Southgate flat burgled on Boxing Day
A FLAT in Southgate was broken into and searched on Boxing Day.Police were called to Walstead Court, off Barley Close, after the occupiers of one of the flats returned to find their home had been...
View ArticlePolice investigate sex attack in alleyway as woman walked home on...
POLICE are investigating a possible sex attack on a woman in an alleyway while she walked home in the early hours of New Year's Day. Police were called to a house in Pulborough, at about 2am this...
View ArticleFour arrested after cyclist killed in collision with car
FOUR people have been arrested after a cyclist was hit by a car and killed. At about 4am on Thursday (January 1) a collision occurred on the A259 Grand Parade, St Leonards, East Sussex at the junction...
View ArticleGreat grandson of Sir Winston Churchill pleads guilty to...
THE son of former Crawley MP Sir Nicholas Soames crashed his BMW on the M23 the morning after consuming a mix of wine and vodka cocktails. Harry Soames was arrested after his vehicle spun on the...
View ArticleTwo cars broken into in same car park as people celebrated New...
TWO cars were broken into in a Horsham car park some time between the night of New Year's Eve and the early hours of New Year's Day.At 2.35am on Thursday (1 January) police received a report that...
View ArticleNAMED AND SHAMED: Police name Crawley men among another 7...
ANOTHER seven motorists, including two from Crawley, have been named by police after they were arrested as part of Sussex Police's Christmas and New Year crackdown on drink-driving.A total of 115...
View ArticleNo retrial for pensioner cleared of raping Crawley schoolboy
THE Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to ask for a retrial of a man cleared by a jury of taking part in the rape of a young boy. Arthur Blackman, 72, had been charged with taking part in an...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Crawley man arrested on suspicion of terrorism...
COUNTER terrorism officers have arrested a Crawley man on suspicion of being involved in a conflict overseas.Officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU) working with Sussex Police...
View ArticleUPDATE: Crawley terrorism arrest linked to war in Syria
THE arrest made by counter terrorism officers in Crawley this morning (Wednesday) is in connection to the war in Syria, it has been confirmed.A South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU) spokeswoman...
View ArticleUPDATE: Crawley man arrested on suspicion of Syria terrorism...
THE man arrested on suspicion of terrorism links to the war in Syria lives in Broadfield, the head of Crawley Mosque has told the Crawley News. South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU) officers,...
View ArticleMan who raped woman after offering to walk her home is jailed
A MAN has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of raping a young woman he had approached in the street. Lee Matthews, 29, from Richmond Avenue, Bognor Regis was sentenced at Chichester...
View ArticleBroadfield man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offence...
THE Broadfield man arrested this morning in a counter-terrorism raid has been released on bail this evening. The 40-year-old is on bail until May, police have revealed. He was arrested early this...
View ArticlePolice appeal for witnesses after man is hit over head with metal...
A MAN was hit over the head with a metal pole and then punched in the face on New Year's Day.Detectives are investigating the incident in which the 23-year-old man was attacked and have appealed for...
View ArticleNorthgate man cleared of using threatening behaviour in town...
A NORTHGATE man accused of acting in a threatening manner in the town centre has had the case against him dropped.Clifford Markham appeared at Crawley Borough Council on December 29 to answer a charge...
View ArticleCrawley man arrested in counter-terrorism raid "travelled to...
THE man arrested on suspicion of being involved in the Syrian conflict travelled to the country on an aid mission according to a Muslim leader.Officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit...
View ArticleMan denies causing death of Crawley mum Lisa Watling through...
THE man charged with causing the death of Crawley mum Lisa Watling through dangerous driving has denied the allegation.Minesh Parbat, 35, appeared at Lewes Crown Court this morning (Friday, January 9)...
View ArticleWoman fined for attacking police officer at Crawley Police...
A WOMAN who assaulted an officer at Crawley Police Station has been fined £35 and ordered to take part in an alcohol intervention course.Georgina Garsallah assaulted PC Bruce Eyre at the custody centre...
View ArticleMan, 63, charged with stroking teenage girls' legs after sitting...
A MAN has been charged with sexual offences on girls on buses in Sussex. Kamal Hanna, 63, from Cliff Avenue, Peacehaven has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and three counts of using...
View ArticleCourt orders Staffie to be destroyed after it killed puppy being...
MAGISTRATES in Crawley have ordered the destruction of a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked and killed a puppy. Julie Cooksley's dog Benji escaped from her garden and mauled a 15-week-old...
View ArticleNAMED AND SHAMED: Police name another 5 people guilty of...
POLICE have named another five people who have been convicted of drink-driving offences. Among them is David Ward, 53, from Milborne Road, in Maidenbower. He was arrested at 2am on December 7 in...
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