Haverhill Weekly News, January 26, 2012

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beardwhenheescaped.
AVIOLENTprisoner
whowentontherun
afterbeingsprung
fromtheclutchesof
Highpointprison
officersbyanarmed
accompliceistoday
beinghuntedby
police.
Town inspector says street lights switch-off AndrewFarndon,
whoisservingan
indeterminatejail
sentenceforabrutal
hammerattack,made
is hampering efforts to halt ‘crime spike’ the“planned”escape
ashewasbeing
escortedfromthe
prisoninStradishallto
WestSuffolkHospital
inBuryStEdmunds
fortreatment
A SUDDEN dramatic BYJODEEKS shedsandgaragesshoot- yesterday.
increase in crime is ing up to almost double Itisunderstoodthe
continuing to hit Email:[email protected] thoseforthepreviousyear. 26-year-oldinflicteda
seriousknifewound
Haverhill–andaleading Last week Inspector This week the trend has onhimselfinprison,
Peter Ferrie, sector continuedandthefiguresare beforebeingtakento
policemanbelieveslack commanderforHaverhill, even worse, with six house thehospital’sAccident
of street lighting could reported a week-long burglaries in just a week, &Emergency(A&E)
be contributing to the ‘crimespike’inthetown, coonmepthaereydeatorbfoeuforrlea.stThweereek,waenrde d■■■■epTuarrntmtoePnagtein3ataxi
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Manwhoclaimedbenefitfor Tim’s right on cue
househeownedisconvicted
AMANhasbeenconvictedofbenefitsfraudby
claiminghousingbenefitforapropertyheowned
afteramagistrates’courttrial. SNOOKERplayerswith Sincehestartedrunning
GaryLane,42,wasfined£300andorderedtopay disabilitiesgotsomeVIP morningandafternoonsessions
£300towardsprosecutioncostsbyBurySt treatmentwhentheypaidavisit everyTuesdayforplayerswith
Edmundsmagistrates. totherecentMastersSnooker disabilities,Timhasbeen
TheyheardthatbetweenMay10andOctober31 competitioninLondon. swampedwithplayerswantingto
2010,Lane,ofUffordPlace,Haverhill,madea TimSquires,whorunsthe joininandwouldliketooperate
representationforthepurposeofobtainingbenefit popularSnookabilitysessionsat full-timeifhecouldgetthe
undertheSocialSecurityAdministrationAct1992, HaverhillEx-Serviceman’sClub, funding.
whichheknewtobefalsebyclaiminghousing tookfiveplayersfromthe Hesaid:“Ithasbeenbrilliant.
benefitasatenantofahousewhenhewasthe HaverhillCommunityResource Alotofthemhadnevereven
registeredproprietorofthefreeholdproperty.Lane UnitandninefromGrantaSchool seenasnookertable,letalone
receivedhousingbenefitoverpaymentofmorethan inLintontotheeventat playedonone.Itisanabsolute
£3,400,whichhasbeenrepaidinfull. AlexandraPalace. riot–theyjustsmileandlaugh
Lanedeniedtheoffence,butmagistratesfoundhim Timwasabletogetticketsfor allthetime.
guilty. theeventashehaspassedhis “Theyweresoexcitedabout
worldsnookercoach goingtotheMasters;theyhad
Inquestintodeathofdriver qualification.Thegroup,with beenlookingforwardtoitfor
agesrangingfrom14to50,were weeks.Theyalldressedthepart
ANinquesthasbeenopenedandadjournedinto abletoseethemselveson andalotofpeoplenoticedthem
thedeathofadriverwhodiedinanearlymorning televisionandmeetsomeofthe intheirredbowties.Wehada
crashlastFriday. Dayout:SnookerbilitymembersmeetplayerKenDoherty,thirdleft. CP. playerstakingpart. fantasticdayout.”
TheinquestintothedeathofAdrianLange,24,
fromOvingtonPlace,Haverhill,wasopenedbythe PPPPoooolllliiiicccceeee ffffeeeeaaaarrrrssss oooovvvveeeerrrr
WestSuffolkCoroneronTuesday.
MrLangediedwhenhewasdrivingalongWestley
Lane,Horringer,andwasinvolvedinacollision
withavan.
