Drug dealers jailed for more than 18 years following investigations by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team
Five drug dealers were jailed for more than 18 years in May 2021, following investigations carried out by a single Kent Police team. Each of the offenders were involved in supplying class A substances at various towns across the county and were brought to justice following investigations carried out by the County […]
Police charge Lewis Ashdown with murder
Police investigating the case of Marc Williams, 18, who was reported missing from Uckfield on Sunday (30 May), have charged a man with his murder. Marc went to the Maresfield area on Saturday evening (29 May). He called his family about 11.30pm to say he was on his way home but did not return. Search […]
Chatham rape suspect charged and remanded in custody
Three charges have been authorised against a Gravesend man following a report a girl was raped in Chatham. Kurt Baker was arrested on suspicion of the offences on the afternoon of Tuesday 1 June 2021 following a previous appeal for information. The 39-year-old, man from Chatham, has since been charged by Kent Police with three […]
Teenager charged and increased patrols at Bromley South station in London after three attacked
A teenage boy has been charged and British Transport Police has increased its patrols at Bromley South station in London after three members of railway staff were attacked. One of the victims, a man, suffered wounds from a knife and was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries were not life threatening and he was […]
Assault and criminal damage charges have been authorised against a man who is alleged to have abused Kent Police officers in Rochester High Street
The officers were responding to concerns from members of the public about a man behaving in an anti-social manner in the high street at around 1.40pm on 30 May 2021. Police approached a suspect, who is said to have used racist words to verbally abuse them and Kevin Ward, 45 and of no […]
Two serving members of the Army have been charged with firearms offences after being accused of trying to sell ammunition
Kirtland Gill, 40, and Rajon Graham, 32, both from Berkshire, were arrested following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad. Gill has been charged with one count of conspiracy to sell or transfer ammunition, and another count of possession of a prohibited weapon, relating to an imitation firearm capable of discharging noxious liquid. […]
Eight charges have been authorised against two men by detectives investigating a reported aggravated burglary in Greenhithe
D’quan Samuel, 21, of Canterbury Street, Gillingham, and Malachi Oba, 22, of Longley Road, Rochester, are each alleged to have broken into a home in Charles Street at around 1am on Wednesday 7 April 2021. A man and a woman inside the property were then seriously assaulted, with each requiring hospital treatment. […]
Two men who set fire to a house in Eastbourne, killing a mother and her young son, have today been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jacob Barnard and Andrew Milne must serve a minimum of 36 and 34 years respectively after being found guilty of the horrific attack in Croxden Way just before 1am on 10 July, 2018. The incident tragically claimed the lives of Gina Ingles, 34, and her son Milo Ingles-Bailey, four. Gina’s partner Toby Jarrett, now 29, […]
Former choirmaster and school teacher convicted of child abuse spanning nearly four decades
A former choirmaster and school teacher from Portsmouth has today (Friday 28 May) been convicted of sexually abusing children over a period of nearly four decades. Mark Burgess, aged 68 years, of St Chads Avenue in Hilsea, was charged with 52 offences following an investigation by Hampshire Constabulary’s Operation Marmion team. The offences relate to […]
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Ilford
Muhammad Ilyas, 40 of Kingston Road, Ilford was arrested on Wednesday, 26 May charged with murder the following day. He was remanded in custody to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 28 May where he was further remanded to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 1 June. The charge relates to the death […]
