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Police caught illegally leaving car in disabled bay for six hours
A POLICE officer left a seized car in a disabled bay for more than six hours despite there being other parking spaces next to it.The red Rover was left in a bay clearly marked "disabled" outside...
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Day of action helped land suspected East Grinstead mobile phone...
The arrest of an East Grinstead man on suspicion of stealing mobile phones came during part of the national Rogue Traders Week.Neighbourhood police officers joined with colleagues from West Sussex...
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Is this the face of the man who sexually assaulted woman?
A YOUNG woman froze with fear when she spotted the man who she claims sexually assaulted her weeks previously, a court has heard.The victim went cold as she walked into a bar in Lingfield and...
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Conman faked pilot's license to fly passengers into Gatwick...
POLICE are searching for a conman who faked a pilots license and flew passengers into Gatwick on at least eight occasions. U.S national Michael Fay, who was living in Alton in Hampshire, forged medical...
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Crawley man jailed for sexual assault and attempted rape of young...
A CRAWLEY man has begun a nine year prison sentence after being found guilty of indecently assaulting and attempting to rape a young girl. Ian Alan Ward, 49, of Tangmere Road, Ifield, was sentenced at...
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Sussex Police recruiting Eastern European language speakers
SUSSEX Police want more Eastern European language speakers to be "the face of local policing" as that population grows in the area. The force is advertising for Police Community Support Officers...
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Tackling Crawley yobs will be easier thanks to new radios
TACKLING fake bank notes and antisocial behaviour, and finding missing people will be easier thanks to new digital radios for some of the town's businesses.Crawley and Gatwick Business Watch has...
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Man attempts to steal 13-year-old East Grinstead girl's iPod
A 13 year-old-girl was the victim of a failed robbery after a man tried to steal an iPod from her. The bungled theft happened at approximately 3.30pm on Friday when the girl was pushed over while...
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Tackling Crawley yobs will be easier thanks to new radios
TACKLING fake bank notes and antisocial behaviour, and finding missing people will be easier thanks to new digital radios for some of the town's businesses.Crawley and Gatwick Business Watch has...
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Former top cop in the dock
A RETIRED Metropolitan Police chief superintendent moved to Crowborough after his wife caught him naked with young men, a court has heard.Philip Gaisford, 64, of Old Lane, faces sex charges involving...
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£1 million of cocaine hidden in cakes seized at Gatwick
Two people have been charged after 10 kilos of cocaine was found hidden inside cakes at Gatwick Airport. Kris Millwood, 29, from West Bromwich, and Sherelle Burke, 22, from Bilston, were arrested by...
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Crawley council employee jailed for stealing £5,000 of...
A FORMER council employee who stole more than £5,000 of taxpayers' money has been jailed.Farrah Spencer made four payments totalling £5,027 to herself or somebody she knew when she worked for Crawley...
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UPDATE: Former priest Gordon Rideout jailed for child sex abuse
UPDATE:A former priest and curate at a Southgate church has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of 36 charges of sexual abuse, including two attempted rapes. Gordon Rideout was found...
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Sentencing of Crawley bomb hoaxer adjourned again
THE sentencing of a man who has admitted making two false bomb threats has been adjourned again.Peter Flynn was due to be sentenced at Crawley Magistrates' Court on May 10 for the hoax calls to police...
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Copthorne cigarette thieves use crowbar
Crooks stole a stash of cigarettes after breaking into a petrol station's convenience store with a crowbar. Police are appealing for information to help track the two thieves who broke into N&D...
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Broadfield to get more CCTV cameras to make it safer
STAFF from a community centre who are hoping to make Broadfield Barton a safer place have been given a cash boost towards new CCTV cameras.Crawley Police handed over £200 to help fund the extra...
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Crawley is domestic abuse capital of West Sussex
ONE in every four domestic abuse calls received by a service that helps victims in the county comes from Crawley. Worth Services is a body based in the town that was set up to support sufferers across...
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How jailed priest Gordon Rideout preyed on the sick
A FORMER priest has been jailed for ten years for historic sexual abuse at an Ifield children's home.Gordon Rideout abused boys and girls as young as five at Ifield Hall, a Barnardo's children's home...
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IRA bomb suspect arrested at Gatwick
A MAN suspected of murdering four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park was arrested at Gatwick on Sunday. John Anthony Downey, of County Donegal in Ireland was arrested at the airport and...
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IRA bomb suspect arrested at Gatwick Airport
A MAN suspected of murdering four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park was arrested at Gatwick on Sunday. John Anthony Downey, of County Donegal in Ireland was arrested at the airport and...
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