Canterbury Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 65 verdicts at Canterbury Crown Court (Canterbury, Canterbury). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Rebwar Hamad

Arriving in the UK without valid entry clearance

December 8, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 3 months imprisonment

Rebwar Hamad, a 48-year-old Iraqi man and previously convicted terrorist, attempted to illegally enter the UK by small boat on September 19, 2025. He arrived with others and was intercepted by an RNLI lifeboat off the coast of Dover. After being interviewed at Margate police station where he declined to comment, he paid approximately £1,000 (1,200 Euros) for passage on the boat following a refused UK visa application. This was his second illegal entry attempt; he had indefinite leave to remain in the UK since 2001 but was extradited to Italy in 2020 to serve a sentence for terrorism offences convicted in absentia in 2019, after which he was ordered to leave Italy.

Pleaded guilty to arriving in the UK without valid entry clearance. Previously convicted of terrorism offences in Italy in 2019 and extradited in 2020. CPS argued for the toughest sentence possible due to disregard for immigration rules and prior terrorism conviction.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Mohammed Nour Hgar

Manslaughter

December 4, 2025

Sentence: 9 years imprisonment

On October 10, 2024, shortly before 11.30pm, an altercation occurred in Canterbury High Street during which Mohammed Nour Hgar armed himself with a blade and stabbed Samare Gerezgihir in the chest, causing catastrophic injuries. The victim died in the early hours of October 11, 2024. Both parties were known to each other and had an ongoing conflict. Hgar fled the scene, changed his clothing to evade detection, and was arrested in Herne Bay around 5am the same day. CCTV footage was reviewed as part of the investigation.

Admitted manslaughter on the grounds of excessive self-defence, which was accepted by the court. Sentencing reflects the severity of the senseless attack and demonstrates the dire consequences of arming oneself with a knife.

Sources: kentlive.news

Sukhjeevan Singh

Robbery

December 3, 2025

Sentence: 2 years suspended sentence

On July 20, 2024, at around 3am, Sukhjeevan Singh and accomplices broke into a residential address in Ashford where the victim was asleep on the sofa. He awoke to a man brandishing a knife, was threatened, punched, had his hands bound, and was interrogated for valuables while the house was ransacked. The victim fled during the ordeal. Items stolen included designer clothing, jewellery, cash, and the victim's mobile phone. The perpetrators left in the victim's car. A rucksack left behind contained a knife sheath and screwdriver.

Luca Gentry-Prosper

Robbery

December 2, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

On July 20, 2024, at around 3am, Luca Gentry-Prosper and accomplices broke into a residential address in Ashford where the victim was asleep on the sofa. He awoke to a man brandishing a knife, was threatened, punched, had his hands bound, and was interrogated for valuables while the house was ransacked. The victim fled during the ordeal. Items stolen included designer clothing, jewellery, cash, and the victim's mobile phone. The perpetrators left in the victim's car. A rucksack left behind contained a knife sheath and screwdriver.

Adheem Misson

Robbery

December 2, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

On July 20, 2024, at around 3am, Adheem Misson and accomplices broke into a residential address in Ashford where the victim was asleep on the sofa. He awoke to a man brandishing a knife, was threatened, punched, had his hands bound, and was interrogated for valuables while the house was ransacked. The victim fled during the ordeal. Items stolen included designer clothing, jewellery, cash, and the victim's mobile phone. The perpetrators left in the victim's car. A rucksack left behind contained a knife sheath and screwdriver.

Chase Price

Affray, indecent exposure and threatening a person with a bladed article

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 21 months imprisonment

On the evening of Thursday, September 4, 2025, Chase Price, aged 29 and of no fixed address, approached a group of strangers in Kings Drive, Faversham. He threw a bin at a man and a glass at a teenager. Price then ran towards a woman while holding a knife and exposed himself in front of several people, including children. He was disarmed by a bystander, exposed himself again, and fled the scene. Kent Police arrested him after a search.

Pleaded guilty to all charges. Two five-year restraining orders imposed. Victim surcharge of £187. Required to sign the Sex Offenders Register.

