A thief who assaulted a shop worker and spat in the faces of two police officers has been jailed
Connor Jones, 24, of Shelley Avenue, Canterbury, was given a 360-day sentence at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on 20 January 2022. The court hearing followed an investigation by #Canterbury’s Victim Based Crime Team into a series of thefts from supermarkets around the city. The investigation led to Jones being charged in relation to the theft […]
A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison.
A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison. Arthuras Jusas, of Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, was part of a crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel. They ran the […]
Dealers used secret EncroChat network to supply cocaine
Five drug dealers have been jailed for their roles in the wholesale supply of cocaine across Kent. The men were all part of an organised network of criminals who bought and sold Class A drugs in vast volumes and whose crimes were facilitated by the encrypted phone platform, ‘EncroChat’. Their supply chain was dismantled when […]
A motorist who lied about two speeding offences in Brighton has been jailed for perverting the course of justice
Shah Osmani, 27, was detected driving over the 30mph speed limit in Marine Parade, Brighton, twice in the early hours of August 7, 2020. He was driving an Audi, which was his company car given to him by the company he worked for at the time. When a Notice of Intended Prosecution was sent to […]
A jail term has been imposed on a man who repeatedly breached court orders designed to protect victims
Christopher Marlborough-Jones, of no fixed address, was jailed for two years and three months at Canterbury Crown Court on 14 January 2022. Marlborough-Jones, 33, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register in 2019 following a conviction for exposure and was later made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). In […]
A burglar who defrauded an elderly man she stole from has been jailed
Michelle Jewell, 42, of no fixed abode, entered a flat on Clarence Road, Gosport, on 1 December 2021, where she stole two wallets belonging to a man in his 80s. Bank cards from these wallets were then used by Jewell to purchase goods at local shops. Following an investigation led by the Operation Hawk […]
A man has appeared in court charged with making over 2,700 indecent images of children
Philip Garrard, 51, of West Street, Fareham, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court charged with three offences of making indecent images of children. These included allegedly making 323 still and 605 Category A moving images of children between 25th November 2014, and 1st January 2020. During the same date he is also alleged to have […]
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for offences committed against two Carlisle women. The sentencing follows an investigation by Cumbria Police
Dean Ronald Haughan, 31, of Hartington Place, Carlisle, pleaded guilty to a charge of Assault and Threats to Kill. Haughan pleaded not guilty to offences of False Imprisonment and Committing an Offence with Intent to Commit a Sexual Offence. Following a three-day trial at Carlisle Crown Court, that finished on the 23rd of November, […]
A 56-year-old man accused of murder who was due to stand trial later this year has died, police have confirmed
Stuart Williamson, of Barford Road, Colton, was found dead in his prison cell at HMP Norwich on Wednesday 29 December 2021 around 5pm. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Williamson was on remand in prison awaiting trial after being charged with the murder of Diane Douglas. Detectives from the Norfolk and […]
A man has been jailed for 15 years for sexually abusing a child over a four year period in Gosport
Shaun Healy, aged 73, abused the girl between 2016 and 2020, with the assaults beginning when the child was under the age of 13. Police were contacted about the abuse in March 2020, and following an investigation Healy was charged with the following offences: ·://kent999.co.uk/topic/court” title=”Court” data-wpil-keyword-link=”linked” data-wpil-monitor-id=”83294″>Court. Appearing at the same court for […]
