Disgraced former Labour Peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has been jailed for five years and six months for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s
The Judge passed the sentence after hearing statements from the abuser’s two victims about the lasting impact Ahmed’s actions had on them over the last forty years. Ahmed, formerly of East Bawtry Road, appeared after being convicted of a series of sex offences dating back to the late 1960s and mid-1970s. The 64-year-old was found […]
An HGV driver has been jailed for smuggling £480,000 worth of cocaine whilst delivering a shipment of frozen potatoes from the Netherlands
Bryan Hughes custody imageThe National Crime Agency started an investigation into Bryan Anthony Hughes, 30, from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, after his lorry was stopped at the UK Inbound border in Coquelles, France, on 16 October 2021. Hughes told Border Force officers he had been to Tilburg in the Netherlands. His cab was then searched by […]
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for two years and eight months for his role in a violent incident in Canterbury city centre
Charlie Golding and others were involved in an argument with a group they saw as rivals in a department store in St George’s Street on Wednesday 1 September 2021. The two groups then left the store and Golding led his group down the High Street towards the Westgate Towers, in pursuit of the others. […]
A man has appeared in court charged with the murders of two women from Kent and Sussex.
Mark Brown, 40, of Squirrel Close, St Leonards, was charged on 28 November 2021 with the murder of Alexandra Morgan, from Sissinghurst in Kent. On Tuesday 1 February 2022, he was further charged with the murder of Leah Ware, from Hastings. He appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Friday 4 February […]
Two suspects have been charged following arrests by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team
Officers investigating county line drug dealing in Ashford carried out warrants in south-west London on the morning of Wednesday 2 February 2022. Two men were arrested at addresses in London and, shortly afterwards, another suspect was arrested at an address in Ashford. Kevin McDonald, of Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, London, and Aarron […]
Detectives investigating the rape of a 15 year old girl in Peckham have charged a man
Abioina Dele Lawal, 32 of no fixed address, was charged with rape on Wednesday, 2 February. He was remanded to appear in custody at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 3 February. Shortly after 18:28hrs on Sunday, 30 January, police received a report of a rape of a 15-year-old girl by a man near Elm Grove, […]
Jack Cavanagh pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Sevenoaks on Christmas Day
Cavanagh, aged 27, of Grey Wethers, Maidstone, was sentenced on 17 January 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court.He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Sevenoaks, on 25 December 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 104 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. […]
Pujan Bhusal pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Maidstone
Bhusal, aged 31, of Wallis Avenue, Maidstone, was sentenced on 21 December 2021 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court.He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Maidstone, on 18 November 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. […]
Deal man receives driving ban
Daniel Read, aged 26, of Elizabeth Carter Avenue, Deal, was sentenced on 15 December 2021 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Deal, on 23 November 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 100 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal […]
Rochester man receives driving ban
Sangarapillai Rajkumar, aged 46, of Winston Road, Rochester, was sentenced on 18 January 2022 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court.He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Gravesend, on 10 July 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 171 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is […]
