Savannah Nicholson

Brighton

Deputy audience and content editor @brightonargus formerly @gazettenewsdesk and @NWEMlive . Get in contact [email protected]

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Articles

Murderer joked to police that Wayne Woodgate was under bed

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Stephen Castle, 59, was yesterday convicted of killing Wayne Woodgate, 54, after a chance encounter in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mr Woodgate’s body was found in woodland near Rye. Castle strangled Mr Woodgate, who was described as a "much-loved" father and grandfather, over claims the latter was a "grass". A trial heard the killing was the result of a "long-standing grudge" held by Castle, who blamed Mr Woodgate for informing on him to police in 2015.
Sussex woman gets football ban after antisemitic behaviour at the Amex

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Sharon Hales visited a hospitality lounge with her family within the stadium in Brighton before a match between the Seagulls and Fulham. She approached a restaurant manager and made an antisemitic comment, gesturing towards a table where a Jewish couple were sat eating. Officers were called to remove Hales from the restaurant and found she was intoxicated through alcohol.
Lake identified as a potential source of e.coli contamination at beach

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Southern Water realised there was damage to Egerton Park Lake, Bexhill, that was causing contaminated run off to the nearby beach. Rob Butson, bathing water manager at Southern Water, said: “Our illegal misconnections team lifted a surface water drain manhole and found clear evidence that something was not right in the area of the pond.
Man convicted of murdering Wayne Woodgate who was found in Sussex

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Stephen Castle, 59, strangled Wayne Woodgate, 54, to death following a chance encounter in a Kent town last year. Mr Woodgate’s body was found in Sussex woodland. A trial heard the killing was the result of a '"long-standing grudge" held by Castle, who blamed Mr Woodgate for informing on him to police in 2015. Castle was previously jailed for seven-and-a-half years after officers raided his home and found firearms.
Jury retires in trial of police officers who Pava-sprayed and tasered amputee, 92

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Pc Stephen Smith, 51, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 36, faced trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of using excessive force on Donald Burgess during an incident at Park Beck care home in St Leonards in June 2022. The care home had called 999 after Mr Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff.
Murderer who brutally killed his mother and shot a neighbour has died

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Brian Acott was given a life sentence for killing 78-year-old Ivy Acott by smashing her head against a radiator in 1993. After two failed attempts to bring Acott, who denied killing her at their shared home in Rainham, London, to justice he was eventually jailed in 1995. The 79-year-old was released on licence after serving less than ten years and was in and out of prison for breaching this life licence several times over the course of the next 20 years.
Patients pay tribute to Brighton's Douglas Chamberlain

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

The work of Professor Douglas Chamberlain in Brighton in the early 1970s led to the birth of the UK paramedic profession and has saved countless lives. Prof Chamberlain was also tireless in his efforts to promote the importance of CPR, basic first aid skills and to get as many defibrillators installed in as many different locations as possible. Patients and those who worked with Prof Chamberlain have now shared their memories of him.
Bognor Regis landlord caught operating illegal HMO

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Following an inspection of the property, Arun District Council officers found the three storey mid-terrace property at 38 Linden Road, Bognor, was being rented to at least five individual tenants. The property did not hold the required licence under the government's mandatory scheme.
Constance Marten’s partner attacked officers on post-natal ward, court hears

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died in a tent on the South Downs in early 2023. The child’s body was discovered with rubbish inside a shopping bag in a disused shed near Brighton after the defendants were arrested in Golf Drive on February 27, 2023. On Tuesday, the court heard about a “strange” incident involving the couple in Wales hours after Marten had given birth to an older sibling six years before.
Two men targeted keyless entry vehicles in West Sussex

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Savannah Nicholson

Aaron Moth (Image: Sussex Police) Two men involved in the thefts of keyless entry vehicles in Sussex have been sentenced. Aaron Moth, 34, and Sean Owen, 36, targeted vehicles across West Sussex and into Hampshire with the aim of selling the vehicles onwards. But they were arrested, and following an investigation by Sussex Police detectives, their conspiracy was uncovered. At Lewes Crown Court on May 8, both men appeared for sentencing for their role in the theft of seven vehicles.