Crime

Four men from Spelthorne and north Runnymede have been given more than ten years in jail collectively for their involvement in a street brawl in Staines last year.

Kevin Kurlej, 22, from Cordelia Road, Stanwell, Samuel Tite, 26, of Oakley Mill House, Thorpe, John Murphy, 23, of the Nightingales, Staines and Nicholas Fitzpatrick, 24, of White Hill Place, Virginia Water were given 30, 40, 40, and 18 months in jail respectively for being involved in a mass brawl when they appeared at Guildford Crown Court on Friday (January 5).

Arsonists torched a dereclict bungalow neighbours say was a den for drug users and homeless people.

The property, in Chertsey Lane, Thorpe, suffered 80% damage during the blaze, which was first reported to emergency services by a member of the public at around 5.50pm.

An extra 200 police officers could be seen walking around the streets of Surrey in the near future.

Chief constable of Surrey Police Mark Rowley has said the force are looking to close police stations, make cuts of senior officers and lower bureaucracy as part of radical plans due to be discussed on December 10 with Surrey Police Authority.

Firefighters extinguished a rubbish fire in Clockhouse Lane East on Wednesday, September 23 around 9pm.

The cause of the blaze, which included a mattress and other household junk was unknown. Fire officers have not discounted that it was started deliberately.

A VW camper van was torched by firebugs along Lyne Lane on Tuesday, September 22 around 12.30am.

The incident is the second time in a week a vehicle has been set alight on the road.

Detectives are still appealing for witnesses for a smash and grab incident in Staines after three motobikes believed to have been used were found in Thorpe.

The incident happened at jewellery store Swag in Staines High Street on Monday August 31 at 11am, where five people on three mopeds used sledgehammers to steel £50,000 worth of jewellery, including 80 rings, from the shop window.

A Business Watch scheme is being set up to try and prevent burglaries and thefts on the Thorpe Industrial Estate.

Businesses on the estate are working in conjunction with police to agree counter measures to prospective thefts, including the possible installation of CCTV at the site entrance.

Firefighters were called when a car burst into flames on the M3 between J2 at Thorpe and J1 at Sunbury on Thursday at about 6.40pm.

Police officers for Thorpe and Egham Hythe will be holding a surgery on Wednesday July 2 at the Hythe Social Centre in Thorpe Road between 5pm-7pm.