Detectives have charged a man in connection with an assault in Dartford which left a woman suffering a serious head injury
Kent Police was called at 3.51pm on Saturday 19 March 2022, to a residential address in Heath Street. Officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended and a woman was given medical treatment at the scene and taken to hospital. She remains in hospital in a serious condition, with injuries also to her […]
A shoplifter has been banned from entering a Chatham petrol station and any Co-Operative supermarket in Kent
Bray Sharpe, 24 of Jenkins Dale in Chatham, was jailed for 14 weeks after admitting to 14 counts of theft, two attempted thefts, going equipped to steal and criminal damage. Sharpe’s charges followed a number of incidents at the BP petrol station in Maidstone Road and Co-Operative stores in City Way, Rochester, […]
Kent Police officers have charged a man with 15 offences committed over a three month period in Sheerness
Jordan Norton was arrested on Thursday 17 March 2022 having previously been circulated on the Kent Police Most Wanted page. The charges relate to incidents between 31 December 2021 and 3 March 2022 and include the following: On 31 December 2021 it is alleged Norton attended an address in Seathorpe Avenue, […]
Four members of an organised crime group have been jailed after Met officers intercept £1million drug conspiracy
Four members of a west London organised crime group who arranged drug deals in excess of £1million using encrypted devices have been jailed following a major investigation. Specialist Crime detectives seized more than £980k in cash and 11kg of cocaine as part of the operation. The four men were sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court […]
Detectives investigating the death of Sabita Thanwani in Clerkenwell have charged a man with murder
Maher Maaroufe, 22 of no fixed address, has also been charged with assaulting an emergency worker. He will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 22 March. Officers were called to Arbour House in Sebastian Street at about 05:10hrs on Saturday, 19 March, where 19-year-old Sabita was found suffering serious injuries. She […]
A dangerous driver who caused serious injuries to another motorist on the A27 has been jailed
Nathan Virgo drove at excess speed in a Mercedes Sprinter van on the westbound carriageway at Hangleton on August 9 last year. The 43-year-old delivery driver attempted to undertake a BMW SUV at high speed and ended up spinning to face the wrong way on the dual carriageway. The BMW driver was left trapped with […]
Sixty-one-year-old Anthony Bert has been jailed for 64 months after violently assaulting his female neighbour over a dispute about parking
Bert, of Namrik Mews in Hove, was charged with two counts of GBH with intent after attacking a neighbour at his former home address in St Aubyn’s, Hove, on March 23, 2021. His neighbour – a 50-year-old woman – had temporarily parked in a private car park while she collected some items from her garden. […]
A man who contravened a rolling road block on the M4 before crashing into traffic lights and sending them into the carriageway has been fined £5,000
Sean Thomas Matthews, 39, of Llanrhidian, Swansea, appeared at Swindon Magistrates on March 18 and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, failing to stop following a collision and drink driving. At approximately 10.15pm on Jan 12, 2021, PC Steve Harding was tasked to junction 16 of the M4 following reports that […]
Officers investigating a serious assault at Earl’s Court Underground station are today releasing CCTV images of a suspect
At just before 20.30 GMT on Sunday 23 January, football fans were on-board a District line service travelling back from a football fixture at Stamford Bridge. As the service approached Earl’s Court Underground station a fight broke out between two groups. A man then ran down the carriage and began attacking the victim near the […]
Two suspected drug dealers have appeared in court following arrests in Canterbury
Officers from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team worked in the city on Thursday 17 March 2022. Two men were arrested after suspicious activity was seen in the Pin Hill area and a nearby property was searched. Olutola Olubode, 21, of Macclesfield Road, South Norwood, south London, and Alexis Aning, 19, of Lonsdale Road, […]