An investigation has been launched after a man was attacked and robbed in Crawley.

The victim, a 36 year-old homeless man, was walking by the underpass of Crawley Avenue at the junction with Ifield Avenue shortly before 6 o’clock the afternoon of 11th November.

He was approached by three suspects.  One engaged the victim in conversation whilst the other two grabbed him from behind.  The 36 year-old was forced to his knees and he was punched as they tried to take his rucksack.

The offenders ran off with his mobile phone.

Safeguarding detectives have been called in to investigate a care assistant from Horsham.

The 33 year-old man has appeared at Crawley Magistrates Court charged with engaging in sexual activity with a woman resident in her thirties.

The incident at the Sussex Health Care home for young adults in Guildford Road, Clemsfold is reported to have occurred in the early hours of Monday morning.

The care assistant has been given conditional court bail until December.

Thieves using distraction techniques targeted a woman in Oxted.

The victim withdrew money from a bank and walked back to her car in Station Road West.

As she was getting into her vehicle a man approached, asking for directions.  While the victim was engaged in conversion, a second man reached inside the car and took the envelope containing the money.

A CCTV image has been released showing two men police believe may help them with their investigation.

The Dorking community is being invited to have its say on the redesign of a playground.

People are being asked to select their favourite three designs for Meadowbank.  It is hoped the refurbished playground will open next summer.

This round of consultation is open to voting between 30th November and 18th December.

You can view the designs at www.molevalley.gov.uk/meadowbankplayground

Following international cooperation a man from Sussex has been jailed over sex offences.

Roderick MacDonald, also known as Robinson, was handed over to police at Gatwick Airport after being extradited from Malta under the terms of a European Arrest Warrant.

The 77 year-old pleaded guilty to three offences of failing to comply with notification requirements while a registered sex offender.

MacDonald was sentenced to 44 months imprisonment.