Maidstone Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 812 verdicts at Maidstone Crown Court (Maidstone). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Claire White

Assisting an offender *

Sentence

three years’ imprisonment

Following the fatal stabbing of Thomas Waugh on 19 August 2022, Claire White received a call from her son Rocco Mustafa and travelled to Tonbridge to collect him shortly after the incident. Due to a large police presence, she returned home and collected him the following morning.

Convicted after trial on 11 April 2023 of assisting an offender. Mother of Rocco Mustafa; travelled to Tonbridge to collect him after the incident but returned the next day due to police presence.

1 Jan 0001

Clayton Perfect

Attempted murder *

Sentence

16 and a half years imprisonment with an additional 4 years on licence

Clayton Perfect, of Charter Street, Gillingham, let himself into a property in Hoo at 4.45am on Sunday 4 October 2020, where he attempted to stab the first victim in the neck, causing slash injuries to the neck after the victim moved. The knife became stuck in a wall. He then armed himself with another knife from the kitchen and stabbed a second man in the left arm and caused a slash injury across his chest. He fled the scene and was arrested at 7.20am in the Barker Road area of Maidstone. A matching set of distinctive rose copper gold kitchen knives was found with one missing, and he admitted to a family member that he had stabbed someone.

Admitted one charge of attempted murder and one charge of grievous bodily harm with intent.

1 Jan 0001

Client In R V B

Shoplifting and assault occasioning actual bodily harm *

Sentence

Suspended sentence

Charged with multiple shoplifting offences and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Multiple shoplifting offences and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, described by judge as ‘at the highest level of ABH, on the cusp of GBH and wounding’.

1 Jan 0001

George Bradley

Being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin *

Sentence

2 years and 6 months imprisonment

On 17 March 2023, officers stopped a vehicle in Cuxton Road, Strood, and arrested George Bradley who was inside. Officers also found the mobile phone linked to the drugs line.

Admitted charges. Aged 30, from Cliffe.

1 Jan 0001

George Mcraye

Attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent *

Sentence

three years and four months in prison

On Saturday 12 November 2022, George McRaye and his brother Thomas entered a gambling outlet in Week Street, Maidstone, drinking alcohol purchased elsewhere despite no alcohol licence. They refused to leave when asked by staff. A security guard intervened; they became abusive, pushed the guard. George pulled a large kitchen knife from his waistband and passed it to Thomas, who advanced slashing at the victim multiple times while George threw a bar stool. An associate intervened; they left towards King Street. Police arrested them near a taxi rank; knife recovered from rubbish bin.

Pleaded guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in a public place. Aged 34, of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

George Knight

Conspiracy to commit burglary *

Sentence

five years and nine months' imprisonment

George Knight was part of a prolific gang of burglars who targeted homes across Kent and London between 21 November 2019 and 2 April 2020, breaking in during hours of darkness to steal car keys and vehicles from driveways, including four addresses in Larkfield and Maidstone, and a further 29 break-ins in areas including Whitstable, Canterbury, Tonbridge, Borough Green, Medway towns, Sevenoaks.

Aged 28 from Belvedere. Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. DNA recovered from stolen Audi.

1 Jan 0001

Gareth Lucas

Attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child *

Sentence

seven years’ imprisonment with an extended licence period of four years

Gareth Lucas repeatedly sent explicit images to the profiles of two children he believed were only 14 years old. Operating under the alias of ‘Garfuncle Lucas’, between 2 August and 13 November 2019 he accessed Facebook and instant messaging apps to seek out and contact victims. Despite receiving several replies clearly stating they were 14 and at school, Lucas bombarded two children with messages of an explicit nature, urging them to engage in sexual activity and to send him indecent images. Lucas also made efforts to meet one of them in Sevenoaks, where he planned to carry out abuse on a train. Unbeknown to him, the children did not exist – their profiles were linked to fictitious accounts operated by police. He was arrested in Tunbridge Wells on 12 November 2019.

