warrants at properties in Caffins Close in Northgate, Woodwards in Broadfield and Calvin Walk, in Bewbush, last Friday evening (November 6).A further two properties in Waterside Close, Bewbush, were raided on Saturday (November 7).Officers arrested four people, all from Crawley, on these visits. A...