Crime

A 49-year-old dad was coshed over the head with a brick as he walked along Faraday Road, West Molesey, with his wife and son.

The incident happened shortly after 12am on Sunday 12 October when the victim, from Purley, was approached by four youths, two male and two females.

A man turned sleuth to find out how thieves were able to steal his granddaughter's £1,500 horse box without getting caught on CCTV.

Peter Long, of Island Farm Road, in West Molesey bought the second hand trailer in July for his riding mad grand-daughter Charlotte, and parked it in Field Common Lane, Hersham. He discovered it missing on Thursday September 4 and turned detective.

River Police are interested in finding out who owns this grey dingy (pictured) after it was found left on the bank in Hampton.

The boat was found tied up to the bank of the River Thames near Lower Hampton Road one week ago.

River Thames police officer PC Jim Halsted said: "We believe it was stolen from someone and we would like to talk to the owner of the dingy. But we cannot say where it was stolen from.

Transport Police want to speak to these two men in connection with a serious assault on a 46-year-old woman on a London-bound train.

The victim caught the train at Hampton Court on July 14 and was appraoched by two people at about 10.30pm. An Asian man in his 20s snatched her mobile and threw it, and then pushed her to the floor and assaulted her.

Three trees at Mole Hall community centre in Bishop Fox way have been vandalised by a gang of yobs.

Julian Cross, a gardener of Walton Road, saw at least four teenage hooligans with "axes and saws" stripping bark from the London Plane trees.

Staff at an indian restaurant were subjected to a volley of racial abuse and threats on successive nights.

Police said four teenagers kicked off outside New Anarkali restaurant in Walton Road, East Molesey, on June 17 and 18 after they turned up at closing time and were refused entry.

A West Molesey benefit fraudster has been ordered to repay £10,000 and given a one year suspended sentence.

Gilbert Lawrence Carter, 59, of Anne Way, admitted two accounts of making false representation, and one charge of dishonestly making false representation, at Staines Magistrates' Court, on July 2.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager on crutches was attacked in West Molesey.