Crawley murder trial: Best friend tells court Daniel Palmer...
THE best friend of Daniel Palmer has begun giving evidence at Lewes Crown Court today (Monday). Palmer, 24, is accused of murdering a homeless man in Three Bridges. Roy Hancock told the jury that...
View ArticleFight which started night of violence in Bewbush involved 50...
THE huge fight which sparked a night of violence on the streets of Bewbush involved up to 50 youths, police have confirmed this morning. At 7.42pm last night (Sunday) police were called to Dorsten...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial: Court told Joao Esteves approached Daniel...
JOAO Esteves approached Daniel Palmer on the day of his death as he wanted a cigarette, Lewes Crown Court was told yesterday (Monday). Palmer's cousin Chloe Snowdon told the murder trial that Palmer...
View ArticleShepherd has dog stolen from her home while she was in another...
A SHEPHERD had one of her dogs stolen from her home while she was in another room – for the second time in a year.Louise Hurdman's dog Gyp, a saluki cross, was stolen from her home at Holmbush Farm,...
View ArticleBogus caller steals £400 from woman, 90, in West Green...
A BOGUS caller has stolen £400 from a 90-year-old woman after claiming her chimney needed fixing. The victim, who lives at Kites Close, West Green, answered her door to a man who said her chimney...
View ArticlePolice searching for three men who attacked 18-year-old in...
POLICE are searching for three men who attacked an 18-year-old as he walked home in Broadfield. Just before 2am on Monday (July 28) a man was attacked by three other men outside the Broadfield Stadium...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial: Daniel Palmer returned to alleyway with...
DANIEL Palmer returned to the alleyway where Joao Esteves was lying unconscious - taking petrol with him, his murder trial has been told this week. Best friend Roy Hancock told Lewes Crown Court that...
View ArticleBurglars raid Crawley pub and try to break into another
POLICE were called to two pubs last week due to a break-in and an attempted break-in. Officers were called to The White Knight, in Worth Road, Pound Hill, last Tuesday. The pub had been broken into and...
View ArticleMan rushed to hospital after "having part of his ear bitten...
A MAN was rushed to hospital after reportedly having part of his ear bitten off, when he was attacked in the town centre. A witness has said that a fight started in Troy's Kebab in Crawley High Street...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 20, taken to hospital after being attacked in...
A MAN has been taken to hospital after being attacked in an alleyway in Broadfield this afternoon. The 20-year-old sustained a serious injury to his hand in the incident. There have been reports that...
View ArticlePolice call off hunt for illegal immigrants seen jumping out of...
POLICE have given up a hunt for four men, believed to be illegal immigrants, who were seen jumping out of a lorry.Sussex Police were alerted to the incident at 2.18pm last Friday.The men were seen...
View ArticleJewellery and cash stolen in burglary on Ifield home
CASH and jewellery were stolen by a burglar who got into an Ifield home. Sussex Police were called to a property in Framfield Close to a report of a burglary last Thursday.The burglary is believed to...
View ArticlePiece of man's ear bitten off in High Street attack has not been...
PART of a man's ear - bitten off in a terrifying attack in Crawley High Street - has not been found, police have revealed. Police were called to the scene just after 3am yesterday (Wednesday) morning....
View ArticleUPDATE: Man assaulted in Broadfield alleyway suffered cuts to...
THE MAN assaulted in a Broadfield alleyway just before 3pm yesterday (July 30) suffered cuts to his hand, upper arm and chest, it has been confirmed this morning. The 20-year-old sustained a serious...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial: Daniel Palmer "told police officer he...
DANIEL Palmer told a police officer he had been indoors all evening on the night that Joao Esteves was found fatally injured in a Three Bridges alleyway, his murder trial has heard this morning...
View ArticleCrawley shoplifter pleads guilty to stealing knickers from Marks...
A WOMAN pleaded guilty to five charges of theft when she appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday.Jane Hobson, 48, from Spring Plat, Pound Hill, admitted stealing from shops on May 10 and...
View ArticleFlight diverted to Gatwick after passenger allegedly throws...
A FLIGHT was diverted to Gatwick on Wednesday (July 30) after a 48-year-old woman allegedly threw a prosthetic leg and food at cabin crew. The woman was arrested at the North Terminal on suspicion of...
View ArticleCouncil officers go through woman's Facebook account to prove she...
COUNCIL officers went through a woman's Facebook account to help prove she had fraudulently tried to obtain a council home.Gemma Henley, of Sandpiper Close in Ifield, made a "deceitful application" to...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial: Joao Esteves was significantly drunk when...
HEAD injuries were the main cause of Joao Esteves' death, Daniel Palmer's murder trial has heard this morning (Monday). Pathologist Dr Nathaniel Cary, who carried out the post-mortem on Mr Esteves, has...
View ArticleCrawley murder trial: Knife was found close to where Joao Esteves...
A KNIFE was found close to where Joao Esteves was discovered lying injured in a Three Bridges alleyway, Daniel Palmer's murder trial heard yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Earlier in the trial jurors had...
View Article