Officers investigating an incident in which a man threatened a member of rail staff with violence at Greenhithe station have released an image of...
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Nigel Doherty was responsible for a series of abusive incidents last year when he also inflicted injuries to his victim with a knife. Police were called on 10 September 2020, following reports of screaming coming from a property near the town...
At around 10pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021, officers were called by South East Coast Ambulance Service to a report of a man with injuries consistent with stab wounds in the High Street at its junction with River Walk. Officers attended the...
The search warrants, which were carried out on Tuesday 23 March 2021, are part of an ongoing investigation into the organised theft of catalytic converters, which Kent Police is investigating alongside the Metropolitan Police and Essex Police. ...
Reece Narayan, 22 of Bessborough Road, Harrow appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 March where, having pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to a seven-month custodial sentence. He pleaded guilty to: – Three counts of...
Two fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used ladders for access and hose reel jets to tackle the fire. The blaze is believed to have started accidentally due to an electrical fault. No casualties were reported.
At around 10.40am on Sunday 21 March 2021 a three-car collision took place in Oakfield Lane. It is reported to have involved a red Peugeot 207 and two parked cars – a red Jeep Cherokee and a silver Mini. Five men wearing dark clothing...
At around 5pm on Wednesday 17 March 2021 the victim, aged in his 20s, was walking along an alleyway between Rochester Avenue and Longley Road. As he went to pass two men it is reported they assaulted him and stole cash and tobacco from his...
CCTV images have been released by officers investigating a spate of reported thefts from cars in West Kingsdown. Between 5am and 9am on Tuesday 16 March 2021, two cars were targeted in Neal Road. Cash and other items were allegedly stolen from...
Kent Police officers carried out a search of a property in St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe on Saturday 20 March 2021. A number of items were seized, including bank cards, electronic equipment, a taser and items believed to have been...
Police are renewing appeals for help to find a man who has been missing for almost four years. Shaune Jones, 49, who is from Eltham, was last seen in June 2017. He has not been heard from since. Shaune ran his own business in the in Greenwich area...
Five members of a Polish organised crime group have been jailed for the importation and supply of nearly £1million worth of cocaine, supplying almost £1million worth of MDMA, and possession of a firearm, following an investigation by the Organised...
A total of 21 officers were injured – two of them seriously – when they were violently confronted by people gathered outside the Bridewell Police Station in Bridewell Street. Officers were attacked and threatened, police vehicles including a...
Abubakar Lawal committed a series of offences against the victim after she attended his property on 15 May 2020. Soon after she arrived, he made a series of unwanted sexual advances and said he would find a knife. Fearing his behaviour, she was...
Found on most modern vehicles in London, catalytic converters contain precious metals, meaning they have a high scrap metal value. After they have been stolen, they are often shipped overseas for those precious metals to be removed from the...
During the afternoon of Monday 22 March 2021, officers from the Divisional Support Unit and the Thanet Community Policing Team carried out a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Newcastle Hill. A number of wraps containing...
Students are being urged to take responsibility for their health and the safety of those around them by complying with Government rules to limit the spread of Covid-19. • At 11.15pm on Thursday 18 March 2021, officers were called to a property...
Officers from Canterbury’s Community Safety Unit were assisted by the Roads Policing Unit’s Road Safety Team in the towns on the week beginning Monday 15 March 2021. Speed and safety checks were carried out on stretches where...
The victim was walking along Valley Drive when, at around 5pm on 20 March 2021, she is said to have been approached by the suspect. Following a verbal dispute, he grabbed the victim and pushed her into the road before running away. No serious...
Since March 2020 Kent Police has worked closely with the Government, partner agencies, other forces and the local community to police the pandemic and keep people safe from Covid-19. Officers have engaged with the public, supported them by...
But it’s not Royal Mail. It’s a scam. And it’s costing people their life savings. It’s a scam People waiting for parcels to arrive have been given a fresh warning about a scam that claims payment is required for a...
A significant investigation into the violent disorder in Bristol city centre yesterday has been launched with more than 100 officers and staff working on the inquiry. A total of 21 officers were injured – two of them seriously – when they were...
The incident took place at around 2.15am on Saturday 20 March 2021, when it is alleged a woman woke to find a man she did not know in her bedroom. The victim immediately raised the alarm and the man was detained by one of her relatives...
Police and Kent Fire and Rescue have closed the A249 between Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey in Kent following a vehicle fire. At around 8.30 am on Tuesday morning, four fire engines and a water carrier attended a heavy goods vehicle on...
If a hacker got into your email or social media account, what would they find? Health and banking information? Names and contact details for your friends and family? Private photos and messages? For most people, it’s at least one of those.Your email...
