Canterbury Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 555 verdicts at Canterbury Crown Court (Canterbury, Canterbury). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Phillip Bassett

Date not specified

Sexual assault on a child under 13 *

Sentence

12 years and nine months' imprisonment

Phillip Bassett abused a child, with several videos located on his mobile phone showing the abuse. He ordered indecent images of children to be printed at a photo printing company in July 2020, prompting staff to alert Kent Police. Officers executed a search warrant at his home on 14 August 2020, seizing his phone. He admitted accessing the dark web to view indecent images of children.

Admitted 15 charges including two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13 and two counts of assaulting a child under 13 by penetration. Will serve an extra five years and three months on licence.

localrags.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

Ronnie Mead

Date not specified

Robbery *

Sentence

three years imprisonment

Ronnie Mead approached a delivery driver aggressively in Chaucer Road at around 12.55pm on Thursday 14 April 2022, grabbing him by his top whilst shouting and swearing. He took the keys to the vehicle, climbed in and drove off despite the man's attempts to stop him. The van was tracked using its device and stopped in Godden Road where Mead was arrested surrounded by half-opened packages. He was also in possession of the driver's wallet.

Pleaded guilty to robbery, taking a motor vehicle without consent and possession of cannabis.

localrags.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

Sam Crew

Date not specified

Burglary *

Sentence

4 years and 3 months imprisonment

Sam Crew, along with Ryan Fountain, committed a series of 19 offences including house and business break-ins and car thefts across Thanet between 24 June and 16 July 2019. He broke into a house on St Michael's Avenue and was involved in aggravated vehicle-taking. He also admitted to burglarising three businesses on 15 July: a farm shop in Birchington, a Co-op in Broadstairs, and another shop on George Hill Road, Broadstairs. He was arrested on 16 July 2019 in Margate.

Pleaded guilty to five offences including a house break-in on St Michael's Avenue and aggravated vehicle-taking. Of Arlington Gardens, Margate.

berkshire999.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

Sam Marshall

Date not specified

Possession of class A drugs with intent to supply *

Sentence

six years and one month imprisonment

Sam Marshall and James Hammacott were in a Mercedes van suspected of being linked to drug dealing, stopped by Kent Police on the A299 Thanet Way near St Nicholas-at-Wade on 1 February 2023. Officers found two packages of cocaine, each weighing more than a kilo, and a shoebox containing more than £25,000 in cash.

Pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and possession of criminal property. Aged 32, from West Sussex.

localrags.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

Sam Murphy

Date not specified

Arson *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment

Sam Murphy, from Selling, and a teenage boy set fire to a car belonging to a relative of a teenage girl who had been the victim of harassment by the boy, near a house in Whitstable in the early hours of 5 July 2020. They smashed a window, poured a flammable liquid inside, and ignited it. Kent Fire and Rescue Service extinguished the fire before it spread. CCTV identified them, and they were arrested the same day in a vehicle containing petrol canisters and the crowbar used.

Admitted arson. A five-year restraining order was put in place, preventing contact with the victim or her family.

localrags.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

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About Canterbury Crown Court

Canterbury Crown Court, located in Canterbury, Canterbury, is a Crown Court that handles serious criminal cases including murder, rape, robbery, and other indictable offences. With 555 sentencing records in our database, it is one of the Crown Courts serving the Canterbury, Canterbury area. Crown Courts sit with a judge and jury, and have the power to impose the full range of sentences available under UK law.

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