Ramsgate man receives 18 months driving ban and ordered to carry out community payback work

Egils Boriss, aged 36, of St. Mildreds Road, Ramsgate, was sentenced on 8 February 2022 at Margate Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Margate, on 25 September 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of not less than 160 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. […]
Deal drug-driver receives 3 years driving ban

Sam Modi, aged 24, of The Street, Deal, was sentenced on 9 February 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. They pleaded guilty to driving above the legal drug-drive limit, in Sandwich, on 28 August 2021. When stopped they gave a reading of 4.2 microgrammes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis) in one litre of blood. The legal limit is […]
Ashford woman receives driving ban after drink driving on Christmas eve

Kirsty Sleeman, aged 48, of Eugene Cottages, Ashford, was sentenced on 26 January 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Ashford, on 24 December 2021. When stopped she gave a reading of 85 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is […]
Canterbury man receives driving ban after without a license or insurance and driving when above the legal drink-drive limit in Chatham

Canterbury man receives driving ban Aleksei Tsarkov, aged 34, of Wincheap, Canterbury, was sentenced on 9 February 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving without a license or insurance and driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Chartham, on 26 July 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 203 microgrammes […]
Folkestone man receives ban for drink-driving

Billy Weir Sommerville, aged 31, of Enbrook Valley, Folkestone, was sentenced on 10 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Hythe, on 8 January 2022. When stopped he gave a reading of 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit […]
Deal man disqualified from driving

Macaulay Murray, aged 27, of Leander Close, Deal, was sentenced on 23 February 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Deal, on 23 January 2022. When stopped he gave a reading of 99 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is […]
Folkestone woman disqualified for drug-driving

Jenna Bispham, aged 28, of Paxton Avenue, Folkestone, was sentenced on 26 January 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to driving above the legal drug-drive limit and possession of a Class B drug, namely cannabis, in Folkestone, on 25 July 2021. When stopped she gave a reading of 2.7 microgrammes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis) […]
Canterbury man disqualified from driving after drink driving

Petru Andries, aged 45, of Stodmarsh Road, Canterbury, was sentenced on 9 February 2022 at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Fordwich, on 19 January 2022. When stopped he gave a reading of 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is […]
Wainscott man disqualified for driving offences

Carl Thompson, aged 22, of Glimmer Way, Wainscott, was sentenced on 14 February 2022 at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving above the legal drug-drive limit, use of a motor vehicle in a condition likely to cause danger or injury and driving without insurance, in Halling, on 14 September 2021. When stopped he […]
Medway man disqualified for driving offences

Krzysztof Smajdo, aged 38, of No Fixed Abode, Medway, was sentenced on 14 February 2022 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to causing danger to road users and driving above the legal drink-drive limit, in Maidstone, on 18 December 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 85 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres […]
Essex man receives ban for Chatham driving

Essex man receives ban for Chatham driving Julian Cala, aged 43, of Caravel Close, Essex, was sentenced on 26 January 2022 at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to driving when above the legal drink-drive limit, in Chatham, on 31 December 2021. When stopped he gave a reading of 65 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 […]
Two men were sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison at Norwich Crown Court for drug trafficking and firearms offences

Kelly Bond, aged 53 and formerly of Lopham Road in Kenninghall, was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment and Darren James, aged 48 and formerly of Norwich Street in Dereham, was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment. The two men were arrested in Dereham during the early hours of the 12 May 2020, following a search of […]
A woman who attacked an elderly and frail holidaymaker during a mugging attempt has been jailed

On Wednesday 17th November 2021, the victim – aged in his 70s – had walked to Sainsbury’s local on Sandown High Street to buy some candles, having suffered a power outage at his holiday accommodation. After withdrawing money from a cashpoint, he was approached by 41-year-old Emma Louise Stafford who struck up a conversation with […]
A Petersfield man has today been jailed for eight years for raping a 30-year-old woman in August last year

Petru-Gabriel Dumea, aged 27, of Chapel Street, Petersfield has today (4 March) been sentenced to eight years in jail at Winchester Crown Court, after pleading guilty to rape at an earlier hearing. The court heard that during the evening of Tuesday, 2 August 2021, a woman was out socialising at the Black Sheep public house […]
Police are looking for information on the whereabouts of Robert Cox, 36, who is wanted on a recall to prison

He was released part way through a 32-month sentence for burglary but is now sought for breaching the terms of his release license. Robert is known to have strong links to the Arun area, particularly in Nutbourne and Littlehampton, but is believed to be spending time in Brighton. Anyone who sees him or has any […]
A man has been charged with murdering his divorced parents whose bodies were found 15 miles apart

The body of Clive Warrington, 67, was found at Sherborne Place in Cheltenham at 6.25am on Wednesday. Shortly afterwards the body of his ex-wife, Valerie Warrington, 73, was found at a property in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. William Warrington, 40, will appear at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Saturday accused of their murders. The body of […]
A man from Wakefield has admitted to posting online messages fantasising about abusing children and possessing thousands of child sexual abuse images

Jack Mallinson, 25, a trainee solicitor and special police constable with West Yorkshire Police, was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content. He was arrested on 7 January last year by NCA officers who seized several of his electronic devices. Officers found 3,710 indecent images […]
Three men from the Isle of Wight have been convicted of organising the smuggling of people across the English Channel

47-year-old Stephen Redhead, of Horsbridge Hill in Newport and 55-year-old Christopher Barber, of Landguard Road in Shanklin, have today (Friday) been found guilty by a unanimous jury of conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, contrary to the Immigration Act. Their convictions […]