Vehicle check in Margate results in shoplifting charges
A vehicle check by officers in Thanet has resulted in the charge of a suspected shoplifter. During the early hours of Wednesday 11 January 2023, local officers were on patrol…
Organiser of west Kent cocaine gang ordered to repay £48,000
The main organiser of a cocaine supply network targeting users in west Kent has been ordered to pay back nearly £50,000. Nelson Aliaj was jailed for 15 years in June…
Prolific Sevenoaks shoplifter jailed within a week of arrest
A prolific Sevenoaks shoplifter is starting a prison sentence just four days after his arrest in London. Between 29 August and 29 December 2022, James Purnell visited Waitrose in the…
100-year-old Ruby taken aback by Deal police visit
Ruby Chapman during her policing days Officers in Deal have visited a former police officer who is living in a Kingsdown care home. Ruby Chapman, who is aged 100, is…
Shock survey reveals 1 in 6 children face unwanted sexual harassment in public from age 10
A major new survey and report, commissioned by the charity Crimestoppers, has shed light on general attitudes to sexual harassment and the age at which victims are targeted. Of those…
Major refurb begins on ‘tired and rundown’ Canterbury city centre
Photo: Canterbury City Council A major scheme to improve St George’s Street in the heart of the city centre got underway yesterday, Monday 16 January. The project aims to enhance…
Suspected drink driver arrested after dog walker hit by van near Paddock Wood
Accident investigators are appealing for information following a serious collision close to Laddingford near Paddock Wood. Between 6.15am and 6.25am on Saturday 14 January 2023, a grey Renault Kangoo van…