The money – believed to be the profits of organised crime in Ireland – was found inside a suitcase belonging to 45-year-old Harm Stachouwer. He was stopped by...
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Mohammad Setar was responsible for a seven-day crime spree during 2020, when he caused thousands of pounds of damage to businesses in areas including Hadlow...
PC Daniel Stride was on patrol with a colleague when a report came through about a suspected burglary in Ashford on 1 June 2018. As the officers arrived at the...
It was reported that the victim, who is in his 30s, was walking in Queen Street at around 11.30pm on Sunday 3 October 2021 when he was approached by two...
The first incident took place in the Godinton area of the town at around 7.45pm on 21 September 2021, when a home was broken into and jewellery was stolen...
Wayne Couzens, 48 appeared at the Old Bailey on the 29 and 30 September where the court heard how he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah. He pleaded...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service are currently at the scene of a large fire at a National Grid site in Sellindge, Ashford. At the height of the incident, 12 fire...
Fahren Smith was behind the wheel of a Suzuki Swift which had five passengers inside when it left Mundy Bois Road, Egerton and collided with a tree on the...
Kent Police was called just before 10am on Friday 10 September 2021 following a report of a concern for a missing light aircraft which was subsequently found...
Christopher Sellman created an elaborate series of lies to obtain cash from two people known to him, claiming that his life was in danger and he was being...
The Violence Reduction Unit and the Ashford and Canterbury sections of the Volunteer Police Cadets were celebrated at a ceremony held at the University of Kent...
Salus, an Ashford-based support organisation, also joined patrols from Kent Police’s Violence Reduction Unit on Wednesday 25 August 2021, as they spoke to...
At around 5.05pm on Thursday 26 August 2021, a blue Ford Tourneo and a red Honda motorbike collided at the junction of Beaver Lane and Kither Road. Kent...
Firefighters stabilised the vehicle and used hydraulic cutting equipment to create space allowing paramedics to assess the casualty’s condition, before...
Working with the Kent Police Volunteer Cadets, the Ashford Community Safety Unit (CSU) have been holding a number of bike marking events across the district...
PCSO Luke Jones, who was off-duty at the time, became suspicious after he spied a man crouching behind the foliage in Vicarage Lane during the evening of...
An extended jail sentence has been imposed on a man from Ashford who set up online chat rooms to distribute indecent images of children. Christopher...
Kent Police was called after a window at the business in the town’s High Street was damaged at around 4am on Monday 16 August 2021 and medication was...
It was reported that at around 6pm on Saturday 14 August 2021 a silver Ford Fiesta was travelling along Trinity Road, Ashford when it was involved in a...
A fraudster from Ashford who tried to steal a vulnerable pensioner’s life savings has been sentenced to four years in prison. Colin Fox targeted a man aged in...
You should enter the site via Junction 10a on the M20 before taking the A2070 exit. The correct address for the Sevington Inland Border Facility is: Sevington...
Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and a 61-year-old man who had been riding the motorbike was pronounced deceased at the scene...
Mark Terry, 55, previously of Maidstone Road, Ashford, admitted using an online payment website to send women cash in exchange for videos of them sexually...
Samantha Green, who is 45, has not been seen since 11.50pm on Saturday, 7 August 2021 and police are concerned for her welfare. Samantha is white, around 5ft...
The charges follow an investigation into the sexual assault which reportedly took place in an alleyway in Ashford High Street during the early hours of...
A shop burglar has been jailed after stealing thousands of pounds of electrical goods from John Lewis stores in #TunbridgeWells and #Ashford. Laptops, speakers...
The woman reported that she had been approached by a man in an alleyway in Ashford High Street during the early hours of Saturday 31 July 2021 and that...
Laptops, speakers and smart watches were among hundreds of high value items stolen by Ionel Stoian during targeted raids in 2020. Stoian, aged 51, was...
It was reported that the criminal damage took place between 2pm and 7pm on Monday 2 August 2021, at St Mary’s Church in The Street, Great Chart. Roof...
Shortly after midnight on Saturday 31 July 2021, the victim was walking on a footpath near Mace Lane behind the Henwood industrial estate when two men...
During the early hours of Saturday 31 July 2021, John Donoghue is alleged to have indecently exposed himself before sexually assaulting a woman. He is...
Charges have been authorised against a man following a disturbance at a pub in Ashford High Street. Kent Police officers attended the County...
At around 11.47am on Sunday 18 July 2021, Kent Police was called to Bad Munstereifel Road following a report of a collision involving a silver Peugeot 307 and...
It was reported that at around 4.50pm on Saturday 17 July 2021, a man was seen exposing himself in Willesborough Recreation Ground in Hythe Road. When...
At around 2.25pm on 12 July 2021, a man was walking along a track between Bockhanger Lane and Hurst Road, Kennington when he was approached by a suspect...
Crews have been using compressed air foam and hose reel jets to tackle the fire. No one is believed to have been injured in this incident.
Kent Police was called at approximately 1.40pm on Thursday 8 July 2021 to a report of a collision involving a blue Ford Focus and a bronze Renault...
Michael Bumstead admitted attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, arson and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker at Canterbury Crown Court on 25...
Louise Ashdown, of Park Place, Ashford, was charged on 20 July 2021 with four counts of stealing from vehicles following an investigation by the Ashford Victim...
At around 11.47am on Sunday 18 July 2021 Kent Police was called to Bad Munstereifel Road following a report of a collision involving a silver Peugeot 307 and a...
The victim was prevented from getting into his car by another man in Sir John Fogge Avenue at around 12.50pm on Friday 9 July 2021, after visiting a...
Following today’s (Friday 9 July) guilty plea at the Old Bailey by Metropolitan Police Service Police Constable Wayne Couzens, who admitted murdering Sarah...
At around 5.20pm on Tuesday 29 June 2021, a woman was subjected to racist verbal abuse after challenging a man for allegedly urinating in public. The...
Wayne Couzens, 48 appeared at the Old Bailey today (Friday, 9 July) where he admitted murder. He had already pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of Sarah...
Kent Police was called to Manorfield in Ashford at around 1.30pm on Monday 5 July 2021 to a report of a disturbance in which a man was assaulted. The victim...
An appeal for information to find a missing man has been issued by officers in Ashford. Alessandro Gagliao was last seen in the Kennington Road area of...
Kent Police was called at around 12.25pm on Sunday 13 June 2021 following concern for a man. Officers attended a property in the Quantock Drive area of Ashford...
Kent Police was called at 5.45pm on Friday 28 May 2021 following a report of a collision between a pedestrian and a car in North Street. Officers...