Three people have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after their cocaine business was busted by police officers
Niall Chinnock, 49, Zoe Hutson, 35, and Kirt Hutson, 37, all previously of Wellingborough, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to supply cocaine at a court hearing in November last year. The ringleader – Chinnock, was using the EncroChat platform to purchase wholesale amounts of drugs which he was then supplying onward to other suppliers in […]
A man from Birmingham has been jailed for more than nine-and-a-half years following a National Crime Agency investigation into a suspected organised crime group involved in the supply of firearms in the West Midlands.
21-year-old Khalid Khan was arrested by officers from the NCA’s Armed Operations Unit at a flat in the Rubery area on 13 November 2021. As officers entered the premises a jacket, packet of drugs and mobile phone were thrown from the window into the street outside. In a pocket of the jacket officers found a […]
A man who stabbed two other men outside a nightclub in Basildon has been jailed for more than three years as a result of quick work by officers
Wagner Silva had been at Unit 7 nightclub at Festival Leisure Park when a disturbance broke out at about 4am on Saturday 2 October. Silva was in a group of about 15 people when a fight broke out within that group. The 20-year-old then seen to pause and consider what is happening in front of […]
A dangerous driver who caused the death of his girlfriend after colliding with a truck has been jailed
Cameron Holdsworth ploughed into the heavy goods vehicle on the evening of October 1, 2019 after driving at excess speed on the wrong side of the road. The collision on Coniston Road in Blyth sadly killed passenger Hannah Inman, 21, who was in a relationship with Holdsworth. An investigation later confirmed that Holdsworth – driving […]
Wateringbury man Mark Golding receives ban for drink-driving
Golding, aged 52, of Cobbs Close, Wateringbury, was sentenced on 23 February 2022 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Barming, on 29 January 2022. When stopped he gave a reading of 112 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 […]
London man receives driving ban for failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver
Koagan Koyi, aged 25, of Birkenhead Street, London, was sentenced on 23 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. He was convicted by Magistrates for failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver, in Maidstone, on both 17 May 2021 and 18 May 2021. He was disqualified from driving for a total of […]
Sevenoaks man Daniel Shuttleworth disqualified for drug-driving
Shuttleworth, aged 31, of Ovenden Road, Sevenoaks, was sentenced on 22 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle on a road when the passengers are likely to cause danger and driving above the legal drug-drive limit, in Sundridge, on 22 June 2021. When stopped he gave a reading […]
Orpington man disqualified for drug-driving in Harrietsham
Aleksandar Rakas, aged 44, of Beddington Road, Orpington, was sentenced on 4 February 2022 at Margate Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs, in Harrietsham, on 12 March 2021. He was disqualified from driving for a total of 24 months. He was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid […]
Maidstone man disqualified from driving for a total of 18 months
Jason Burr, aged 51, of Oaktree Avenue, Maidstone, was sentenced on 14 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving above the legal drug-drive limit and driving without insurance, in Maidstone, on 7 September 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 713 microgrammes of Benzoylecgonine in one litre of blood. The […]
East Sussex woman disqualified after being nearly three the legal limit in Sevenoaks
Sarah Scott, aged 50, of Main Street, Rye, was sentenced on 21 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Sevenoaks, on 31 January 2022. When stopped she gave a reading of 90 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is […]
