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ThecharityshopinEwellvillagewasbrokenintobythieves
Thieves break into premises that raises money for terminally ill
REPORTER inEwellvillageturnedupatwork A Surrey Police spokesperson peoplelivinginMertonandSut-
CRAIGRICHARDS onSaturday,January14tofindthe said:“Burglaryisaterriblecrime tonwhoarefacinglife-threatening
craig.richards@ frontdooropen. thataffectsvictimsonaveryper- illnesses.
london.newsquest.co.uk Surrey Police officers believe sonallevel. The force urges anybody who
overnight, offenders had broken “However,(the)burglaryinEw- saw anyone inside the property
“TERRIBLE” thieves ‘broke in through the front door, found ellvillageaffectsnotjuststaffbut oractingsuspiciouslyaroundthe
throughthefrontdoor’toachar- asafeinthebackof thestoreand acommunity.” storebetween5pmonFriday,Jan-
ityshopthatraisesmoneytosup- forceditopen. In December, vandal cuts uary13,and9amonSaturdayto
portterminallyillpeople,raided A spokesperson for the force wirestoChristmaslightsoutside comeforward.
the shop’s safe, and stole ‘about said about £350 was stolen from St Raphael’s Hospice in North To offer information, call Sur-
£350’. insidethesafe.Atthistimeitdoes Cheamtwiceinthreedays. rey Police on 101, quoting crime
Staff at St Raphael’s Hospice notappearanythingelsehadbeen StRaphael’shospicesofferfree referencenumber45170004486,or
Charity Shop in the High Street stolen. medical and nursing support to reportonlineatreport.police.uk
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January19,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 3
Photographer loses pictures on
AFATHER-OF-TWOhasbeen
clearedofrapinga‘drunk’
womanafterwalkingherhome.
AjuryacquittedDamianRay,
39,offourcounts–sexual
laptop after his caravan is stolen assault,rapeandtwocounts
ofattemptedrape–atCroydon
CrownCourtonJanuary16,
followinganeight-daytrial.Mr
Ray,ofBeechGrove,Epsom
Downs,admittedreceivingoral
sexfromtheallegedvictimafter
REPORTER He said: “A stolen laptop walkingherhomefromaparty
RACHELDICKERSON isn’t worth a great deal but in2015,butinsisteditwas
rachel.dickerson@ for me the photographs are consensual.
london.newsquest.co.uk priceless.Theyaremylife’s
work,Iamdevastatedandit A15-YEAR-OLDgirlwas
A PHOTOGRAPHER for a makesmesicktothinkthey sexuallyassaultedinaparkin
wildlife charity in Leather- have been stolen. If anyone Leatherheadbyamanwhofol-
headhasbeenleftdevastated knows anything, please con- lowedher.Thevictimgotonthe
afterthievesstolehiscaravan tactthepoliceorWAF.” 465busatDorkingHighStreet
whichcontained“irreplacea- A gold Gerrard watch, an onTuesday,January10,and
ble”photosonhislaptop. irreplaceable gift from Mr gotoffatKingstonRoad,Leath-
Cameraman Lawrie Brai- Brailey’s grandfather, with erhead.Shewasthenfollowed
ley,24,hadspentthewinter the initials EM engraved on byamantoKingstonRoad
living in the Leatherhead it,wasalsotakenalongwith RecreationalGround,where
countryside in the caravan the laptop, a 13-inch silver shewassexuallyassaulted.The
carryingoutanecologyand Macbook Pro. The thieves assaulthappenedsometimebe-
wildlife photography survey removed a gate on the ac- tween3pmand5.45pm,Surrey
fortheWildlifeAidFounda- cesslaneleadingtotheland, Policestated.Theforceisnow
tion(WAF),basedinRandalls which borders the M25, and lookingtospeaktoamanwho
Road. attachedtheirvehicletothe isdescribedaswhite,about25
Mr Brailey had left the caravananddroveitaway. yearsoldandwithgingerhair.
van on a remote site owned The land is uneven and Hewasdrinkingalcohol,and
by the foundation in Wood- muddy,makingitlikelythat couldbefrombetweenHorsh-
landsRoadovernight,before thevehicletheyusedtosteal amandEsher-theroutethe
returningonSaturdaymorn- thecaravanwasalargeone. bustakes-theforcebelieves.
ingtofindthieveshaddriven A Surrey Police spokes-
onto the land and taken the woman said that since the AHOUSEfireinEpsomwas
£10,000vehicle. offence, a member of the startedbyafaultycomputer
It had been stolen some- publicpassedoninformation thatsetthefirstfloorbedroom
timebetween4pmonFriday, to officers to suggest a light alight.BansteadandEpsom
January13,and11amonSat- coloured transit van, which firefighterswerecalledto
urday,January14. onlyconsistedof thecaband theblazeatabout9.30pm
Thevan,aBessacarCameo thechassismayhavebeenin- onSaturday,January14,in
625GL in white and cream, volvedinthetheft. ChaseRoad.Noonewashurt,
hadbeenMrBrailey’shome. Anyone who saw the ve- anditwasruledas‘“acciden-
Butthelossof hissix-year hicle is urged to contact taldamage”,accordingtoa
portfolioonhislaptop,which officers quoting reference spokesmanforSurreyFireand
wasnotbackedupelsewhere, 45170004485.Informationcan Rescue.
