A suspected burglar arrested for breaking into an assisted living property in Maidstone has been charged and remanded in custody

The flat in Union Street was reportedly entered on 25 July 2021, when items including car keys were stolen. Jason Higgins, aged 51, of Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, was arrested on the following day. He was later charged with burglary with intent to steal and with breaching a criminal behaviour order. He appeared before Medway Magistrates’ […]
Witnesses are being sought following a report that a man was dragged to the ground and robbed in Ashford

Shortly after midnight on Saturday 31 July 2021, the victim was walking on a footpath near Mace Lane behind the Henwood industrial estate when two men approached him. The victim, a man in his 40s, was asked for his belongings before he was pulled to the ground and assaulted. During the incident his tobacco and […]
A former music teacher has been convicted of 32 sexual offences against young girls

Ben Breakwell, 40 of Monkgate, York, was convicted on Monday, 2 August after a trial at Isleworth Crown Court. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at the same court on a date to be determined. From 2014 until the end of 2017, Breakwell worked at a school in west London. The court […]
Detectives are appealing for information following the arrests of four teenagers in relation to an assault in Deal

At around 11.35pm on Friday 30 July 2021 Kent Police was called to a report that a teenage boy had been assaulted. It is understood that the victim had been walking through Five Step Alley when a group approached him and he was knocked to the floor and beaten. He sustained injuries and was taken […]
Body found in Joanne Mould search in Southampton

A body has been found during a search for a missing Southampton woman. Joanne Mould, 45, was last seen at about 4pm on Saturday leaving her home in Taunton Drive, Southampton. Police said they were “extremely concerned” for her welfare and asked the public for help in finding her. [block_2]