Admitted two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and three counts of attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity. Found guilty of attempting to arrange or facilitate the commission of a child sex offence following a trial. Subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and added to the sex offender register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Frank Matthews

Conspiracy to burgle *

Sentence

two years and three months’ imprisonment

Frank Matthews, Jimmy Price and Lewis Collins conspired to steal livery valued at around £100,000 at up to eight separate properties between 3 May and 17 May 2020. The gang targeted stables and other rural premises during the hours of darkness in areas including Faversham, Paddock Wood, East Peckham, Mereworth, Blue Bell Hill, Sittingbourne, Kemsing and Maidstone. Forcing open doors and disabling alarms, the men stole equine equipment before making off in vehicles, sometimes across open fields. After a break-in at stables near Bearsted, Maidstone on 17 May, investigators identified the suspects had been using a Vauxhall Zafira. On the following day, Matthews was driving the vehicle dangerously through residential areas in Maidstone until it halted due to a mechanical issue, leading to their arrest.

27-year-old from Coxheath. Admitted eight burglaries and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle and dangerous driving.

1 Jan 0001

Gary Parks

Burglary *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months imprisonment

Gary Parks and Wilfred Grant ransacked a property in Brook Street, Snodland, entering a caravan contained within a gated area on 16 September 2020. They stole cash, jewellery, personal items including a wedding ring and cufflinks, push bikes, a motorcycle, and possessions belonging to the victim’s children. They were identified on CCTV and arrested the following month.

Pleaded guilty to burglary and two counts of theft.

1 Jan 0001

Gavin Lawless

Burglary *

Sentence

two years and five months’ imprisonment

During the morning of Thursday 8 February 2024, Gavin Lawless drove to High Halstow in a VW Polo and parked near the centre of the village. He then broke into a house while the residents were away and stole jewellery and watches, before returning home to Gillingham in the car. A neighbour noticed him acting suspiciously and took down the registration of his car, leading to his quick identification via CCTV and arrest on 9 February. Stolen items were recovered from a bag, the VW, and his home.

Pleaded guilty to burglary.

1 Jan 0001

Gavin Prodger

Causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit for cocaine and benzoylecgonine *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

On Saturday 10 July 2021, Gavin Prodger, from Rochester, took cocaine before driving his Audi at 47mph in a 30mph zone on Watling Street in Dartford. He had defective eyesight and was using his mobile phone to send a photograph moments before striking 10-year-old Lily Lockwood at around 6.50pm as she crossed the road to join friends in the local park after checking the road was clear. Lily died in hospital. Prodger failed an impairment test at the scene and had cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit for cocaine and benzoylecgonine, and to possession of cocaine. Minimum of eight years before parole eligibility, plus two years on licence. Disqualified from driving until 2040 and Audi forfeited.

1 Jan 0001

Ghandi Mallak

Robbery *

Sentence

six years and six months imprisonment

On the evening of 26 February 2022, in Chatham High Street, Ghandi Mallak and others approached a man in his 20s at a cash machine, threatened him with a knife, pushed him against the ATM, searched his pockets, and stole his phone and bank cards. Mallak assaulted a member of the public who intervened, causing grazing and bruises to the face. Officers arrested Mallak nearby, finding 17 wraps of class A drugs in his sock.

Pleaded guilty to robbery, possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of heroin with intent to supply, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Sentence included terms for being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in Sussex in September 2021.

1 Jan 0001

Gheorghe Ciobotaru

Burglary *

Sentence

five years and three months in prison

Gheorghe Ciobotaru, along with accomplices Gabriel Zaharia and Valentin Ciobotaru, targeted jewellery at addresses in north and west Kent and Essex. On 5 February 2022, they travelled to Sevenoaks in a silver Mercedes, forced a window open at a house in Hillydeal Road, and targeted further addresses in Shoreham Lane Sevenoaks, Leyton Cross Road Dartford, and Summerhouse Drive Bexley. They ransacked the premises and stole jewellery. They were also responsible for two burglaries in Loughton, Essex on 4 February 2022. Arrested on 9 February 2022 in the Mercedes in Ilford, Greater London.

