Crime

Four men from Spelthorne and north Runnymede have been given more than ten years in jail collectively for their involvement in a street brawl in Staines last year.

Kevin Kurlej, 22, from Cordelia Road, Stanwell, Samuel Tite, 26, of Oakley Mill House, Thorpe, John Murphy, 23, of the Nightingales, Staines and Nicholas Fitzpatrick, 24, of White Hill Place, Virginia Water were given 30, 40, 40, and 18 months in jail respectively for being involved in a mass brawl when they appeared at Guildford Crown Court on Friday (January 5).

Police were in the 'right time at the right place' when they spotted a just stolen van being led away by a thief.

At 1.45am on Monday (January 8) morning the police saw a white Ford Transit van being driven near Hadrian Way, and ordered the driver to stop.

But instead the driver fled, and although the police could not find him, upon investigation they realised the van had just been stolen from the road.

Two young girls have been left devastated after their beloved pet rabbit was stolen on Sunday January 24 and their missing poster was defaced by vandals.

Alexandra and Dominika Slotwinski, aged 16 and 14 respectively found their five-year-old pet Fudge missing in the afternoon of the day, in the back yard of their home in St Annes Avenue, Stanwell.

A £500 reward is being offered to find the perpetrators who committed £30,000 worth of damage to a Spelthorne Council owned sports facility in November.

The council is offering the reward for information leading to the arrest of the people responsible for the destruction of the pavilion in Long Lane Recreation Ground in Stanwell.

Seven drivers were arrested during an 11 day crackdown in Spelthorne to target distraction burglars.

Surrey Police held Operation Carlside between November 23 and December 3 along with Surrey Trading Standards and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to target the kind of criminals who wrangle old people and vulnerable people out of money.

A youth football organisation has hit out at yobs that completely destroyed their training facilities and left them unable to play matches.

Staines Albion cater for 177 boys aged between six and 16, but will be unable to play league games for the foreseeable future due to the £30-£40,000 worth of damage done to Long Lane Recreation Ground's pavilion, in Cordelia Gardens, Stanwell.

An extra 200 police officers could be seen walking around the streets of Surrey in the near future.

Chief constable of Surrey Police Mark Rowley has said the force are looking to close police stations, make cuts of senior officers and lower bureaucracy as part of radical plans due to be discussed on December 10 with Surrey Police Authority.

Mindless vandals broke into a council owned sports facility at the weekend and completely destroyed the place.

Representatives of Spelthorne Council have talked out at their disgust over the thousands of pounds worth of damage caused to the Long Lane Recreation Ground, off Cambria Gardens, in Stanwell.

A neighbourhood watch co-ordinator and a police officer from Spelthorne have been given awards by the Prime Minister for their work in the borough.

Vicki Kapoor Sood, of Hadfield Road, Stanwell, and crime reduction officer Vic Smith visited ten Downing Street on November 4 to be given separate certificates by Gordon Brown at the community crime fighters award.

POLICE are hunting for a 19-year-old Stanwell man who has failed to check in with them while on bail.

Nicholas Little, of Yeoman Drive, is being sought because he didn't answer bail in connection with an assault in Staines Road West, Sunbury, in July.