Sources: kentlive.news

Jon-Paul Clark

Heroin smuggling

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 9 years imprisonment

Jon-Paul Clark, 44, of Coney Crescent in Crosby, organised an importation of 40kg of heroin with conspirator Rajesh Bakshi. The load, with a street value of £4million, was stopped at Dover in June 2022. Investigators found Clark’s DNA on the packaging. Clark’s and Bakshi’s phones were identified as travelling in Holland and Belgium in the days leading up to the seizure. A photo of Clark and Bakshi together was found on Clark’s phone taken just days before the drugs were intercepted. Texts were also found of Clark asking Bakshi for cash in the weeks following the seizure.

Convicted by jury after claiming he was framed by a jumper; organised importation with Rajesh Bakshi; DNA found on drug packaging.

Sources: liverpoolecho.co.uk

Rajesh Bakshi

Heroin smuggling

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Rajesh Bakshi, 57, of Burnside Avenue, Haddington, East Lothian, conspired with Jon-Paul Clark to import 40kg of heroin. The load, with a street value of £4million, was stopped at Dover in June 2022. Investigators found Bakshi’s fingerprints on the packaging. Bakshi’s phone was identified as travelling in Holland and Belgium in the days leading up to the seizure. A photo of Clark and Bakshi together was found on Clark’s phone taken just days before the drugs were intercepted.

Admitted smuggling the Class A drug; multiple previous convictions including conspiring and being involved with the supply of a controlled drug; fingerprints found on drug packaging.

Sources: liverpoolecho.co.uk

Esmatullah Paktiawal

Attempted Murder

November 26, 2025

Sentence: 24 years imprisonment

Esmatullah Paktiawal and Dawood Khan forced a white Seat car with three occupants to stop on the live A2 carriageway near the Wincheap junction in Canterbury on December 14, 2024. They unleashed a violent attack using an axe, causing serious head injuries to two victims in their 20s and 30s. The third victim escaped unharmed and assisted with first aid. The suspects fled the scene immediately. Paktiawal was arrested in Manchester on February 23, 2025, after returning to Napier Barracks in Folkestone post-attack with injuries he claimed were from a fall.

Pleaded not guilty. Found guilty after a six-week trial. Detective Inspector described the attack as brutal and premeditated.

Sources: kentlive.news

Dawood Khan

Attempted Murder

November 26, 2025

Sentence: 24 years imprisonment

Esmatullah Paktiawal and Dawood Khan forced a white Seat car with three occupants to stop on the live A2 carriageway near the Wincheap junction in Canterbury on December 14, 2024. They unleashed a violent attack using an axe, causing serious head injuries to two victims in their 20s and 30s. The third victim escaped unharmed and assisted with first aid. The suspects fled the scene immediately. Khan left for Afghanistan the day after but returned on January 25, 2025, and was arrested at his London home on January 28.

Pleaded not guilty. Found guilty after a six-week trial. Detective Inspector described the attack as brutal and premeditated.

Sources: kentlive.news

Sorin-Costinel Ivan

Facilitating illegal immigration

November 25, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 4 months imprisonment

On September 18, 2025, Sorin-Costinel Ivan was arrested at Dover Port as part of a National Crime Agency operation. He had 32 people, mostly Bangladeshi nationals, concealed in the trailer of his HGV. The operation was supported by Port of Dover Police, Kent Police, and Immigration Enforcement. He admitted visiting a layby on the A20 near Ashford.

Romanian national, aged 46. Initially denied knowledge of the people in his trailer but later changed his plea and admitted the charge. Three bundles of cash totalling £9,950 were found in the cab of his HGV.

Sources: kentlive.news

Marius Bajenaru

Facilitating illegal immigration

November 25, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 8 months imprisonment

On September 18, 2025, Marius Bajenaru was arrested at Dover Port as part of a National Crime Agency operation. He had 17 people concealed in the back of his Romanian registered panel van. The operation was supported by Port of Dover Police, Kent Police, and Immigration Enforcement.

Romanian national, aged 44. Made a full confession, admitted collecting people from a layby on the A20 near Ashford, stood to be paid £200 per person smuggled. Also had nearly £4,000 in cash found in his vehicle.