Pleaded guilty to six burglaries. The judge ordered that the car used by the criminals should be sold to compensate victims.

1 Jan 0001

Gerard Keane

Sexual assault *

Sentence

two years' imprisonment

Gerard Keane, a 61-year-old man from Swanley in Kent, approached a woman with learning difficulties in a steam room at a public swimming pool in Tonbridge on 1 May 2018, followed her into a shower area and sexually assaulted her. The assault was witnessed by another visitor, who notified the victim's support worker. Police were alerted and Keane was arrested two days later at his home in The Oaks, Swanley. Evidence showed prior grooming attempts via social media.

Pleaded not guilty to charges of causing or inciting a person with a mental disorder impeding choice to engage in sexual activity and sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice. Convicted by jury after trial. Also made subject of an indefinite restraining order and added to the sex offenders’ register.

1 Jan 0001

Glyn Taylor

Being concerned in the supply of cocaine *

Sentence

5 years’ imprisonment

Glyn Taylor was part of a criminal gang with brothers Aaron and Gray Elcombe supplying cocaine with a street value of more than £5 million via the EncroChat encrypted messaging service. The gang's activities were uncovered after decryption of EncroChat messages in spring 2020, leading to an investigation by Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. Arrested on 29 September 2021.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and three counts of possessing drugs with intent to supply. Age 44, from Maidstone.

1 Jan 0001

Gordon Burgess

Rape *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Gordon Burgess, a former bus driver of Thorn Hill Road, Warden, Sheerness, Kent, ME12, raped a teenager twice without using any protection. The victim reported the abuse to Childline after feeling trapped. She gave evidence via TV link, demonstrating extraordinary fortitude as praised by the judge.

Denied two offences of rape and three of sexual activity with a child but convicted by jury. Judge noted seriousness self-evident, aggravating feature of no protection used, limited mitigation due to poor health and family man. Indefinite sexual offences prevention order imposed, banned from working with children, on sex offenders' register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Graeme Mulock

Sexual assault of a child *

Sentence

three years and six months’ imprisonment

Graeme Mulock targeted and assaulted a young child on three occasions between 1 December 2016 and 25 December 2018 in the Rochester area. He was charged with four sexual offences including two counts of sexual assault of a child.

Pleaded not guilty. Found guilty by a jury after a three-day trial. Added to the sex offenders register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Graham Stones

Being concerned in the supply of class B drugs and cultivating cannabis *

Sentence

1 year and 3 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, with 200 hours unpaid work

A search warrant was executed at an address in Holmewood Road on 9 February 2021. Police seized 36 cannabis plants, quantities of herbal cannabis, digital scales, knives and imitation firearms. Stones was arrested on suspicion of drug supply offences and charged on 9 December 2022 with two counts of being concerned in the supply of class B drugs and cultivating cannabis.

61-year-old. Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

Grant Jeffery

Coercive and controlling behaviour *

Sentence

three years and one month’s imprisonment

Grant Jeffery from Tonbridge took complete control over his partner's life over a number of years, bullying her, dictating what she could wear (demanding loose clothing), isolating her from friends and family, keeping curtains and blinds shut, and using threats and intimidation. The victim lost weight and was admitted to hospital in September 2023. While she was undergoing treatment, Jeffery visited, called her repeatedly, and kept her phone on video call to monitor her. He also assaulted her at the hospital. On 21 September, Kent Police arrested him at a bus stop outside the hospital.

Pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour. Subject to a 10-year restraining order.

