A team dedicated to addressing the concerns of communities across Kent has been working in Maidstone to tackle issues including anti-social drinking and begging
Kent Police’s Problem Solving Task Force began patrolling the town centre on Tuesday 10 August 2021. The team, consisting of several police community support officers, has been speaking to residents, business owners and visitors to the town to understand specific concerns and identify those who have been causing problems in the area. […]
A Devizes man has been sentenced for two years after being found in possession of indecent images of children
39-year-old Shaun Harris of West View Crescent, Devizes, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, three counts of distributing indecent images of children and one count of possessing extreme pornography at Salisbury Crown Court. Officers from Wiltshire Police’s Child Internet Exploitation team were made aware of indecent images being uploaded […]
Police charge man after stealing three cars in Deal
A suspect has been charged in relation to a burglary in which three cars were stolen in Deal. On Friday 18 June 2021, three vehicles were taken in the Sholden area of the town after a property was broken into. The owner’s wallet and bank cards were also taken. Following an investigation by […]
A computer generated image has been released by officers investigating a serious assault on a teenager in Chatham
At around 11.30am on Friday 13 August 2021, a 14-year-old boy was walking along a footpath near Albany Road when he was approached by a man he did not know. It is reported the man demanded his phone and wallet and, when the boy refused, he stabbed the teenager in the stomach four […]
A man has been charged with the murder of Abdi Khadar Adan who died after being stabbed in Waltham Forest
Kieran McHugh – 30 of Lea Bridge Road, E10 will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 25 August charged with murder.McHugh was arrested by detectives on Monday, 23 August.Police were called at 4.30pm on Sunday, 22 August to reports of a man stabbed at a property in Lea Bridge Road, E10. Officers […]
Police have charged a man with the murder of Abdi Khadar Adan who died after being stabbed in Waltham Forest
Kieran McHugh – 30 of Lea Bridge Road, E10 will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 25 August charged with murder. McHugh was arrested by detectives on Monday, 23 August.
A man has been jailed just days after launching a vicious attack on a community support officer as they investigated reports of anti-social behaviour
Police were called to reports that Mark Diuk had been sleeping rough in a bin store at the back of Clifton Leisure Centre, in Southchurch Drive, Nottingham. Thirty-four-year-old Diuk was also said to have left used needles on the floor preventing staff from the centre taking the bins out. After receiving a call from […]
A man who stabbed his friend more than 100 times in a frenzied knife attack is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to his murder
A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a teenager in woodland near Uckfield. At Lewes Crown Court on Monday (August 23), Lewis Ashdown admitted murdering 18-year-old Marc Williams in the early hours of Sunday 30 May, 2021. The pair, who were associates, had met up the night before in Fairwarp. Ashdown, 20, a […]
An ex Cambridge Don ordered to pay £1.3 million in Confiscation Order
An ex Cambridge don fraudster who conned the Government has been ordered to pay back more than £1.3 million and faces eight-and-a-half years in prison if he fails to pay. Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi, 40, pleaded guilty to thirteen offences of forgery and was imprisoned for four years on 22 December 2018. He dishonestly received […]
A Swaffham man who was given Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) in 2019 has had it extended
John Watson, 33 and of no fixed address, was given the three-year order in January 2019 after being convicted of drug possession as part of a policing operation targeting rural crime. Watson has breached the order four times, resulting in officers from the Operational Partnership Team applying to the courts for a two-year extension, […]