1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (89+ words) A 55-year-old man has been charged following a reported incident of homophobic abuse at the Brighton and Leeds football match. The incident is alleged to have happened during the fixture at the American Express Community Stadium on Saturday 5 September. Police…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (169+ words) A driver who killed a motorcyclist after dangerously overtaking on the A21 near Whatlington has been jailed for five years. Nathaniel Simpson was driving southbound on the A21 on 6 May 2024 when he crossed double white lines to overtake a flatbed lorry. He…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (140+ words) A man who threw hot coffee over a petrol station worker before punching and kicking him has been jailed. Muhammad Saeed, 20, of Tennyson Close in Crawley, entered the Shell petrol station on London Road in Burgess Hill at around 10pm on…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (161+ words) A former primary school teacher from Lindfield has been jailed for more than four years after sexually assaulting two nine-year-old boys. Thirty-two-year-old Joseph Haffenden pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault by touching and six counts of false imprisonment....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) An abuser who choked a woman and assaulted her by the hair has been jailed. Alexander Chennell, 31, carried out offences between March and May this year. In one incident he grabbed the victim by her hair and choked her. In…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) A 20-year-old man is due to appear in court charged with a series of alleged assaults on members of the public in Eastbourne. Adam Ahmed, of Burton Road, has been charged with seven counts of assault by beating, two counts…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (143+ words) A man who burgled six properties across Eastbourne and attempted to break into another has been jailed for three years. Steven Stacey, 33, of Southfield in Polegate, carried out the offences between 17th March and 29th April this year. Sussex Police said Stacey…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (203+ words) A man has been found guilty of sexual assault on a woman in Brighton after standing trial. George Woolgar-Brown, 30, was accused of targeting the woman known to him. The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has received support…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (211+ words) A prolific shoplifter has been jailed after he was linked with a £4,000 crime spree. Daniel Rogers stole from retailers in Horsham and Crawley. The 34-year-old targeted stores including Waitrose, Boots, John Lewis and Tesco. But as part of Operation Apprentice…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (303+ words) A man who groomed a teenage girl and raped her has been jailed for 19 years. George Scott, 39, pressured the victim for non-recent sexual activity in East Sussex. The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has described how the…...