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Elderly man charged with making indecent images of children after...
AN elderly man who gave his computer into a shop for repairs was arrested after staff found 29 indecent images of children on the hard drive, a court has heard.
David Sergeant, 72, faces five charges of making indecent images of children – relating to a total of 17 photographs – and two charges of possessing indecent images of children – relating to a further 12 pictures.
The pensioner, who lives in Calvin Walk, Bewbush, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court today (Wednesday)...
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Three Bridges appears in court accused of indecently assaulting...
A 60-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court to face a string of charges of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.
Graham Stubbs is accused of five counts of indecent assault which allegedly involved touching over and under clothes and penetration.
The offences are alleged to have occurred at an address in Southgate between November 11, 1994 and November 12, 1996.
Stubbs, of West Way, Three Bridges, indicated a plea of not guilty to all charges when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court...
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Huge police presence in Ifield due to "ongoing incident"...
THERE is a huge police presence in Ifield this evening in what police have described as an "ongoing situation".
As many as 15 police cars are reported to have been in Shipley Road at one stage with an ambulance having recently left the scene.
There are unconfirmed reports of a person being carried out of a block of flats on a stretcher.
A police officer is also reported to have been injured, having been knocked to the floor, although again this is unconfirmed.
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Police officer taken to hospital after being injured attempting...
A POLICE officer has been taken to hospital this evening after being injured while trying to arrest a suspect caught after a chase through the streets of Ifield.
One arrest has been made and officers are currently searching, with the help of the police helicopter, for a second suspect.
A large police presence has been reported in Shipley Road for much of this evening.
A police spokesman told the Crawley News: "At just before 8.15pm a uniformed officer stopped a car in the Ifield Drive...
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Vast majority of Crawley parents were given primary school places...
CHILDREN in Crawley have been allocated their primary school places for the next academic year – with the vast majority having been given one of their parents' three preferences.Across West Sussex, 11,571 parents (97.5 per cent) have been offered one of their three preferred choices, while 10,528 parents (88.7 per cent) were given their first choice.Overall, 11,864 places have been offered compared to 11,216 last year.Jenny Lockyer is among the scores of relieved mums and dads after being...
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Court orders Staffie which attacked woman and dog in Broadfield...
A STAFFORDSHIRE bull terrier which attacked a woman and her dog is going to be put down, and the man who lost control of it has been ordered to pay the victim hundreds of pounds in compensation.Tyler Bygraves appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Thursday to be sentenced for being the person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury to another.The 20-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to being responsible for a black and white Staffie called Shanker on October 12...
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Crawley firefighters attend fires in Gossops Green and Rusper
CRAWLEY firefighters were called to two separate fires started in the open between last night and this morning (Thursday).
One fire engine from Crawley Fire Station was sent out on each occasions.
The first incident was in Langhurst Lane, Rusper at 9.48pm last night.
The second was in Woldhurstlea Wood, a Site of Nature Conservation Importance, in Gossops Green at 6.56am this morning.
A crew attended and extinguished the blaze in each of the locations.
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Crawley man jailed after police find shotgun and bullets in car
A MAN has been jailed following a police sting where armed officers swooped on a car park and discovered a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition.Adrian McNeish, from Mitford Walk in Bewbush, was sentenced yesterday (Wednesday, April 29) after being found guilty by a jury of possessing a prohibited weapon.The 32-year-old was jailed for nine years at Croydon Crown Court.The Trident Gang Crime Command, the Met's gun crime unit, and specialist firearms officers stopped two cars in New Addington, Croydon,...
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Police officer recovering from head injury in hospital as police...
THE police officer injured while trying to arrest a suspect during a chase through Ifield remains in hospital recovering from a head injury, while a second wanted man is still at large.The officer, who was in uniform, was hurt after stopping a blue Toyota Corolla car in Shipley Road, off Ifield Drive, in Ifield, at about 8.15pm last night (Wednesday, April 29).Both the driver and passenger ran off on foot.A Sussex Police spokesman said: "The officer pursued the driver into a block of flats...
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Firefighters rescue puppy trapped under garden decking in...