Jonathon Newman, 23, of Station Road East, Canterbury, was arrested at 2.30pm on Wednesday 17 March 2021 when Kent Police received a report of threatening and abusive behaviour at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. A lock knife was also...
Ancient coins, pendants, brooches, statues and spearheads were among the artefacts found hidden inside a trailer full of trousers at the Port of Dover on Tuesday 27 October 2020. Dimitar Dimitrov, 41, was working as a courier on behalf of a...
During the morning of Friday 19 March 2021, officers from Kent Police’s Divisional Support Unit in Folkestone executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Sotherton, Ashford. Quantities of heroin and crack...
New European wide research* by Handiscover indicates that almost two thirds (62%) of disabled people in Scotland say that Hotels in which they have stayed have not met their accessibility needs. Handiscover, a leading accessibility and...
The 36-year-old was detained after his vehicle was stopped at the M25’s junction with the A3 at around 3.30pm today (Sunday 21 March). Sixteen migrants were found concealed in the lorry’s trailer, sitting on pallets that had been laid across...
Lee Gilham, 35 was last seen in Sheerness on Wednesday 17 March 2021 and has not been seen since. Mr Gilham is described as being 5ft 5inches tall, of slim/medium build with dark brown short hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo...
Petru-Giani Feraru, Razvan Danaila, Robert Danaila, Victor Camara, Ioan Constantin and Constantin Lupoaie were each involved in a conspiracy that saw £120,000 stolen from machines after malware was installed. The machines were targeted in...
Crews used chimney fire rods from the inside of the property, as well as a fog spike to create a hole and spray water into the chimney from outside to put out the fire. Following this incident crews are urging anyone with a chimney to sign up for a...
The two men got out of a black estate car on Grange Road, near Hazlemere Drive in the town, at around 9pm and tried to steal the dog from its owner. They drove off when an unknown man in a white transit van drove past and shouted at them. The...
During the evening of Friday 19 March 2021 Kent Police was called to a property in Sandling Road, Maidstone following reports of a disturbance. Officers attended and arrested Harold Andrews on suspicion of criminal damage. During his...
Police were called at 8.04am on Tuesday, 17 November 2020 to reports of a collision involving a lorry and a cyclist on the A20 Sidcup bypass Kent bound, near the slip road to Frognal Corner roundabout. Officers and the London Ambulance Service...
The census is a survey that happens every 10 years and gives the Office for National Statistics (ONS) a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. The census takes place on Sunday 21 March 2021. Your answers to the census...
Witnesses sought to serious M20 collision Kent Police is appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M20 near Ashford. A man in his 30s was taken to a London hospital after his black Mercedes collided with a bridge at Drovers...
Heroin, cash and a number of mobile phones were seized, after patrols entered an address in Saunders Street on Thursday 18 March 2021. The property was searched after it had been linked to suspicious activity. As well as quantities of Class A...
Council workers arrived just after 8.3 am on Friday at the home of the Met Police officer who has been charged with murdering the 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard who vanished while walking home on March 3. Her body was found in...
Mark Leacock stole from vulnerable pensioners aged in their 70s and 80s, after tricking them into handing over bank cards and personal details. At least five victims were scammed between October and November 2020, after...
Officers searching in Sandwich have this morning cordoned off a builders yard that contains a large skip and other equipment after it’s understood that a neighbour has made the claim that a man was seen in the yard on Saturday afternoon. ...
At around 11am on Thursday 4 March 2021, three men entered The Range in St Peter’s Street where it is alleged they placed a number of cosmetics items and tools into a rucksack. They are also reported to have verbally abused a member of staff...
Two women were shopping inside Tesco in Courteney Road when they reported being targeted by three other people. The offenders were alleged to have used homophobic language towards the victims who had to seek refuge inside a security office...
Caolan Gormley, 23, of Kedew Road in Caledon, County Tyrone, will answer a charge of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration.
He is due to appear at Southend Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 17 March.
Wayne Couzens, 48 appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 13 March. Today he appeared via video link at the Central Criminal Court. A provisional trial date has been set for 25 October. A pre-trial plea hearing has been...
Officers are appealing for information to locate two teenage girls who have been reported missing from the Ashford area. Chloe Sutton, who is 14 and Grace Perry, aged 13, were last seen in the Ashford area at 2.10pm on Monday, 15 March 2021 and...
A woman arrested in connection with a serious assault at a property in Tunbridge Wells has been charged. Kent Police was called at 1.05pm on Friday 12 March 2021 to a report that a man had been stabbed at an address in Dudley Road. Officers and the...
An investigation into two serious incidents in Medway has resulted in officers charging two men with offences. At around 9.40pm on 4 March 2021 a woman parked her car near a shop in Richmond Road, Gillingham, and as she got out, it is alleged she...
