Crime

A disabled man whose life was turned upside down when his miniature horses were stolen from him has been reunited with his loving pets.

Daniel Nicholls, from Ashford, was shocked to hear his animals Tinkerbell and Bailey had been taken by heartless thieves just after Christmas from stables in Charlton Village.

An assault in Staines on Saturday January 16 is no longer being investigated because the victim has retracted her statement.

At around 4am the young woman, who is in her 20s, said she was assaulted by a man in his mid-20s while she was walking alone in a subway near Station Path.

Police were looking for witnesses due to a lack of CCTV in the area, but the woman has since retracted her statement.

An elderly woman was pushed to the ground and had her handbag stolen in her own house during a daylight distraction burglary.

Between 1.40pm and 1.55pm on Wednesday December 30 a man claiming to be a plumber knocked on the woman's door saying he was working nearby.
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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 congregation member at a church in Ashford would like to warn the public of a scam affecting people in the borough.

The warning message appeared in the December edition of Crossroads, which is a parish magazine for St Hilda's Church in Woodthorpe Road.

VIOLENT offenders could be among the criminals living in a new 'bail hostel' somewhere in Ashford - but the government is refusing to reveal its exact location, writes Adam Courtney.

The two-bedroom hostel is being run by ClearSprings, which has been warned it could lose its government contract to run the houses after an inmate was murdered by another offender at one of its properties in Teeside, and is being used to accommodate people on bail or on a home detention curfew, which could include offenders who have:

Two thefts of fishing equipment from sheds have taken place in the borough over the last week.

A large amount of fishing gear was stolen from a house in School Road, Ashford, on Friday November 27, when thieves broke a padlock to enter.

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.

Two homeless people who have been harassing commuters at Ashford and Egham train stations for the past year have been given anti-social behaviour orders.

Trevor Davison, 29, and Kerri Turner, 20, had been begging, drinking, and causing a nuisance at the stations, in Station Road respectively.

A second theft of a remembrance day item was stolen in Staines at the weekend.

Surrey councillor Denise Turner-Stewart, put up two Union Jack flags on railings in Stainash Parade, Staines, and Woodthorpe Road, Ashford on Saturday November night, only to find one of them missing the next day.