A Brighton kitchen worker has been found guilty of stabbing a 21-year-old man to death at a flat in the Prestonville area of Brighton. Francesco D’Agostino, 45, was found unanimously guilty by a jury this afternoon (Wednesday 21 October). D’Agostino denied murdering Serxhio Marku, of Buckingham Plac...
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Jury convicts Brighton kitchen worker of murder
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Man jailed for life over brutal murder of his dealer
A kitchen worker who murdered his drug dealer in a brutal and sustained attack has been jailed for life. Francesco D’Agostino, 45, texted a friend to say he was going to commit a murder just hours before he repeatedly stabbed Serxhio Marku and then bludgeoned him with two metal poles. He ordered a d...
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Dramatic footage shows arrest of Brighton murderer
Footage showing the moment Brighton murderer Franceso D’Agostino was arrested has been released by Sussex Police. D’Agostino, 45, was this morning given life in prison for the “brutal and sustained” murder of Serxhio Marku, who he lured to his flat in Stafford Road in Septemb...
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Safeguarding review launched into death of toddler at supported housing
A child safeguarding practice review has been launched following the death of a 20-month-old child living in supported housing. Asiah Kudi died of neglect in December last year after her mother Verphy Kudi allegedly left her alone for six days in the flat they shared at Gochers Court in Islingword R...
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Hove man fined for selling illicit tobacco
A market trader from Hove has been landed with a bill for more than £2,000 after being caught selling illicit tobacco. East Sussex County Council said: “A Hove man caught selling illegal tobacco from a market stall has been sentenced to a 12-month community order and ordered to pay more than £2000 i...
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Police offer reward in search for abusive thug on the run
A reward has been offered as police step up their search for an abusive thug who went on the run as he was due to face justice. Andrew Anderson, 39, was given a four-year jail sentence in his absence after being convicted of threatening and harassing women – one of them from Brighton. Today (Monday ...
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Three men charged over Hove street robberies
Three men have been charged with two street robberies in Hove. Sussex Police said today (Monday 26 October): “Police investigating two street robberies in Hove have charged three men. “A group of men, who were mainly wearing hooded tops and dark clothing, approached the victim at around ...
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Brighton drug dealer jailed after being caught red-handed again
A drug dealer has been jailed for more than two years after being caught red-handed in a busy shopping street in Brighton. Charles Ogunnowo, 27, was found to have crack cocaine and heroin on him when he was searched just over a year ago. He was previously jailed for three years in February 2018 for ...
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Brighton man and woman in court on drugs and firearms charges
A man and a woman from Brighton have appeared in court on drugs and firearms charges. Kai Palmer, 22, and Savanna Harby, 18, both of Golden Lane, Brighton, appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court today (Friday 30 October). The unemployed pair were charged with having a firearm with intent to endange...
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Man with Brighton and Hove links hunted by police over damage to cars and house
A man with links to Brighton and Hove is being hunted by police over damage to cars and a house in Shoreham. Sussex Police said today (Monday 2 November): “Police in West Sussex want to interview Glenn Waters, 34, over threats and damage caused to a house and cars in a Shoreham street. “On the after...
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Serial pub thief spared prison
A thief known around Brighton for stealing from pub and restaurant staff has been spared prison for his latest spree. Simon Hornby, 50, admitted stealing a debit card belonging to Imogen Turnbow from the staffroom of Namul, a Korean restaurant on Gardner Street on Tuesday, 13 October. He then bought...
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Buddhist monk jailed over historic sex attacks on three-year-old girl
A Buddhist meditation master has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl whose parents had asked him to babysit. Koji Takeuchi, now 80, of Trent Lane, North Clifton near Newark, Notts, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday 30 October, after admitting sexual assau...
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Voyeur filmed young women in their own home
A voyeur whose flat overlooked the home of two young women filmed them walking around unclothed, a court heard today. Alan Mulholland, 54, was caught when police raided his Hove flat after his IP address had been flagged up during an investigation into child porn. As well as thousands of indecent pi...
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Wanted man from Hove arrested and charged
A wanted man from Hove has been arrested and charged, Sussex Police said today (Tuesday 3 November). Ryan McLean, 37, of Moyne Close, Hangleton, and formerly of Monarch’s View, Portslade, was due to appear in court in Brighton earlier. He was arrested just over a week after Sussex Police offered a r...
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Whitehawk murder victim fled in terror, court hears
A young father was seen fleeing in terror from two men who rained punches on him and then knifed him to death, a court heard this morning. Muhammed Lamin Jassey, 26, was killed on Whitehawk Road on the afternoon of April 5 this year after a single stab wound to his chest. Daryl Richardson, 26, and B...
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Hove burglary suspect jailed for theft, handling stolen goods and fraud
A man who was charged with burgling a flat in Hove has been jailed for a total of 40 weeks by a judge at Hove Crown Court today (Thursday 5 November). Ashley Gartell, 27, of Oakley Gardens, East Preston, denied burglary after a break in at a flat in Wilbury Avenue, Hove on Sunday 7 June. But he admi...
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Suspected Brighton knifeman arrested shortly after reward offered
A man suspected of threatening people with a knife in Brighton has been arrested shortly after a £5,000 reward was offered. Sussex Police said today (Thursday 5 November): “Police have arrested and charged 23-year-old Jordan Charles, who was wanted on suspicion of a series of violent incidents in Cr...
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Brothel owners lose £20k seized by police
More than £20,000 seized from the owners of a Hove brothel closed by police last year has been forfeited as the proceeds of crime. Brighton Belles in Rosa Court, Waterloo Street was ordered to shut for three months by magistrates on 12 November last year. Adele and Peter Wakeham, of Amherst Crescent...
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Four on trial for halting pheasant shoot
Four Brighton men and women are on trial this week for disrupting a pheasant shoot. Crispin Field, 25, Rebecca Hobbs, 32, Melissa Page, 30 and Anthony Robinson, 32, turned up at a private shoot at Waterhall Farm just outside Brighton on 14 November last year. The prosecution says they deliberately w...
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Pervert who downloaded hundreds of sickening child porn images spared jail
A pervert who downloaded hundreds of pornographic and sadistic images of children, some as young as two, has walked free from court this afternoon. Adam Black, 29, was caught with almost a thousand pictures and films of children when police were tipped off some had been uploaded to the internet from...
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