Folkestone Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 38 verdicts at Folkestone Magistrates' Court (Folkestone). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

April 2026 2 cases

Carlos Hovenden

Theft from motor vehicles *

Sentence

five months’ immediate imprisonment

Carlos Hovenden, 23, from Dover, targeted 16 cars in one evening on Saturday April 25, 2026, in Lower Road, River, causing damage to vehicles and stealing items including headphones, sunglasses, a phone, bank cards, and a bag. Police traced the headphones' location to his home in Noah’s Ark Road, Dover, where stolen goods were found piled on his bedside table.

Pleaded guilty to 17 offences: 10 counts of criminal damage to vehicles, five counts of theft from motor vehicles, one count of criminal damage to his cell and one of fraud by false representation.

27 Apr 2026

Shannon Rossiter

Theft *

Sentence

two-year Criminal Behaviour Order

Shannon Rossiter committed five counts of theft across Canterbury and Whitstable in late 2025. Incidents included stealing sandwiches from Tesco in September 2025, back-to-back raids on Whitstable Co-op in early November 2025, violent theft of £88 worth of cleaning supplies and alcohol from Co-op in Sturry in October 2025 where she assaulted two employees, and stealing £222 gift sets from Boots in Canterbury on November 16, 2025. Arrested in a nearby Waitrose car park with recovered items. Linked to wider pattern of offending.

Pleaded guilty to five counts of theft. No custodial sentence issued. Prohibited from entering any shop owned by Co-operative Retail Services Ltd in Kent and certain retail premises with named associates.

2 Apr 2026

March 2026 1 case

Aiden Cullen

Driving while disqualified *

Sentence

Fined £1,000

On November 26, 2025, Aiden Cullen, a 30-year-old ground worker from Chaucer Crescent, Dover, was observed driving a Seat Leon in Castle Street, Dover, by Army officers who pulled him over. Checks revealed he was disqualified from driving due to a drink-driving offence with only 20 days left on the ban, and he was also uninsured. He was charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance.

Admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance. Six points added to licence. No separate penalty for driving without insurance. Ordered to pay £400 victim surcharge and £85 court costs at £200 per month. Spared further ban due to exceptional hardship affecting job, family, and Army reapplication.

27 Mar 2026

February 2026 4 cases

Andrew Ball

Breach of non-molestation order and assault *

Sentence

12 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months

Andrew Ball, 33, of Harold Street, Dover, made seven breaches of a non-molestation order by attempting to contact his former partner Alana Phippen and their one-year-old child between August and October 2023, using withheld calls, new Facebook and TikTok accounts, and persistent messages urging her to stop 'playing silly games'. This left Ms Phippen fearful, traumatised, and reluctant to leave her home. While awaiting sentencing for these offences, in January 2026, Ball, intoxicated, stormed into a property in Dover with friends upon learning of his other ex-girlfriend's new relationship with Christopher Lapsky. He assaulted Mr Lapsky by pinning him down and attacking him, an incident filmed by his friends, which the victim described as making him fear for his life. Ball disputed the severity in a probation report, claiming it involved a few slaps or punches while on a sofa.

Pleaded not guilty to breaches but convicted after trial. Ordered to pay £837 in costs and £100 compensation to victim Christopher Lapsky for the assault. Has 14 previous convictions, including for robbery and drug offences. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. Not deemed fit for unpaid work due to difficulties in group situations.

27 Feb 2026

Kendal Carpenter

Night poaching *

Sentence

Community order with 100 hours unpaid work

Owen Curtis, 19, of Dover, and Kendal Carpenter, 18, of Beaufoy Terrace, Dover, were involved in night poaching near Woolage Village, between Canterbury and Dover. On September 23, 2026, at about 10pm, police detained occupants of a Ford Fiesta parked near farmland in Pie Factory Road, Barfrestone. The search uncovered six deceased pheasants and one badly injured pheasant that was euthanised, four catapults, 200 ball bearings, three head torches, and a large lamp. The pheasants were killed inhumanely with catapults.

Pleaded guilty to trespassing on land at night and taking and destroying game. Ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge. Poaching equipment ordered to be destroyed.

