Canterbury Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 28 verdicts at Canterbury Crown Court (Canterbury, Canterbury). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Gary King

Burglary

May 19, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

On March 18, 2025, Gary King attempted to enter vehicles and homes in Canterbury, including trying handles on Beaconsfield Road and entering a property on Shaftesbury Avenue where he stole an Apple Watch after being spotted by a resident. In another incident that night on Beaconsfield Road, he was confronted inside a bedroom but fled empty-handed. He was identified via CCTV, added to the Kent Police most wanted list, and arrested on April 15, 2025, at Holyhead Port while trying to board a ferry to Ireland.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary. Detective Constable Rosalynd Friend commented that King showed no regard for the distress caused to victims and that his case serves as a warning to others.

Sources: kentlive.news

Ozioma Egbujor

Supply of class A drugs

May 7, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 8 months imprisonment

Ozioma Egbujor was involved in the supply of class A substances in the Medway towns between February and March 2025. Police were alerted to suspicious behaviour on March 3 at an address in Magpie Hall Road, where they found him with 40 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine in his trouser pocket, along with cash and two mobile phones. A further search recovered 100 more wraps concealed on his person.

Dr Gregory Manson

Sexual assault

July 4, 2024

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Dr Gregory Manson, of Tower Way, Canterbury, conducted inappropriate and unnecessary intimate examinations on several male patients at Cossington House Surgery in Canterbury. Complaints led to an investigation starting in 2017, and he was arrested on February 21, 2018. He was charged with 24 offences and convicted of 14 counts of sexual assault and four counts of indecent assault.

Found guilty after a trial of sexual assault and indecent assault. Victims reported unnecessary intimate examinations not recorded in medical records.

Sources: kentlive.news

Harrison Lawrence Van-Pooss

Murder

February 1, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 31 years

Harrison Lawrence Van-Pooss ambushed Claire Knights, 54, while she was walking her dog near Minnis Bay on August 23, 2023. He sexually assaulted her, beat her, and stomped on her head, causing fractures and brain damage. He then hid her body in a dyke, where it was discovered two days later. Prior to this, he had pleaded guilty to upskirting another woman at his workplace the day before the murder.

Pleaded guilty to murder and upskirting. Sentence was increased by the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient, with judges citing insufficient weight given to aggravating factors such as targeting a lone woman and hiding the body. He feigned symptoms of psychosis after arrest.

Sources: kentlive.news

Jon Pughe

Robbery

June 10, 2022

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

Jon Pughe, 41, of Clifftown Gardens, Herne Bay, Kent, entered a Post Office in Margate Road, Margate, on 12 February 2022, wearing a balaclava and holding a crowbar. He hit a female staff member in the face, stole a large amount of cash from the till, and fled in a white Renault van. He was later arrested in Herne Bay town centre after police linked him via CCTV footage showing a tear in his jeans matching those he was wearing.

Admitted robbery. Caught due to matching jeans in CCTV footage. DCI Keith Taylor commented on the violent actions and their terrifying impact on the victim.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

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