A call handler has been officially recognised after helping to reduce the number of nuisance calls to Sussex Police.

It is estimated Sarah-Louise Gliddon has helped to reduce the hoaxes and persistent callers by 10,000 per year.

Sarah-Louise, who has worked for Sussex Police for 15 years, identified certain callers who would phone about non-police matters.  She soon discovered 279 people were responsible for over 20,000 nuisance calls in one year alone.

Each case was investigated.  Some people were fined, whereas others, such as dementia sufferers, were given assistance through outside organisations.

Her work has now been recognised nationally as ground-breaking with the accolade of National Police Chief’s Council Local Policing Award for Contact Handler of the Year.

A man from Crawley has been given a suspended sentence.

28 year-old Adam O’Sullivan pleaded guilty to attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and three counts of making indecent images of a child in July last year.

The conviction came after an investigating police officer posed as a 14 year-old girl online.

O’Sullivan was sentenced to 22 weeks in custody, suspended for 18 months.

He was also given a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Residents of Reigate and Banstead are being urged to check they are registered to vote ahead of the local elections in May.

As a result of the ward boundary review, this year every Borough Council seat is up for election.

This means residents will be voting for three candidates instead of just one. The ward boundary changes also mean that there may be changes to where people need to go to vote.

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Friday 12 April.

The election is on Thursday 2nd May.

A man from Godstone has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in a public place.

Luke Dansie appeared at Guildford Magistrates Court on Saturday.  He was charged in connection with the stabbing of an 18 year old man in Redhill in January. The victim presented at East Surrey Hospital with injuries to his chest and leg.

Four further individuals under the age of 18 remain under police investigation.