Burglarssmashpatiodoor
APATIOdoorwassmashedtogetintoahouseand lllliiiigggghhhhttttssss sssswwwwiiiittttcccchhhh----ooooffffffff
electricalequipmentstolen.
Thebreak-inhappenedbetween7pmonSunday
and2pmonMondayatFrittonCourt,Haverhill.An
Xbox360andcontrollerandtwo4ftacoustic
speakersweretaken.
Policewouldliketohearfromanyonewhowasin
theareaatthetime,whosawanythingsuspicious.
CallSuffolkPoliceon101.
Toolsstolenindaytimeraid ■■■■ FromPage1 concernedthatswitchingoffstreet areasofthecountrywherestreet
lightsintheareaaftermidnightcould lightinghadbeenreducedatnight. takebasiccrimepreventionmeasures
iTnHaIEdVaEyStimfoercberdeaekn-tirny.intoagarageandstoletools asthhlseeodpsareonvroigotahuresargwenesi,entkhe,ecbsouammrgpelaanrreuidemstboferjoruamsst beMaafancytosrt.reetlightsinHaverhilland weHeokwIewvoeru,ltdhehainvespseacidtotrhsaatidI:c“oLualsdt datonodosrtysoo,puyrotghuarisrgahagreadsp.e”pnegnaitnegs,.yLooucrksyhoeudsr
LastThursdaybetween8amand7pm,offenders three in the same period of the acrossSuffolkhavebeenswitchedoff notbesurewhetherstreetlighting InspectorFerriewentalongto
forcedentrytothegarageatapropertyinWratting previousyear. frommidnightuntil5.30amsince was having any effect, but after Tuesdaynight’stowncouncilmeeting
Road,Haverhill. InspFerrierepeatedhisappealto SuffolkCountyCouncilintroduceda speakingtooneofmyofficersIam andtowncouncillorssharedhis
Varioussmallhandtools,ayellowBlackand thepublictoprotecttheirpropertyby new system of intelligent street concernedaboutit. concerns.MayorCllrMaureenByrne
DeckerstrimmerandagreenBlackandDecker lockingtheirhomes,gatesandsheds. lightinglastyear,estimatedtosave “PCSimonBournewasouton said:“Ithinkalotofpeoplehavebeen
chainsawweretaken. Themajorityofthemostrecent about£500,000ayearonenergybills. patrollatenightonapush-bikeand frightenedbytheincreaseinbreak-
AnyonewithinformationshouldcontactSuffolk crimeswereintheChimswellestate Thecountycouncilsaidtherehad hesaidhesaidhecouldnotbelieve insandtwoelderlyindividualshave
Policeon101. area of the town and he was beenareductionincrimeinother how dark it was on the estates, approachedmetosaythatifthey
particularlytheChimswell. hearsomethingintheirgardens,they
Heliterallycouldnotsee cannotseeanythingifthelookout
anythingatall. thewindow,becausethereareno
“He could not see if lights.
anyonewasmovingabout “Itisaconcerntothetowncouncil
andwewillbewritingtothelighting
andhewouldnothave
departmenttoseeifanythingcanbe
been able to see if
done.Webelieveiftheylitonein
anythingwasgoingon.I
threelightsitwouldgivepeoplethe
cannotsayforcertainif
opportunitytoseewhatisgoingon.”
thestreetlightsgoingout
Ironically, year-on-year crime
ishavinganeffectonthe
figuresforthetownshowdramatic
crime,butitismakingit reductions in most categories,
difficultforustofindand comparedtothethreepreviousyears,
catchanyone,ifitispitch withoverallcrimesinvolvingtheftof
black when we go out propertydownbyalmost10percent.
there. Thenewstreetlightingsystemcan
“Ithasbeenanotherbad becontrolledremotelyandonelight
weekforusandIwillbe inHaycocksRoad,Haverhill,was
very concerned if it switchedbackonlastNovember,after
continues. We will be aWeeklyNewsstoryhighlighteda
continuingtheworkwe protestbyresidentGaryByersabout
started last week, thedangerofpitchdarknessatsteep
patrollinglateatnightand stepsbehindhishome.
inplainclothes,untilwe Weekly News readers have
catchthesepeople.Itis repeatedlyspokenoftheirconcerns
disappointing,butIam abouttheeffectsofswitchingoff
convinceditmayonlybea streetlights(seepage6).
coupleofpeoplecausing SuffolkCountyCouncilhadnot
thiscrimespike. respondedtorequestsforacomment
“UntilwecatchthemI astheWeeklyNewswenttopressthis
amdesperateforpeopleto morning(Thursday).