Sources: kentlive.news

Lloyd Thomas

Rape

November 20, 2025

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Lloyd Thomas, 58, of Risborough Lane, Folkestone, committed two counts of rape, three sexual assaults, and one harassment offence against his victim over a three-month period. The victim came forward to Kent Police, leading to an investigation and Thomas's arrest three days later. He was charged and stood trial, where he was found guilty by a jury.

Pleaded not guilty but convicted by jury. Will spend a further four years on licence. Described as a dangerous sexual predator who subjected his victim to a campaign of dreadful abuse.

Sources: kentlive.news

Michael Harragan

Arson

November 14, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 3 months imprisonment

On April 11, 2025, Michael Harragan, 55, of Gladstone Road, Folkestone, set fire to seven vehicles in the early hours, including a campervan in Castle Road, Sandgate, where the owner was asleep inside and awoke to smoke, managing to extinguish the fire. The vehicles were targeted in Canterbury Road, Walton Road, Military Road in Hythe, and Whitenbrook. The fires caused extensive damage and were extinguished by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Harragan was arrested in London Road, Hythe, and charged with six counts of arson, later with an additional count of reckless arson endangering life.

Admitted to the offences. Will spend a further 1 year and 9 months on licence after the custodial term. Described as a dangerous offender whose reckless behaviour had a significant impact on victims.

Sources: kentlive.news

Stephen Sussams

Arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 2.5 years imprisonment

Stephen Sussams, 62, of Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, began grooming a teenage boy on July 4 via a messaging platform, initially discussing everyday topics to gain trust before escalating to sexually explicit conversations over two weeks. He sent numerous graphic messages via platforms including Snapchat, repeatedly requested indecent images, and described intended sexual acts. On July 23, he travelled to meet the boy and was arrested while waiting. He refused to provide his phone password to officers.

Subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order upon release and placed on the sex offender register. Charged with arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and attempted sexual communication with a child.

Sources: kentlive.news

Marshall Mitchell

Manslaughter

November 5, 2025

Sentence: To be sentenced

Marshall Mitchell, 35, from Crescent Road, Ramsgate, punched a man in an unprovoked attack outside a pub in Harbour Street, Ramsgate on March 28, 2025. The victim fell, hitting his head, and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to a London hospital. The victim, a man in his 60s, died on April 18, 2025, from a traumatic brain injury.

Pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Detective Sergeant Dean Sycamore commented on the fatal consequences of violence.

Sources: kentlive.news

Khalid Ibrahim

Drug Supply

November 3, 2025

Sentence: 4 years and 1 month imprisonment

On March 24, Khalid Ibrahim, 24, of no fixed address, was stopped in a suspicious vehicle in Canterbury where over 100 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine, cash, mobile phones, and a hunting-style knife were seized from the car.

Pleaded guilty to possession of a knife, being concerned in the supply of heroin, being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, and possession of a knife in a public place.

Sources: kentlive.news

James Thorp

Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs

October 23, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 6 months imprisonment

On January 21, 2019, Thorp's DNA was on a grip seal bag with 481g cocaine (£40,000 value) found in a stopped car on M20 near Ashford. Note linked him to 1.5kg cocaine supply network. In August 2018, £48,000 cash and encrypted phone seized from his vehicle.

Found guilty after trial of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, possession of criminal property, and possession of cocaine.

Sources: kentlive.news

Lucifer Hunter

Online child sexual exploitation

October 17, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Lucifer Hunter, aged 24 from The Stade, Folkestone, preyed on four girls aged 10 to 15 over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023, when he was aged 18 to 22. He posed as a 16-year-old schoolboy online via platforms including Xbox, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facetime, catfishing victims into believing he was a peer. He engaged in highly sexualised chats, referred to himself as 'Daddy', requested explicit photos often involving school uniforms or tights due to his fetish, recorded himself masturbating, and escalated to threats including rape, death threats, prison warnings, and exposure of photos to families or online if demands were refused. He blackmailed and verbally abused victims, turning aggressive when blocked. Police discovered 448 indecent images across three seriousness levels on his iPhones after a report in December 2023, along with chats and screenshots. One victim described him as a predator; another felt unsafe after he tracked her to an event. Possessed a five-pack of girls' knickers aged 2-3 with one missing. Victims suffered long-term impacts including loss of childhood, depression, and need for counselling.