FIREFIGHTERS have come to the rescue of a puppy stuck underneath garden decking at a home in Maidenbower.A crew of Technical Rescue Unit firefighters, from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, responded to a distressed call about a dog getting trapped in a garden.The puppy was stuck under decking in the back garden of a house in Gregory Close.The crew spent 30 minutes, from 4.30 to 5pm yesterday (Wednesday, April 29), freeing the pet using small tools.
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Office building in Southgate set to be turned into 15 flats
AN office building in Southgate looks set to be converted into 15 flats.Betland Properties Limited has submitted a prior approval planning application to Crawley Borough Council to change the use of Central House, on Brighton Road.The proposal is to transform the building into 15 homes, made up of seven one-bedroom flats and eight two-bedroom flats.When the applicant believes full planning permission is not required they can apply for prior approval and just have to show why there would not be...
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Former manager of store's toy department found guilty of stealing...
THE former manager of a store's toy department has been found guilty of stealing toys from the firm.Darren Oomen, 42, from Tushmore Avenue, Northgate, was charged with stealing items worth hundreds of pounds from Martell's, in East Grinstead, between April 17, 1994 and August 31, 2012.These included model trains, Star Wars advent calendars and a three-foot-tall Lego spaceman, used for promotions.Oomen denied all 19 counts when he appeared at Hove Crown Court for the start of a trial on April 13....
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Police officer's hat "found at home" of man after he...
POLICE officers found one of their colleague's hats at a man's house after he allegedly wounded one person and injured another in Southgate, a court has heard.
On November 1 last year officers arrested Mark Ware following an incident in Horsham Road, Southgate, in which he is alleged to have attacked Adam Walczy and Robert Juchnevic.
When they went to Ware's home address, in Redehall Road, Smallfield, they found a male Sussex Police officer's hat.
Appearing at Crawley Magistrates' Court...
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Crawley schools warn of teacher redundancies, bigger class sizes...
SECONDARY schools across Crawley are facing up to the prospect of having to make teachers and support staff redundant, resulting in bigger classes, due to a funding "crisis".Schools across the county are among the lowest funded in the country and are "struggling" with outdated resources.West Sussex is the lowest-funded county council and the fourth lowest funded local authority nationally out of 154.Research suggests schools in Crawley will receive £1.9 million less...
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Meet the Crawley friends who helped each other lose a combined 40...
FIVE friends who met at a Broadfield weight-loss group are celebrating after shedding nearly 40 stone between them.The slimmers have lost a combined 553 pounds (39 stone 7 pounds), since joining a Weight Watchers class at Broadfield Youth and Community Centre.One of the members, Kate Little, has lost 10 stone (140 pounds) after joining the group in February 2012.The 43-year-old, from Carter Road, Maidenbower, was determined to lose weight following the birth of her daughter Hannah in December...
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Man admits being drunk while looking after young child in County...
A THREE Bridges man has admitted being drunk in charge of a young child in County Mall.Sergejs Pozdnakovs appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Thursday (April 23) charged with using threatening words and behaviour to cause fear of violence and being drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven.The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to both offences, which were committed on February 14.
Pozdnakovs, who lives in Three Bridges Road, was released on conditional bail to appear at the same court...
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Send us a photo of your pet and you could win an amazing prize
A NEW competition to find Crawley's top pet has been launched.To nominate your pet for the Crawley News' new contest simply send us a picture of him or her to editor@crawleynews.co.uk with your name and a contact number.The contest is open to all pets, whether they are cute dogs and cats or more unusual pets from hamsters and horses to tortoises and tarantulas.The winning pet owner will win a voucher worth £200 from Pets Corner.The winner will be chosen through a public vote, with a...
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VIDEO: Lorry driver sacked after driving wrong way around...
A LORRY driver has been sacked after a shocking manoeuvre where he overtook a car to drive around a roundabout the wrong way, narrowly avoiding a head on collision as he drove through an exit only junction.The dangerous driving was captured on a dashboard cam of a driver behind the lorry which belonged to a Three Bridges-based company.David Pawsey, 37, circulated the video on behalf of parents in Turners Hill.In the video (above), the lorry drives right by his home on North Street and Tuners...
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