An arsonist who started a series of fires and damaged businesses, vehicles and property across Canterbury and Ashford in the space of 24 hours has been jailed. Kian Minister, 24, of no fixed address, admitted
A former prison officer who exchanged explicit images and videos with a convicted killer and accepted money from him during a secret relationship has avoided an immediate jail sentence. Samantha Stowell, 23, began the three-month
An 83-year-old partially sighted widow who has never held a driving licence has been convicted of failing to tax a car transferred into her name following her husband’s death. The Reading pensioner told Birmingham Magistrates’
A man who has spent more than two decades behind bars after receiving an indefinite sentence for stealing a mobile phone is finally set to be released from prison. Leroy Douglas, now 44, was jailed
A prolific burglar and thief has been jailed for 28 months after a series of offences across Brighton and Hove. David Mann, 45, of Grand Parade, Brighton, was arrested on 27 June after climbing scaffolding
A 15-year-old boy who took two knives into school before stabbing a fellow student in the abdomen during a lunchtime confrontation has been jailed for five years and seven months. Neither the defendant nor
A robber who pretended to be a police officer before stopping a taxi and threatening its occupants has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Jake Shields targeted a taxi carrying a passenger in his 20s on
A drug dealer has been jailed after police found him asleep next to three kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated £240,000 during a raid in Broadstairs. Kent Police executed a warrant at a property in
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A registered sex offender from Gillingham has been jailed for more than three years after a police dog discovered a hidden tablet during a search of his home. Jack Stevens, 23, of Grange Road, Gillingham,