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Sussex Police anti-rape poster criticised by campaigners who...
A NEWLY launched Sussex Police project to tackle the number of rapes and serious sexual assaults in and around pubs, bars and clubs in Crawley and other nightspots has been criticised by campaigners...
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Man, 29, charged with sex offences against 9 children
AN unemployed man has been charged with sex offences against nine young boys. Michael Cole, 29, from Newhaven, was charged, when he answered police bail on Sunday, with 13 sexual offences and appeared...
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Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw to deny murder of Janet Müller,...
THE man accused of murdering German student Janet Müller by setting fire to a car in Ifield with her locked in the boot intends to plead not guilty, a court has heard today. At a preliminary hearing at...
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German students brutally attacked outside McDonald's by group of...
THREE German language students have been attacked outside a McDonald's by a group of teenage girls. On Wednesday at about 8.15pm the victims were outside the restaurant in Terminus Road, Eastbourne,...
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NAMED AND SHAMED: Langley Green drink driver caught almost 3...
A MAN has admitted driving a car while nearly three times the drink-drive limit.Darren Betham, from Falcon Close, Langley Green, pleaded guilty to the offence, committed on Langley Drive on March 8, at...
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Sussex Police withdraw controversial anti-rape posters after...
POLICE have apologised for any offence caused and announced a new poster designed to prevent rape in and around nightspots in Crawley and Sussex will be scrapped.Earlier this week Sussex Police...
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Mum drunk two bottles of wine and crashed car after discovering...
A MUM of two who had recently found out her husband was having an affair, crashed her vehicle into a parked car following a day-long drinking session in which she consumed more than two bottles of...
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Husband with anger issues admits attacking wife because of...
A MAN threw his trousers at his wife after claiming that she wore too little to an appointment with a male osteopath. Kevin Holford was convicted of assaulting Sally Holford following the incident at...
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Passenger order to pay compensation after admitting 3 sex...
A MAN has been given a 12-month conditional discharge after admitting three charges of sexual assault onboard an easyJet flight to Gatwick.Arni Helgason, 50, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to three...
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Broadfield woman who fraudulently claimed £2,000 in...
A WOMAN who falsely claimed more than £2,200 in benefits will have to do 50 hours of unpaid work. Nicola Smith pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (April 8) to dishonestly...
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WANTED: Woman suspected of stealing £1,000 of charity cash...
TRANSPORT police are appealing for help in tracking down a woman believed to have walked off a train with a bag containing nearly £1,000 for charity.British Transport Police (BTP) detectives want to...
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The strangest crime of the week: Thief breaks into car to steal...
A THIEF has bizarrely stolen a bag of rubbish from a car after breaking its rear window to gain entry. The crime happened in Langley Lane, in Ifield, at some point last Wednesday night or Thursday...
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Man arrested on suspicion of indecent behaviour in toilets of...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of exposing himself and carrying out an indecent act in the toilets of a Crawley bar.Sussex Police were called after a woman made a complaint about an older man...
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Taxi drivers urged not to leave valuables in cars after crime...
TAXI drivers across the town are being urged not to leave cash or valuables in their cars following a series of thefts.Police have called every taxi firm in Crawley to warn them of the crime spree and...
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Ifield man admits possessing cocaine
AN Ifield man has appeared at Lewes Crown Court charged with being in possession of criminal property, possessing a class B drug and possessing a class A drug with the intent to supply.The 25-year-old...
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Firefighters called to another bin store blaze in Southgate
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night (Sunday) to extinguish burning newspaper at a bin store in Southgate. A fire crew used buckets of water to put out the blaze at Clitherow Gardens at around 7pm,...
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£10,000 worth of cannabis found in drug raids
UP TO £10,000 worth of cannabis has been discovered in drug raids after a man was found with cannabis plants in the car they were driving yesterday (Monday). On Monday morning (April 20), road policing...
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3 cats have to be put down after being poisoned with antifreeze
FEARS are spreading that cats are being poisoned again in Broadfield after three pets had to be put down after being rushed to the vets at the weekend. This follows at least five cats in Broadfield...
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Number of hate crimes in Crawley falls in contrast to the rest of...
THE number of hate crimes committed in Crawley over the past year has fallen despite the figure rising sharply across the rest of the county.Figures released by Sussex Police show 166 hate crimes were...
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