A prolific shoplifter has been sentenced for her latest string of offences in Worthing
Kirsten Hocking, 30, of no fixed address, was given a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) in July 2020 to help her stop offending. As part of the order, she is prohibited from entering a number of retail establishments in the town centre as well as a number of surrounding roads. However, in January 2021, […]
Following a pursuit involving a police helicopter, a teenager riding a stolen motorcycle was apprehended in Gravesend
A Triumph motorcycle was reported stolen from a property in Dartford on Monday, June 6, 2022, after the keys were taken from inside the owner’s home. Later that day, a police officer on patrol attempted to stop the bike in Gravesend’s Medhurst Gardens. The rider did not stop and continued at high speed in […]
Following a report of a sexual assault on a woman in Maidstone, police are appealing for information
At around 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, the incident occurred on a footpath alongside the River Medway. Two men are accused of inappropriately touching the victim over her clothing while she was walking between Clifford Way and the Tovil footbridge. Both men are described as black and between the ages of 23 […]
Ryan McLean, of Brighton, has pleaded guilty to a violent attack in a Portslade convenience store in February, in which he repeatedly stabbed his victim with scissors
McLean, 39, of no fixed address, fled the scene of the February 27 assault in Rishi News, South Street, before being apprehended in Liverpool on April 29. He was caught on CCTV chasing his victim, a 29-year-old local man, into the shop around midday and launching a sustained attack that included stabbing him with […]
A motorist who lied to avoid a speeding ticket in Brighton has been imprisoned
On July 6, 2019, Saado El-Yassir attempted to nominate a false driver to police after a speed camera caught his vehicle travelling at an excessive speed on Preston Road. The 52-year-old electrician failed to respond to two notices requesting identification of the driver of the green Mercedes registered in his name. He denied the charges […]
The duo lied about the ‘drunk’ driver in order to fraudulently claim for a minor car accident
Two London men were sentenced after grossly exaggerating a minor accident in order to file a claim for personal injury and vehicle damage. The men claimed that another driver hit the back of their vehicle at 30 to 40 miles per hour while they were stopped at a zebra crossing. Allianz, the third party’s […]
Isle of Wight man accused of intentionally exposing his genitals set to stand trial in December
Carl Hamling, 55, will stand trial in December at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on charges of exposing his penis in public on two separate occasions. Hamling, of Steephill Road in Ventnor, is accused of intentionally exposing his genitals on October 14, 2021, and again on October 18, 2021, with the intent of causing […]
Two Avon and Somerset Police officers who stopped a violent man armed with a knife and an axe from harming himself and others in a residential street have been nominated for the National Police Bravery Awards
The officers, who do not want to be named, were called to deal with reports of an aggressive armed man who was threatening members of the public in Shirehampton in January last year. The man had earlier threatened a workmate with an axe and was now wandering the town’s streets carrying the weapon and […]
Two Cumbria Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards after being punched and pushed down a flight of stairs by a violent man but still recovering to make the arrest.
On May 6, 2021, PC Joseph Tidmarsh and PC Jamie Long responded to a call from a violent, aggressive man who stated he wanted to assault or kill someone.The officers entered the man’s building through the smashed communal door and walked up the stairs to knock on the man’s door.The man stormed out of his […]
A man has been charged by detectives investigating the death of Lamar Jackson in Woodford Green
Laurie John-Phillip, 32, of Enfield, has been charged with murder and having a bladed article in her possession.On Monday, June 6, he will appear at Barkingside Magistrates Court.On Friday, 3 June, around 12.10am police were called to Chigwell Road in Woodford Green.Officers and the London Ambulance Service arrived to find Mr Jackson, 39, of Hackney, […]
