After setting fire to a young family in Gravesend, an arsonist has begun his prison sentence
Brandon Jones went to a town address occupied by a woman he knew on March 31, 2021. He’d previously sent her threatening phone texts, and she’d refused to let him into her home. He threatened her once more before fleeing in a taxi. Jones went to another address to pick up his electric scooter, which […]
A man who did gardening work at a Gravesend property has been charged with burglary
On 17 June 2022, the man approached the homeowners and, along with another man, offered to perform some gardening services for a set fee. While the men were gardening at the house on Valley Drive in Gravesend, a large sum of money was stolen, as well as a bank card, which was later used […]
A stockroom employee was sentenced to prison after items worth more than £45,000 were stolen and later sold on an online marketplace
Lai Uong had been working at John Lewis in Bluewater for over 17 years when an internal investigation was launched after stock continued to go missing from the store. The 47-year-old from Gravesend was sentenced to prison on Monday 20 June 2022 at Woolwich Crown Court after admitting to handling stolen goods. He was sentenced […]
Following a knifepoint robbery at a Gravesend business, a suspect has appeared in court
At 8.40 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2022, a man entered a shop on Livingstone Road and is accused of threatening a member of staff and a customer with a knife. He then allegedly reached into the till and stole money before fleeing the premises. The police were called, and after an investigation, a knife […]
An investigation by officers from the Met’s South East Public Protection unit has led to the conviction of a ‘manipulative sexual predator
Robert Wain, 59 of Victoria Street, Gillingham, was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of 35 sexual offences against children on Wednesday, 18 May. Specifically he was found guilty of: – 17 counts of Indecent assault on a boy under 16;– 3 Counts of buggery;– 6 counts of rape;– Attempting to indecently assault a boy under […]
A man who was found guilty of the manslaughter of a 60-year-old man who died after he punched him in the head has been jailed
Christopher Hallam, 58, of Sowerby Close, SE9, was convicted of causing the death of Zeki Demir after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court. On Monday, 16 May, he was sentenced at the same court to nine-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. The jury heard Hallam attacked Zeki in Passey Place, Eltham, on 20 July 2019. A witness, […]
Teenager jailed for Northfleet stabbing – (ID 524630)
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for more than nine years following a dispute over a faulty motorbike which saw a teenage boy stabbed in Northfleet. Monsur Ali was sentenced to nine years and nine months in jail after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a […]
Teenager jailed for Northfleet stabbing
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for more than nine years following a dispute over a faulty motorbike which saw a teenage boy stabbed in Northfleet. Monsur Ali was sentenced to nine years and nine months in jail after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a […]
Teenager jailed for Northfleet stabbing
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for more than nine years following a dispute over a faulty motorbike which saw a teenage boy stabbed in Northfleet. Monsur Ali was sentenced to nine years and nine months in jail after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a […]
A man who stabbed another man to death in an assault lasting just ten seconds has been jailed
Mohammed Al-Shihabi, 26 of Lighthouse View, Greenwich, was found guilty of manslaughter and possession of a bladed article at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, 4 April after fatally stabbing Mazaza Owusu-Mensah, 18, who lived in Greenhithe in Kent, in a brief but deadly altercation in March 2021.Al-Shihabi was found not guilty of murder. He was […]
A fourth member of an organised crime group has been jailed for conspiring to supply more than £12 million of counterfeit banknotes
Farningham resident Andrew Ainsworth’s imprisonment follows a lengthy and complex investigation by specialist detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, including the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK history following a raid at an industrial unit in Beckenham.Support was also provided by the Bank of England and counterfeit currency […]
A fourth member of an organised crime group has been jailed for conspiring to supply more than £12 million of counterfeit banknotes
Farningham resident Andrew Ainsworth’s imprisonment follows a lengthy and complex investigation by specialist detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, including the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK history following a raid at an industrial unit in Beckenham.Support was also provided by the Bank of England and counterfeit currency […]
A fourth member of an organised crime group has been jailed for conspiring to supply more than £12 million of counterfeit banknotes – (ID…
Farningham resident Andrew Ainsworth’s imprisonment follows a lengthy and complex investigation by specialist detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, including the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK history following a raid at an industrial unit in Beckenham.Support was also provided by the Bank of England and counterfeit currency […]
A gun runner has been jailed for seven years after an investigation by a specialist London crime team
Givaunni Macdonna, 28, imported a self-loading 9mm pistol, nine bullets and some cannabis from the United States to the UK. His attempt to smuggle the items through the post was being watched by the Organised Crime Partnership – made up of officers from the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service. On 27 July […]
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 […]
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: Mr Norton, 32, of Green Walk in Crayford, was remanded […]
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 […]
A man who repeatedly stamped on his former partner’s head during a violent assault near Rochester has been jailed
Aaron Boon also pulled a clump of hair from his victim, during a sustained ordeal which was witnessed by two young children. Boon, aged 29, carried out the assault on the evening of 29 November 2021, after an argument with his victim had spilled into a communal area outside a flat where she lived. After […]
