CRIME FILE: Knife attack, sexual assault and other crimes in Worthing
KNIFE crime has raised its head in Worthing again this week. Police are also investigating a sexual assault on a young woman and vandalism.
Stolen digger
DEVIOUS thieves stole a five-tonne digger worth 35,000 from a Worthing building site.
The yellow, black and green coloured excavator – a Yanmar 360-degree V1045 model – was being used in Park Road.
Police believe it was loaded onto a lorry and stolen between 4.30pm on Thursday, May 15, and 7am on Friday, May 16.
It is thought it was either driven from Park Road east along Lyndhurst Road or north over Broadwater Bridge and along Broadwater Road.
Anyone with information is asked to call PC Slaney on 0845 607099.
Sexual assault
A MAN wearing an "Indianna Jones-style" hat sexually assaulted a young woman in broad daylight.
Police said the man approached the woman at around 12.40pm on Thursday, May 15, at Southwick Railway Station, and followed her onto a train at 1.05pm.
He then continued to follow her when she got off at Worthing and sexually assaulted her near to the Comet store at Teville Gate.
He is described as white, around 5ft 9in tall, and as well as the hat was wearing black, thick-rimmed glasses and a long, grey raincoat.
Anyone with information should contact PC Hughes from Worthing Police on 0845 60 70 999.
Offensive graffiti
OFFENSIVE words were painted across a car overnight on Monday, May 19.
Police were called to London Road, Worthing, shortly after 7.45am Tuesday, after the vehicle's owner came outside to find the graffiti.
Knife attack
TWO men received knife wounds to their hands and face after they were attacked in a Worthing park.
The men were walking through Victoria Park in Norfolk Street, Worthing, at around 10pm on Thursday, May 15, when they were approached by two other men.
The other men produced knives and demanded they hand over cash and other items, before slashing them on the hands and face and running off.
Sergeant Ian Maloney from Worthing Police described the injuries as "superficial cuts" but said the victims, aged in their 20s, had been left shaken and distressed by the incident.
Sgt Maloney said the attack appeared to be unprovoked and urged any witnesses to come forward.
The attackers are described as white, in their early 20s and between 5ft 5in and 5ft 8in tall.
Unexplained death
POLICE are no longer treating the death of a 53-year-old Durrington woman as suspicious.
An ambulance attended an address in Bodmin Road, Durrington, on Thursday, May 15, after a carer found the woman with head injuries.
She was taken to Worthing Hospital, where she died later that day.
Initially, police said her death was "unexplained" but after a post mortem examination was carried out on Monday, May 19, they decided it was not suspicious.
It is not yet clear how the woman died, although police are looking into the possibility she fell.
Sergeant Ian Maloney said it was possible she had been there for a while as officers at the scene said there was a lot of blood on the carpet.
Appeal
Anyone with any information about these or other crimes should contact Worthing police on 0845 60 70 999 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
If a crime is taking place, and/or lives are in danger, always call 999.
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