has proved devastating for bepassedanonymouslytothe
theaward-winningphotogra- independentcharityCrimes- Thephotographer’scaravanand,inset,LawrieBraileywholeft
pher. topperson0800555111. hislaptopinsidethevehicle
Thieves travelled in stolen Merc
THIEVESwhoblewupacashmachine thedescriptionoftheoffendingvehicle
fora“minimalamountof cash”may wasstolenfromAmberHill,Camberley
have travelled to and from the scene andofficersareworkingtoestablishif
inastolensilverMercedes,officersbe- thetwoincidentsareconnected.
lieve. The car theft occurred at about
ThecashmachineattheBPGarage 3.30amonWednesday,December28.
in Guildford Road, Great Bookham, SurreyPoliceareparticularlykeen
was blown up in the early hours of tospeaktoanyonewhohasdash-cam
Thursday,December29. footage from either area around the
Thoseresponsibleleftthescenewith times the thefts were committed and
aminimalamountofcashaftertheex- anyonewhohasprivateCCTVfootage
plosionat12.30am,accordingtoSurrey that might assist with the investiga-
Police. tions.
Theforcearenowappealingforwit- Toofferinformationaboutthecash
nesses who may have seen the silver machineexplosion,callSurreyPolice
Mercedes in the Bookham area over- on101,quotingcrimereferencenum-
night between Wednesday, December ber45160115406.
28,andThursday,December29. To offer information about the car
Surrey Police believe the car trav- theft, call the force on 101, quoting
elledfromthedirectionof Effingham crimereferencenumber45160115117.
Golf Course,andreturnedthiswayaf- To anonymously offer information
tertheexplosion,afterreceivingcalls abouteithercrime,calltheindepend-
frommembersofthepublic. entcharityCrimestopperson0800555
Thepreviousnight,acarmatching 111.
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January19,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 5
Southern rail will restore a full train service from Tuesday
Relief for commuters
as strike suspended
REPORTER
PIPPAALLEN-KINROSS
pippa.allen@
london.newsquest.co.uk
SOUTHERNrailwillre-
storeafulltrainservice
fromnextTuesdayafter
drivers’ union ASLEF
agreedtosuspenditsin-
dustrialaction.
Members of ASLEF
have agreed to call off
nextweek’splannedin-
dustrialaction,andthe
drivers’ overtime ban,
aheadof talkswiththe
railline.
Southerndrivershad
been due to walk out
on Tuesday, January
24,Wednesday,January
Theon-goingdisputehasmadeitanightmaretotravelonitsroutes
25,andFriday,January
26. continue, but Southern out, we’re no able to strikeday.
However, the train estimatesitwillstillbe run more services on “TheRMTshouldnow
operator said the time- abletorun70percent more routes serving recognisethattheirin-
table and work rosters ofservices. more passengers, and dustrialactioniswholly
hadalreadybeenissued Southern’sPassenger ultimately we’ll have futile.
forthisweek,andsoa Services Director, An- fewercancellationsand “Theyshouldstopthe
full timetable will not gie Doll, said: “Whilst, delays. strikes,getbackround
be reintroduced until inevitably,therewillbe “Next Monday, some the table with us and
Tuesday. disruption next Mon- 200extratrainswillbe move forward together
A planned strike by day, the good news is running and several with us, delivering a
the RMT on Monday, thatduetothechanges routes wil have their better railway for our
January23,isstillsetto we’ve now fully rolled firstserviceonanRMT passengers.”
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January19,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 6
Remarks by Transport Secretary about ‘road users’ criticised by Boardman
SURREYIS“onthe
brinkofarecolonisa-
Grayling accused of ‘lack tionwave”asotters
moveintoneighbour-
ingcounties,rivers
becomecleaner,and
habitatsimprove,a
wildlifecharitybe-
of knowledge’ by top rider lieves.SurreyWildlife
Trustisnowlooking
forwildlifeenthusiasts
tohelpthecharity
spotthelovablemam-
malssoitcanrecord
themandhelpthem.
REPORTER head. This is in stark con- Ottersusedtobe
CRAIGRICHARD trasttotheNetherlandsand widespreadacross
craig.richard@ Denmark where more than theUKbutnumbers
london.newsquest.co.uk £20perheadisspent.” droppeddrastically
OLYMPIC cyclist Chris “If therewaseveranyone betweenthe1950s
Boardman has accused who needed to actually get and1970sdueto
Transport Secretary Chris onabikeandhearaboutthe pesticidepoisoning,
Grayling of “an astonish- true state of cycling infra- habitatdestruction
inglackof knowledge”after structure, it is Chris Gray- andhunting.They
he suggested that people on lingandI’dbedelightedtogo disappearedfrom
bikeswerenot“roadusers”. onaridewithhim.” largepartsofthe
Mr Grayling’s comment Grace Collingwood, 32, a country–including
cameinaHouseofCommons Pilates instructor and a cy- Surrey.Buttheyare
exchange when Cambridge clist from Stoneleigh in Mr nowbelievedtobein
MP Daniel Zeichner asked Grayling’sconstituency,said: everyriverintheUK.
