Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate investigating a serious assault in Tonbridge have charged a man with attempted murder
At around 10pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, Kent Police attended a location in the High Street at its junction with River Walk. A man aged in his 20s received medical attention by South East Coast Ambulance Service for multiple stab wounds. He was taken to a London hospital, where he remains in a serious […]
Four arrests were made during a road safety operation carried out by Kent Police across Chatham, Strood and Rochester.
The suspects were each stopped on suspicion of traffic offences while the Medway Community Safety Unit, with support provided by the Roads Policing Unit, carried out safety checks on 15 March 2021. A 43-year-old man from Romney Marsh was arrested on suspicion of drug driving in Cambridge Road, Chatham. He has since been released […]
Footage of the moment a man tried to set fire to a police van while an officer was inside during violent protests has been released by police
The disorder happened during Sunday’s Kill the Bill demonstration in Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police said the driver moved the van to shield colleagues who were “being attacked. He described smelling burning and hearing reports people were trying to set the tyres alight as the violence unfolded. The footage shows the moment a lit […]
A suspected drug dealer has been charged after officers investigating county line activity in Margate made an arrest in west London
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested Ottis Palmer following an investigation by Kent Police. Mr Palmer has since been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in Margate between January and March 2021. The 19-year-old, of Allenby Road, Southall, west London, is […]
A Maidstone man who repeatedly punched and kicked a woman in the head during a violent assault in her own home has been sentenced to prison.
Nigel Doherty was responsible for a series of abusive incidents last year when he also inflicted injuries to his victim with a knife. Police were called on 10 September 2020, following reports of screaming coming from a property near the town centre. Officers attended and found the victim inside with multiple injuries. […]
A man has been sentenced to more than 12 years imprisonment after being convicted of wounding with intent, possession of a knife and two counts of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply
Nathan Bloor, 27, of Styon Road, Leicester, had been standing trial at Leicester Crown Court charged with wounding with intent and possession of a knife after a 25-year-man was stabbed in New Parks Way in January last year. The victim, who was known to Bloor, suffered puncture wounds to areas of his […]
A man and woman have been summonsed to appear at court in connection with the death of a woman in Blackpool
Police were called by the ambulance service around 10.40pm on August 29th, 2019 to a report paramedics were attending an address on Garden Terrace. Officers attended and sadly found the body of a 24-year-old Deborah Leitch, known as Debbie, deceased inside the address. A Home Office post mortem examination gave a cause of death […]
A drugs runner has been jailed for murdering a father-of-two in Colchester
Reece McHutcherson stabbed Murdoch Brown five times in Colchester, leaving him to die in the street. The attack took place after Murdoch and his brother Robert arrived in the Greenstead area in the early hours of 7 May, 2019. A court heard Robert had been in debt to a drugs line and planned to speak […]
A police officer has made his first appearance in court this morning charged with rape and sexual assault
Police Sergeant Ben Lister, 35, appeared before magistrates at Bradford Crown Court. Lister only spoke to confirm his date of birth. A West Yorkshire Police officer in the Bradford district, Lister is currently suspended from the force due to the allegations. He was charged on March 15 with rape and sexual assault relating to […]
A violent thug who choked a woman and threatened to stab police officers been jailed
A violent thug who choked a woman and threatened to stab police officers been jailed. Zak Jackson, 23, assaulted the woman at an address in Mansfield on 14 October last year, placing both hands around her neck as he demanded to examine the contents of her phone. He attempted to bully his victim into changing […]