1 Jan 0001

Grant Searle

Conspiring to burgle a business, conspiring to burgle homes and robbery *

Sentence

11 and a half years imprisonment

Grant Searle and Joseph Hoadley stole an ATM from Northfleet Food and Wine on High Street using a Ford Transit van to ram raid the shop front on 28 November 2019, causing £11,000 damage. Searle drove the van away after Hoadley pulled the ATM free. They also robbed staff at a Co-op in Talbot Lane, Ebbsfleet on 8 December 2019 using threats and a hammer to access the safe. Additionally, they committed burglaries targeting homes in Gravesend, Dartford and Meopham between 25 November and 4 December 2019, stealing vehicles, a car, an air rifle and a luxury watch.

Admitted conspiring to burgle a business, conspiring to burgle homes and robbery. Also sentenced for two counts of fraud, handling stolen goods, possessing ammunition when prohibited and possessing articles for use in fraud committed outside Kent. Aged 29, of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

Gray Elcombe

Being concerned in the supply of cocaine *

Sentence

12 years and six months’ imprisonment

Brothers Aaron and Gray Elcombe were part of a criminal gang supplying cocaine with a street value of more than £5 million via the EncroChat encrypted messaging service, using handles Tasteful Revolver, Urban Bonsai and Striking Boat. They arranged to buy and sell at least 60 kilograms of the Class A drug almost daily throughout most of 2020. Arrested on 29 September 2021 following decryption of EncroChat messages by law enforcement and investigation by Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

Admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possession of criminal property (£5,000 cash seized). Age 54, previously from Kings Hill. Pleaded guilty. Committed offences whilst on licence from previous drugs supply offences.

1 Jan 0001

Glen Heaton

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

four years and two months in prison

During the early evening of 26 October 2020, a 69-year-old man was walking over a pedestrian crossing on Main Road, Chattenden, when he was struck by a Peugeot 208 GTI driven by Glen Heaton, who had been travelling towards Hoo. The vehicle came to a halt almost 100 metres past the crossing. The Peugeot had been travelling in excess of the speed limit. Emergency services attended and the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. Heaton, from Hoo, was arrested and blood analysis confirmed cannabis levels above the legal limit.

Pleaded guilty. Cannabis levels above legal limit. Disqualified from driving for six years on release and must take an extended driving test. Second count of causing death without due care and attention while over the drug limit ordered to lie on file.

1 Jan 0001

Endrion Marfana

Possession of cocaine with intent to supply *

Sentence

one year and eight months’ imprisonment

Endrion Marfana, 21, from Tunbridge Wells, was driving a Skoda Octavia which was stopped by police on 2 December 2022 in Longfield Road. He claimed to be Italian and provided a false name matching the registered keeper of the car. During a drug search, eight wraps of cocaine were recovered from inside a plastic chewing gum container. Officers also seized £95 cash and his phone, which contained text messages arranging the sale of drugs consistent with a drug dealing system using postcodes by an organised crime group. He gave a false name and nationality but was exposed as Albanian when he could not understand an Italian translator.

Pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of criminal property (namely the seized cash) and driving without insurance. Forfeited the seized £95 cash and received six points on his licence.

1 Jan 0001

Enrico Tenaglia

Grievous bodily harm *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Between 2019 and 2021, committed a series of vicious offences across Medway and Edenbridge, including stabbing a man in the arm with a broken glass bottle in Gillingham on 10 August 2019 after an argument outside a property in Livingstone Road, robbing a woman of her car keys in Rochester on 20 September 2019 after throwing a paving slab through a window, and assaulting four Kent Police officers in Edenbridge on the night of 24/25 September 2021 while in possession of a knife and breaching a restraining order, biting one officer and requiring a taser to subdue.

Admitted grievous bodily harm, robbery, wounding a police officer with intent, two counts of actual bodily harm against a police officer, assaulting a police officer, two counts of breaching a restraining order, four counts of criminal damage, possessing a bladed article and failing to surrender to custody. Described as a dangerous offender with excessive propensity for violence. Subject to extended three-year licence after custodial term.