Pleaded guilty to 14 offences. No previous convictions. Mental health issues including features of ADHD, autism, and mixed depressive anxiety disorder noted. Judge commented on the determined, persistent, and sophisticated nature of the offending. Subject to a 15-year sexual harm prevention order and indefinite sex offender notification requirements. Will serve two-thirds before release.

Sources: bristolpost.co.uk

Patrick George

Possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine

October 9, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Patrick George, aged 29, of no fixed address, was involved in a county lines drug operation. Between June and July 2025, he used a property belonging to a vulnerable person in Ramsgate to conduct crimes related to the supply of class A substances. On July 14, 2025, in the Hardres Street area, he was detained during a police patrol observing suspicious behaviour related to a drugs deal. Packages of heroin and crack cocaine, and a clip seal bag containing multiple deals, were seized from him. Items connected to drug dealing and a mobile phone were also recovered.

Deeq Mohammed

Being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine

October 9, 2025

Sentence: 4 years and 8 months detention in a young offenders’ institution

Deeq Mohammed, aged 20, of Westvale Mews in Acton, London, was involved in a county lines drug operation. Between June and July 2025, he used a property belonging to a vulnerable person in Ramsgate to conduct crimes related to the supply of class A substances. On July 14, 2025, in the Hardres Street area, he was seen entering a nearby property during a suspected drugs deal and left by the back door. He was detained, and a quantity of cash and a mobile phone were recovered from him. The address was searched, revealing items connected to drug dealing.

Eddie Burton

Importing class A and B drugs

September 27, 2025

Sentence: 19 years imprisonment

Eddie Burton, 23, from Liverpool, vacuum packed over 300kg of class A and B drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and ketamine, in an Amsterdam flat. He arranged for the drugs to be shipped to the UK via lorries, with seizures occurring on July 3, 2022, and August 12, 2022. His DNA was found on drug packaging, and he was arrested in Ibiza for unrelated offences before being extradited to the UK in March 2024.

Pleaded guilty to importing class A and B drugs. Sentencing was delayed due to concerns he was a victim of modern slavery.

Sources: liverpoolecho.co.uk

Kenny Sanders

Fraud by false representation

September 25, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

Kenny Sanders, from Guilton in Ash near Canterbury, set up an IT company and promised investors returns of 3 to 20 percent every 40 to 60 days, which never materialised. He conned victims, including friends, family, and a disabled woman who invested 75 percent of her life savings, out of sums ranging from £50,000 to £350,000. The funds were used to gamble on events like horse racing, greyhound racing, and football matches, with some gambling sessions lasting from 7am one day to 1am the next.

Sanders defrauded over 30 victims between 2012 and 2018 to fund his gambling addiction. He reported his own fraud and was charged with 11 counts of fraud by false representation.

Sources: kentlive.news

Steven Biggs

Rape

September 24, 2025

Sentence: 18 years imprisonment

In the early hours of August 4, 2020, Steven Biggs encountered two teenage girls, aged 13 and 14, outside a residential property on Freemans Way in Deal. The girls asked him for a cigarette, after which he invited them into the house and coerced one into a bedroom where he raped her. When they attempted to leave, he forcibly brought them back inside and carried out further rapes.

Found guilty of multiple sexual offences, including three counts of rape. Refused to take the stand during trial. Subject to indefinite sex offender notification requirements and a 25-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Sources: kentlive.news

Liam Jones

Grievous bodily harm with intent

September 19, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on licence

Liam Jones attacked the victim at a house party in Cornwall Gardens, Canterbury, on May 29, 2025, during a dispute over money. He picked up two knives and stabbed the victim four times in the arm and leg, and also punched him multiple times in the head. The victim managed to escape, sought help at a nearby shop, and was taken to hospital for treatment of multiple head injuries and stab wounds.

Pleaded guilty to the charges. The victim suffered a sustained attack and is lucky to be alive, with permanent emotional and physical scars.

