A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences – (ID 549922)
He will serve a minimum term of 49 years in prison, less 380 days already spent on remand. Mark Brown, 41, was found guilty of the murders of Leah Ware, 33, and Alexandra Morgan, 34, at Little Bridge Farm in Westfield, near Hastings. He denied both murders, but after a seven-week trial at […]
A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences
He will serve a minimum term of 49 years in prison, less 380 days already spent on remand. Mark Brown, 41, was found guilty of the murders of Leah Ware, 33, and Alexandra Morgan, 34, at Little Bridge Farm in Westfield, near Hastings. He denied both murders, but after a seven-week trial at […]
A man who murdered two women from Kent and Sussex has been sentenced to two life sentences
He will serve a minimum term of 49 years in prison, less 380 days already spent on remand. Mark Brown, 41, was found guilty of the murders of Leah Ware, 33, and Alexandra Morgan, 34, at Little Bridge Farm in Westfield, near Hastings. He denied both murders, but after a seven-week trial at […]
A sex offender from Folkestone has been jailed for 14 months after assaulting a man in Canterbury City centre
Sasha Mazouz followed the victim into a public toilet on Canterbury Lane on Sunday, June 19, 2022, and pushed him back inside and attempted to assault him as the victim exited the cubicle. The victim escaped before the situation worsened and called the police. Officers arrived on the scene and apprehended Mazouz, 45, […]
Fire crews called after blaze rips through Tunbridge Wells clubhouse – (ID 549854)
An investigation has been launched after a blaze has ripped through the clubhouse at Tunbridge Wells football club. Fire crews were called late on Thursday evening to ground. On Culverden Down in Tunbridge Wells. On arrival firefighters from Kent fire and rescue found the club house engulfed in flames. Attempts where made to stop the […]
Fire crews called after blaze rips through Tunbridge Wells clubhouse
An investigation has been launched after a blaze has ripped through the clubhouse at Tunbridge Wells football club. Fire crews were called late on Thursday evening to ground. On Culverden Down in Tunbridge Wells. On arrival firefighters from Kent fire and rescue found the club house engulfed in flames. Attempts where made to stop the […]
Fire crews called after blaze rips through Tunbridge Wells clubhouse
An investigation has been launched after a blaze has ripped through the clubhouse at Tunbridge Wells football club. Fire crews were called late on Thursday evening to ground. On Culverden Down in Tunbridge Wells. On arrival firefighters from Kent fire and rescue found the club house engulfed in flames. Attempts where made to stop the […]
Detectives investigating a serious assault in Canterbury are appealing for witnesses to come forward
At around 4.10pm on Monday, January 9, 2023, a man and a woman were walking in Borough when they were approached by two males asking for a lighter. The man and woman continued walking and stopped for food at a takeaway. When they left the premises, they were approached by the same males […]
Officers arrested a suspected burglar after being alerted to an ongoing break-in at a house in Strood
At 4.32pm on Sunday, January 8, 2023, Kent Police received a report of a burglary in progress in Brompton Lane, where a man was seen breaking into a house through the back door. Officers from Medway’s Community Policing Team responded quickly, and upon arrival, a man matching the suspect’s description was seen […]
A man from Gravesend has been ordered to repay nearly £73,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act after defrauding ten people in a complex in…
A man from Gravesend has been ordered to repay nearly £73,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act after defrauding ten people in a complex investment scam. Between 2014 and 2017, Lee Barnett, 36, of Tensing Avenue, Gravesend, and Ashley Hunte, 41, of Queensthorpe Road, London, committed a number of fraud and money laundering offences through […]
A man from Gravesend has been ordered to repay nearly £73,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act after defrauding ten people in a complex investment scam.
A man from Gravesend has been ordered to repay nearly £73,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act after defrauding ten people in a complex investment scam. Between 2014 and 2017, Lee Barnett, 36, of Tensing Avenue, Gravesend, and Ashley Hunte, 41, of Queensthorpe Road, London, committed a number of fraud and money laundering offences through […]
Officers apprehended a man suspected of committing a robbery in Sittingbourne quickly
On Monday, January 9, 2023, Kent Police received a report that a teenage boy was approached by unknown males in Milton Road around 3.30pm, demanding he hand over his phone. The boy was also assaulted and suffered a cut to his face. Following a description provided by the victim and passed on to local […]
The man was arrested after the police dog sniffed drugs coming from him
With nothing better to do, a man decided to film a police dog and his handler as they walked down the street “for his own amusement.” The man was arrested after the police dog sniffed drugs coming from him. Hector,’ a sniffer dog, was training with his handler in Canterbury when the male began to […]
Officers have responded promptly to arrest a man suspected of having a weapon in Gillingham
Kent Police was called at around 1.50pm on Wednesday 4 January 2022, to a report a man was holding a machete in his hand as he walked along Cobham Rise. [block_2] Patrols attended the area and swiftly detained a person who was taken into custody. They also seized a knife and of a quantity of […]
Kent Police’s Rural Task Force is investigating the suspected killing of a tawny owl in Upchurch
The incident is believed to have happened in October 2022 and officers have recently come into possession of images of two men they would like to speak to. [block_2] Police Sergeant Darren Walshaw said: ‘We suspect an owl was killed using catapults and are now issuing photographs of two people who may be able to […]
Officers investigating reports of drugs being imported into Thanet from the USA have made an arrest
Working with Border Force, a number of parcels containing a combined total of around four kilos of cannabis were recovered in December 2022. As part of the investigation, a 40-year-old woman from Margate was arrested on Thursday 5 January 2023 on suspicion of importing a controlled drug and possessing drugs with intent to supply. A […]
Kent Police has appointed Peter Ayling as the force’s new Deputy Chief Constable
DCC Ayling has carried out the role on a temporary basis since October 2022 and will now do so substantively following a selection process which concluded today. Chief Constable Tim Smith said: ‘DCC Ayling has an incredibly strong background in local policing, public order, firearms command and strategic partnerships, both in Kent and in London. […]
A man and a woman have been jailed for sexual offences against children committed in the Ashford area more than 35 years ago
A man and a woman have been jailed for sexual offences against children committed in the Ashford area more than 35 years ago. Richard Winfield carried out indecent assaults on two children in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Pauline Winfield took part in the offences against one child. On Thursday 22 December 2022, Richard […]