Sex attacker, 46, jailed after attempted rape in Pease Pottage
A MAN has been jailed after sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a woman in Pease Pottage. David Ball, 46, of Chelmsford, Essex, was found guilty of attempted rape and assault by penetration...
View ArticleEast Grinstead music teacher John Gowers convicted of child sex...
A MUSIC teacher from East Grinstead has been convicted of sexually assaulting a young boy during a piano lesson. John Gowers, a talented jazz musician, originally denied two offences involving the...
View ArticleOutrage at Remembrance Day poppy box theft
A COLD-HEARTED criminal who stole a Poppy Appeal collection box just days before East Grinstead marks Remembrance Sunday has sparked a wave of outrage.Fundraisers have expressed their utter dismay and...
View ArticleThree arrested in Bewbush after cannabis plants found in home
THREE people have been arrested after police executed a drugs warrant in Bewbush on Thursday (November 7). The warrant was executed at Meridian Close and around ten cannabis plants were found. A...
View Article"Fake police" try to con their way into West Sussex...
RESIDENTS are being warned to "call 999 immediately" if anyone approaches their door claiming to be police officers but refusing to show ID following incidents in the county. A group of men claiming to...
View ArticlePolice patrols stepped up after stranger follows girl home from...
POLICE have revealed that they are stepping up patrols in Tilgate - after a schoolgirl was followed home from school by a stranger last week. PC Christopher Pearce, Sussex Police's schools officer, has...
View ArticlePolice arrest East Grinstead Poppy Appeal theft suspect
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the "unacceptable" theft of a Poppy Appeal collection tin on Remembrance Sunday. Police made the arrest in the early hours of this morning (Thursday) and...
View ArticleCrawley Down teenager charged with Poppy Appeal theft
A TEENAGER has been charged with stealing a Poppy Appeal collection box on Remembrance Sunday. James Foxley-Sander was arrested by police in the early hours of this morning (Thursday) and has since...
View ArticleEast Grinstead music teacher John Gowers convicted of child sex...
A WELL-KNOWN music teacher from Ashurst Wood faces jail after he sexually assaulted a young boy during a piano lesson.Former Meridian FM radio show host John Gowers has been warned to expect a...
View ArticleMan headbutted in face at Crawley pub
A MAN was headbutted in the face at a town centre pub and suffered a broken nose and broken front teeth. The 25-year-old man was attacked on October 31 around 11.30pm as he was playing pool in the...
View ArticleCrawley thug gets five-year football ban for Crystal Palace fight
A YOB who mocked the victims of the Munich Air Disaster has now been banned from attending any football match in England or Wales for the next five years.James Butler was given a lifetime ban by...
View ArticleWoman, 82, robbed in own home by men claiming to work for council
POLICE have released e-fits of two men who robbed an 82-year-old woman in her home - after pretending to work for the council. At about 9.20am on Tuesday (November 12) the 82-year old woman was...
View ArticleFull story: Skidding car video in residential street sparks anger
THIS picture shows the moment a resident caught a dangerous driver "drifting" around an East Grinstead residential street corner.The footage, which was uploaded to video sharing website YouTube last...
View Article150 cars in Horsham have aerials or badges stolen
Two people have been arrested after about 150 vehicles were damaged in Horsham over the weekend. Between Saturday night (November 16) and Monday morning (November 18) the vehicles all had aerials or...
View ArticleDisabled victims of hate crimes urged to speak to police
PEOPLE with disabilities who have been victims of horrible hate crimes have been urged to report incidents to the police rather than suffer in silence.The Action Group, which campaigns for people with...
View ArticleDog "saves life" of woman attacked by stranger in...
A HEROIC pet dog rescued its owner after she was pushed to the ground and attacked in the middle of the night in Tilgate. The 49-year-old woman was walking her two dogs on the footpath leading from...
View ArticleSteven Fern, 47, admits sex attack in street on girl, 17
A MAN has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage girl as she walked along a residential street. Steven Fern, 47, attacked a 17-year-old as she walked along The Ridings, in Worth, in the middle of the...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in flat
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the discovery of a woman's body in her Worthing flat. Police were called shortly before 6pm yesterday (Tuesday 19 November) after the 50-year old...
View ArticleCCTV image of suspected East Grinstead Poppy Appeal thief...
DO you recognise this young man? He is wanted in connection with the theft of yet another Poppy Appeal collection tin from East Grinstead. Police have issued this CCTV image in a bid to identify the...
View ArticleFormer Marine slams thief who stole Poppy Appeal money
A "DEPLORABLE" thief snatched a Poppy Appeal collection box shortly before 11am on Remembrance Day.The box, containing an estimated £30 to £50, was swiped from the reception of a Premier Inn, just half...
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