A third offender has been jailed for a theft conspiracy that led to nine vehicles being stolen from properties across the Folkestone area

George Paton was one of three men who stole cars and vans during night-time burglaries before boasting of their exploits on social media. The 21-year-old, from Bromley, admitted conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to steal and was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court to four years and three months’ imprisonment on Thursday 2 December 2021. His […]
Officers are appealing for information to help find a missing teenager from Swanley

James Quilter-Adams was last seen in the town at around 11.15pm on Tuesday 30 November 2021. The 13-year-old is described as being white, around five feet and four inches tall and of slim build with short curly blond hair. When he was last seen, James was wearing a black jacket with white shoulders and a […]
Witnesses are being urged to come forward following three similar robberies in Ashford on Friday 3 December 2021

The first incident took place in an alleyway alongside the Heathfield Estate near to Canterbury Road at around 7.40am. A woman in her mid to late 40s was approached by a man who tried to grab her handbag but she resisted, held onto it firmly, and he ran away empty-handed in the direction of the […]
The family of a man who was stabbed to death outside his home has thanked dedicated Essex Police detectives for delivering justice as his…

James Gibbons, known as ‘Gibbo’, was stabbed four times outside his home in Iris Mews, in Laindon, on Sunday 2 May. The teenager claimed he had brought a knife to the scene to protect himself against James after an earlier confrontation, but the prosecution discredited this defence and he was found guilty of murder at […]
The family of a man who was stabbed to death outside his home has thanked dedicated Essex Police detectives for delivering justice as his teenage killer was sentenced to a minimum term of 13 years in detention

James Gibbons, known as ‘Gibbo’, was stabbed four times outside his home in Iris Mews, in Laindon, on Sunday 2 May. The teenager claimed he had brought a knife to the scene to protect himself against James after an earlier confrontation, but the prosecution discredited this defence and he was found guilty of murder at […]
A Former Prison Guard Who Smuggled Drugs Into Erlestoke Prison Has Been Jailed For Three Years – (ID 28522)

A Former Prison Guard Who Smuggled Drugs Into Erlestoke Prison Has Been Jailed For Three Years
A Former Prison Guard Who Smuggled Drugs Into Erlestoke Prison Has Been Jailed For Three Years

A Former Prison Guard Who Smuggled Drugs Into Erlestoke Prison Has Been Jailed For Three Years
A man has been jailed for three years and three months following an investigation into the death of a man in Chilworth in 2019

Paramjit Singh, 48, of Iris Road in Southampton, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following a two-week trial at Winchester Crown Court on 20 October. Today, 3 December, he was sentenced to three years and three months for the gross negligence manslaughter charge. Singh was also sentenced to one year after previously admitting to […]
Kent money launderer ordered to repay more than £680,000

A Kent man jailed for money laundering has been ordered to repay the cash found hidden in supermarket and sports bags at his Dartford home. Karl Lockey, 33, of Sinclair Way, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in October 2020 for money laundering, following an investigation led by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU). […]
A computer-generated image has been released by officers investigating a burglary in Ramsgate

Officers are investigating a report of a house being broken into between 7.50am and 8.05am on 18 November 2021 in Nixon Avenue. During the incident a burglar was reported to have gained entry to the house by a front door, before stealing a safe which contained family jewellery and paperwork including wedding certificates and passports. […]