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Thug pleads guilty to attacking man in Crawley's Poundland store
A THUG has admitted attacking another man in Crawley's Poundland store in Queens Square. Neil Hunter, 41, from Brighton Road, Southgate, carried out the assault in the discount shop on April 22 last...
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Masked gunmen hold up betting shop but brave customer refuses to...
SUSSEX Police are appealing for witnesses after two armed robbers held up a betting shop. At 8.20pm yesterday (Thursday) two men entered Betfred, in Findon Road, Findon Valley, armed with handguns, and...
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Call for teens to be named and shamed over Broadfield bus attacks
BROADFIELD residents have expressed dismay at the "lenient" sentences handed out to three teenagers who were responsible for a series of attacks on buses in the neighbourhood.Between October 5 and 8...
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Man given restraining order for assaulting woman in Gossops Green
A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work and given a restraining order after being found guilty of assaulting a woman. Abdul Ali, 43, had denied attacking Linda Amoordon-Ali at an address in...
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NAMED AND SHAMED: Tilgate driver who failed to stop after crash
A YOUNG motorist has been convicted of driving without due attention and failing to stop after a crash.Taha Abbas Al-Alou, 20, of Livingstone Road, Tilgate, committed the crimes in Southgate Avenue on...
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Langley Green man fined £35 for pushing police officer
A MAN has been fined £35 for assaulting a police officer on New Year's Eve.Warren James admitted pushing the PC at his home address in Maiden Lane, Langley Green, when he appeared at Crawley...
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Arsonist sets fire to recycling bin damaging home
AN ARSONIST set fire to a recycling bin outside a home in Gossops Green in the early hours of Sunday. A crew in one fire engine was sent from Crawley Fire Station at 4.12am to deal with the blaze...
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Man "with knife" arrested in Crawley Harvester
A MAN has been arrested at a Harvester restaurant in Three Bridges after reports that a man there was in possession of a knife. Police were called to The Hawth Park Inn, in Haslett Avenue East, at...
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Sex attack on teenager close to railway station
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted close to a railway station. The attack happened in Station Approach, close to Horley station at about 7.40pm on Friday,...
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Police arrest two men on suspicion of kidnapping man, 23, and...
POLICE have arrested two people on suspicion of kidnapping a man and holding him prisoner in a garage in Broadfield.Officers from Sussex Police received a report of an assault and false imprisonment on...
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Arsonists cause shed blaze at allotments in Crawley
ARSONISTS destroyed a shed containing gardening equipment in an attack in Southgate at the weekend.Two crews from Crawley Fire Station were called to the allotments at Baker Close at 9.40pm on Sunday...
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Pound Hill teenager accused of assaulting woman twice in one day
A TEENAGER accused of assaulting a woman at two different addresses on the same day and damaging a letter box has denied the charges in court.William Mason is alleged to have assaulted Sarah Fyfe at an...
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Furnace Green pensioner accused of possessing child and animal...
A PENSIONER has appeared in court accused of possessing child porn images of the "highest category" along with dozens of photos and videos of people carrying out sex acts on animals.George Spiteri...
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Sussex Police loses track of 11 convicted sex offenders according...
THERE are 11 convicted sex offenders missing in Sussex, according to new figures published by the police.Data released by Sussex Police under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) shows a total of 11...
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Couple face trial over alleged attack on Gatwick Airport cleaner...
A MAN and a woman are to face trial after being charged with assaulting and abusing a cleaner at Gatwick Airport.Last December the Crawley News told how airport worker Jean-Noel Talate suffered...
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Drinker accused of attacking man in The Snooty Fox after row over...
A MAN will face trial after denying he assaulted another man by beating him in a pub in Three Bridges.Gary Edwards, 52, is accused of assaulting Andrew Turner in The Snooty Fox, on Haslett Avenue East,...
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Protester taken to hospital after attempt to superglue herself to...
A PROTESTER has been taken to hospital after an attempt to superglue herself to a coach full of immigration detainees went wrong. The woman, 25, superglued her hand to a coach leaving the Brook House...
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Burglars break into string of garages in Furnace Green
SEVERAL garages in Furnace Green were broken into last week police have revealed. The break-ins took place on Wednesday and Thursday in Burwash Road. At present it is known that one metallic blue...
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Motorist sentenced after causing serious Crawley Avenue crash by...
A MAN has admitted driving without due care and attention after causing a crash that injured another motorist, damaged two cars and "demolished" a set of traffic lights.Derek Page was driving on...
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Copthorne man pleads guilty to possessing huge stash of child and...
A MAN has admitted possessing more than 2,000 images of child porn along with dozens of photographs of people carrying out sex acts on animals.Andrew Hocking appeared at Lewes Crown Court last Friday...
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