The Latest Breaking News from Sussex Police

Men charged with rape as police investigate string of sex attacks in Brighton

Two men have been charged with rape and another arrested as other investigations are ongoing.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

‘Rabies in UK is only a matter of time’: Crime writer Peter James exposes the gangs behind puppy misery

Behind the crime thriller writer’s latest doorstopper lies a real-life underworld making more cash from illegal dog-farming than from drugs, writes Jane Dalton

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023

Two men to appear in court over battery of teenage boy in Superdrug store

They face charges of false imprisonment and battery of a 15-year-old boy during an incident in March.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Family of father-of-six who died at holiday park in ‘difficult return’ for vigil

The family hopes the vigil, described as a peaceful gathering that will be open to the public, will raise awareness to help police investigations.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Inside squalid house where disabled man was enslaved and starved by wife and carer

Tom Somerset-How, who has cerebral palsy, was forced to lie in his own urine and went weeks without being washed

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

Police officer refuses to attend incident as woman assaulted just yards away

The officer's response is now being investigated after the incident, with the force apologising for the "clumsy language" used.

Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023

Mum 'punched in head by shoplifter' slams cop filmed refusing to help just yards away

Rohany, 41, has told how she was allegedly that she was "punched in the head" by a suspected shoplifter at a Co-Op store in West Sussex, and slammed a police officer who was filmed refusing to help

Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2023

Neighbours put up signs telling people to stop knocking on doors looking for sex

Fed-up residents are threatening to call the police if it carries on

Wales Online · Jul 3, 2023

PCSO in Sussex filmed refusing to attend assault at shop

Sussex Police says it is investigating the incident and apologised for the officer’s ‘clumsy language’

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2023

Police officer filmed refusing to deal with assault at supermarket just yards away

A Sussex Police PCSO has been criticised after being filmed by a witness of an alleged assault a few hundred yards away apparently refusing to deal with the incident

Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2023