Daniel Palmer fights back tears as he appears in court charged...
A MAN has appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of a Portuguese man who was found lying unconscious in a Three Bridges alleyway. Daniel Palmer, 23, from Maunsell Park, Station Hill,...
View ArticleBroadfield man charged with raping child while aged 11
A BROADFILED 30-year-old has been accused of repeatedly raping a girl under the age of 16 – when he was aged between 11 and 15. Gary Hatton, of Treeview, Broadfield, appeared at Crawley Magistrates'...
View ArticlePorn addict dad jailed for sex attack on teenage girl as she...
A PORN addict sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl while she was on the phone to her mum, after following her as she made her way home from the cinema.Steven Fern, 48, has been jailed for three years...
View ArticleMother in court after keeping son off school so he could go on...
A MOTHER has been prosecuted for taking her son out of school so he could go on his first ever holiday.The woman from Ifield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted failing to ensure her son...
View ArticleCourt hears Daniel Palmer made no comment when interviewed by...
DANIEL Palmer has appeared in court again this morning accused of murdering Joao Esteves in Three Bridges on Sunday. Hove Crown Court was told that Palmer made no comment when interviewed by police. A...
View ArticlePolice seize 2.5kg of cannabis and 50 plants in raid on Copthorne...
POLICE seized 2.5kg of cannabis and 50 plants after uncovering a drugs factory in a quite Copthorne road. A quantity of cash was also seized from the address in Snow Hill after officers executed a...
View ArticleSister of "murdered" Joao Esteves speaks of his...
A SISTER of Joao Esteves, who is believed to have been "murdered" in Three Bridges at the weekend, has spoken of her family's shock at his needless death. Until last week, when he came to Britain...
View Article"Murder" victim Joao Esteves had only been in Britain...
IT has emerged this afternoon that "murder" victim Joao Esteves had only arrived in Britain last Wednesday - four days before he was found unconscious in a Three Bridges alleyway. It is understood that...
View ArticlePHOTOS: First pictures of Daniel Palmer, who is accused of Joao...
THESE are the first pictures to emerge of Daniel Palmer, who appeared in court again today accused of the murder of Joao Esteves in Three Bridges on Sunday. The 23-year-old, from Maunsell Park, Station...
View ArticleMan cleared of alleged sexual assault on bus to Crawley
A man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a bus to Crawley has been acquitted of the charge in court. Kevin Spall, 54, from Livingstone Road in Caterham, Surrey went on trial at Redhill...
View ArticleBrothers called Lawless accused of burgling home
TWO brothers have appeared in court charged with burgling a house in Southgate.Johnny, 19, and Macauley Lawless, 18, were accused of breaking into 108 Malthouse Road.The brothers pleaded not guilty at...
View ArticleCrawley taxi driver accused of sex attack on woman in back of his...
A TAXI driver has appeared in court to face two charges of sexual assault and one of theft.Abdul Karim, of Edinburgh House, in Holyrood Place, Broadfield, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in...
View ArticleMan in court after threatening to chop up his ex-partner's bed
A MAN has admitted threatening his ex-partner by saying he would "smash her place up in the morning and chop her bed up" while "waving a knife about".Ryan Henry, 32, pleaded guilty at Crawley...
View ArticleUPDATE: Armed police shoot out tyres of car in Manor Royal and...
ARMED police shot out the tyres of a car in Manor Royal to arrest a suspect in an attempted murder enquiry. At 2.15pm today (Sunday) officers from the Surrey and Sussex Tactical Firearms Unit stopped a...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Armed police reportedly fire shots in Crawley
ARMED police have reportedly fired shots at a car in Manor Royal. Eye witnesses claim shots were fired at tyres after a car chase, although police are yet to confirm details. A Sussex Police spokesman...
View ArticleThree people arrested in relation to two Crawley robberies
THREE people have been arrested in relation to two linked robberies on Friday, January 17. At 1.30pm in Arran Close in Broadfield, a 19-year-old man was set on by two people who stole two phones and...
View ArticlePensioner accused of sex attacks on two Crawley children
A PENSIONER has appeared in court charged with historic sex offences against two boys in Crawley in the 1960s.Arthur Blackman, 71, who now lives in south London, was at Crawley Magistrates' Court last...
View ArticleSussex Police name and shame another 15 drink-drivers and 2...
ANOTHER 17 people have been named and shamed by Sussex Police after being convicted of drink-related driving offences. As part of the force's Christmas crackdown, offenders are being named in the hope...
View ArticleRetired Sussex priest charged with historic sex offences against...
A RETIRED priest has been charged with a string of historic sex offences against young men. Vickery House, of Brighton Road, Handcross, was charged today (Tuesday), on the authority of the Crown...
View ArticleTeenager arrested after armed police fired shots at car is...
A TEENAGER arrested after armed police fired shots at a car's tyres in Crawley on Sunday has been charged with attempted murder. Quey Williams, 19, was arrested by officers from the Surrey and Sussex...
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