13 Feb 2026

Owen Curtis

Night poaching *

Sentence

Community order with 100 hours unpaid work

Pleaded guilty to trespassing on land at night and taking and destroying game. Ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge. Poaching equipment ordered to be destroyed.

13 Feb 2026

Rhiannon Thomas

Shoplifting *

Sentence

7 days imprisonment

Rhiannon Thomas, 36, of no fixed address, stole chocolate and coffee worth £27.83 from a Tesco store in Folkestone on January 26, 2026, less than a week after her release from prison on January 20, 2026. Officers witnessed her passing a bag containing the stolen items to an associate on Canterbury Road, Folkestone. She was arrested, charged with shoplifting, and admitted the offence. This incident occurred while she was wanted on recall to prison for breaching licence conditions. Items were recovered, so no compensation was sought.

Sentenced concurrently to 14-day recall to prison for breaching licence conditions. Long history of convictions including shoplifting, assaults, and possession of offensive weapons. Previously jailed for 16 weeks in November for multiple offences and 14.5 months in 2020 for threats with razor and actual bodily harm. Fined £50 for breaching two-year conditional discharge and £75 each for two assaults on emergency workers, deemed paid by time in custody. Ordered to pay £114 victim surcharge.

7 Feb 2026

January 2026 2 cases

Sharon Parry

Sending communications of an offensive nature *

Sentence

3 months custody suspended for 18 months

Sharon Parry, aged 53, from Dorset Gardens, Walmer, harassed PC Lauren Eyre-Jackson, the police officer who investigated her previous stalking of a therapist, by sending defamatory emails, abusive texts, and making offensive phone calls and voicemails between March 20 and April 29, 2025. The harassment began with an email asking if the officer had slept with the therapist and escalated to insults and threats. Parry was arrested on May 1, 2025, after attempting to hide her phone, which contained searches for the officer. She admitted the offence of sending communications of an offensive nature. Parry has a history of similar behaviour, including a three-year jail sentence in 2018 for stalking her therapist involving threats, fake social media accounts, property damage, and false allegations, followed by further imprisonment for breaching the indefinite restraining order.

Ordered to complete a 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement, 10 rehabilitation activity requirement sessions, pay £154 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Five-year restraining order banning contact with PC Lauren Eyre-Jackson. Aggravated by previous convictions for harassment and stalking, and breaches of restraining order. Passed custody threshold but suspended due to mental health issues and alcohol use.

30 Jan 2026

Jessie Barton

Theft and Breach of Court Order *

Sentence

3 months imprisonment

On January 1, 2026, Barton entered the Puma store at Ashford Designer Outlet and stole clothing worth £124. On January 2, he targeted the Tommy Hilfiger store, taking items valued at £361. CCTV showed him leaving hastily with goods concealed in a bag. He was arrested later that day.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and two breaches of Criminal Behaviour Order.

5 Jan 2026

November 2025 1 case

Barry Martin

Burglary *

Sentence

6 months imprisonment

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.

Recalled to prison to serve remainder of previous sentence. Repeat offender.

5 Nov 2025

October 2025 2 cases

Howard Sargent

Drink driving *

Sentence

24-month community order and 28-month driving ban

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.

Pleaded guilty to drink driving.

13 Oct 2025

Jesse Barton

Shoplifting and breach of Criminal Behaviour Order *

Sentence

5 months imprisonment

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.

Pleaded guilty to five counts of shoplifting and four breaches of a Criminal Behaviour Order. Inspector Sarah Williams noted blatant disregard for the court order.

9 Oct 2025

June 2025 1 case

Joseph Clarke

Theft *

Sentence

180 days imprisonment

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.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, a public order offence, and possession of a class B drug. Ordered to compensate Morrisons in full. Investigating officer commented that thieves who threaten or assault shop staff are a priority and that local officers will monitor him upon release.

