Maidstone Crown Court Sentencing Results

On 27 June 2025, Amin Belechguer was seen riding a high-powered Kawasaki Ninja H2R without a registration plate on the A20 Ashford Road towards Maidstone. He pulled in front of a police car with lights and sirens activated, slowed down and gestured at officers, provoking a pursuit during which he reached speeds exceeding 130mph on a single-carriageway road with limits of 40mph to 60mph. He crossed solid white lines into the path of oncoming traffic at the blind brow of a hill. Officers abandoned the pursuit due to the danger, but a second police team deployed a stinger, puncturing his tyres and forcing him to stop; he attempted to run away on foot but was arrested. Investigators seized his motorcycle, mobile phone and GoPro camera and found footage dating back to 7 July 2024 showing him reaching speeds of up to 189mph across Kent, London and Essex, performing wheelies, ignoring red traffic lights, racing at car meets, riding across pavements and pedestrian crossings, and putting other road users at risk. The footage linked him to 21 separate dangerous driving offences.

Daemon Hunt, a registered sex offender, was subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order requiring monitoring software on his mobile phone. On August 12, 2026, during a planned home visit around two weeks after his release from prison, he appeared flustered and did not immediately hand over his phone for inspection. Officers found that messages had been deleted, and Hunt admitted deleting part of a WhatsApp conversation, amounting to deleting his internet browsing history. He was arrested and charged the same day, remanded in custody, and later pleaded guilty.

Ian Foreman, a sex offender subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, breached its conditions by deleting messages from his phone and using a messaging platform's 'view once' feature. Police found breaches during an unannounced visit on 1 July 2026 and a further scheduled meeting at Medway Police Station on 18 August, after he had communicated with a woman for five days and deleted messages. He pleaded guilty to all three offences and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court.

Nathan Austen became involved in a verbal altercation with the victim in Sittingbourne High Street on Friday 8 May 2026. He threw several punches before following the man along the High Street towards Mill Way, where another fight took place. During the attack, Austen bit the victim on the nose, causing significant injuries, and then left the scene. Officers identified him from witness statements and CCTV footage and arrested him on Monday 11 May at a property in Sittingbourne, where he was found hiding beneath a pile of clothes.

Jamie Goodege stabbed his teenage stepbrother multiple times with a 30cm kitchen knife while the victim was playing Call of Duty at their family home in Gillingham on January 25, 2025. An argument had broken out about cleaning and a coffee cup ring stain. He straddled the victim and stabbed him in the chest, then inflicted further wounds to his arm, leg, back and buttocks. The victim required emergency surgery and later described flashbacks and severe mental health effects.

Jaime Goodege stabbed an 18-year-old victim with a kitchen knife during an argument at his home in Gillingham on 25 January 2025. The victim suffered three puncture wounds to a lung and a laceration to the heart. Goodege fled the scene but was arrested by Kent Police officers about 30 minutes later, around a mile away. He was later found guilty of wounding with intent and sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on 9 October 2026 to eight years’ imprisonment, with an indefinite restraining order.

Police reviewing monitoring software on his phone noticed he had been messaging several people over many applications. Officers attended his home in Gillingham on September 8 and a manual check showed he had deleted messages, breaching the terms of his court order. He had also been messaging a child.

Ben Horrobin was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Officers attended his home on Tuesday 5 May 2026. During his arrest, Horrobin threw a phone out of an open window. A review of the device uncovered around 5,000 indecent images of children, undeclared email addresses, and access to messaging sites and internet browsers in which usage history is deleted. A bank card not notified to police was also found. He was later charged with multiple offences including making indecent images of children and breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Lee Glendenning was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Monitoring software captured him messaging an adult woman. Due to him recently moving to Medway, officers checked on him at his home in Gillingham on 21 July. A search of his phone showed the chat observed via monitoring software had been deleted, breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order conditions. Glendenning pleaded guilty to the breach.

On 31 July 2022 in Chatham, Owen Kedwell, who was intoxicated, attacked a man walking his dogs, punching him to the ground and repeatedly kicking him, fracturing his ankle and leaving him requiring surgery. He also kicked the man's dogs. When a passing motorist stopped to help, he subjected her to racial abuse. He later pleaded guilty to the offences.

Ashley Robinson confronted a sleeping man at a shared property in Chatham on 1 November 2025, demanding £10 he claimed he was owed for selling a phone. After the man was fatally stabbed by another occupant, Robinson acted as the getaway driver in a stolen car and tried to destroy evidence by wiping the car down. Robinson had earlier participated in an arson attack on a Range Rover in Walderslade, pouring accelerant over the car before it was set alight. He was convicted of assisting an offender and admitted dangerous driving, handling stolen goods and arson.

Abdul Qudus Odushoga subjected his partner to a months-long campaign of abuse at her home in Faversham, demanding money and expensive items and taking money from her purse if she refused. He was violent towards her on multiple occasions, including pushing her through a wardrobe into a wall, slapping and biting her, throwing a shopping trolley that narrowly missed, and grabbing her by the neck so tightly she choked. When the victim called police after another violent attack, he discovered she had sought help, strangled her, and repeatedly hit her head into a metal cabinet and the floor. He fled before officers arrived but was arrested later that afternoon.

Charlie Stefano attacked a woman he knew at a private property in Chatham in the early hours of February 13. He grabbed her by the throat twice, including when he dragged her across the floor and held her over a staircase. He also kicked her, causing swelling to her ankle, and snapped her phone in half. The victim escaped when he was distracted, and concerned members of the public called police on her behalf. Stefano was arrested later the same day.

Jack Stevens, a registered sex offender, was subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order with strict internet restrictions. During a home visit on 14 January, he denied having any undeclared electronic devices. A police dog located a Samsung tablet hidden behind a bed, and an indecent image and a prohibited image of a child were found on the device. He was charged on 15 January and remanded in custody before pleading guilty at Maidstone Crown Court.

Joseph Hatton was arrested on September 27 last year after his victim disclosed they had been indecently touched in the past. A review of his mobile phone uncovered hundreds of indecent images of children. He denied the allegations but was convicted of all counts by a jury at Maidstone Crown Court and later sentenced at the same court.

On 16 February 2025, Jahmel Corbin was involved in a minor collision on New Road in Chatham. When the other driver got out to exchange insurance details, Corbin attempted to drive away and drove directly into the victim, propelling him onto the bonnet. Corbin continued driving along the road, swerving and braking heavily, causing the victim to fall from the car and suffer serious injuries. He fled the scene but was arrested the following day and later identified from an image taken at the time of the offence.

Luis Clifton admitted six counts of sexual activity with a child and other offences. He breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and Sex Offenders Register requirements, made indecent images of children, and threatened to share an intimate photograph. Following an unannounced police visit, officers seized devices and found he had been communicating with an underage teenage girl on social media. Further offences were identified after the victim provided evidence to police.

Le targeted a child in Rochester, making the victim watch pornography and perform an indecent act. He denied the allegations but was convicted of sexual activity with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act.