Arrests were made and illegal substances seized as part of ongoing work by specialist officers to disrupt drug supply networks across Kent
Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team carried out a number of warrants on Thursday 5 August 2021 targeting those suspected of arranging for crack cocaine and heroin to be brought in from the capital and sold to vulnerable customers. A county line is a type of brand name for a particular drug […]
Four members of an organised crime gang have been sentenced to more than 39 years in prison following a case which has seen the county’s first modern slavery sentencing linked to drug dealing
Micah Thomas, 32, Marlie Ashby, 27, Twvarni Riviere, 20 and Jahmani Mitchell, 19, were found guilty of various drugs and modern slavery offences at the end of a trial in May, before being sentenced for their crimes at Northampton Crown Court, yesterday, August 5.The four stood trial following a two-year investigation by the Northamptonshire Police […]
A man who attempted to rape a woman on a busy Newcastle street has been jailed
Istvan Stoberl attempted to rape his victim, who was in her 50s, on City Road in the afternoon in October last year. Two good Samaritans who witnessed the incident called police and officers were able to arrest Stoberl at the scene. An investigation was launched by Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Unit and Stoberl was later […]
Two men have been given a combined sentence of 24 years after previously being found guilty of raping a teenage girl in Watford
T’Shai Bromfield, aged 24, formerly of Airco Close, Colindale, London, was sentenced to 12 years after he was found guilty of one count of rape. Ryan King, aged 21, formerly of Thorpe Crescent, Watford, was also sentenced to 12 years after being found guilty of one count of rape and one count of sexual […]
Southsea shop burglar has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds of electrical goods from John Lewis stores in #TunbridgeWells and #Ashford.
A shop burglar has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds of electrical goods from John Lewis stores in #TunbridgeWells and #Ashford. Laptops, speakers and smartwatches were among hundreds of high-value items stolen by Ionel Stoian during targeted raids in 2020. Stoian, aged 51, was part of a criminal gang that broke into branches in […]
A Doncaster man has appeared in court today (Friday 6 August) after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted in the town
Bariscag Salih, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with attempted rape and sexual assault by penetration yesterday. On 1 August, it is reported that an 18-year-old woman was walking along Armthorpe Road at 4.50am when she was sexually assaulted. Salih appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court earlier today when he was remanded […]
Officers investigating a serious assault in Southampton have charged a man
Darrin Ham, aged 44 of Anson Drive, Southampton, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent against a 28-year old woman, following an incident at a flat in Anson Drive between 10.30pm and 10.50pm on Tuesday, 3 August. Ham has been remanded into police custody and is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ […]
Man found guilty of administering a noxious substance which endangered life, fraud, voyeurism and numerous drugs offences
The eight week trial of Doctor Hossam Metwally at Sheffield Crown Court concluded today (Friday 6 August) with the jury returning a unanimous guilty verdicts for nine offences. On Friday 5 July 2019 a woman was admitted to hospital in Grimsby. She was unresponsive and in a serious medical condition. It was found that she had […]
A shop burglar has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds of electrical goods from John Lewis stores in Tunbridge Wells and Ashford
Laptops, speakers and smart watches were among hundreds of high value items stolen by Ionel Stoian during targeted raids in 2020. Stoian, aged 51, was part of a criminal gang which broke into branches in Kingstanding Way, Tunbridge Wells and in Fougeres Way, Ashford. Entry was forced to the Tunbridge Wells store […]
A mother has been sentenced after pleading guilty to causing the death of her baby daughter in Brighton
Verphy Kudi, 19, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Lewes Crown Court on Friday 6 August, having admitted at a hearing in March to the manslaughter of her daughter Asiah, aged 20 months, at a flat where they were living in Islingword Road, Brighton, in December 2019. Asiah was taken by ambulance to […]
