Maidstone Crown Court Sentencing Results

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marli Casaletto was an inmate at HMP Rochester serving time for aiding a robbery gang. Between January and November 2023, he used three different mobile phones on rotation from within the prison to communicate with a prison officer, exchanging around 300 phone calls, video calls, and handwritten letters. He was released in May 2024.

Rosie Smith worked as a prison officer at HMP Rochester. Between January and November 2023, she exchanged around 300 phone calls and video calls with an inmate and wrote handwritten letters in which she called him the 'love of my life'. The contact was uncovered when screenshots were found on her phone.

Foord subjected his partner to prolonged controlling and coercive behaviour and physical violence. He controlled her social media, isolated her from friends and family, forced her to bark like a dog, damaged her phones, spent her money on gambling, drugs and alcohol, dragged her by the neck, banged her head on the ground, threatened her with a knife and threw a brick through a window. He was arrested in December 2025 and found in possession of cocaine.

Bannon collided with a 27-year-old pedestrian in Cliffe at around 2.10am and failed to stop. The victim was found by a member of the public and declared dead at the scene. Car parts left at the scene were later matched to Bannon's damaged vehicle, and he was arrested after officers forced entry to his home.

Between November 2023 and April 2025, Dane May conducted a sustained campaign of stalking against his two brothers, one a professional footballer, and their mother. He made threats of violence, rape and death, bombarding them with calls and messages, often while intoxicated. He flew a drone over the other brother's home to confirm his presence, rammed the other brother's security gates with his Ford Ranger, and threatened to kill the other brother and burn down their mother's house. On 30 April 2025, believing his family had given statements to police, Dane May went to the other brother's West Malling home, kicked and smashed glass doors, used a garden chair to try to break in, then struck the back door three times with a paving slab until it gave way. He entered holding the slab and attacked the other brother, kicking or stamping on his thigh. The other brother managed to overpower and restrain him until police arrived. The professional footballer, then a Huddersfield Town player, had been threatened with harm to him and his children, causing him to install high-tech security and plan escape routes. Their mother was forced to move away from Kent out of fear.

On 20 July 2024, Luke Wells was seen driving a red Vauxhall Astra erratically and at high speeds along Queenborough Road in Halfway, Isle of Sheppey. At approximately 7.41pm, the vehicle collided with a grey Peugeot that was turning right at a junction. All four occupants of the Peugeot were injured; the front seat passenger sustained life-threatening injuries including multiple fractures, while the driver and another passenger also suffered fractures. Witnesses saw the driver flee on foot towards Queenborough, removing his sandals. Police traced Wells to his home, where he denied involvement and claimed to have sold the car. Officers found evidence he had shaved his hair and beard to disguise his appearance. Forensic evidence from the car matched his DNA. He pleaded guilty to the offences and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court.

On 20 July 2025, Helen Tillcock stabbed her neighbour the victim 11 times in a communal garden at their homes on Barnsole Road, Gillingham. The attack followed a noise dispute, with Tillcock drunk and deliberately slamming her door. She stabbed the victim in the face, head and chest with a kitchen knife. Tillcock claimed self-defence and that she had the knife for making cheese and crackers, but the jury rejected this. The victim called an ambulance and was found slumped in her bathroom. Tillcock hid in a boiler cupboard before being arrested. The pair had once been friendly but relations had soured.

Christopher Robinson subjected his wife, a mother of three, to a prolonged campaign of abuse over approximately 18 months, beginning when she was pregnant. The abuse included strangulation with a phone charger cable, beatings, whipping with tea towels, degrading treatment, and controlling behaviour such as activating a tracker on her phone and threatening suicide. The children were forced to witness assaults, and Robinson took their phones to prevent them calling for help. The abuse came to light after a child contacted a relative, leading to police intervention. Robinson pleaded guilty to controlling or coercive behaviour, intentional strangulation, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Collette Gibson was driving northwards on the A249 Maidstone Road towards the Key Street roundabout when she abruptly stopped her blue Vauxhall Zafira without warning. A grey BMW hit her vehicle and a Harley Davidson motorcyclist collided with the BMW at 3.20pm on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The rider, a man in his 50s, was declared dead at the scene. Gibson, 55, of Lime Close in South Ockendon in Essex, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Nathan Uren, 24, of Sittingbourne, first came to police attention in 2021 after indecent images of a child were traced to his address. He was charged in October 2023 with multiple sexual communication offences. He pleaded guilty in January 2024 to making and distributing indecent images of children and encouraging others to create such content but was released on conditional bail pending sentencing. In October 2025, police found a mobile phone containing 16 indecent videos of a child and undisclosed social media accounts at his home. Following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court, he was found guilty of further sexual communication with children offences and sentenced on 19 May 2026.

Darren Cross, a 42-year-old registered sex offender from Ditton near Maidstone, was visited at home by officers on 3 February 2026. A search of his phone revealed new undisclosed online profiles, deleted internet history and attempts to sexually communicate with a child he believed to be 13. He was charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, two counts of failing to comply with sex offenders register requirements and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on 14 May 2026.

Danuska Pullia, a 47-year-old teaching assistant of White Satin Close, Iwade, in Kent, hit, pinched and spat at vulnerable pupils at a school in Sittingbourne between September 2021 and July 2023. She spat at a child who had spat at her and pinched another child's nose to remove a chocolate bar from their mouth. She was reported by colleagues and investigated by Kent Police.

On September 15, 2024, just before 8pm, Tyler Luckhurst, then 22, was driving his grandmother’s blue Mercedes C200 along Lower Road in Minster, Sheppey, while over the drug-driving limit with cocaine, ketamine and benzoylecgonine in his system. He overtook two cars at speed, attempted to pass a third at the brow of a hill, crashed into an oncoming vehicle driven by one victim, then collided with another car driven by another victim, causing his vehicle to flip. He was flung into bushes. Both women suffered serious injuries including broken bones, bruising and a punctured lung. Luckhurst fled the scene but later admitted responsibility at hospital.

Jay Bishenden, 24, from Castle Rough Lane in Sittingbourne, was using unauthorised devices. Officers attended his address on November 13, 2025, with a warrant and found two mobile phones and a laptop with evidence of him using a private browser.

Gillingham resident Andrew McPherson, 53, was visited by officers at his home in Charter Street on January 12 as part of a regular schedule of visits. They identified a laptop and phone showing signs of regular use, including internet usage. He was arrested and charged with breaching his SHPO.