4 Jun 2025

January 2025 1 case

Robbie Smith

Attempt to cause or incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity *

Sentence

9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Robbie Smith, aged 31, of Campus Court, Ashford, was arrested in 2022 after being caught by online paedophile hunters. Between February and April 2022, he engaged in online conversations with two decoy accounts he believed were girls aged 13, encouraging them to engage in sexual acts on themselves. He sent messages describing his own actions and calling them terms like 'babe' and 'gorgeous', with elements of grooming. He blocked one account after realising potential trouble. No actual underage victims were involved; the accounts were operated by adults. Smith was diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and was socially isolated and depressed at the time.

Placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years. Pleaded not guilty initially but changed pleas and was convicted. No SHPO imposed as not necessary or proportionate.

12 Jan 2025

July 2024 1 case

Dean Hawes

Aggravated vehicle taking and property damage *

Sentence

Banned from driving for 1 year and ordered to pay £500 compensation

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.

Admitted aggravated vehicle taking and property damage.

9 Jul 2024

May 2024 1 case

Louise Rowlands

Drink driving *

Sentence

Disqualified from driving for 23 months and 40 hours unpaid work

On 28 March 2024, at about 10.30pm, Louise Rowlands, 54, of Seabrook Vale, Hythe, Kent, drove a Volkswagen Polo through a coned road closure on the A1307 between Spittals and Alconbury in Cambridgeshire, colliding with the back of a police car that was assisting with a broken-down vehicle. She was three times over the drink drive limit, blowing 109 microgrammes at the roadside and 96 in custody.

Pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without due care and attention.

1 May 2024

February 2024 1 case

Vincent Hart

Animal Welfare Act 2006 offences *

Sentence

12-month community sentence with 150 hours unpaid work and 10-year ban from owning animals

Vincent Hart, 61, of Chestnut Wood Lane in Borden, allowed his elderly toy poodle, Dancer, to suffer in the final months of his life. On November 23, 2023, Hart took the dog to a vet in Sittingbourne for euthanasia. The dog was extremely thin, scoring one out of nine on the Body Condition Score, unable to stand, suffering from an eye condition, and heavily matted with fur so close to the skin it was red raw and smelled awful. A veterinary nurse described it as the worst state she had ever seen, noting the dog's hip bones and ribs were palpable through the matted fur. The RSPCA investigated after receiving images from the nurse before the dog died.

Admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Ordered to pay £1,200 prosecution costs. In mitigation, reflected on his conduct and wished he had done differently.

18 Feb 2024

Date Not Specified 21 cases

William King

Breaching Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) *

Sentence

Fined £120 for each of five instances (£600 total), victim surcharge £240, costs £200, compensation £517.90

William King from Ramsgate tagged five locations in Canterbury including Grade I-listed Fyndon’s Gate at St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury Magistrates’ Court, and the King Ethelbert statue in Lady Wootton’s Green. Caught on CCTV in April. The tags breached the council’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO).

Found guilty in his absence. Admitted responsibility for the tags during police interview.

1 Jan 0001

Steven John Lee

Transporting controlled waste without licence *

Sentence

Fined £180, £150 costs, £34 victim surcharge (total £364)

Steven John Lee, 38, from Herne Bay, was stopped driving a vehicle containing scrap metal waste during a joint operation by Canterbury City Council and Kent Police Rural Task Force in Shalloak Road, Canterbury, on 3 February. He could not produce a required licence from the Environment Agency to transport controlled waste such as scrap metal.

Pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 5(7) Control of Pollution Amendment Act 1989. Fixed penalty notice not paid. Told court he bought a permit after incident but is no longer in scrapping industry.

1 Jan 0001

Marie Renham

Fraud by misusing a Blue Badge Disabled Person’s Parking Permit *

Sentence

Fined £250 and ordered to pay £700 costs and a £32 victim surcharge

On 4 November 2019, at the Northgate carpark in Canterbury, Mrs Renham parked her vehicle in a disabled parking bay and displayed her deceased grandmother’s Blue Badge. Mrs Renham’s grandmother, Joyce Robson, had died 18 months previously. Kent County Council had previously been informed that Mrs Renham was using the badge and asked Canterbury City Council to look out for it. Civil Enforcement Officers spotted the misuse and reported it. Following enquiries by KCC’s Counter Fraud Team, Mrs Renham was interviewed under caution.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by misusing a Blue Badge Disabled Person’s Parking Permit. Chairman of the Bench, Chris MacKenny described the action as “despicable”.

