A small Organised Criminal Network who arranged the importation of guns, ammunition and heroin have been sentenced to a total of 42 years…
Rocky Thompson, 35 of no fixed address was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell/transfer firearms, conspiracy to possess ammunition and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin). Shakeel Khaliq, 34 of Ardenham Street, Aylesbury was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty following a trial at Southwark […]
A small Organised Criminal Network who arranged the importation of guns, ammunition and heroin have been sentenced to a total of 42 years’ imprisonment
Rocky Thompson, 35 of no fixed address was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell/transfer firearms, conspiracy to possess ammunition and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin). Shakeel Khaliq, 34 of Ardenham Street, Aylesbury was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty following a trial at Southwark […]
A former bank employee who fraudulently stole more than £74,000 from members of her own family has been jailed
Hien Ly, 40 of The Drake, Deptford, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, 12 July and was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud by false representation. She was sentenced to an additional 12 months imprisonment to run concurrently for a further count of fraud by false […]
A van driver who raped a woman in Gravesend has been jailed for eight years
Andrew Mills deceived the victim into accepting a lift home after he noticed her in a distressed state in the town centre. Instead of taking her home, he subjected her to prolonged ordeal in his vehicle. Upon escaping, the victim used her concealer to write down his number plate and her quick […]
A Maidstone county line drug dealer is starting a prison sentence after officers seized more than 250 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine
In 2020, detectives from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team found that a specific phone, known as the AJ line, was being used to offer class A drugs to users in the town. Investigations identified that Armani Hemley was in the possession of the phone and used different cars to travel […]
Targeted action taken against suspected drug dealers led to six people being remanded in custody
Between Monday 17 and Sunday 23 May, officers in Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team carried out 16 warrants against individuals believed to be involved in supplying class A substances. The activity had been arranged to support a national week of action carried out by forces across England and Wales. […]
A man who subjected a woman to repeated violence and mental abuse in the Swanley area has been jailed
Grant Fullager, of Pinewood Place, Dartford, was initially in a relationship with the victim for around two months at the end of 2019. She ended this due to concerns about his violent past and he commenced a campaign of harassment that culminated in an assault on the victim. After he made further […]
Action by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team led to the arrest of 22 people in April
In addition to the arrests the team executed nine warrants, had 77 charges authorised, made 46 drugs seizures and seized over £23,000 in cash. Warrant executed On 27 April officers conducted two warrants at properties in Chatham. The officers seized half a kilo of crack cocaine and heroin, mobile phones, two […]
Clubber who punched man unconscious outside nightclub jailed
A clubber who with one punch left another partygoer unconscious, with a fractured skull and a bleed on his brain, has been jailed for six and a half years. Bertrand Sisk, 28, attacked his victim outside Pure nightclub in Bexleyheath on 1 December 2019. The pair had met only hours before at a pre-drinks party […]
A robber who snatched a handbag from a woman more than three times his age has been jailed for five years
Stephan Adi was 23 when he pushed the elderly victim to the floor, and kicked her in the face, after he saw her walking alone in Gravesend town centre. He was also responsible for several burglaries that took place in the same area across January and February 2020. Adi, now 24, […]
Three men who operated a drugs supply network across Gravesham have been jailed for a total of more than 20 years
Alex Oni played a leading role in coordinating multiple county lines which primarily operated in Gravesend. The lines often coerced vulnerable people into supplying the substances, including a 12-year-old boy. Adrian Bodzioch and Deividas Sakalauskas were sentenced alongside Oni and acted as runners who transported the drugs from London to north Kent. All three were […]
Armed robbers who were involved in an offence which saw metal pellets fired into the face of a Strood shopworker have been jailed for a c…
Faustas Demidovas and Vaidas Jankauskas targeted a newsagent in February 2020 and left with no more than £200 in cash after a member of staff was shot in the face with a BB gun. Jankauskas admitted his role in the offence but Demidovas pleaded not guilty. He also denied committing a second […]
Armed robbers who were involved in an offence which saw metal pellets fired into the face of a Strood shopworker have been jailed for a combined total of 20 years
Faustas Demidovas and Vaidas Jankauskas targeted a newsagent in February 2020 and left with no more than £200 in cash after a member of staff was shot in the face with a BB gun. Jankauskas admitted his role in the offence but Demidovas pleaded not guilty. He also denied committing a second […]
A town centre assault which left two men with facial injuries has led to two men being jailed for more than 10 years
Alex Griffith and Alfie Clarke attacked the victims, who were unknown to them, following a night out in Dartford in July 2019. Both men were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday 13 April 2021. The assault took place in Hythe Street, Dartford, at around 3.45am on Friday 19 July, shortly after […]
Six men have been convicted of firearms offences after police found a revolver a car in south London
Woolwich Crown Court heard that a surveillance investigation led armed officers to discover the weapon inside a blue Toyota Prius on Wood Vale, SE23 on 4 July 2019. Reece White, 22 of Kirkstall Road, Lambeth SW2 pleaded guilty on 5 October 2020 to possession of a firearm. Nathaniel Corbett, 26 of Sandon House, Lambeth, […]
Three men have been jailed for more than 40 years in connection with the attempted murder of a man who was lucky to survive after he was …
The following men were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, 14 April: Richard Palmer, 39 of Gurnell Grove, Ealing, was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. Bolanle Roberts, 43 of Balfour Road, Ealing, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. Robert Dolan, 34 of Sutton Court Road, Hounslow, was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. Palmer […]
Three men have been jailed for more than 40 years in connection with the attempted murder of a man who was lucky to survive after he was shot outside a Soho nightclub
The following men were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, 14 April: Richard Palmer, 39 of Gurnell Grove, Ealing, was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. Bolanle Roberts, 43 of Balfour Road, Ealing, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. Robert Dolan, 34 of Sutton Court Road, Hounslow, was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. Palmer […]
A robber who targeted two Dartford shops in two days has been jailed for more than five years
Over the course of his offending, Michael Thormann assaulted two different members of shop staff, threatening one with a knife and damaging a glass screen in the process. The 31-year-old, of Wright Close, Swanscombe, admitted robbery, attempted robbery, actual bodily harm, theft, criminal damage and threatening a person with a knife. He […]