New court date for man
who admits sex assault
AMANwhofailedtoturnup Cambridge,whilehisfriends
tocourttobesentencedfor stoodroundandlaughed.
sexualassaulthasbeengiven Andersons, of Elmden
anewcourtdate. Place, Haverhill, will be
LatvianKristapsAndersons, sentenced at Cambridge
26, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’Courtforsexual
November to groping the assault,publicdisorderand
breastsofawomanasshe commonassaultonFebruary
walkedpasthiminCastleHill, 15.
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Manhittwopolice Sofa so good
carsduringchase
AMANwhocrashedintotwo
patrolcarsduringapolice for under-5s
chaseistobesenttoCrown
courtfortrial.
HanifShakeri,24,appeared
beforeBuryStEdmunds
magistratesonThursday, SOMEearlytipsonhow itforthegroupwhenhe
January19byvideolink,when topickoutfurniture, visitedhisshopandwe
hisapplicationforbailwas carpetsandelectrical areverygratefulto
refused.Hewasremandedin appliancesfortheir him.
custodyuntilJanuary26,when futurehomeswere “Welookedatthe
hiscaseisduetobe pickedupbytots washingmachinesin
committedtoIpswichCrown visitingHaverhill Hughes,butthe
Court. stores. childrenweremost
RosKeppleman,prosecuting, Under-5sattending interestedinthe
saidShakeriwasinvolvedin theSteppingStones televisions.
collisionswithtwopolice pre-schoolgroupin “Someofthemhad
vehiclesbeforehewas Haverhilltookabustrip neverbeenonabus
stopped.InhisBMW,officers intothetowncentreon beforebuttheywere
found£2,500incashandat Mondayandvisited reallygoodforsuch
hiscaravaninStradishallmore Glasswell’sfurniture youngchildren.People
than£10,000ofcannabis. store,GJHuntFlooring intheHighStreet
Shakeri,ofHomeFarm, andHugheselectrical. commentedonhow
EdmundsHill,Stradishall,gave ElaineMcManus, wellbehavedthey
noindicationofhispleato leaderofthegroup, were.
chargesofdangerousdrivingin said20childrenwent “Luckilytheweather
Cambridge,possessing onthevisitaspartof wasdryandthebus
cannabiswithintenttosupply thetopic‘housesand stopsrightoutsideour
andpossessingcriminalcash, homes’,dealingwith door,soallwehadto
allonDecember13lastyear. furnitureand dowascrosstheroad.”
appliances. Thegroup,which
Rudewordsare Elainesaid:“Wehad meetsatCoupal’s
abrillianttime.They PrimarySchool,isfull
sprayedoncars triedoutthesofasin atpresent,buta
GlasswellsandGavin waitinglistisopenfor
OFFENSIVEwordswere Sittingcomfortably:JanetPeadofGlasswellswith,fromleft,IsabelleSolt,KateMarsh,KianMarsh,RileySymonds,HarryCohen Huntgaveusarugwith placesinSeptember.
sprayedoverfourvehicles andAmyCohen. Picture:KeithJOnes799411. ahopscotchpatternon Phone[phone].
parkedovernight. GGuunnmmaann tteerrrroorr
Theincidenthappened
betweenSaturdayandSunday
whenwhitepaintwassprayed
overanumberofvehicles
parkedinBroadStreetand
WithersfieldRoad,Haverhill,
withoffensivewordssprayed
ontothewindowsoffourofthe ffoorr pprriissoonn ssttaaffff
vehicles.
Policewanttohearfrom
anyonewhowasinthearea,
whomayhavenoticedany
unusualactivityaround
vehiclesorsomeonewithwhite
paintontheirhandsorclothing.
Anyonewithinformation
relatingtothedamageorwho
■■■■ FromPage1 He was found guilty of canget.Weknowatleasttwo
causeditshouldcontact
HaverhillPoliceon101. accompaniedbytwoguards. grievousbodilyharmaftera peopleareinvolved,maybe
Upon arrival, a waiting hammer attack that left his more.Membersofthepublic
gunmanconfrontedthemale victimwithafracturedskull,but shouldnotapproachhim.”
