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Candidates React to Criticism of Sussex Police Response to Assault on Teenage Boys

St Leonards, Sussex – As the race for the next police and crime commissioner (PCC) in Sussex heats up, four candidates have shared their views following a mother’s criticism of Sussex Police’s handling of a violent assault on her teenage sons. Jo Docherty from St Leonards recounted how her sons were attacked by a gang near the White Rock Theatre in Hastings, prompting her to call 999 for help. However, she was directed to redial …

Families of Murdered Schoolgirls Receive Apology from Sussex Police for Investigation Errors

Brighton, England – Sussex Police has issued a formal apology to the families of two schoolgirls who were murdered in 1986, acknowledging mistakes made in the investigations surrounding their deaths. Russell Bishop was responsible for the killings of nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in a woodland den in Brighton. Despite being cleared of the murders in 1987, Bishop later kidnapped another girl, leading to a second trial in 2018 in which he was finally …