A Leatherhead man is behind bars for two years following a dangerous police pursuit earlier this year
Nicholas Hazell, 37, of Aperdele Road, Leatherhead, was sentenced to 2 years in prison after being found guilty of dangerous driving, failure to stop for police, possession of an offensive weapon, driving whilst disqualified, driving without a valid license and failing to provide an evidential sample. Hazell was arrested after officers were on mobile […]
A suspect has appeared in court charged with the theft of a classic car in Deal
The customised blue Ford Anglia car was stolen from Station Road, Walmer on Thursday 17 October 2019. Following a Kent Police investigation, Richard Matthews, 36, has been charged with burglary. Mr Matthews, formerly of Ingoldsby Road, Folkestone, appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Friday 20 November 2020. The case was […]
A Maidstone man who carried out a violent robbery just yards from his own home has been jailed for more than five years
William Saunders kicked, punched and beat his victims with a heavy torch, after targeting them in a park close to where he lived in Camp Way. The three young men had been socialising in an area of Mangravet Recreation Ground, at around 10.30pm on 25 July 2020, when Saunders approached and initially […]
A former Army Cadet leader Raymond Waller who admitted sexual offences against boys has been jailed
Appearing at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, 23 November, Raymond Waller, 69 of Bergerhof, Holland, was jailed for nine years. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register and issued with a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Waller had pleaded guilty at the same court on Wednesday, 30 September. The offences were committed between 1981 […]
A man has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to a firearms offence after specialist officers recovered a revolver wrapped in a bandana from a vehicle he was travelling in
Jesus Da Silva, 22, of Kenwood Gardens, Redbridge, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and possession of criminal property at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, 7 October. He was sentenced to five years and eight months’ imprisonment, to run concurrently, at the same court on Friday, 6 November. The court heard that on […]
Two men have been jailed for the organised supply of cocaine with an estimated street value of £5 million
Both men appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, 23 November after pleading guilty earlier this month to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. They were sentenced as follows: Vicrahdeep Sahota, 29 of Wokingham, Reading was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Laimutis, Vikerta, 41 of Alytus, Lithuania was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. On Wednesday, […]
A man and a woman have appeared in court today charged over the discharge of a firearm in Leeds
Junior Coley, aged 37, and Louise Garland, aged 44, both of no fixed address, are each charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of unlawful violence in relation to an incident where gunshot damage was caused to the front of […]
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for assault on an emergency worker and a number of drugs offences, including being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs
Jesse Madgwick, of Lyndhurst Road, Copnor, received the sentence on Thursday 19 November at Portsmouth Crown Court. The sentence relates to the following offences: On Friday 27 July 2018 at 3.15pm, Madgwick was stopped and searched in Southsea in relation to an unconnected offence. A subsequent house search revealed drug paraphernalia and a large sum […]
Police were called by London Ambulance Service to reports of a stabbing at a residential property in Marlborough Road, Dagenham
A man has been convicted of manslaughter after two people were stabbed at a dinner party in Dagenham. Vasile Firanda, 60 , of Marlborough Road, RM8, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, 23 November where he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Viorel Stefan, 49 and grievous bodily harm [GBH] against a 55-year-old woman. He […]
An Isle of Wight man who sexually abused 9 children has been jailed for life
Jonathan Richard Maertens, 35, of Richmond Meade in Freshwater, recorded footage of himself sexually abusing female children aged between 4 and 17. Maertens in many cases edited the footage and stored it on hard drives at his home. At this stage, there is no evidence that this footage was distributed any further. The […]