Manincourton andfemaleprisonofficialsand officials classed him as a Policesaidaforcehelicopter
burglarycharge wtheraepaotenn,ebdefothreemfleewinitghwhitihs chaetwegaosrdyeCemperdisounnelirke–lymtoeamnainkge secsocuarpeed,thwehairleeafodlologwsinwgethree
AMANhasappearedincourt Farndonacrossthecarpark, adeterminedescapeattempt. deployed.
chargedwithadaytime SuffolkPolicesaid. DetChiefInspNickBennett Officersalsointervieweda
aggravatedburglary. Hisescapeisthesecondin saidFarndonhadbeentakento number of members of the
Policewerecalledatabout justaweek,afteran“extremely hospitalinasaloonfromalocal public who witnessed the
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Holland,ofWellingtonTerrace, Highpoint, called moments handcuffswhenthreatenedwith The man with the gun is
Haverhill,wastransferredto later. thehandgun.Amaleprison describedaswhite,inhismid
BuryPoliceInvestigation Farndonpreviouslyescaped officerwasalsoescortinghim.” 40s,around5ft8installandof
Centrewherehewascharged byleapingfromthedockat Theguards,bothintheirlate stockybuild.Hepossiblyhada
onFriday. CoventryCrownCourtin2007, 20s to early 30s, are being Scottishaccentandwaswearing
HeappearedatSouthEast but was sentenced in his questionedbypolice.Noone awhitetopandbluejeans.
SuffolkMagistrates’Courton absencetoanindeterminate washurtintheincident. Itisthoughttheymayhave
Saturdayandwasremandedin sentenceforpublicprotection Mr Bennett said: “He escapedinadarkcolouredcar.
custodyuntilhisnext (IPP)andtoldhemustserveat (Farndon) was convicted of Aspokeswomansaidafull
appearanceatIpswichCrown leasttwoyearsbeforebeing GBH which barring murder PrisonServiceinquirywould
CourtonFebruary2. consideredforparole. makeshimasdangerousasyou follow.
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oflocalnewsandevents.
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A JUDGE has decided BYJODEEKS activate the suspended publicartaspartofa£750,000
against activating a sentence because of the schemetorevampthetown’s
suspended prison sen- Email:[email protected] progress Tillett had made HighStreet.
workingunderthesupervision NeilWilliams,headofartat
tence on a man who stoppedbystaff,whofoundthat oftheProbationService. theschool,saidhebelievedthe
admittingstealingfroma Tilletthadstolensaucepansand MissWhitetoldthecourt:“He sculpturewouldbethefirstof
supermarket. cutlery. saysheactedstupidly.Hehad itskindanywhereintheworld
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previously been given for andadmittedwhathehaddone influenced by others, had Hesaid:“Thekidsareso
burglarywouldbeactivated. butrefusedtonametheother demonstrated his deter- excitedaboutit;there’sareal
But after hearing of the maninvolved. minationtocurbhisoffending buzzabouttheplace.Thereare
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andstaysonfriends’sofasat Tillettandanothermanhad suspendedsentencebecauseof companies. usingwoodenpro-formasand projectfilmontothelarge
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ProsecutorMichaelCrimp inHaverhillRoadduringthe inadditiontothe100hehad peoplecansitandhavearest likeanOscarinthemiddleof itinpositionbythebeginning
saidthatonOctober8lastyear, earlyhoursofJune30. remaining from a previous andwatchthescreens.Itwill Haverhill,wearingsunglasses ofJuly.”
Tillettandanothermanhad The occupant had been sentence. bemadeupstainlesssteel, andheadphones. Anyoneinterestedin
beenseenactingsuspiciouslyin asleepatthetimeandthepair HewarnedTillettthatany
usingscrapsthatwouldhave “Wewouldliketoputitin donatingsteelforthesculpture
Haverhill’sTesco. stoleseveralcameras. futurebreachofthesuspended endedupinaskip,soitwon’t theareanearLloydsand orbeinginvolvedshouldcall
Afterpayingforapintofmilk ElizabethWhite,defending, sentencewaslikelytoresultin costanythingatall.Weare Boots,andperhapseven theschoolon(01440)761511.
they tried to leave but were urged Judge Devaux not to immediatecustody.