Sources: kentlive.news

Jonah Albanese

Attempting to arrange the sexual assault of a child

September 18, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment and 4 years on licence

Jonah Albanese, a 30-year-old from Snargate Street in Dover, breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by possessing indecent videos of children and engaging in conversations to arrange sex with two children. He was arrested on March 18, 2025, following an alert from monitoring software on his devices. A search of his home uncovered two mobile phones containing the incriminating material. This offence occurred after a previous conviction for a sexual offence in 2024.

Pleaded guilty to nine charges including breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, failing to meet sex offender notification requirements, possessing indecent images of children, and attempting to arrange the sexual assault of a child. He had a previous sexual offence conviction in 2024.

Sources: kentlive.news

Feruz Kadirov

Importing cocaine

September 12, 2025

Sentence: 9 years and 9 months imprisonment

Feruz Kadirov, a 43-year-old lorry driver, hid 35kg of cocaine worth nearly £3 million in his truck among a legitimate cargo of Lego while travelling from Belgium to Dover. He was caught by Border Force officers during a search on July 15, 2025. Kadirov claimed he was coerced into transporting the packages due to threats against his family and believed they contained tobacco instead of drugs.

Pleaded guilty to importing cocaine. Claimed he was threatened and thought the packages contained tobacco. Judge stated he must have been aware of the nature and scale of the operation.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Ivan Turtak

Rape

September 12, 2025

Sentence: 17 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on extended licence

Ivan Turtak, along with accomplices, kidnapped a 12-year-old girl from an Asda car park in Dover on August 11, 2025, gave her drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine, and repeatedly raped and subjected her to sexual acts in a car, his flat in Dover, and a caravan in Folkestone over three days until she escaped on August 13, 2025.

Lured the girl into the car and participated in the repeated rape and sexual acts, along with giving her drugs.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Ernest Gunar

Rape

September 12, 2025

Sentence: 19 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on extended licence

Ernest Gunar, along with accomplices, kidnapped a 12-year-old girl from an Asda car park in Dover on August 11, 2025, gave her drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine, and repeatedly raped and subjected her to sexual acts in a car, a flat in Dover, and a caravan in Folkestone over three days until she escaped on August 13, 2025.

Participated in the repeated rape and sexual acts, along with giving the girl drugs.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Kevin Horvath

Rape

September 12, 2025

Sentence: 17 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on extended licence

Kevin Horvath, along with accomplices, kidnapped a 12-year-old girl from an Asda car park in Dover on August 11, 2025, gave her drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine, and repeatedly raped and subjected her to sexual acts in a car, a flat in Dover, and a caravan in Folkestone over three days until she escaped on August 13, 2025.

Lured the girl into the car and participated in the repeated rape and sexual acts, along with giving her drugs.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Gary Mccarten

Burglary

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 9 months imprisonment

Gary McCarten and Harry Grassi travelled from Brighton to Ramsgate on April 23, 2025. They covered their faces with balaclavas and kicked in the front door of a home on Queens Gate Road. The victims fled upstairs, but McCarten forced his way into the room where they were hiding. The pair stole a safe, two sets of car keys, a purse, and passports, leaving the victims terrified and feeling unsafe in their own home.

Harry Grassi

Burglary

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 1 year and 10 months imprisonment

Harry Grassi and Gary McCarten travelled from Brighton to Ramsgate on April 23, 2025. They covered their faces with balaclavas and kicked in the front door of a home on Queens Gate Road. The victims fled upstairs while the men searched the ground floor. The pair stole a safe, two sets of car keys, a purse, and passports, causing the victims to feel terrified and unsafe.

Joel Lebo

Supply of Class A Drugs

September 11, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 7 months imprisonment

Joel Lebo, 27, was involved in a county lines drug operation known as ‘Larry’ in Thanet. He operated from a house in Westbrook Road, Margate, sending bulk marketing messages to known class A drug users. On June 25, 2025, officers arrested him during a search, seizing three phones, £1,360 cash, and class A substances hidden on his person. Investigations linked three phone numbers used for drug dealing to him.

Pleaded guilty to five charges including being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug, and possession of criminal property.

