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  • Whitton businessman guilty of sexual assault

    A Whitton businessman was found guilty of sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman with autism. David Smith, 61, of Chertsey Road, put his hand down the woman’s trousers and kissed her on the lips on November 29, last year. During the trial,

  • Hampton Junior School appoints new headteacher

    Hampton Junior School has appointed a new headteacher. Helen Lockey will take over the role at the school in Percy Road, Hampton, having been acting headteacher since January. She started at the school in 1996 as a part-time class teacher on

  • Benefits fraudster spared jail after repaying stolen money

    A fraudster who kept £16,000 in savings secret while claiming benefits was handed a suspended sentence. Abdullahad Popal, of Strand Drive, Kew, swindled taxpayers out of £15,000 by fraudulently claiming housing and council tax benefit when he had