A second man has been charged in connection with burglaries in the Canterbury and Swale districts
Liam Scott, 23 of Lower Road, Faversham, was charged with conspiracy to steal on Monday 28 March 2022. The charge follows an investigation by the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad into 11 burglaries and one attempted burglary of businesses across Whitstable, Faversham, Herne Bay, Aylesham and Ash between 9 November 2021 and 21 January 2022. He […]
A jail term has been imposed on a man who assaulted two women and sexually assaulted another in Folkestone
Steven Reble went to a church in the town centre on Wednesday 23 June 2021 and stood up on the alter while shouting comments. He then approached a woman who was in the church and forced her to the floor while making sexual comments. Two other women who were in the church came to try […]
A former Wiltshire Police staff member has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to one charge of misconduct in a public office
Rachel Beale, 53, who lives in Oxfordshire, appeared at Bristol Crown Court Ms Beale worked as an offender manager in Wiltshire Police’s Management of Sexual or Violent Offenders (MOSOVO) Unit, when she began an inappropriate, intimate relationship with a male member of the public she was responsible for supervising. The charge relates to a […]
The Chief Constable of Kent Police has warned that assaults on officers will not be tolerated following over 3,200 offences in just two years
An average of four assaults a day have been committed since April 2020 with officers being routinely kicked, punched, bitten and spat at whilst attempting to bring offenders into custody and protect vulnerable people from harm. During the same time period there have also been 66 incidents in which both officers and […]
Twenty fines will initially be issued over Downing Street parties that breached Covid lockdown rules
The police will not be naming the individuals or confirming which events the fixed penalty notices relate to. However, Downing Street has said it would confirm if the prime minister is among the recipients. The fixed penalty notices will be passed to the ACRO Criminal Records Office, who have responsibility for issuing the fines […]
A drug dealer has been jailed for 12 years after organising cocaine deals worth more than £4m in just three months
Fatjon Kurti, 34, used the encrypted communications platform EncroChat to deal the Class A drug. Between 26 March and 2 June 2020, Kurti, was involved in deals to buy and supply at least 58kg of cocaine with a street value of more than £4m. Kurti, of Newport Court near Leicester Square in central London, […]
Three men jailed for total of 57 years for brutal attack
Work by specialist detectives has seen three men jailed for a total of 57 years for a brutal attack where a man was chased, hit by a car, and attacked with machetes. The victim, who is in his 20s, had been driving towards Arisdale Close, South Ockendon, at around 12.35am on 1 July 2020 when […]
A 48-year-old man who robbed two elderly women in Northampton has been jailed for five years and two months
On December 21, 2020, David James Law, previously of Northampton, entered the home of an elderly woman he had befriended in St Andrew’s Street and stole her handbag without permission, knocking her off balance as he fled. As well as taking the cash inside the handbag, he used bank cards to withdraw more than £300, […]
An organised crime group have been sentenced to a total of almost 60 years in prison after an investigation by Lancashire Constabulary
Operation Whistler was an investigation into the supply of huge quantities of Class A drugs – heroin and cocaine – and money laundering in Preston and the surrounding area. The gang’s kingpin Niall McFarlane sourced the drugs wholesale which were then distributed to other members of the OCG who adulterated the product before selling it […]
Officers who saved a man’s life after he had been stabbed, members of the public who detained a knife wielding thief and an off duty officer who provided first aid to a man who had collapsed in the street are just some of the people who were honoured at the Chief Constable’s Awards Ceremony.
The event was held on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at the Kent Police training college and 11 officers and staff also received long service awards in recognition of their commitment and dedication to Kent Police. Serious assault in Maidstone On 3 July 2021, PC Matthew Smart and PC Matthew Murray were on patrol in Maidstone […]
