A teenage boy has been charged with multiple offences following a disturbance at a place of worship in Gravesend. Kent Police was called to the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara at 8.10pm on Thursday 11 July 2024. It was reported there was a disturbance inside the premises and that two women were assaulted outside the building shortly afterwards. Officers attended the scene where a local teenage boy was arrested. Nobody was seriously injured during the incident and the constables recovered a bladed weapon.
On Saturday 13 July, a 17-year-old boy was charged by investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, using or threatening unlawful violence, threats to kill, threatening a person with a bladed weapon and possessing a bladed article in a public place. The teenager was remanded in custody to appear before Maidstone Crown Court later the same day.
North Kent Divisional Commander, Chief Superintendent Angie Chapman, said: ‘We understand local people’s concerns about this incident which we are treating as isolated. Our patrols will remain in the area for reassurance and we would like to thank the community for their continued support and assistance.’
