• Lewes boy arrested on suspicion of knifepoint robbery

  By Raviliouse at 11:18 on 11/12/11

  

  A boy from Lewes has been charged with a knifepoint robbery which took place on 1 December on Bell Lane, Lewes. A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of the robbery in Lewes town centre. He was remanded in custody. He was due to appear before Eastbourne Youth Court.. A 15-year-old boy, was walking down Bell Lane, Lewes, at the beginning of the month when he was threatened with a knife, his iPod was stolen from him.

• Teenagers arrested over pub break-in near Lewes

  By Raviliouse at 12:55 on 15/08/11

  

  Four teenagers were arrested over the weekend after a break-in at a pub in Barcombe, Lewes, in which £2,000 in cash and a quantity of alcohol was stolen. Sussex Police said the keys to the pub and those for the landlord's car were also taken in the burglary at the Anchor Inn at 7.30am on Sunday. Officers immediately searched the area and arrested four teenagers – who had entered the pub through a rear door - within an...

• Update: Lewes Crown Court convicts in smothering case (son against father)

  By Raviliouse at 10:52 on 21/06/11

  

  A man has been found guilty of trying to murder his 79-year-old terminally ill father by smothering him as he lay in his hospital bed. The man later denied from medical compliations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Monday, a Sussex man denied trying to kill his father by smothering his as the latter lay...

• Hearing of man accused of murder in South Chailey

  By dravilious at 11:56 on 01/04/11

  

  The hearing took place this morning of Nathan Vaughan-Jones who is accused of the murder of a man believed to be Nigel Ross, Mr Vaughan-Jones's step-father. The murder took place on Tuesday at Mill Lane, South Chailey, the man – still to be formally identified, died of multiple stab wounds. Mr Vaughan-Jones, 33-years-old, normally resides outside of the UK but had been staying with a family member in Mill Lane. Mr Ross, a...

• Woman admits stabbing two Lewes pensioners

  By Raviliouse at 12:14 on 05/02/11

  

  A woman has admitted stabbing an elderly couple on the doorstep of their Lewes home. Rose Spanswick, 59, of Hawkenbury Way, Lewes, pleaded guilty to two counts of  assault with intent to commit robbery and one count of aggravated burglary. The attack took place in November on Hawkenbury Way - the two pensioners (both in their 70s, named as Jim and Sheila Patmore) were stabbed on their doorstep,both have since recovered. ...

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