1 Jan 0001

Emma Fuggles

Burglary *

Sentence

2 years and 4 months’ imprisonment

On 9 September 2022 at 7pm, Fuggles, 45, from Maidstone, posed as a police officer at a Maidstone address, convinced a vulnerable man he was suspected of an offence, obtained two bank cards and PINs under threat of arrest, withdrew £500 from a cash machine, then took a further £40 from his wallet promising to return. She returned on 10 September but fled when he said he had called police. On 12 September 2022 at 6.30am, she posed as a housing officer, let herself into another vulnerable man's home, stole his bank card and withdrew over £150 before fleeing when challenged by his care assistant. Charged with burglary, two counts of theft, and two counts of fraud; total over £700 stolen.

Pleaded not specified. Prolific offender with a history of criminal activity. Investigating officer DC Mark Beeching noted she repeatedly exploited vulnerable members of the community.

1 Jan 0001

Emma Weller

Perverting the course of public justice *

Sentence

2 years and 8 months immediate imprisonment

Emma Weller staged her own robbery, attempted rape and stalking, framing her former lover Paul Miller, a prison officer. Over around 3 months in 2020, she created fake social media accounts to send herself and her new partner harassing messages purporting to be from Miller, leading to his arrest on 23.04.20 for stalking and harassment. She created a fake dating profile 'Tara' to threaten her own rape on 27.05.20 in Mote Park, resulting in Miller's second arrest. The next day on 28.05.20, she falsely alleged being robbed and sexually assaulted by a masked assailant matching Miller's description, leading to his third arrest for robbery and attempted rape. Police investigation revealed Weller was behind all fake communications and self-inflicted injuries.

Pleaded guilty to one count of perverting the course of public justice. Of previous good character, has two children and has worked in various healthcare positions.

1 Jan 0001

Emmanuel Agbaje

Rape *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

Emmanuel Agbaje groomed nine teenage girls online using social media between September 2021 and August 2022. He pretended to be someone else, built trust, convinced them to send intimate photos, then blackmailed them by threatening to distribute the images unless they met him. At meetings, he raped and sexually abused the victims, threatening harm to prevent them reporting, including sending one victim a photo of their front door.

Pleaded guilty to 30 charges including two counts of rape, 10 counts of sexual activity with a child and nine counts of blackmail. Deemed ‘dangerous’ by the judge. Must serve at least two thirds before applying for parole. Subject to 4-year licence period upon release. Added to Sex Offender Register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Emmanuel Scarrott

Conspiracy to commit fraud *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Sonny Maughan and Emmanuel Scarrott stole more than £400,000 from six victims using deceptive techniques including rogue trading with sub-standard building work at extortionate prices on homes in Longfield, Herne Bay, Greenwich, Chatham, Hampshire, and Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, targeting elderly and vulnerable individuals. Scarrott posed as a police officer in Lordswood to scam an additional £32,500. Both arrested on 10 November 2020 after leaving the Longfield victim's address.

29, from Basildon, admitted conspiracy to commit fraud.

1 Jan 0001

Gabriel Calin

Attempted wounding with intent *

Sentence

six years and one month in prison

At around 1.10am on Tuesday 16 April 2019, the victim, who was in her late teens, was walking along Lower Stone Street in Maidstone town centre when Gabriel Calin followed her, grabbed her hand, punched her face three times with significant force causing serious facial injuries. He fled the country on 21 April 2019 to avoid arrest and was extradited from Romania on 29 July 2020.

Pleaded not guilty to attempted wounding with intent. Found guilty by a jury after a three-day trial. Extradited from Romania.