himtoclarifyanearliercom- ChrisBoardmanandChrisGrayling “I cycle to and from work
mentthatcyclelanes“cause every day on the road and UNIONBOSSES
problemsforroadusers”. Picturecredit:AndrewMatthews/PAWire tosayI’mnotaroaduseris havecalledforSouth-
Mr Zeichner also asked toBritishCycling. roads are not for cyclists ignorant and frankly ridic- erntobestrippedof
theEpsomandEwellMPto He said he was “embar- then what am I paying my ulous. It is astonishing that itsfranchiseafterthe
explain whether he thought rassed”forMrGraylingover taxes for? Chris Grayling’s the transport secretary has railoperatorcame
thatcyclistswerethemselves his remark and offered to governmenthasmadeacom- such a disturbing lack of rockbottomina
roadusers. takethe transportsecretary mitment to double cycling knowledge in this area and nationwidecustomer
The transport secretary onabikeridetoseeforhim- levels to help tackle conges- hiscommentswillonlyserve satisfactionsurvey.
responded:“Whereyouhave self the conditions cyclists tion, obesity and air pollu- tocreateagreaterdividebe- MickCash,the
cyclelanes,cyclistsusecycle experiencedontheroads. tion – three issues that are tweenmotoristsandcyclists generalsecretary
lanes,andmotoristsandoth- “The Transport Secre- atcrisispoint.Theminister whenweshouldbeworking oftheRail,Maritime
er road users are the users tary’s comments demon- shouldalsoknowthatsegre- together to make the roads andTransport(RMT)
of the roads. That is fairly strateanastonishinglackof gatedcyclelanesofsufficient safer.” union,calledon
straightforward.” knowledge about how seven qualityareincrediblyrarein Therowcomesweeksafter theGovernmentto
Mr Boardman, who won millionpeopleregularlyuse Britain. video emerged of Mr Gray- terminateSouth-
gold in the individual pur- the roads in this country,” “In fact, it’s going to be ling accidentally knocking ern’scontractafter
suitatthe1992Olympics,and saidMrBoardman. impossible to meet Govern- a cyclist off his bike as he commutersgaveita
broketheworldhourrecord “I feel embarrassed for menttargetsonadiminish- opened a car door in West- one-starratingina
threetimes,ispolicyadviser him. If he truly thinks the ingbudgetoflessthan£1per minster. Which?survey.
January19,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 7
We want your pictures to see how bad pothole issues are
Go potty over problem
WEBEDITOR potholes.
SIMONBULL
simon.bull@ Website Fillthathole.
london.newsquest.co.uk org.ukhasputtogether
a league table of high-
WEwanttoseephotos way authorities based
of potholes in roads on which authorities
near you to highlight are best at fixing their
where this menace to roaddefectsandreport-
motoristsandcyclistsis ingback.
worst. Bromleyleadsinour
The scourge of pot- region, at number 26
holes could grow at out of 214 nationally,
an “unprecedented after reportedly fixing
rate” over the coming 72percentof potholes
months, according to highlightedtoit.
the RAC, which re- “Thereareapparent-
corded a 24 per cent ly still 236 potholes in
rise in the number of the borough awaiting
pothole-related break- repair.
downsbetweenOctober JustbehindBromley
and December com- isSuttonat27,with69
paredwiththesamepe- per cent of problems
riodin2015. sorted. There are 33
It is the first annu- Sendusphotosofproblempotholesinroadsnear openreports.
al increase for the last you Picture:BenBirchall/PA Much lower down is
quarterof ayearsince Transport for London
2013. morethanadecade. point”fortacklingpot- in191thplacewithjust
Incidents included He said: “If the first holesasitsaidthebill a 12 per cent response
damagedshockabsorb- three months of 2017 for repairing roads in rate, according to the
ers, broken suspension prove to be both wet England and Wales site.Kentisatnumber
springs and distorted and cold, potholes are could reach £14 billion 196 on just 11 per cent
wheels. likely to appear at an withintwoyears. and with more than
RAC chief engineer unprecedented rate The Department for 3,000 potholes needing
David Bizley described whichwouldinevitably Transport (DfT) has tobefixed.
the increase as “par- stretch local authori- committed £6 billion You can see figures
ticularlyworrying”be- ty repair resources to for English councils for all authorities at
cause rainfall - which theirlimit.” to improve local roads fillthathole.org.uk/
canbeacatalystforpot- The Local Govern- overthecurrentParlia- league-table.
holes-betweenOctober ment Association re- ment, in addition to a Email your pictures
and December was the cently warned that £50 million-a-year fund to digitalmedia@lon-
lowestforthatperiodin 2017couldbea“tipping specificallyfortackling don.newsquest.co.uk.
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