Two suspected drug dealers have been charged following an investigation into county line activity in Whitstable
Officers from Kent Police’s County Line and Gangs Team made three arrests in the town on Tuesday 22 March 2022. Aston Quatre-Smith, 32, of Cranleigh Gardens, Whitstable, and Ben Wilders, 23, of Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, have both since been charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. […]
On 25 March 2022, the law on people using their mobile phones while driving in Great Britain will become stricter
This Insight looks at the reasons for the changes, and the impact they will have on motorists. What’s the current law on using a phone while driving? Since 2003, it’s been an offence to use a hand-held mobile phone or similar hand-held device while driving in Great Britain. The offence (under Regulation 110 of the […]
A man who controlled the lives of his former partner and her young son has been jailed
On 23 October last year, Brendan Gourlay, 34, barged his way into his ex-partner’s house and barricaded the door with draws and chairs. He took her mobile phone and carried a pair of scissors and threatened to use violence against her and her son if she tried to leave or scream for help. He made […]
A man has been jailed after an incident of arson in Lowestoft
Dean Clark 58 of Anchor View in Wisbech was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Friday 11 March after he was found guilty by a jury after he pleaded not guilty to arson with recklessness to endanger life at an earlier hearing. He was jailed for nine years, with an extended period of five years […]
Motorists have been reminded of the serious consequences of drink driving after seven people were charged with the offence in east Kent this weekend.
Between Friday 18 March and Sunday 20 March 2022, a total of 12 people were stopped and arrested in connection with driving offences by Kent Police in Ashford, Canterbury, Thanet and on the M20. Arrests included a 38-year-old man from Ramsgate who was reportedly seen falling asleep at the wheel in a drive-through restaurant car […]
Police are appealing for information after a young girl was approached and followed by an unknown male on the outskirts of Middlesbrough
The incident is reported to have taken place on Sunday 20 March between 8.40pm and 9pm The 13-year-old was about to go into the underpass on the B1365 Hemlington Lane when the suspect (a white male wearing a black puffa coat, black trousers and shoes and who had his hood up and face covered) approached […]
A murder trial jury has been played the desperate call for help made by a constituent after Sir David Amess was fatally stabbed
Sir David, MP for Southend West, died during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October. Ali Harbi Ali denies Sir David’s murder and preparing acts of terrorism and is currently on trial at the Old Bailey. The court heard Mr Ali booked an appointment with Sir David and had travelled from London to […]
A woman accused of murdering her five-year-old son was proud of her notoriety in prison for being the “mother of the Bridgend baby”, a court has heard
The body of Logan Mwangi was found in the River Ogmore in Sarn, Bridgend, last July with 56 external injuries and severe internal damage. At Cardiff Crown Court his mother Angharad Williamson, stepfather John Cole and a 14-year-old boy deny murder. A woman in prison with her said she had “a weird kind of attention-seeking”. […]
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 […]
A shoplifter has been banned from entering a Chatham petrol station and any Co-Operative supermarket in Kent
Bray Sharpe, 24 of Jenkins Dale in Chatham, was jailed for 14 weeks after admitting to 14 counts of theft, two attempted thefts, going equipped to steal and criminal damage. Sharpe’s charges followed a number of incidents at the BP petrol station in Maidstone Road and Co-Operative stores in City Way, Rochester, […]
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: On 31 December 2021 it is alleged Norton attended an address in Seathorpe Avenue, […]
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 […]
Detectives investigating the death of Sabita Thanwani in Clerkenwell have charged a man with murder
Maher Maaroufe, 22 of no fixed address, has also been charged with assaulting an emergency worker. He will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 22 March. Officers were called to Arbour House in Sebastian Street at about 05:10hrs on Saturday, 19 March, where 19-year-old Sabita was found suffering serious injuries. She […]
A dangerous driver who caused serious injuries to another motorist on the A27 has been jailed
Nathan Virgo drove at excess speed in a Mercedes Sprinter van on the westbound carriageway at Hangleton on August 9 last year. The 43-year-old delivery driver attempted to undertake a BMW SUV at high speed and ended up spinning to face the wrong way on the dual carriageway. The BMW driver was left trapped with […]
Sixty-one-year-old Anthony Bert has been jailed for 64 months after violently assaulting his female neighbour over a dispute about parking
Bert, of Namrik Mews in Hove, was charged with two counts of GBH with intent after attacking a neighbour at his former home address in St Aubyn’s, Hove, on March 23, 2021. His neighbour – a 50-year-old woman – had temporarily parked in a private car park while she collected some items from her garden. […]
A man who contravened a rolling road block on the M4 before crashing into traffic lights and sending them into the carriageway has been fined £5,000
Sean Thomas Matthews, 39, of Llanrhidian, Swansea, appeared at Swindon Magistrates on March 18 and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, failing to stop following a collision and drink driving. At approximately 10.15pm on Jan 12, 2021, PC Steve Harding was tasked to junction 16 of the M4 following reports that […]
Officers investigating a serious assault at Earl’s Court Underground station are today releasing CCTV images of a suspect
At just before 20.30 GMT on Sunday 23 January, football fans were on-board a District line service travelling back from a football fixture at Stamford Bridge. As the service approached Earl’s Court Underground station a fight broke out between two groups. A man then ran down the carriage and began attacking the victim near the […]
Two suspected drug dealers have appeared in court following arrests in Canterbury
Officers from Kent Police’s County Lines and Gangs Team worked in the city on Thursday 17 March 2022. Two men were arrested after suspicious activity was seen in the Pin Hill area and a nearby property was searched. Olutola Olubode, 21, of Macclesfield Road, South Norwood, south London, and Alexis Aning, 19, of Lonsdale Road, […]
