Crawley Town’s Johnstone Paint Trophy encounter against Cambridge United last night (Tuesday 2 September) ended in Victory for the Reds.
After a quiet and goalless first half at the Broadfield Stadium, an own goal from Richard Tair and another from half time substitute Charles Banya ensured a comfortable 2 nil win for Crawley who now progress to the second round.
The draw takes place on Saturday morning.
Two men who attempted to con an elderly woman out of £8,000 for garden work in Godstone have been sent to jail for eight months.
Kieran Ryan from Camberley, and Jasper Smith from Caterham pleaded guilty to fraud and were sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 2 September).
On January 31 they visited a woman in her 90s at her home in Godstone and asked for £8,000 in cash following a small amount of gardening work they had done for her.
However they were thwarted after bank staff reported the unusual cash withdrawal to police.
Officers went to her home later that day and stopped the duo as they attempted to drive off.
And to complete the happy ending to the story, local tree care company Connick Tree Care came forward and offered to carry out her garden work for free.
A man from Devon’s due to appear in court following reports that a passenger at Gatwick Airport had been assaulted and two others had been racially abused.
Leo Curtis was arrested just after 5pm on Tuesday August 26th, and subsequently charged with assault and various harrasment offences.
He was released on bail to appear at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, September 17.
In football, defender Connor Essam has left Crawley Town after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.
Connor was signed by former manager Richie Barker in January 2013, and made 12 appearances for the club and scored once in the 2-0 win over Coventry City in April 2013.
The Reds’ next home match is a Johnstone’s Paint trophy encounter tonight (Tuesday) with Cambridge United at the Broadfield stadium.
Kick off is 7:45pm
Surrey Police has concluded its investigation into the unexplained death of a man in a car park at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill last week.
An appeal was made last week for more information into how the man in his 70s died at around 5pm on Tuesday 26 August.
But a post mortem on Friday (29 August) revealed that he died of natural causes.