Charges have been authorised against a man alleged to have thrown a chemical substance at a group of people in Lydd
Among the charges is the new offence of possessing a corrosive substance in a public place, which came into force on Wednesday 6 April 2022 as part of updated legislation under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. It is the first time the new legislation has been used in Kent and is believed to […]
The ringleader of an organised crime group which supplied cocaine worth £21 million to dealers in London and Berkshire has been jailed for 20 years
Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership – a joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service unit – established that Patrick Ince, 57, from Dartford in Kent, was using encrypted messaging platform EncroChat to oversee the enterprise. Operation Venetic is the UK law enforcement response to the takedown of the EncroChat service. Ince’s group […]
A hearing has determined that a former Metropolitan Police officer would have been dismissed had he still been a serving officer following his conviction for domestic abuse offences
Former Detective Sergeant Nathaniel Lee, previously based at East Area Command Unit, was found guilty of assault by beating at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 27 July. He was fined £969, costs of £620 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £97. The offence happened on 5 October 2020 when DS Lee was […]
A Lancashire man has today been jailed for two years for posting extreme right-wing and racist material online and for making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child
Thomas Leech of Derby Drive, Preston, pleaded guilty to seven charges. He pleaded guilty to three counts of publishing a statement intending members of the public to be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare, or instigate acts of terrorism or convention offences contrary to section 1(2)(b)(i) of […]
A man who carried out a violent and unprovoked attack on a woman in Workington has been sentenced to three years and 8 months in prison
John Pullin, 34, of Birks Road, Cleator Moor was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court after he admitted attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of assault and criminal damage, as well as breach of a criminal behaviour order which banned Pullin from the area. The court heard how police received a 999 call […]
Two men have been charged with the murder of a man in Dartford
At around 7.10pm om Saturday 2 April 2022, officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service were called to Temple Hill after a man was found with a stab wound to his abdomen. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. It is alleged the victim had been assaulted in a communal parking area […]
Twenty-year-old Sophie George, of Highbrook Close in Brighton, was jailed for 13.5 years this week for a disturbing plot to murder a former lover, which included this chilling ‘to-do list’
Shortly after midnight on Saturday, October 10, 2020, George – who was then 18 – was picked up by her victim in a van and stopped off briefly to collect two shopping bags. The pair drove through Brighton but George insisted they visit a park, grabbing the steering wheel several times before the vehicle […]
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he admitted bludgeoning his elderly neighbour to death three days before the funeral of the victim’s wife
Sable Thomas, 43, of Dalmeny Road, N7, was sentenced to serve a minimum of eight years in jail before he can apply for parole at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 8 April. He pleaded guilty at the same court on 26 November 2021 to manslaughter the manslaughter of Anthony Rooks, 80, by virtue of […]
A football supporter has been banned from attending matches for homophobic chanting at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton
Police were alerted by the stadium’s stewards about the incident in the away section during the game between Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal on October 2 last year. The man saw that security had witnessed his behaviour and attempted to hide, but at half time he was located in the concourse area and was […]
A trio of robbers who restrained a disabled pensioner, knife-wielding thieves and calculated burglars were among those jailed for more than 90 years by a single Kent Police team in one month
The high-harm criminals were each targeted by the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad and were locked up for 91 years and six months between them in March 2022. Across the same month, the proactive unit also made 20 new arrests, carried out 21 warrants and received authority to issue 112 charges. Detective […]
A murder-accused mother didn’t call for help when her son was attacked because she felt “vulnerable”, a jury heard
Angharad Williamson, stepfather John Cole and a 14-year-old boy deny murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi. Ms Williamson told the jury that Cole and the teenager hit and pushed Logan two days before he was found dead in the River Ogmore, Bridgend, on 31 July. Cardiff Crown Court also heard that Cole had threatened to kill […]
An inquest into the deaths of a mother and daughter in Hounslow has recorded verdicts of suicide and unlawful killing
Shiwangi Bagoan, 25, and her two-year-old daughter Ziana Bagoan were found dead at their home in Drake Court on 14 December 2020. Their bodies had been discovered by family members who called the London Ambulance Service and the police. The circumstances in which they were found were deemed to be suspicious and specialist homicide detectives […]
Two drug dealers who ran a county line network between south London, Folkestone and Tunbridge Wells have been jailed for a total of 15 years
Dequan Brown and Ricardo Cain were arrested following an investigation by Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team into the ‘Mitch and Romeo’ line in 2020. Brown was detained at a property in Catford, where officers found weapons and a large amount of heroin, crack cocaine and cash. Cain was later tracked […]
A man who stabbed a fellow resident at a hostel in Cambridge and then attacked a police officer has been jailed
A man who stabbed a fellow resident at a hostel in Cambridge and then attacked a police officer has been jailed. Leon Slack, 34, was staying at the hostel in Hills Road when he began wandering around the property holding a knife at about 9am on 17 February. When one of the residents politely challenged […]
A drug dealer who attacked and robbed a woman in her own home in Bollington has been jailed
Astro Williams appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday 4 April where he was sentenced to 10-years in prison. The 19-year-old, of Trent Bridge Walk, Stretford, had previously pleaded guilty to robbery and possession with intent to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine). During the hearing, the court heard how the victim, […]
A man went “out of control” after arguing with his partner before threatening a member of the public with a knife
Shane Barr, 33, ran along Waterloo Road in St Neots following the argument on 4 February, before hiding in a garden shed. He was approached by the homeowner and Barr threatened him with a knife. Barr ran back along the road, jumping over fences into different gardens. Officers were called and saw Barr running […]
A Bedworth man has been sentenced to a total of 56 months in jail after admitting arson and making threats to kill
Officers were called to a property on Newdigate Road in Bedworth during the early hours of 1 October last year after concerns were raised for the welfare of a woman.When officers arrived, James Cox went into the loft of the property where he then started a fire. Fortunately, no one was injured. The 34-year-old, […]
Men given sentences totalling 34 years after cash in transit robbery
Police were called around 8.05am on September 13 to report of a robbery at Haslingden News in Manchester Road, Haslingden. Our investigation revealed that as the security guard entered the shop to fill the cash machine he was attacked by two people, one armed with a large piece of wood and one with a machete. The […]
