Crime

A 22-year-old man has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life following a blaze at a block of flats in Woking on Sunday, October 4.

Sam Leslie of Bridgewater Place, Victoria Way appeared before North West magistrates today.

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear next on 18 December at Guildford Crown Court.

Distraction burglars who stole £100 from an elderly resident are being hunted by Surrey Police.

Officers in Woking investigating the incident, which took place in Horsell last week have issued e-fits of the two suspects. The burglary occured around 10pm on Friday, July 3 in the Ridgeway area.

An elderly resident answered the door to two men, who told him there was an emergency around the corner and asked if they could use his phone. The homeowner agreed to let one of them in, at which point both offenders forced their way into the house and threatened the victim, demanding money and valuables.

A 29-year-old man who had to be talked down from a roof in Woking has admitted throwing tiles and a kitchen knife into the street below.

Daniel Mason, who lives in Dartmouth Avenue, Sheerwater, was charged with possession of a bladed article, using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and causing criminal damage.

WEST Surrey police are keen to track possible witnesses after a 40-year-old man was violently attacked while walking with friends.

The incident happened on the Broadway, Woking around 3.20am on Sunday, August 2, when the man was approached by a gang of 10 men who dragged him into the road and assaulted him, leaving him with a serious injury to his left ear.

Police officers on patrol in the town responded to a 999 call within minutes and arrested two suspects in White Rose Lane. Both men have been released on police bail, due to return to Woking Police Station on October 4.

Officers in West Surrey investigating the armed robbery at the St John's Post Office on 14 February have arrested a 28-year-old man from St Johns.

Acting on intelligence, officers arrested a man at the weekend on suspicion of armed robbery. He is currently on bail until 7 June while inquires continue.

The robbery happened at around 7.30am on Saturday 14 February when a man entered the post office and brandished what appeared to be a knife and a handgun.

Thefts of satellite navigation systems from cars in Woking have more than doubled in a year, prompting police to issue a warning to motorists.

Figures released on Monday show 144 sat-navs were stolen from vehicles across the borough in 2008. They were stolen during 377 thefts, in which 76 bank and credit cards, 76 number plates, 45 mobile phones, and 36 drills were taken.

The terrified owners of a post office raided by armed robbers say they are too frightened to continue trading in Woking.

St Johns post office in St John's Road, Woking, was targeted at about 7.30am on Saturday by a balaclavawearing man who had a knife in one hand and a gun in the other.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust has issued an apology to the family of a serial killer, his victims and their families following the publication of a report into his care at the Abraham Cowley Unit at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey.

Fiona Edwards, chief executive of the Trust said, that it accepted that more should have been done to engage Gonzales when he was treated for schizophrenia at the unit between September 1998 and April 2000.

Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit and run incident in Woking which left a 24-year-old man dead.

Luke Millican, of Hermitage Woods Crescent, St John's, was on foot when he was struck by a vehicle in Hermitage Road, outside The Surrey pub, at 11.55pm, on Friday January 30.

Woking PCSO Paul Wallman is never off duty as was demonstrated on January 6 when he was walking to work and spotted a woman who is was wanted by police.

The town centre officer saw 45-year-old Jane Doe from Woking outside the town's rail station in Oriental Road as he was on his way to start his shift just before 10am.