1 Jan 0001

Matthew Valedez

Breach of Community Protection Notice *

Sentence

fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 in costs and a £34 court surcharge

Matthew Valedez organised motor events including motocross bikes on land known as the Cloverleaf roundabout on the A2070 in the centre of Sheepfold Lane and Romney Marsh Road, Ashford. Complaints from residents and councillors in Kingsnorth and Park Farm began in November 2020 regarding noise issues. Between March and September 2021, nearly 70 complaints were received about noise on weekends and public holidays, plus safety concerns and obstruction of the road network. In April 2021, Ashford Borough Council issued a Community Protection Warning Notice requiring cessation. Kent Police witnessed a breach shortly after, leading to a Community Protection Notice. Further breach observed in June 2021.

Pleaded guilty to breaching the Community Protection Notice. Fixed Penalty Notice remained outstanding.

1 Jan 0001

Michael William Latter

Illegal burning of waste *

Sentence

26 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months

Michael William Latter of Blind Lane, Mersham, ignored repeated warnings and allowed transit van-sized loads of waste including demolition and building materials, household waste, plastics and furniture to be imported onto land adjoining his property and burnt on a regular basis, causing pollution of the environment. Problem came to attention of Ashford Borough Council in early 2020, with specific incidents between May and July 2021. Convicted of five related offences and one count of failing to comply with a legal notice at Margate Magistrates Court on 4 March following trial.

Pleaded not guilty to all offences but admitted under oath to non-compliance with council notice and allowing importation and burning of waste. Ordered to pay £650 towards council costs and £128 victim surcharge. Warning that further offending within 18 months likely to lead to imprisonment.

1 Jan 0001

Naomi Denton-Younger

Shoplifting *

Sentence

54-week custodial sentence

On Boxing Day afternoon 2022, Denton-Younger stole 53 chocolate bars worth £105 from the Co-op in Mortimer Street, Herne Bay. The following day around 7pm, she stole three bottles of whisky worth over £100 from the Tesco store in Sea Street without paying. At 8pm on 3 January 2023, the 31-year-old entered Morrisons in Beach Street and put two joints of beef worth £36 into a bag before leaving without paying. Finally, at around 9.45pm on 4 January 2023, she returned to the Tesco store in Sea Street, hid seven packs of fresh salmon in her jacket and left without paying. She was identified via CCTV footage and arrested on Wednesday 11 January 2023 after providing a false name.

Admitted the offences. Prolific shoplifter in the Herne Bay area. Charged with four counts of shoplifting, resisting arrest and refusing to provide a sample for class A drug testing.

1 Jan 0001

Nikola Tokorova

Theft *

Sentence

28 days imprisonment and ordered to pay £50 compensation

Nikola Tokorova stole a Poppy Appeal charity collection box from a High Street supermarket in Swanscombe on 6 November 2021. She was arrested on 17 November 2021 after officers recognised her as responsible for the theft.

Pleaded guilty on 9 December. Described as an 18-year-old opportunist criminal from Swanscombe who showed no remorse.

1 Jan 0001

Ryan Prior

Shoplifting *

Sentence

40 weeks’ imprisonment

Between 22 September and 28 October 2023, Ryan Prior stole high-value items including alcohol, perfumes, groceries from stores and supermarkets in Deal, Broadstairs, Sandwich, Ramsgate and Tunbridge Wells, and cash from a pub in Tunbridge Wells.

Admitted to 12 counts of shoplifting, one count of attempted shoplifting, and two counts of burglary other than dwelling.

1 Jan 0001

Safiollah Mohammadi

Facilitating illegal immigration to the UK *

Sentence

eight months in prison

Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, piloted an overcrowded boat carrying more than 70 people across the Channel from a beach near Calais, France, to UK waters on 21 May. Shortly after departure, a woman and child were pulled off by a French coastal patrol vessel and declared dead. Police in France are investigating the fatalities.

Pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration to the UK.

