A 16-year-old schoolboy carried a disabled girl to a park before stabbing her up to 60 times, a court has heard
The teenage girl, also 16, was found in a field off Highsted Road in Sittingbourne, Kent, just after 8am last Thursday before paramedics rushed her to a London hospital where she remains. The Teenage Boy, who was known to the victim, was charged with attempted murder yesterday. The boy, who cannot be named for […]
A manager of a Nottinghamshire GP practice has been jailed after defrauding them of nearly £200,000
The court heard that, as part of his managerial role at the Rainworth Medical Practice, Leigh Nash was responsible for and the only person to have access to the surgery bank account. He was subsequently required to account for all spending from the surgery bank account as well as find temporary, or ‘locum’, […]
Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Paul Wilkinson, who is wanted on recall to prison
Wilkinson, who is 51 and from Leeds, was sentenced in April 2019 for attempted robbery, and was released after serving part of his licence. He is now wanted on recall to prison for breaching the terms of his licence. Wilkinson is described as white, 5ft 6ins, with green eyes and brown hair. He […]
Two people have been charged after a man was assaulted in Margate
Kent Police was called to an altercation at a residential property in the Tenterden Way area at 5.05pm on Tuesday 27 July 2021. Officers attended and two men, who are known to each other, were taken to hospital, where one remains receiving treatment for injuries consistent with a knife wound. Following […]
A woman will appear in court today charged with the murder of a man in Enfield
Heaven Belal, 40, of Enfield, is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court. Officers responded to calls of concern to a residential address on Stanley Road, Enfield at approximately 4pm on Tuesday, 27 July. Omar Belal, 46, was found deceased. Work to inform next of kin continues. A post-mortem examination will be held […]
A drug dealer who was seen supplying heroin and crack cocaine in Gillingham has been jailed for two and a half years
Unbeknownst to Odyssius Ojo, plain clothed officers were carrying out a proactive patrol when they noticed him supply two different people with class A substances in May 2021. The 19-year-old, of Camden Road, Gillingham, was promptly detained and later admitted possessing both drugs with intent to supply. He also admitted acquiring […]
Northfleet robbers jailed after offender inadvertently hands over stolen phone to police officer
Robbers who advertised a stolen phone for sale on social media, only for it to be collected in person by a Kent Police sergeant, have been jailed for close to 12 years between them. Abid Rafiq and Paul Appleford targeted the victim in Northfleet High Street in March 2020 before an unsuspecting […]
A suspect has been charged with ten shoplifting offences after two shops were targeted in Maidstone
Between Friday 9 July and Tuesday 27 July 2021, the Co-op in Northumberland Road, Shepway reported nine separate thefts of alcohol and foodstuffs. A further theft of alcohol on 8 June was also reported by Sainsbury’s in Loose Road. Following the completion of enquiries into the incidents, a man was arrested […]
A ‘dangerous’ man who tried to kill his former partner was sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment for GBH and controlling and coercive behaviour at St Albans Crown Court
Darryl Harding, age 53, of Little Hardings in Welwyn Garden City, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for S18 GBH and an additional 18 months for controlling and coercive behaviour. He was also given six months for an attempt to escape from custody, which is to run concurrently. His former partner will be protected […]
A 74-year-old man from Netley Abbey was found guilty of non-recent sexual offences against children by a jury at Winchester Crown Court
On Monday 26 July Alan Kenneth Jerrim of Wykeham Road, Netley Abbey was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault of a girl under 13 and one count of assault by penetration of a girl under 13. Jerrim committed his crimes against two different children between 1981 and 1983 in Hamble. He will be […]