1 Jan 0001

Gabriel Zaharia

Burglary *

Sentence

five years and three months in prison

Gabriel Zaharia, along with Gheorghe Ciobotaru and Valentin Ciobotaru, targeted jewellery at addresses in north and west Kent and Essex. On 5 February 2022, they travelled to Sevenoaks in a silver Mercedes, forced a window open at a house in Hillydeal Road, and targeted further addresses in Shoreham Lane Sevenoaks, Leyton Cross Road Dartford, and Summerhouse Drive Bexley. They ransacked the premises and stole jewellery. They were also responsible for two burglaries in Loughton, Essex on 4 February 2022. Arrested on 9 February 2022 in the Mercedes in Ilford, Greater London.

Pleaded guilty to six burglaries. Of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

Evaldas Stanionis

Supply of cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine *

Sentence

seven and a half years imprisonment

On 27 November 2020, officers observed Stanionis leaving his home in Rye, East Sussex, to travel to Clacket Lane service station in a Volvo V40. He met Arunas Zemaitis there, who left a backpack containing three kilograms of cocaine in the vehicle. Stanionis was arrested in Chatham, with the cocaine (street value up to £480,000), three mobile phones, amphetamine (£8,500 value) and cannabis found at his home.

Admitted four counts related to the supply of cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine.

1 Jan 0001

Fahren Smith

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

six years and four months imprisonment

Fahren Smith was driving a Suzuki Swift with five passengers on 4 July 2020 when it left Mundy Bois Road, Egerton, near Ashford, and collided with a tree. He had been drinking alcohol, evaded police twice, and the car was overloaded. Passenger Millie Greenway, 17, died from injuries; the other four passengers sustained serious injuries. Smith had no driving licence or insurance.

Admitted causing death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and causing death while unlicensed and uninsured. Banned from driving for four years upon release. Found to be over twice the legal drink drive limit.

1 Jan 0001

Fation Perhati

Conspiring to supply cannabis *

Sentence

3 years and 6 months' imprisonment

Part of a conspiracy to produce and supply cannabis on a large scale, estimated value over £1 million, operating farms in Ashford, Canvey Island and Hertfordshire between August 2019 and August 2020. Completed building work to convert a disused warehouse in rural Hertfordshire into a cannabis factory with 236 plants seized (potential yield £297,000).

29, from East London. Found guilty of conspiring to supply cannabis following a trial.

1 Jan 0001

Edgar Ardila-Ruiz

Theft *

Sentence

three-and-a-half years imprisonment

On 18 January 2024, at a petrol station on London Road, Wrotham, Edgar Ardila-Ruiz sneaked into a jewellery salesman's car boot and snatched a bag containing £2.25 million worth of gems after Edward Florez-Ortiz slashed the victim's tyre and Monica Diaz distracted him. Ardila-Ruiz and Diaz were arrested on 11 February near Maidstone after attempting the same tyre-slash distraction theft on another salesman. Part of a larger organised jewellery theft ring operating across England.

Pleaded guilty. Homeless.

1 Jan 0001

Edison Kaculi

Attempting to wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm *

Sentence

two-and-a-half years imprisonment

Edison Kaculi, the first offender on the scene, pushed the victim from his bicycle before repeatedly punching and kicking him during an ambush in Peacock Street, Gravesend, on 17 June 2020. He arrived with two other men in a black Audi. The victim suffered serious injuries and had two mobile phones and £300 cash stolen.

Pleaded guilty to attempting to wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Denied responsibility for the stabbing.

1 Jan 0001

Eduard Nicolaie

Robbery *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Eduard Nicolaie, along with Lucian Nicolaie, Rinaldo Nicolaie and Marian Petre, entered the EE shop in Bligh’s Walk, Sevenoaks, at around 3.55pm on 3 November 2022. The gang concealed their faces with balaclavas, ordered staff to sit and remain silent, kicked open an internal door and ransacked the stock room, stealing phones and tablets valued at almost £30,000. They fled in an Audi A5 getaway car which was intercepted on the M25 near Dartford River Crossing less than an hour later.

Pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary. Aged 36, from Barking, Essex.

