A third offender has been jailed for a theft conspiracy that led to nine vehicles being stolen from properties across the Folkestone area
George Paton was one of three men who stole cars and vans during night-time burglaries before boasting of their exploits on social media. The 21-year-old, from Bromley, admitted conspiracy to burgle and conspiracy to steal and was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court to four years and three months’ imprisonment on Thursday 2 December 2021. His […]
Witnesses are being urged to come forward following three similar robberies in Ashford on Friday 3 December 2021
The first incident took place in an alleyway alongside the Heathfield Estate near to Canterbury Road at around 7.40am. A woman in her mid to late 40s was approached by a man who tried to grab her handbag but she resisted, held onto it firmly, and he ran away empty-handed in the direction of the […]
Kent money launderer ordered to repay more than £680,000
A Kent man jailed for money laundering has been ordered to repay the cash found hidden in supermarket and sports bags at his Dartford home. Karl Lockey, 33, of Sinclair Way, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in October 2020 for money laundering, following an investigation led by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU). […]
Members of an organised crime group that smuggled heroin into the UK have been jailed in a National Crime Agency investigation
Stephen Hunt, 60, was a senior member of the group which planned to import more than 90 kilos of Class A drugs a week. He liaised with contacts abroad, rented office space via a front company pretending to deal in household linen and worked with accomplices to have consignments of heroin delivered by fast parcel. […]
A luxury housing developer has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 for destroying land that housed rare Hazel Dormice, in a first of its kind prosecution for Hampshire
Police were contacted by Fareham Borough Council on 14 March 2019 with reports that the site, which is situated on land south of Rookery Avenue in Swanwick, had been cleared by a large machine. Heavy track marks were evident at the site, and hedgerows and shrubs had been ripped up by the roots and […]
A Weybridge man has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for a series of stalking and harassment offences
Gregory Taylor-Wyborn, 51, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court earlier this month (18 November) after pleading guilty to six charges – three counts of harassment without violence, sexual assault on a female, outraging public decency and burglary from a dwelling. His offences included stalking and harassment, making inappropriate comments to women, exposing himself in […]
Two violent robbers have been jailed after they ambushed a man on his doorstep and demanded money while brandishing a machete
Ricardo Fraser, of Anglian Road, Waltham Forest, and Ayrron Charles, 30, of Lea Hall Gardens, Waltham Forest, were both sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, 29 November. Fraser was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and Charles was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. They were found guilty following a trial at the same court on […]
PCSO Murder suspect to stand trial next May
An alleged killer accused of murdering police community support officer Julia James will face trial next May, a court heard. Ms James, 53, was discovered with fatal head injuries near Akholt Wood, Snowdown, near Dover, Kent, on 27 April. Callum Wheeler, 21, attended the hearing today (tues) via videolink from Broadmoor Hospital, where he has […]
Police in Ramsgate have carried out work to disrupt drug-related crime and reduce anti-social behaviour
Working with partner agencies, several teams within Kent Police spent four days in October and November, targeting areas of suspected criminal activity throughout the daytime and evenings, resulting in four arrests. The operation was held following reports from residents regarding nuisance behaviour in the town centre, harbour and residential areas within Ramsgate. The Thanet Multi-Agency […]
A man who orchestrated a meeting with a 12-year-old girl through online chatrooms only to find he had been set up has been sentenced after admitting child sexual offences
David Asser 49 of Hertford Road, Enfield pleaded guilty on Wednesday, 25 August at Wood Green Crown Court to one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a girl under the age of 16 and one count of attempting to meet a girl under the age of 16 following grooming.On Tuesday, 23 November […]
