Charlie Moon lit a fire with a lighter near Liptraps Lane, where he also threatened a woman he knew in front of her friends and a child.
Moon, aged 27, attended the property on 6 June 2021 where he set fire to a rug whilst threatening the victim ‘I’m going to set this place alight with you in it’. Before Moon fled the scene, one of the victim’s friends put out the fire. The next day, he was arrested.
Officers looked into a previous incident just days before, on 3 June 2021, when Moon was a passenger in a car stopped by Tunbridge Wells Community Policing Team patrols. The Ford Fiesta had been linked to drug offences, and when Moon was searched, quantities of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as a customer tick list, were discovered in his wallet. A phone was also seized, which contained messages about drug distribution.
Moon appeared in Maidstone Crown Court and pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, as well as arson with intent to endanger life. The court ordered that two more counts of assault and one of criminal damage be filed.
Moon, of Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison on Friday, January 20, 2023. He was also served with a five-year restraining order.
Moon is a persistent offender involved in the street supply of Class A drugs and who has also demonstrated extremely volatile and dangerous behaviour in the presence of several people, including a young child,’ said Detective Sergeant Leanne Carter of the West Kent Vulnerability Investigation Team.
‘A prison sentence is necessary to protect people from the potential harm he can cause, and it will also hopefully provide time for Moon to reflect on his actions and realise that when he is released, he will still be a relatively young man with the opportunity to make positive and meaningful changes in his life,’ says the statement.
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