1 Jan 0001

Edward Midgley

Arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered *

Sentence

three years and six months’ imprisonment

During the afternoon of 13 November 2023, Edward Midgley entered the reception area of the Medway Police Station in Purser Way Gillingham. He poured fluid from a jar over the counter, used a lighter to set fire to a rag soaked in an accelerant and threw it onto the counter, but the burning rag went out. A member of police staff raised the alarm. An officer sought to detain Midgley as he tried to leave and was assaulted. Midgley was taken into custody.

Pleaded guilty to arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered, and assaulting an emergency worker.

1 Jan 0001

Eglant Lleshi

Inflicting grievous bodily harm *

Sentence

five years and four months’ imprisonment

In the early hours of 17 September 2020, near Chatham in Common Road, Blue Bell Hill, Lleshi was stopped by police while driving a Ford Kuga. Suspected of possessing controlled drugs, he reversed into one officer, injuring her, and injured a second officer trying to restrain him. He ran over the first officer a second time before fleeing. The vehicle was found abandoned with cocaine worth £1,000-£2,000 in the footwell. Lleshi fled to Italy, was arrested on 5 April 2023 pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant, and extradited.

Pleaded guilty. Disqualified from driving for 25 months on release.

1 Jan 0001

Douglas Brown

Burglary *

Sentence

three years in prison

Douglas Brown targeted a vulnerable pensioner in Wateringbury, near Maidstone, four times between 2 April 2021 and 16 April 2021. He used a screwdriver to force open the front door while the occupant was out, stealing bank cards, cash, and using the cards fraudulently in Maidstone to buy tobacco, cigarettes, foodstuffs, and a bus day pass. He was arrested on 22 April 2021 at his home in Wateringbury following an investigation.

Pleaded guilty to four burglaries and eleven fraud offences.

1 Jan 0001

D'quan Samuel

Aggravated burglary *

Sentence

12 years imprisonment

D'Quan Samuel, 25, of Shipwrights Avenue, Chatham, among masked intruders in violent house raid in Coxheath near Maidstone two days before Christmas. Armed with machete and crowbar, forced entry, savagely beat brothers Dean and Ben Sharp. Baby and partner present. Stole 2-3kg cannabis and Tissot watch.

Convicted of aggravated burglary after trial. Intruder.

1 Jan 0001

Drilon Dishi

Conspiring to supply cannabis *

Sentence

five years and 11 months’ imprisonment

Drilon Dishi played an important role in a criminal operation which ran cannabis cultivations in Ashford, Canvey Island and Hertfordshire between August 2019 and August 2020. The operation is estimated to have been worth more than £1 million. More than 485 plants were seized during a complex investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, along with half a kilo of harvested cannabis and cash in excess of £61,000.

Previously pleaded guilty. Played an important role in the operation. Twelfth offender sentenced, with all offenders serving close to 43 years in prison between them.

1 Jan 0001

Doris Perhati

Conspiring to supply cannabis *

Sentence

5 years and 3 months' imprisonment

Part of a conspiracy to produce and supply cannabis on a large scale, estimated value over £1 million, operating farms in Ashford, Canvey Island and Hertfordshire between August 2019 and August 2020. Identified as a suspect from ledger and phone records seized from Drilon Dishi.

25, from Maidstone. Admitted conspiring to supply cannabis prior to trial.

1 Jan 0001

Dennis Fletcher

Sexual offences against boys aged under 16 *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Dennis Fletcher committed sexual offences against boys aged under 16 and made an indecent video relating to incidents at the Junior King’s School in Canterbury.

Convicted on seven charges relating to sexual offences against boys aged under 16 and making an indecent video. Placed on the sex offenders’ register.

