PC Parker joined the Runnymede Safer Neighbourhood team for Meet the Beat at Egham Library on the 11th of February when PC Parker and PCSO Maraucci met with the Egham Library craft club and spoke with members of the public. Issues within the community were discussed and important intelligence was gathered regarding concerns for speeding in the local area.

At around 9pm on Saturday, 15 February, Officers acted on intelligence and attended a car meet at Thorpe Industrial Estate on Ten Acre Lane in Egham. Officers from the Vanguard Road Safety Team, the Roads Policing Unit and the Runnymede Neighbourhood Policing Team attended as they were setting up and their presence prevented the meet from escalating. Officers witnessed one motorist driving dangerously. He has been reported for dangerous driving and issued with a Section 59 Road Traffic Act Warning (seizure notice).

A 61-year-old-man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual offences against multiple children. Paul Sander, 61 (DOB: 28/09/1963) of Chertsey, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Monday, 17 February, after pleading guilty to 10 offences. Over a three-year period, Sander committed multiple sexual assaults on one child between the ages of four and seven, telling the victim “Don’t tell anyone about this" in an attempt to cover up his crimes. On a separate occasion, he indecently assaulted a 14-year-old girl. A forensic examination of Sander's phone also uncovered more than 500 upskirting images and videos of women, taken between June 2015 and April 2019. Further images were recovered including a Category C indecent image of a child and indecent images of a 17-year-old girl, taken covertly without their consent. Detective Sergeant Alastair Bagshaw, said: "Paul Sander is a dangerous sexual predator and I am pleased that this was recognised in the lengthy, and type of, sentence that he has received. "I cannot emphasise enough how much admiration I have for the strength that Sander’s victims have shown in coming forward and talking about the horrific experiences that they had to endure. It is thanks to their bravery that he is now no longer a risk to other children."

A burglar who was wanted for 48 burglaries across 13 counties in the UK, has been sentenced to five years in prison after getting an unexpected welcome home when he was arrested by officers at Heathrow Airport. Miles Connors, 27, (dob 28/01/1997) from Hillingdon, was arrested on 29 August 2024 after being deported from Australia back to the UK after he was convicted of burglary and rogue trader offences there. Connors was wanted by Surrey Police for his role in a huge conspiracy to burgle, but in 2018 he fled the country on a false passport before he was able to be brought to justice. Thanks to his inability to refrain from criminal activities, he was deported from Australia, and on arrival back in the UK, was immediately arrested and charged for the conspiracy to burgle. He was found guilty of conspiracy to burgle following a six-day trial at Guildford Crown Court. The two other defendants in the UK case were sentenced to a combined six years for their roles in the conspiracy back in 2018 after pleading guilty. The offences were committed across Surrey, including Addlestone, West, Byfleet, Camberley, Egham, Woking, Farnham, Ash, Ashtead, Chobham and West End as well as outside of Surrey. Investigating officer, PC Simon Laidlaw from Surrey Police’s Serious Organised Crime Unit, said; “This has been a long running and complex case and although the two other defendants were convicted and sentenced to prison back in 2018, we have now been able to finally arrest the last person involved in the conspiracy and bring him to justice. “Even if you run to the other side of the world, we will eventually catch up with you and Connors was arrested as soon as he touched down on UK soil. He will now spend five years in prison, and we are really pleased that this case has finally been brought to a close.”

If you notice a neighbour suddenly having lots of visitors bringing items such as TVs or bikes but leaving empty handed, would it ring alarm bells with you? What about people turning up at all times of the day and night? Or people waiting in cars outside particular properties exchanging small packets or cash?

These could be the warning signs that someone is being cuckooed - when a drug dealer takes over the home of a vulnerable person and uses it as a base to carry out their deals. Held hostage, threatened and abused, it can be almost impossible for a victim to be able to get themselves out of the situation themselves, but the warning signs, as subtle as they may, can often be picked up by neighbours. If you suspect it, report it immediately so we can take action. You can call us, or if you prefer, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 and report 100% anonymously.