Sources: kentlive.news

Colby Hammond

Causing death by dangerous driving

August 28, 2025

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for 6 years

Colby Hammond was driving his Seat Ibiza at high speeds, exceeding 75mph in a 30mph residential area in Broadstairs on October 1, 2023, while under the influence of alcohol. He lost control, crashing into a tree and causing the death of passenger Ethan Entwistle, who was in the passenger seat. The incident occurred after a night out involving drinking, and data from a telematic device confirmed frequent speeding. Despite warnings from passengers, Hammond continued driving recklessly.

Admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Judge Simon James highlighted excessive speed, driving under the influence of alcohol, and failure to heed passenger warnings.

Sources: kentlive.news

William Brazil

Causing grievous bodily harm

August 1, 2025

Sentence: 15 months imprisonment

William Brazil punched a man in his 60s on St Peter’s Street in Canterbury on March 29, 2025, causing him to fall and fracture his skull. The victim was socialising with his partner and friends when the unprovoked attack occurred. Brazil fled the scene but was identified through CCTV and arrested in Surrey on April 4, 2025.

Pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm. Prior awareness of police appeal noted.

Sources: kentlive.news

Giedrius Sadeckas

Being concerned in the production of a controlled drug

July 31, 2025

Sentence: 22 months imprisonment

Giedrius Sadeckas was running a cannabis farm at his house on Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs. On March 6, 2022, Kent Police executed a warrant based on intelligence linking the property to drug supply, discovering and seizing 33 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £25,000.

Donna Green

Unlawful Wounding

July 25, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment

Donna Green and Leigh Moxam threatened to kill the victim over £400. They followed him to a cash machine on December 13, where Green stabbed the victim multiple times, and Moxam also assaulted him by stabbing and stamping, resulting in multiple stab wounds, injuries to the face, and a dislocated shoulder. The victim collapsed in a store and was taken to a London hospital.

Found guilty of unlawful wounding and possession of a knife after a trial. She stabbed the victim multiple times during the incident.

Sources: kentlive.news

Leigh Moxam

Attempted Murder

July 25, 2025

Sentence: 25 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on licence

Leigh Moxam and Donna Green threatened to kill the victim if he did not hand over £400. They followed him to a cash machine on December 13, where Moxam stabbed the victim in the chest and stamped on him, causing multiple stab wounds, injuries to the face, and a dislocated shoulder. The victim collapsed in a store and was taken to a London hospital.

Found guilty of attempted murder after a trial. Detective Inspector Luke Stainer described the violence as mindless and noted the lasting impact on the victim.

Sources: kentlive.news

Patrick Howlett

Child Sexual Abuse

July 18, 2025

Sentence: 30 years imprisonment

Patrick Howlett, 58, sent £56,000 to the Philippines to pay for livestreams of children being sexually abused. He was in regular contact with facilitators, including a woman who abused her own children at his direction in exchange for payments. He received and shared images and videos of the abuse, with one victim abused from age eight to 14, generating 1,277 images. Between 2014 and 2021, he made 796 transactions totaling £55,918 to facilitators for abusing children, resulting in 19 children being identified and safeguarded in the Philippines.

Pleaded guilty early in his trial. The Judge described him as showing a breath-taking lack of regard for the sanctity of childhood. He will also be subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Sources: kentlive.news

Paul Perry

Indecent Assault

July 16, 2025

Sentence: 1 year imprisonment and 1 year on licence

Paul Perry abused a young victim in the 1980s, including when he was a juvenile himself. The offences were reported in 2019, leading to his arrest in December of that year. He was found guilty on three counts of gross indecency with a child and one count of indecent assault, with the crimes having a significant impact on the victim.

Denied the offences but was found guilty by a jury. He was previously subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order due to prior convictions and was placed on the sex offender’s register for seven years. Detective Sergeant Frank Bloomfield commended the victim’s courage and emphasised that it is never too late to report such crimes.

Sources: kentlive.news

Thomas Holford

Murder

July 4, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years

Thomas Holford shook his five-week-old daughter, Everleigh Stroud, with excessive force, causing catastrophic brain injuries, broken ribs, and leg injuries after she interrupted his late-night gaming session on April 20, 2021, in Ramsgate, Kent. He attempted to stop her crying by gripping or clamping her mouth, and she was rushed to hospital the next day, where she remained in a coma for a year before life support was turned off.