1 Jan 0001

Derek Gale

Arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

In March 2013, Derek Gale set fire to curtains at his Boundary Road home in Ramsgate during a drink-fuelled row with girlfriend Donna Gray as their eight-year relationship disintegrated. He told her 'you’re not going to get out of here alive'. She escaped with their two children aged five and two. Neighbour Nicola Harris rescued their one-year-old baby from an upstairs bedroom through dense smoke using a mobile phone torch. Gale dragged the flaming curtain rail into the street and fled to his parents’ house without assisting his family. Neighbours extinguished the fire with pots of water.

Found guilty of arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered. Appeal against sentence rejected by Criminal Court of Appeal in London. Prior conviction for criminal damage in 2005. Drinking and failure to assist family aggravated the offence.

1 Jan 0001

Dimeiro Campbell

Wounding with intent *

Sentence

4 years and 3 months imprisonment

Dimeiro Campbell and a 16-year-old boy approached a teenager in Gillingham town centre on High Street on 9 March 2023 and stabbed him multiple times after a short conversation. The victim suffered multiple injuries including an arterial bleed from a wound in one of his arms. They fled the scene but were identified via CCTV, arrested on 10 March, and one knife was recovered near Campbell’s home in Gillingham.

Pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and possession of a knife in a public place.

1 Jan 0001

Alex Batista

Attempted murder *

Sentence

27 years’ imprisonment

Alex Batista, 30, of no fixed address, carried out a planned and premeditated attack on the landlord (victim aged in his 50s) of the Cricketers Inn in Wrotham Road at around 9.15pm on 5 November 2022. He arrived armed with knives and a garden spade, launching a ferocious and brutal assault involving multiple stab wounds and beatings in the upstairs residential area above the pub. An associate involved in the assault was found deceased nearby after the victim used a weapon in self-defence. Batista fled the scene but was arrested after his vehicle was located on the M20 junction with the M25.

Found guilty by a jury after denying the charge. Will have to serve two thirds of his sentence before he can be considered for parole. Premeditated attack stemming from a grievance with the victim, with whom he used to work.

1 Jan 0001

Alex Underwood

Being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Alex Underwood operated as a drug dealer in the Tunbridge Wells area, sending almost 10,000 drugs supply messages from his phone in three months between the end of September 2023 and early January 2024 to more than 150 contacts. His network was dismantled following intelligence-led patrols. On 5 March 2024, he was stopped in Leigh near Tonbridge while walking to his VW Passat, where police seized a stab vest, scales, multiple deal bags, and two mobile handsets matched to active supply lines.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis, and possessing cannabis.

1 Jan 0001

Alfie Chambers

Burglary *

Sentence

two years and five months imprisonment

Alfie Chambers from Sittingbourne was caught on CCTV targeting a home in Sheppey in September 2021.

1 Jan 0001

Ainsley Louis-Jean

Aggravated burglary *

Sentence

11 years and three months imprisonment

Ainsley Louis-Jean, 25, of Wiltshire Close, Chatham, among masked intruders in violent house raid in Coxheath near Maidstone two days before Christmas. Armed with machete and crowbar, forced entry, savagely beat brothers Dean and Ben Sharp. Baby and partner present. Stole 2-3kg cannabis and Tissot watch.

Convicted of aggravated burglary after trial. Intruder.

1 Jan 0001

Ajay Sharp

Conspiracy to burgle *

Sentence

19 months imprisonment

Ajay Sharp, 22, of Hazel Grove, Lewisham, part of 12 masked gang stole motorcycles worth £140,000 from Noatum Logistics warehouse, Isle of Grain, early July 5 last year, via half-open shutter. High-speed chase to Dartford Crossing. Videos on phone.

Admitted conspiracy to burgle. 13 months for burglary + 6 months for breach of suspended sentence. Basis of plea as middle man rejected. 5 prior convictions.

1 Jan 0001

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About Maidstone Crown Court

Maidstone Crown Court, located in Maidstone, is a Crown Court that handles serious criminal cases including murder, rape, robbery, and other indictable offences. With 812 sentencing records in our database, it is one of the Crown Courts serving the Maidstone 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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