Articles about Sussex Police

8 May 2013
Police arrest suspect in connection with Brighton gay man’s death + Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of Michael Polding, a gay man who was found murdered in his Brighton flat in July 2012.
18 April 2013
Brighton: English Defence League to march near city’s gay bars 36 LGBT businesses in Brighton are concerned at the prospect of an English Defence League (EDL) march taking place on their doorstep this Sunday.
9 April 2013
Sussex Police tipped to become the next force to record attacks on subculture groups 2 Sussex Police could become the next force in the country to recognise alternative subculture as a recordable motivation for hate crime.
18 March 2013
100 Crystal Palace fans shout homophobic abuse in street ahead of Brighton game 9 Sussex Police has promised to trace several Crystal Palace fans following a spate of homophobic incidents during Sunday’s match against Brighton and Hove Albion.
14 February 2013
UK: Blackburn Rovers footballer accused of making anti-gay insults during Brighton game 16 Police have launched an investigation after complaints that Blackburn Rovers’ Colin Kazim-Richards was involved in a homophobic incident during an away match against Brighton and Hove Albion.
19 December 2012
Brighton: Police launch special website into gay man’s murder 7 A website to assist Sussex Police in tracing a suspect being sought over the unsolved murder of a Brighton gay man has been set up by the force.
17 December 2012
Brighton: Gay couple left devastated and traumatised after homophobic attack 32 Sussex Police are appealing for information after a gay couple were violently attacked in Brighton while holding hands on a street.
20 November 2012
Brighton: 2 students charged with transphobic attack + Two students have been charged in connection with an attack on a transgender woman in Brighton.
30 October 2012
Brighton: Community group calls for increased security in gay district 10 The chairman of Brighton and Hove’s LGBT Community Safety Forum says the city’s gay quarter of Kemptown is fast becoming a no-go area.
26 October 2012
Brighton: 2 teenagers arrested after attack in gay quarter + An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy from Brighton have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following an attack in the city’s LGBT district.
28 September 2012
Sussex: Police commissioner candidates to be quizzed on homophobic crime 14 Those hoping to become the first elected police commissioner for Sussex are due to take part in a hustings event on homophobic crime.
27 September 2012
Brighton: Crimewatch appeal over gay man’s death + Police investigating the death of a gay man in Brighton will make a renewed plea for information on BBC One’s Crimewatch programme tonight.
6 September 2012
Brighton: Mum’s pride at son who stood up to anti-gay ‘bigots’ 53 A mother in Brighton has spoken of her admiration for her son after he was beaten up for fending off homophobic thugs.
5 September 2012
Brighton: AIDS memorial targeted during city’s pride weekend 19 Brighton’s AIDS memorial was left in a sorry state after it was vandalised during the city’s recent gay pride festival.
3 September 2012
Sussex Police: 40 arrests made during Brighton Pride 23 Police have also defended their crowd tactics after complaints that they had "kettled" members of the LGBT campaign group, Queers Against the Cuts in Saturday's parade.
17 August 2012
Brighton: Police seek South African in connection with gay man’s murder + Sussex Police want to question Ricardo Pisano, also known as Brandon Victor Pillay, in connection with the murder of 63-year-old Michael Polding.
20 December 2011
Caution follows further homophobic taunts at Brighton football match 10 A London football fan who shouted homophobic abuse at a Brighton football match has been formally cautioned after discussing the incident in an online forum.
23 November 2011
Celebrity fitness instructor Angie Dowds dies after cliff fall 10 One of two fitness instructors who have featured on the ITV programme The Biggest Loser since 2005 has been found dead at Beachy Head in Sussex.

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