Crime

POLICE are to target gangs of nuisance rough sleepers on the streets of Feltham.
The groups, which range in size from two to five, have been urinating near homes, littering and engaging in noisy drinking sessions - sometimes first thing in the morning.

AN ARSON attack is the latest insult to environmentally minded plot holders at a Feltham allotment site.
Wigley Road resident Tony Lodder was dismayed to discover a pile of ash in place of a shed he bought for his plot at the Church Road allotments.

A MIDDLE-aged Feltham man is facing jail for running a brothel.

Bruce Chipping, of Fruen Road, admitted selling sex with prostitutes from a premises in Church Road, Ashford at Guildford Crown Court on Monday.

A 13-YEAR-OLD yob has been banned from parts of Feltham after being slapped with an ASBO.

Ryan Irvine, of Feltham, cannot enter any part of the town centre shopping complex, including footpaths and car parks, in the area bounded by the High Street, Highfield Road, Tilley Road and Bedfont Lane.

A brazen thief robbed a cyclist of his phone and then tried to sell it back to him for £10.

Mohammed Hazara, of Sparrow Farm Drive, Feltham, admitted taking a phone and cigarettes from William Smith at Guildford Crown Court last Monday.

The court heard that Hazara, 19, forced Mr Smith to empty his pockets as he was cycling in Guildford, Surrey on October 10 before saying: "I'll sell the phone back to you for a tenner."

Hazara, who has previous convictions for disorderly behaviour and assault on a police officer, was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on January 8.

A bodybuilder nicknamed 'Monster' has been jailed for five years for running a £9m heroin-dealing ring.

Warren McFarlane, of Southern Avenue, Feltham, admitted intending to supply 75 kilograms of the class A drug at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday November 27.

Four masked robbers stole £400,000 worth of gold and diamonds from two jewellery dealers just outside the one-star hotel they were staying in.

The dealers were leaving the Hounslow Hotel in Hounslow Road, Feltham when they were ambushed by their attackers, who punched them in the face before taking their backpacks containing the jewellery.

Feltham rugby club are appealing for help to replace memorabilia lost when their clubhouse was burnt down by vandals in August.

Old photos, plaques, trophies and ties were destroyed in the fire at the Hanworth Air Park pavilion and the club are asking for financial contributions or replacement memorabilia to decorate the building once it is refurbished.

Anyone interested in helping should contact club president Frank Parslow by emailing frank.parslow@onetel.net.

Two women pushing babies in prams were fined for ducking under closing barriers at Bedfont Lane level crossing last week.

The mothers and their babies were missed by oncoming trains by seconds and were branded 'reckless and dangerous' by British Transport police officers.

Armed robbers posed as police officers to steal a van containing £400,000 worth of computer equipment.

A gang set up a fake police checkpoint in Stanwell Road, Feltham near the junction with the A30 last and stopped a silver Ford Transit carrying the high-tech equipment.