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Regularvisitors:DennisandAngelaWendellwiththeirfree
tickets,above,andright,withSaraPhillipsandHelen
BarkerattheArtsCentre. Pictures:WarrenGunn798679/798680.
TWOloyalcustomersat oftheatresandvenuesare
HaverhillArtsCentrehave strugglingatthemoment
beenpresentedwithfree butwhenwehavethe
ticketsinrewardfortheir supportoflong-termloyal
loyalty. customerslikethe
Thecentresaidthank Wendellsitmakesthe
youtoDennisandAngela futurealittleless 75percentofthefilmswe theboxofficeattheArts
Wendellbygivingthem worrying.” wantedtoseelastyear Centre,said:‘MrandMrs
ticketstoashowoftheir MrWendellsaid:“We wereshownattheArts Wendellhaveimpressively
choicefromthecurrent cometotheArtsCentre Centre. wide-rangingtastes;they
January–Aprilseason.The becausethestaffalways “TheArtsCentreisalso cometoeverythingfrom
couple,whomovedto makeusfeelwelcomeand behindalotofeventsin comedy,music,dramaand
Haverhillalmosttwoyears areveryhelpful,nothing andaroundthetownon alltypesoffilm. Allthe
ago,havecometomore appearstobetoomuch behalfofthecommunity staffknowstheWendells
showsattheArtsCentre trouble. andaspartofthat andtheyknowallthestaff.
morefrequentlythan “Theliveshowsare communitywewantto It’sapleasuretohavethem
anyoneelse. variedandthereis supporttheminanyway keepcomingback.’
NickKeeble,artsand somethingforalmost wecan.” ■■NewsfromHaverhillArts
leisuremanager,said:‘Lots everyoneduringtheyear. PamJoneswhoworksin Centre:page19
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aarree rreellaauunncchheedd
RESIDENTS who were BYJODEEKS wasteitwaitingforabusthatis
concerned when a town notcoming.”
centrebusservicestopped Email:[email protected] CountycouncillorAnneGower
operating received good HighStreet.” contactedthecouncil’spublic
newsthisweekwhenanew JeanBuckton,81,wholiveson transportsectionamidfearsthe
servicemightnotbereplaced.
operatorstarteditupagain. theChalkstoneestate,saidshe
Shesaid: “Iamsorrytohearthat
felttheoldservicewouldhave
Manyelderlyresidentsonthe alocalcompanyhasgoneinto
beenbetterusedifpeoplehad
ParkwayandChalkstoneestates administrationbutIunderstand
knowmoreaboutwhenthebuses
inHaverhillwereleftstranded that the county council
were coming and hoped a
betweenChristmasandtheNew commissioned services are
replacementservicewouldbe
YearperiodwhenABCTaxiswent covered.
provided.Shesaid:“Thisbus
intoadministrationanditsbus dropsmerightatthedoor,where “However,myresidentsare
services in the town and astheStagecoachonecoming concernedaboutthebusservices
surrounding villages were fromCambridgeislessfrequent thatABCprovidedandtheyfeel
suspended. andstopsatthebottomofthe thatvulnerablefamilies/elderly
SteveHearn,proprietorofnew hill,whichisquiteawalkifIhave folks living on the Parkway
taxicompanyStarCars,said:“We heavyshopping. particularlywillbecomeisolated
havestartedthemupagainthis “AlsotheStagecoachonedoes unlessthebusservicesaretaken
week.Thereareafewchangesto notalwaysturnupandthatreally onbyanewcompanyorStar
thetimetable,butwewillbe annoysme.Justbecauseweare Cars.”
running the same routes as old does not mean we have Schoolcontractsandother
before. nothingelsetodo.Iam81,soI workpreviouslydonebyABCwill
“Peoplecangettimetableson don’tknowhowmuchlongerI alsobetakenoverbythenew
thebusesoratourofficeinthe have got and I don’t want to company.
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safetyclosetoaschool. Madeleine
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Haverhill, at the request of 798588.
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theirchildrentoschoolinthe schoolgateandwilldowhatI alwaysbeenproblems–thereare
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pupils can cross, the road is crossing patrol in Crowland safetyofourchildrenispara-
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must come first. I talked to systeminthetown. pointinCrowlandRoad.”
Hancock backs immigration reforms
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haswelcomedplansto therearemorethan amendingthelawto benefitssystemleftby
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