1 Jan 0001

Shah Salim Sajjadi

Facilitating illegal immigration to the UK *

Sentence

eight months in prison

Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, piloted an overcrowded boat carrying more than 70 people across the Channel from a beach near Calais, France, to UK waters on 21 May. Shortly after departure, a woman and child were pulled off by a French coastal patrol vessel and declared dead. Police in France are investigating the fatalities.

Pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration to the UK.

1 Jan 0001

Dominic Hilden

Waste carrier licence offence and scrap collectors licence offence *

Sentence

Fined £1,390

Dominic Hilden, 37, from Faversham, was stopped driving in Sweechgate, Canterbury, on 24 August 2022, as part of a joint operation between Canterbury City Council and Kent Police. He had scrap metal on his vehicle but could not produce documents licensing him to carry such materials. His vehicle was seized by Kent Police Rural Task Force for lacking vehicle tax for two years. He was advised to complete the Waste Duty of Care E-learning programme and apply for waste carriers and scrap collectors licences but failed to do so.

Pleaded guilty via letter. Fined £425 for waste carrier licence offence and £425 for scrap collectors licence offence, plus £340 surcharge and £200 costs. To pay in full within 60 days.

1 Jan 0001

Douglas White

Breach of criminal behaviour order *

Sentence

1 year imprisonment

Douglas White, 53, from Dover, made multiple abusive, threatening, and silent calls to Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service, and other NHS services between 10 January and 14 April 2023. He frequently used derogatory language towards female call-takers, shouted abuse, threatened suicide or harm to others to keep them on the line, and once demanded an officer to read his post. He breached a 2018 criminal behaviour order banning non-emergency calls to services. Additionally, in January 2022, he assaulted two ambulance workers by threatening to throw boiling water and sugar at them. He also caused criminal damage to a mattress in custody. Arrested 19 April 2023 by Dover Victim Based Crime Team.

Admitted all charges including breaching a 2018 criminal behaviour order. Also sentenced for two counts of assault against emergency workers from a separate incident in January 2022.

1 Jan 0001

Edith Nishanthy Nixon

Breaches of Animal Welfare Act 2006 *

Sentence

12 month Community Order with 100 hours unpaid work, £114 Victim Surcharge and £2,701.50 costs

Edith Nishanthy Nixon bred at least 10 litters of Pomeranian pups between 2020 and 2022 without holding an animal activity licence for dog breeding, contrary to the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Investigation followed a complaint from a puppy purchaser. She admitted under caution that a number of puppies had died due to lack of milk and showed lack of basic care or knowledge, including failure to act when pups were subdued and lethargic, inability to detect dehydration, and no monitoring of growth and food intake through weighing.

Pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. Bred at least 10 litters of Pomeranian pups without a licence between 2020 and 2022. Puppies died due to lack of milk and inadequate care including failure to monitor health, dehydration, growth and food intake.

1 Jan 0001

Faye Waters

Being a person in charge of dogs dangerously out of control causing injury *

Sentence

six-month conditional discharge and £500 compensation

Faye Waters, 28, from Deal, admitted she may have left a gate unsecured while collecting belongings from her ex-boyfriend’s home in Dover, allowing his Staffordshire bull terriers, Leo and Luna, to escape on March 11, 2025. The dogs were found loose in Roman Way, St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, taken in by a woman who tried to help, but they killed one of her elderly Jack Russells and injured the other, also injuring the owner with puncture wounds and a fractured hand.

Pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. Previous good character. Expressed remorse. Case described as a very sad accident.

1 Jan 0001

Joshua Chambers

Dangerous driving *

Sentence

further 12 months imprisonment added to existing sentence and disqualified from driving for 3 years

Joshua Chambers, 29, was spotted behind the wheel of a white Citroen DS3 in the King Street area of Ramsgate, shortly after 12pm on Thursday 23 June 2022. Kent Police officers knew he had been banned from driving and indicated for him to stop by activating lights and sirens. Instead, Chambers accelerated away from the unmarked patrol car, exceeding the speed limit and mounting the pavement on two occasions before the pursuing officers lost sight of him. He was arrested around 50 minutes later after officers attended an address linked to him and found him inside.

Pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop and driving without insurance. On temporary release from prison at the time.

