Bike given to man as wedding present stolen days before he's due...
A CRAWLEY man who was inspired to start training for a triathlon after his brother bought him a bike as a wedding present has had it stolen just days before he was due to compete in his first event....
View ArticlePsychiatric report to be compiled on man accused of stabbing...
A COURT has ordered that psychiatric reports be compiled on a man accused of stabbing a doctor in the leg while he was at work in his surgery.Joseph Cocks appeared at Hove Crown Court last Friday (May...
View ArticleMan appears in court charged with rape of woman in Pound Hill
A MAN has appeared in court charged with raping a woman.Jason Jelnicki, 28, dressed all in black, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.He has been accused of raping a woman in Javelin...
View ArticleThieves break into Oxfam in Crawley town centre and steal...
THIEVES have broken into Oxfam in Crawley town centre and stolen £270. The charity shop was burgled between 5pm yesterday (May 8) and 8.10 this morning (May 9). The shop on Queensway, which has...
View ArticleHair stylist at town centre salon convicted of drink driving
A YOUNG driver got behind the wheel of his car having consumed four glasses of wine, a court heard. Tyler Wootton was drinking at a party at Crawley Town FC's stadium on the evening of April 5 before...
View ArticleMan convicted of drug possession after police attend argument at...
A MAN was caught in possession of cannabis after police were called to reports of an argument at a block of flats. Officers arrived at Edinburgh Court in Holyrood Place, Broadfield, on April 20, but no...
View ArticlePHOTO: First picture of man who made indecent images of children...
THIS is the first photo of Christopher Loades, who has admitted making indecent images of children and possessing sick images of a person having sex with dogs. Loades pleaded guilty to three charges -...
View ArticleBriefcase containing £2,000 stolen from Crawley hotel
A BRIEFCASE containing a laptop, a passport and £2,000 in foreign currency has been stolen from a hotel room.The briefcase was taken on Monday from the Sandman Signature Hotel, in Tinsley Lane South,...
View ArticleCrawley scaffolder jailed for punching traffic warden in face
A SCAFFOLDER from Crawley punched a traffic warden so hard in the face that he shattered his glasses and the victim has been unable to work since. Karl Edwards, 24, of Quantock Close in West Green was...
View ArticleTeenage girl has jeans stolen from under her feet as she tries on...
THE dad of a 13-year-old girl who had her jeans stolen from right under her feet as she tried on a new pair in a shop's changing rooms has warned the town's teenagers to be more vigilant.Olivia Gilbert...
View ArticleCrawley dad accused of injuring a baby boy to face trial
A FATHER accused of shaking a baby boy and causing him injuries is to face trial.Roberto Pinto, of Brighton Road, Southgate, appeared at Hove Crown Court last Friday to answer four charges.Pinto, 24,...
View ArticleParamedics forced to spend two hours deep cleaning ambulance...
A MAN has been ordered to undergo treatment for alcohol dependency after admitting urinating in the back of an ambulance. Gary Barber, of Leopold Road, was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates' Court on...
View ArticlePolice stop driver doing 98mph on M23 and find cannabis in car
POLICE stopped a driver doing 98mph on the M23 yesterday (May 9) and found cannabis in the car. Surrey Roads Police stopped the Mercedes vehicle and carried out a search. Finding cannabis, they...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital following fight at Tilgate Parade
A MAN was taken to hospital after a fight in the early hours of this morning (May 10). Police were called to Tilgate Parade and on arrival found a man in his 20s who was lying on the ground injured....
View ArticleCar in underground garage repeatedly has its tyres slashed
THE owner of a car has reported to police that on three separate occasions since last October one of its front tyres has been punctured.The vehicle has been parked in an underground car park, in Stone...
View ArticleCrawley man pleads guilty to armed robbery at Post Office
A CRAWLEY man has admitted an armed robbery at a post office in Bletchingley on New Year's Eve. Daniel Brady, 28, of Ifield Road, West Green, admitted two counts of robbery and one of attempted robbery...
View ArticlePolice hunting man in 30s after unprovoked assault on 10-year-old...
A MAN in his 30s walked up to a 10-year-old boy and assaulted him without warning in Gossops Green. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, at the junction of Oatlands and Gossops Drive on...
View ArticleBREAKING: One arrest after man attacked by group in town centre
A GROUP of men launched into an attack on a lone male in the town centre this afternoon (Monday). At 1.35pm it was reported that a group of men were attacking another man on The Boulevard. The men were...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Worker stabbed in armed robbery at shop in...
A MAN has been stabbed in an armed robbery in Crawley. Sussex Police were called to Martin's newsagent on Southgate Parade at about 3pm today (Tuesday) following reports of a knife point robbery. Staff...
View ArticleBREAKING: Delivery van robbed of cigarettes at Ifield Co-Op
A DELIVERY van has been robbed of cigarettes as it was unloading at Co-Op on Ifield Drive. Nobody is thought to have been hurt in the incident but an unknown quantity of cigarettes were taken. The...
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