Folkestone Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Barry Martin, 41, of Risborough Lane, Folkestone, broke into a pub on Rendezvous Street in Folkestone at 2.50am on November 4, 2025. He was caught in the act by police arriving eight minutes after the call, with a large bag of stolen alcohol including wine, beer, and cider valued at £350. An open bottle of beer was found near the point of forced entry.

Howard Sargent, 52, from Romney Marsh, crashed a red Toyota Yaris into the wall of The Pilot Inn in Dungeness just after midnight on August 10, 2025, causing £60,000 worth of damage to the family-owned pub. Shocking CCTV footage captured the vehicle smashing through the restaurant area.

Jesse Barton, 37, of no fixed address, breached a Criminal Behaviour Order issued in August 2024 that banned him from multiple retailers including Ashford Designer Outlet and Co-op stores. On October 5, 2025, he visited the Co-op at Brookfield Court, stealing food, alcohol, and household goods, and returned twice on October 6. He also stole £180 worth of items from the Loudon Way Co-op branch. On October 7, he stole clothes valued at £650 from a retailer at Ashford Designer Outlet on Kimberley Way. He was arrested later that day and charged.

Joseph Clarke entered Morrisons in Milton Regis High Street on April 2, 2025, and stole cleaning products worth almost £50. Later that day, he returned to the same supermarket and stole laundry items worth around £45, threatening a shop worker who attempted to intervene. He was identified via CCTV, arrested on June 2, 2025, in East Street, Sittingbourne, where cannabis was also seized from his possession.

Dean Hawes took a vehicle for his own use or another's on January 15, 2023, after which it was involved in a crash that damaged a Range Rover Velar.