Pleaded manslaughter but was convicted of murder and actual bodily harm (ABH). Was under the influence of cannabis and showed no emotion during the incident.

Sources: mirror.co.uk

Gregory Manson

Sexual Assault

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Gregory Manson, a former GP who qualified in the UK in 1998 after working in South Africa, conducted unnecessary genital examinations on male patients, including two teenage boys, over nearly two decades. These examinations occurred even when patients presented with unrelated issues such as coughs, headaches, back pain, and knee sprains. He pulled down patients' underwear without permission, failed to offer a chaperone, did not wear gloves, and omitted details from medical notes. The offences involved nine victims, with some examinations justified as 'well person checks' but deemed medically unjustified by experts.

Pleaded not guilty but found guilty by majority verdict of 12 sexual assaults and four indecent assaults against nine men. Judge Simon Taylor KC stated that he camouflaged sexual abuse in the context of medical examinations and abused trust for his own sexual gratification.

Sources: dailyrecord.co.uk

Andrew Griggs

Perverting the course of justice

June 2, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Andrew Griggs murdered his pregnant wife Debbie in 1999, wrapped her body in a duvet, and buried it under a shed. Years later, while serving a life sentence, he attempted to pervert justice by instructing a family member to dig up her remains, remove a strand of hair, and send it abroad with a fabricated letter to falsely prove she was alive. This led to his additional sentencing.

Pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. Already serving a life sentence for murder.

Sources: kentlive.news

Alfie Bean

Supply of heroin and crack cocaine

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Two years and nine months imprisonment

Police stopped a vehicle in the Kingsmead area of Canterbury on March 1, where Charlie Golding and Alfie Bean were found with cash, Class A drugs, and a Nokia phone used to organise the sale of drugs. Messages on the phone referenced 'fat bags' and delays due to police presence.

Charlie Golding

Supply of heroin and crack cocaine

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Three and a half years imprisonment

Gary Rothon

Conspiring to assist with illegal entry

May 24, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment suspended, 240 hours unpaid work, 15 days rehabilitation, electronically-monitored curfew

Gary Rothon and Lee Mandell travelled in a hired lorry to France via the Eurotunnel at Folkestone on 10 January 2020. They took the midnight train to France, then travelled from Calais to Boulogne where they picked up eight Vietnamese nationals, including three children. They expected to earn £4,000 for the trip. On their return, they were stopped by border control at Coquelles and claimed they were on a fishing trip to check out a lake near Brimeux and planned to get drunk, hoping to make it back for the West Ham game. The rear compartment of the van was opened, revealing the migrants sitting on top of tools and plasterboard without documentation. The men denied knowledge of the migrants. They were arrested and charged in May 2025.

Admitted conspiring to assist with the illegal entry of eight Vietnamese nationals into the UK. Sentence suspended due to inordinate delays in the case. Judge noted that without the delay, they would have gone to prison, but five years is a long time to live with anxiety. Both men have rebuilt their lives and shown genuine remorse.

Sources: bbc.co.uk

Lee Mandell

Conspiring to assist with illegal entry

May 24, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment suspended, 240 hours unpaid work, 15 days rehabilitation, electronically-monitored curfew

Sources: bbc.co.uk

Matthew Skinner

Burglary

May 21, 2025

Sentence: 2 years and 2 months imprisonment

Matthew Skinner was involved in a burglary in the Sandwich area in September or October 2024, as part of investigations into similar break-ins.

Cameron Skilton

Burglary

May 21, 2025

Sentence: 17 years imprisonment

Cameron Skilton was involved in burglaries in the Sandwich area in September and October 2024. A Ford Focus with changed numberplates was used in one offence, and he was tracked down and arrested in Brighton in November 2024.

Pleaded guilty to burglary and other offences, including importation of prohibited weapons in a separate case.

Sources: kentlive.news

Daniel Meehan

Burglary

May 21, 2025

Sentence: 6 years and 6 months imprisonment

Daniel Meehan was involved in two similar break-ins in the Sandwich area in September and October 2024. A Ford Focus was identified as having been used in the first offence, and further enquiries linked him to the crimes.

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