A suspect has appeared in court after mini crime wave in Chatham

A suspect has appeared in court after being charged with fifteen offences in Chatham.     Between 18 and 27 June 2021, three businesses in Magpie Hall Road, Maidstone Road and Churchill Avenue reported having meat and other groceries stolen. During two of these incidents a store worker also alleged they were threatened with a […]

A man has been jailed for rape, false imprisonment and GBH

  Yonattan Aroldy Gonzalez Pineda, 33, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to a total of 11-and-a-half years’ imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on Thursday, 1 July. He had previously been found guilty at the same court on Friday, 26 March, following a joint trial for the grievous bodily harm of a woman in […]

£10,000 reward for information about missing Carmel Fenech from Crawley

Detectives in Sussex and London are hoping that renewed public focus on the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl more than 23 years ago, with the offer of a reward of up to £10,000 by the Crimestoppers charity, will produce valuable information. On 27 June 1998 Carmel Fenech, also known as Carmel Pendry, then 16 and […]

Officers have arrested a man following reports of an assault in Eastleigh over the weekend

An altercation ensued outside of the Co-Operative store on Falkland Court at around 4.10pm yesterday afternoon (27 June). The victim, a 33-year-old man from Chandler’s Ford, was followed into the store by a man and subsequently assaulted; suffering minor injuries as a result. Officers located and arrested a 25-year-old man from Southampton on suspicion of […]