1 Jan 0001

Ilmars Anufrijevs

Failing to provide a specimen, driving whilst disqualified, driving without insurance *

Sentence

18 weeks imprisonment, disqualified from driving for 7 years

Ilmars Anufrijevs, 34, of Farley Road, Margate, was spotted swerving on Adisham Way in Margate by an off-duty PCSO on the evening of 12 August 2021 while driving a Ford Focus with a smashed windscreen. The PCSO followed him to Elmley Way where he stopped with a can of beer in hand. Roadside breath test showed 161mg of alcohol (legal limit 35mg). He refused a further breath test at the police station.

Pleaded guilty to all three charges.

1 Jan 0001

Jamie Roberts

Fly-tipping *

Sentence

3 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and fined £278

On 14 January, Jamie Roberts dumped a large pile of waste in Westcourt Lane near Woolage Green. The incident was reported to Dover District Council and handed to Canterbury City Council. Investigations established his involvement, and he admitted to fly-tipping during interview by council officers.

Pleaded guilty to fly-tipping. Recent similar conviction taken into account. Costs of £150 and victim surcharge of £128 consolidated with existing fines, deducted from benefits at £20 a month.

1 Jan 0001

Carl Johnson

Making a false bomb threat and sending a threatening communication *

Sentence

120 days imprisonment

Carl Johnson, a 39-year-old from Surrey Road, Margate, dialled 999 on Monday 12 June 2023 and claimed he had a homemade bomb. He called again shortly after and verbally abused a police call handler with sexual threats. Officers from the Local Policing Team in Thanet went to his Margate home 30 minutes after the second call and arrested him.

Pleaded guilty to making a false bomb threat and sending a threatening communication. Sentenced two days after the offence.

1 Jan 0001

Christopher Lamb

Shoplifting *

Sentence

3 months imprisonment

Christopher Lamb, a prolific shoplifter from Faversham, committed a series of thefts in Sittingbourne between February and June 2023.

Pleaded guilty to eight counts of shop theft. Subject to a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from entering Aldi, Co-op or Superdrug stores in Kent, carrying a bag into retail premises, loitering outside shops or cashpoints, and other conditions.

1 Jan 0001

Connor Jones

Shoplifting *

Sentence

360 days imprisonment

Connor Jones committed a series of thefts from supermarkets around Canterbury, stealing high-value bottles of spirits worth more than £1,900 between 29 December 2021 and 9 January 2022. During one theft, he was challenged by a staff member outside a supermarket in Sturry Road, threw bottles of alcohol towards the staff member injuring his foot, was arrested on 18 January, spat in the face of the arresting officer, and later spat in the face of another officer at Canterbury Police Station and urinated on his cell door.

Admitted two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, one count of assault, one count of criminal damage and 13 counts of shoplifting. Repeat offender.

1 Jan 0001

Curtis Tipton

Theft *

Sentence

14 weeks imprisonment

Between 3 January and 10 January 2024, Curtis Tipton stole alcohol, luxury items and household goods worth almost £1,400 from supermarkets and grocery stores in Folkestone. He was arrested on 11 January following an investigation by Folkestone’s Victim Based Crime Team.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of theft. Also received a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order prohibiting entry to six shops and requiring him to leave if asked by staff. Aged 53, of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

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Folkestone Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Carlos Hovenden

Shannon Rossiter

Aiden Cullen

Andrew Ball

Kendal Carpenter

Owen Curtis

Rhiannon Thomas

Sharon Parry

Jessie Barton

Barry Martin

Howard Sargent

Jesse Barton

Joseph Clarke

Robbie Smith

Dean Hawes

Louise Rowlands

Vincent Hart

William King

Steven John Lee

Marie Renham

Matthew Valedez

Michael William Latter

Naomi Denton-Younger

Nikola Tokorova

Ryan Prior

Safiollah Mohammadi

Shah Salim Sajjadi

Dominic Hilden

Douglas White

Edith Nishanthy Nixon

Faye Waters

Joshua Chambers

Ilmars Anufrijevs

Jamie Roberts

Carl Johnson

Christopher Lamb

Connor Jones

Curtis Tipton

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